How Do I...

How do I...

This page contains links to articles on how to perform various computer tasks.  Screen videos linked from this page require the flash player.

Academic Technology Training Materials

• How do I access the Academic Technology training materials Blackboard site as a guest?

Acrobat

• How do I make a PDF file?

• How do I password protect a PDF file?

• How to copy a graphic using Acrobat Reader and paste it into an Office application, such as PowerPoint. 

• How do I create a PDF from Word with security applied (i.e., with printing and copying suppressed)? 

• How do I apply security (disallow printing or changing) to a PDF document? 

• How do I control the opening view of a PDF document?

• How do I search a folder full of PDF documents?

• How do I create a web link in a PDF document?

Blackboard

• How do I use Blackboard?  Teaching with Blackboard training screen videos
• How to embed a YouTube video in Blackboard.
• How to create persistent URLs to journal database articles.   [PDF]

Google Tools

• How to use Google blog search.
• How to use Google Notebook.
• How to use the new Google "Universal Search"

Fonts

• How do I install a new font or fonts in Windows Vista, Windows XP or Mac OS X?

FrontPage & the Web

• How do I open my FrontPage web site?

• How do I import a PDF file into my web site using FrontPage and create a link to it? 

• How do I use persistent URLs to access electronic journal articles?

• How do I add a new frames page to my FrontPage web?

• How do I decide what colors are best to use on my web site if I have a color blind student?

General Multimedia

• How do I use the WS-300 digital audio recorder?

• How do I use the Oscelot Podcaster to create a podcast from within Blackboard?

• How to set up an academic podcast.

• How to I place a simple voice recording on my web site?

• Copying a file from the WS-100 voice recorder to a computer

• Upload and link an audio file in Blackboard

• Download audio file from Blackboard and copy into iTunes

• How do I add a streaming audio (or video) file to my web site?

• How do I subscribe to a podcast?

Internet Explorer 7

• Searching with IE7
• How do I subscribe to an RSS feed in IE 7?
• How do I use the search box in IE7?
• How do I use tabbed browsing in IE7?

Office 2007

• How do I get started, or get help, with Office 2007?

PCPDF

• How do I use PCPDF to create PDF documents?

PowerPoint

• How do I use audio and video in PowerPoint?

• What is the best way to save a PowerPoint for the web? [PDF] [Screen Video]

• How do I embed a YouTube video in PowerPoint? 

• How do I save my PowerPoint presentation as a web page? 

• How do I make a compressed (zipped) folder out of my PowerPoint for the web file and folders? 

• How do I upload and unpackage my PowerPoint compressed (zipped) folder to Blackboard, so that my students can play the presentation? 

• How do I create my own freehand animation -- that is, my own motion path?

RSS

• How do I subscribe to an RSS feed?

Safe Assignment

• How to create a Safe Assignment using the Safe Assign anti-plagiarism tool

StudyMate

• How do I publish from StudyMate to Blackboard?
• How do I publish StudyMate activities to the iPod?
• How do I register or re-register my copy of StudyMate? 
• How do I tell what version of StudyMate I am using? 

TurnItIn

• How do I use the TurnItIn anti-plagiarism service?

Video

• How do I embed a YouTube video in my web page or in my Blackboard course site?

• How do I configure Windows media components for Mac to receive streaming media?

• How do I increase the buffer time on my Windows media player?

Wimba Voice Tools

• Overview screen video of the Wimba Voice Tools.   
• How do I use the Voice Authoring tool?  
• How do I create a voice email to my Blackboard students?
  There are two methods:
  Method 1 - a voice email in a Blackboard content area    ;
  Method 2 - a direct voice email from the communications area
• How do I use the Voice Email Archive for Voice Emails sent using method 1 or method 2 above?   
• How do I create a Wimba Voice Board?   
• How do I use a Wimba Voice Board?  
• How do I import an audio file to a Wimba Voice Board?   
• How do I export audio files from a Wimba Voice Board?    
• How do I publish a message from a Wimba Voice Board and place it as a stand-alone voice recording in Blackboard or on an external web page?   
• How do I use the Voice Presentation tool?   
• An alternate method for creating a Voice Presentation while viewing URL resources. 
• How do I use the Wimba Podcaster?   
• How do I subscribe to a Wimba Podcaster podcast? 
• How do I save an individual audio message?

Windows Vista

• How do I use the Windows key on my PC keyboard?

Windows XP

• How do I change those annoying startup and shutdown sounds that Windows XP plays?

• How do I use the Windows key on my PC keyboard?

• Note:  There is an extensive set of screen videos on how-to perform Windows XP related tasks in the Academic Technology Blackboard Training Course.  Click here for instructions on how to access them.

Related Resources

• Adobe Acrobat
• Microsoft Office
• Windows Media
• Windows XP