Everything: Windows Search

A student emails me asking for a letter of recommendation. Before I respond, I want to refresh my memory of the student, beginning with the work the student produced in my course. I go to “Everything” and type in the… Read moreEverything: Windows Search

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Create Hot Keys to Open Windows Programs

Did you know that you can create a keyboard shortcut to open any Windows program? Find the program you want to open (Start menu for pre-Windows 8 users; here are instructions for Windows 8 users). Right-click on the program and… Read moreCreate Hot Keys to Open Windows Programs

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Google Alerts: Keeping Tabs on What’s New

You know how to search Google. Did you know that you can have Google automatically search, and then let you know what it found out? Go to Google Alerts. Enter your search query. Let’s say that you’re interested in hearing… Read moreGoogle Alerts: Keeping Tabs on What’s New

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OneNote: The Note-Taking Program You Didn’t Know You Had

Look in your Microsoft Office folder, you know, where you go to open Word, PowerPoint, and Excel. There’s a program in there called OneNote. It’s an organization machine. Overview In OneNote, the notebook is the top level of organization, much… Read moreOneNote: The Note-Taking Program You Didn’t Know You Had

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Saving a Gmail Message as a Google Calendar Event

Did you know that you can ‘import’ a gmail message into a new Google calendar event? Did you know that what most of us call appointments, Google calls events? “I have an event scheduled with my dentist.” That makes it… Read moreSaving a Gmail Message as a Google Calendar Event

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DropIt: Quick File Organization

I’ve seen a lot of faculty desktops – both computer desktops and actual desk tops. It seems that for many of you, your approach to organization is to just toss it all on your desktop (or desk top) and hope… Read moreDropIt: Quick File Organization

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Gmail: Canned Responses

I use Phrase Express for all of my canned response needs (see this post, for example), but for those of you who just want canned responses in Gmail, check out this Google Labs option. Enabling Canned Responses In Gmail, go… Read moreGmail: Canned Responses

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Create Your Own Website: Weebly

I’m often asked about the easiest way to set up a website. While the course management systems are fine for, well, managing courses, if you want students to access information before or after the course a personal website is a… Read moreCreate Your Own Website: Weebly

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Print Friendly: Only Print What You Need

Print Friendly lets you print what you’d like from a webpage. For example, let’s say that you wanted to print a post from my blog. If you used the print capability of your web browser, you’d get something like this…. Read morePrint Friendly: Only Print What You Need

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File Conversion: Zamzar

For some of my assignments, students are asked to write them in a word processor and email them to me as an attachment. In the most recent batch of student papers, one arrived with a .pages extension. Since I don’t… Read moreFile Conversion: Zamzar

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