We just recently moved over to Blackboard 7 from Blackboard 6. One of the major changes between the two versions is the layout of the Discussion Boards. In Blackboard 6, all the threads and posts were viewed in one long listing on one webpage. In Blackboard 7, the Discussion Boards are organized and grouped into threads on one web page. Then, you need to click on the thread link to view all the posts related to that thread, taking you to a new page, with all the posts just for that thread. Some people liked this new organization. It provided a cleaner interface, but some people liked the option of seeing everything all at once, then searching by author, date, etc. Here’s a way you can view posts and sort by authors in Blackboard 7.
1. Log into Bb. Click on Discussion Board
2. Click on the forum you want to view
3. At the bottom left, click the Go button next to “Select All”
4. With all the treads checked, click on the Collect button at the top.
5. At the top right, you can sort by author. Choose Author in the drop down and click on the Go button.
This Rapid Reference is about how to get started with WordPress. It covers how to create an account, the basic layout of a WordPress blog, how to post, and more. Please feel free to download the PDF using the link below. Enjoy!
This Rapid Reference is an introduction on Internet Security . This Rapid Reference explains in brief detail how to watch yourself on the internet, avoid things like phishing, trojans, viruses, sniffing wireless networks, and best practices when surfing the web. Feel free to download the PDF below. Enjoy!
I recently had a funky thing happen to my Firefox (I am running FF 2.0 and Mac OS X Tiger). I would visit webpages and the text would be smashed and overlapping. I couldn’t read certain words and highlighting text to copy was a pain. I turned off the CSS in the browser. The text looked fine. I then started Firefox in safe mode (no add -ons running). I still had overlapping text. I found a blog that had the solution posted for my overlapping text issue (http://www.pixelitdigital.com/?p=45). The issue was having duplicate fonts on different parts of my computer. Here is a run down of how I cleaned up my fonts and fixed the overlapping and smashed text issue:
1. Go to Applications—> Font Book.
2. In Font Book, click on All Fonts (under collection).
3. Click and select all the fonts that have a dot next to them.
4. In the menu bar, select Edit, then click on Resolve Duplicates.
(The author in the article above indicates you might need find the duplicate and remove the font by hand, but I did not have to).
Restart Firefox and type away without overlapping text. Enjoy!
Note: If these set of directions do not solve the issue, then go into the Firefox preferences, choose the Content tab, and change your Default to something like Tahoma.
A co-worker today had a question about embedding an Excel spreadsheet into a Word document file. I looked into it and came up with these steps. The following steps will embed the spreadsheet into the Word document, plus anytime you update the spreadsheet, those changes will be reflected in the Word doc. Here’s the steps:
Open the Excel spreadsheet
Select the cells you want to be embedded
Click the Copy button
Switch to the Word document
Click the insertion point on the Word doc where you want the spreadsheet to be
Click Edit, Paste Special.
Select Microsoft Excel Worksheet Object.
On the left hand side of the Paste Special box, choose the Paste Link radio button (make sure your Excel Spreadsheet is closed at this time)
Second Life is an Internet-based virtual world which was launched in 2003. It was developed by Linden Research, Inc. The goal of Linden Research, Inc is to create a world like the Metaverse described by Stephenson, a user-defined world in which people can interact, play, do business, and otherwise communicate.
The clients of Second Life program are called Residents. Second Life provides an advanced level of a social network service combined with general aspects of a metaverse. Residents can explore, meet other Residents, socialize, participate in individual and group activities, create and trade items and services from one another. Second Life’s virtual currency is the Linden Dollar and it can be exchanged for real world currencies. Now more than 20 million accounts have been registered.
Sometimes Second Life just likes an online game but actually it is not. It does not have points, scores, winners or losers, levels, or most of the other characteristics of games.
Here is the Second Life tutorial video about “What is Second Life”? by SusiSpicoli
I have been creating short little cheat sheets called Rapid References for different programs. This Rapid Reference is an introduction on how to use Audacity. You can use Audacity to record audio, edit the audio, and export it into different file formats (like mp3). Audacity is free and open source and runs on Mac, Windows, and Linux. You can use Audacity to clean up audio or add effects to the audio. Feel free to download and use this Rapid Reference (pdf format).
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