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How-To Guides

This is our online download portal where all of our handouts are available to download in PDF format. In order to download, you would just right click on the pdf that you wish to acquire, and choose save target as. A box will appear, prompting you to save the file. Choose a location and hit save and in a few minutes, you will have the entire file. Or simply click on the file name and if you have Adobe Acrobat Reader installed on your computer, it will automatically open the program and display the selected file.

You can download Adobe Acrobat Reader here:
http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html

Communication and Web 2.0

iChat Handout
Podcasting (slides)*
RSS Overview*
RSS with Bloglines (slides)*
RSS Bloglines Account Creation*
Skype Basics
Skype Account Creation
Twitorial

Databases and Library Services

Dialog Classic Quick Guide
OCLC Quick Guide

Hardware

Computer Purchasing Guide (by Simmons's Technology)
iPad FAQ

Images and Scanning

Cropping and Resizing Images*
Import Photos to Your Mac (Image Capture)
Managing Digital Photos*
Managing Digital Photos (slides)*
PDF Creation
PDF Editing in Preview
Photoshop*

Information Organization and Retrieval

Search Engines (slides)*
Search Engine Tips*
Tags and Folksonomies (slides)*
XML (slides)*

Office Applications

Excel Quick References*
PowerPoint Tips and Tricks (slides)*
Word 2007 (PDF)
Word 2007 (Video Tutorial)
Word Tips and Tricks*

Printing

Connect GSLIS Office Computer to Printer
Wireless Printing to Tech Lab Printers

Security

Anti-Virus Tools

Simmons Technology

AARC (Flash video)
eLearning Basics
eLearning: Posting using Microsoft Word 2007
Listservs
Network Folders
Moodle: Help for Students
Moodle: Help for Teachers
TOR Website
WebMail
Webmail: Forwarding
Webmail: Sending to your iPhone/iPad

Teaching

Collaborate/Elluminate: The Basics
Moodle: Help for Teachers

Web Development

Basic Webpages (from the TOR)
Dreamweaver Workshop Handout*
Drupal*
FTP and Your Simmons Webspace
HTML Editing on the Mac (TextWrangler HTML Editor)
Personal Web Space vs. Personal Network Folder
XHTML Overview*
XHTML and CSS*
XHTML and CSS: Intermediate Topics*

Wikis

Wiki Basics: What Is a Wiki? (slides)*
Advanced Wiki Gardening (slides)*
Wiki Editing (Flash video)
Wiki Markup Cheat Sheet

*Starred items are from our Workshop series.

How-To Guides

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Last Updated: August 18, 2011 02:23 PM

Last Published: February 10, 2012 09:07 PM