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Technology Tips Archive

Welcome to the ITS Technology Tips Archive!  Here, our tips from the Technology Tips blog are collected and categorized for easy access.  If you don't find what you are looking for, please drop us an e-mail at Training@luc.edu.

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Blackboard
Blogs and Wikis
Browsers
Digital Photography
E-mail
File Types/File Management
Fonts
Google
Groupwise
iPod & Podcasting
Microsoft Office
Microsoft Windows
Mobile Devices
Online Resources
Password Management
PDFs
RSS Feeds
Search Engines
Social Networking
Video

 

Blackboard

Blackboard Tip for Faculty: Backing up you Blackboard Courses
Blackboard Tip for Faculty: Backing up your Discussion Board
Blackboard Tip for Faculty: Backing up your Gradebook
How To Create a Banner for your Blackboard Course -- and Resize Photos too!
What's New in Blackboard 7.3

Blogs & Wikis

Manage Your Web Feeds with Bloglines
Decoding Tech Lingo: The Language of Blogs, Vlogs, and Wikis!

Browsers

Clearing your Internet Browsing History
Manage PDFs in Firefox
Enhance your Web Browsing Experience with Firefox Add-ons
Changing Text Size in Your Web Browser
Save your Bookmarks on the Web: Social Bookmarking with del.icio.us and furl
Creating Shortcuts to Your Favorite Websites on Your Desktop

Digital Photography

Summer 2008 Technology Workshops
Create and Share Slideshows with Slideroll
Discover Educational Media with Open Culture
Finding Multimedia on the Web
A Guide to Understanding Image Formats
Flickr: Create Groups to Share your Photos
Resize Your Digital Photos in Windows XP
Free Photo-Editing Software Solutions!
Finding Multimedia on the Web: Public Domain and Alternative Copyright Licensing Resources
Redefining Copyright with Creative Commons
Resizing Photos and Making Banners with Paint.NET
What You Should Know About Free Image and Video Hosting Services
Adjusting Picture Size in Your Digital Camera: How to Avoid Taking a Few Photos That Fill Up Your Camera's Memory
Don't Despair! Rescue your Deleted, Corrupted, and Damaged Digital Photos!

E-Mail

GroupWise Junk Mail Handling
Tech Secrets Revealed: How to Send Huge Email Files 
What is a Virus/Email Hoax?
Changing the Default E-Mail Client
E-Mail Attachments File Sizes
Student Email Management: How to Avoid Going Over Your Quota
What Happened to my E-Mail?

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File Types/File Management

Make your Files More Accessible -- Compression Tips 
A Guide to Understanding Image Formats
RTF: Why "Save As" RTF is a VERY GOOD Thing!
Zipping / Unzipping Your Files
Freeware to Rename Files FAST!

Fonts

Finding Free, Funky, and Fantastic Fonts

Google

Get Organized with iGoogle
Google Docs: A Free, Collaborative, Online Word Processor 
Get the Most out of your Google Search
Google Scholar: Easily Search for Academic Resources on the Web
The New 4-1-1
Personalized Web Surfing with Google's Web History 
Oodles of Google: Google Tools You've Never Used!

Groupwise

GroupWise Junk Mail Handling
Performing a Busy Search in GroupWise
What's the Deal with Archiving in Groupwise?
Scheduling Recurring Appointments with GroupWise Auto-Date
Using GroupWise Notify

iPod & Podcasting

Podcasts: What Are They, and How Can I Use Them?
Getting Started with your New iPod

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Microsoft Office

Summer 2008 Technology Workshops
How to Open Microsoft Office 2007 Files
Microsoft Office Templates for Just About Everything
Microsoft Office Tricks: Put Your Toolbar on Two Rows!

Microsoft Windows

Sharing Files between Mac and PC
Resize Your Digital Photos in Windows XP
The Best of Both Worlds -- Running Windows on a Mac
I Want My Desktop and I Want It Now!
Easy Screen Captures in Windows
Right Mouse Button Tricks
Keyboard Shortcuts with the Windows Logo Key
Moving the Windows Taskbar Back
Help! I Am Mouseless!!!  Learn Helpful Keyboard Shortcuts

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Mobile Devices

Send Files to your Cell Phone

Online Resources

Send Files to your Cell Phone
Discover Websites with Stumble Upon
Online Lost and Found: Stuffbak.com
Finding Multimedia on the Web: Public Domain and Alternative Copyright Licensing Resources
The New 4-1-1 
What You Should Know About Free Image and Video Hosting Services
Let Books 24X7 Answer Your Technology Questions - Anytime, Anywhere!
6 Websites to Build Your Techno-Savvy
Online Lost and Found: StuffBak.com
Hyped about Skype

Password Management

Don't Overtax Your Brain: Use Password Management Software
Mastering Your Passwords at Loyola!
Software to Help you Remember your Passwords!

PDFs

Manage PDFs in Firefox 
Conquering PDFs: Creating Them for Free & Quick Cures for Crashing

RSS Feeds

Loyola's RSS News Feed 
Manage Your Web Feeds with Bloglines 
Managing RSS feeds in Your Web Browser

Search Engines

Capture Highlights from the Web with Clipmarks
Discover Websites with Stumble Upon
Clearing your Internet Browsing History
Get the Most out of your Google Search
Google Scholar: Easily Search for Academic Resources on the Web
ChaCha: A People-Powered Search Engine
Personalized Web Surfing with Google's Web History

Social Networking

Goodreads.com: Discover New Books and Share your Reviews
Flickr: Create Groups to Share your Photos
Save your Bookmarks on the Web: Social Bookmarking with del.icio.us and furl
Social Networking Gets Practical: Yelp!

Video

Discover Educational Media with Open Culture
Finding Multimedia on the Web
Presenting Video in PowerPoint
Finding Multimedia on the Web: Public Domain and Alternative Copyright Licensing Resources
Redefining Copyright with Creative Commons 
Video Editing Tools Made Simple -- and Free!
What You Should Know About Free Image and Video Hosting Services
Using Microsoft PowerPoint's Animation / Fibonacci.ppt

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