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TWU Instructional Support Services Tips of the Week: February 2011
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Monday, February 21, 2011. Tip of the Week: Using My Site in SharePoint. Each TWU faculty and staff has a My Site space in SharePoint. This is an internal website that can be used to store documents, keep a calendar, project tasks and more. SharePoint is available from on or off campus, making it a flexible way to store and manage information. There are two parts of My Site: My Home and My Profile. Using My Home in SharePoint. 8226; Personal place to store documents, calendars, surveys, tasks, and lists.
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TWU Instructional Support Services Tips of the Week: Tip of the Week: Sharing Documents in SharePoint
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Monday, April 4, 2011. Tip of the Week: Sharing Documents in SharePoint. Documents can be shared through SharePoint so that multiple people can have access and share editing responsibilities. SharePoint also offers the option to keep track of versions so that changes can be tracked. Using SharePoint check out/in for documents. 8226; Only one person can edit a document at a time. 8226; Useful for groups of people working on the same document. Using SharePoint versioning for documents.
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TWU Instructional Support Services Tips of the Week: Web 2.0 Tool of the Week: Second Life
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Monday, April 11, 2011. Web 20 Tool of the Week: Second Life. Is a 3-D virtual world entirely built and owned by its Residents. Since opening to the public in 2003, it has grown explosively and today is used by universities, businesses and individuals from around the globe. An Invitation to See Second Life in Action. A real-life viewing of Second Life will be available in ACT 225 and is open to the public. Student research will be presented at the following times in world:. Tuesday, April 12.
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TWU Instructional Support Services Tips of the Week: January 2011
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Monday, January 24, 2011. Tip of the Week: Document Location Command. Application: Microsoft Office 2007 Word, Excel, PowerPoint; Microsoft Office 2010 Word, Excel, PowerPoint. When working with Office files, it is important to know the location of the saved document. Files can be saved on a local computer, a storage device, a shared drive, or SharePoint. Microsoft Office has a Document Location command that can be added to the Quick Access Toolbar so that the save location is always visible.
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TWU Instructional Support Services Tips of the Week: December 2010
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Monday, December 13, 2010. Tip of the Week: Digital Photo Frames for Presenting Information. Digital photo frames are a unique way to present materials in the classroom or office setting. By creating a PowerPoint slideshow, information including both text and images can be presented using a digital photo frame. Preparing the PowerPoint file. Monday, December 6, 2010. Tip of the Week: Collaboration. Web 20 Tools Bounce and LiveBinders. Which part of the web page is important? What are the differences?
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TWU Instructional Support Services Tips of the Week: August 2010
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Monday, August 30, 2010. Voicemail Tip of the Week: Phone Commands. As a courtesy to callers, be sure to forward each voicemail enabled phone immediately to voicemail. This quickly gives information to callers. Upon return work, be sure to clear immediate forwarding and reset as appropriate for your office. Step-by-step instructions for Phone Forwarding. Visit our blogpost to find out how to Set Out of Office using Outlook Web Access. Voicemail is available for all permanent faculty and staff.
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TWU Instructional Support Services Tips of the Week: April 2011
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Monday, April 18, 2011. Tip of the Week: Edistorm. Web 20 Tools Edistorm. When groups collaborate on projects, they sometimes use brainstorming to gather ideas. This can take place when everyone is in the same room, but that is not always possible. For collaborating with people in various locations,. Allows multiple people to generate ideas, to group ideas, and to vote simultaneously. Features of the basic (free) account:. 8226; Participate in storms. 8226; Create solo storms (private to the user). Docum...
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TWU Instructional Support Services Tips of the Week: March 2011
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Monday, March 28, 2011. Tip of the Week: My Links. SharePoint has its own bookmarking option to allow for direct navigation to frequently used sites. Both SharePoint and other internet sites can be bookmarked. This list of links or bookmarks can be accessed anywhere through SharePoint. How to add a link or bookmark in SharePoint. 1 Go to Share.twu.edu. (From on campus). 2 Navigate to a specific page. For example, click on Instructional Support Services, then select Denton, then select Training. Applicati...
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TWU Instructional Support Services Tips of the Week: November 2010
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Monday, November 29, 2010. Tip of the Week: Excel Charts. Charts display numbers in a picture form. Creating a chart in Excel starts by entering the data on a worksheet. The data can be arranged in rows or columns. Excel can automatically determine the best way to plot the data in the chart. A chart can also be built manually. To create a chart automatically:. After entering the data on a worksheet, highlight the data to be charted. Pre. Ss F11. A chart appears. To create a chart manually:. 8226; Tracks ...
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TWU Instructional Support Services Tips of the Week: Tip of the Week: Public Folders
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Monday, February 14, 2011. Tip of the Week: Public Folders. Public folders are special Outlook accounts that allow a group of people to share email. Public folders can have subfolders as well, for various departmental or project needs. How are TWU offices using Public Folders? Departmental email point of contact. Departmental central voicemail and fax. Many TWU departments use a public folder for their main line voicemail messages as well as faxes. This can be a time and cost savings to the department.