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Technology Tips of the Week
The Technology Tips of the Week are distributed weekly through Pipeline e-mail by the Department of Information Technology instructional support team. Interested faculty and staff must join the Teaching Forum Group in Pipeline in order to receive these weekly tips.
Browse through an archive of the past tips included below.
July 2007
July 24 - Spybot - Interpreting Results
July 19 - Spyware
July 9 - Microsoft Office 2007
Converters
July 3 - Resizing Pictures
and Graphics using FrontPage Resampling
June 2007
June 26 - PC Health Checkup II -
Windows Critical Updates
June 20 - PC Health Checkup - Norton's
Anti-Virus LiveUpdate
May 2007
May 22 - Spring Cleaning Part III -
Organizing Your Files
April 2007
April 30 - Spring Cleaning Part II - PC
Components
April 24 - Spring Cleaning Your Web
Browser
April 16 - Restoring Outlook Mail
April 11 - Backing up Outlook Mail
April 3 - Fancy Word Action
March 2007
March 26 - How to Send a Photo via
E-mail (XP)
March 20 - More Google Tools
March 6 - Make Your Text Cursor More
Visible
February 2007
February 19 - Opening Links in a
New Window
February 12 - Adding Sound to a
Word Document
February 7 - Reducing Image Size
January 2007
January 30 - Shrinking a Word Document
to Print
January 24 - Comparing PowerPoint
Presentations Side-by-Side
January 17 - Removing Reviewing Marks
in MS Word
January 2 - Controlling MS Word's
Auto formatting
December 2006
December 13 - FrontPage Report on Broken Links
December 4 - Excel Tips
November 2006
November 28 - Adding Page Numbering
in MS Word
November 20 - Saving/Reading Mail in
both Outlook and Pipeline
November 14 - Don't Retype - Scan!
October 2006
October 23 - Moving Clipart in
Microsoft Word
October 11 - Freezing Columns or
Rows in Excel
October 4 - Prevent Printing or
Copying of WebCT Quizzes
September 2006
September 28 - Filtering
Messages to Pipeline Folders
September 22 - Creating Folders in
Pipeline Mail
September 11 - Creating an instant
PowerPoint Show
September 6 - Turning off
Word's Drawing Canvas and Paperclip (Office Assistant)
August 2006
August 1-
Creating Student Profiles and Picture Galleries in FrontPage
July 2006
July 26 - Hiding Rows and Columns in Excel
June 2006
June 27 - Accessing Voice Mail from
Off Campus
June 5 - Viewing Class Grades from
Summary Class List
May 2006
May 23 - Blocking E-Mail Addresses in
Pipeline
May 18 - Aligning Drawing Objects
May 11 - Layering Drawing Objects
April 2006
April 24 - Using Drawing Tools
April 17 - Rescuing a corrupted Word
document
April 11 - Verify Delivery of an
E-Mail Message by using a Read Receipt
April 3 - MS Word Shortcuts for
Selecting Text
March 2006
March 28 - Preparing Documents to
Print from the Web
March 20 - Viewing student transcripts
in Pipeline
March 13 - Searching for CCRI E-Mail
Addresses
February 2006
February 27 - Options for Controlling
Slides in a PowerPoint Show
February 20 - Copying Images from the
Web
February 13 - Creating an Out-of-Office
Reply in Pipeline
February 7 - Virtual Post-It Notes in
Outlook
January 2006
January 31- Calculating Averages in
Excel
January 25 - Inserting Comments and
Tracking Revisions in Electronic Documents in Word
January 17 - Accessing and Using Your
Departmental Network Drive
December 2005
December 20 - Reusing Consolidated
Courses in Pipeline
December 14 - Organizing Your E-Mail in
Outlook using Folders and Filters
December 5 - Creating Easy PowerPoint
Games to Make Reviewing Fun
November 2005
November 28 - Using Announcements in
Pipeline
November 21 - Distributing Course
Documents through Pipeline
November 15 - Using Rich Text Format -
the Answer to Electronic Compatibility
November 8 - Create Instant Flash Cards
October 2005
October 31- Increasing Font Size for
Easy Readability
October 24 - Nudging Objects in
PowerPoint
Not a member yet? To join the Teaching Forum:
- Log in to your Pipeline account
- Click on the groups icon in the top left of the window
- Click on the Groups Index to see a list of available groups
- Click on the Organizations category
- Click on the Teaching Forum group
- Click on the Join Group button
That's all there is to it! As soon as you are part of the group you will start receiving one e-mail a week containing a couple of brief technology tips to make your life easier, as well as an article of the week featuring teaching and learning. Take advantage of the message board in the Teaching Forum group space to share your thoughts on either a tip or an article. Note that you can remove yourself from the group at any time.
