This Rapid Reference will discuss TurnItIn. TurnItIn is an anti-plagiarism tool that checks students’ papers against a database of articles, publications, live and archived Internet sites, and other students’ papers at other institutions using TurnItIn. This Rapid Reference will discuss how to create an account, navigate through the interface, and create assignments and classes. To view and download this Rapid Reference (PDF), click on the link below:

Intro to TurnItIn Rapid Reference

-Angel Brady

This Rapid Reference discusses how to get started with Blackboard. Topics discussed are logging in, viewing your course, and many more basics to get around the interface. To view and download the Rapid Reference (PDF) click on the link below

Rapid Reference: Intro to Blackboard

-Angel Brady

This Rapid Reference will introduce you to you how can encrypt files on your computer, files on your USB key, or your entire USB key. TrueCrypt is a free and open source application that does on-the-fly encryption. This reference sheet will show you where to download the software, create an encrypted container to put files in, mount the container, create a password for the container and more. If you want to make your files on your USB key more secure (in case you lose or misplace the USB key), get TrueCrypt today. Click on the click below to download the PDF:

Rapid Reference: Introduction to TrueCrypt

-Angel Brady

This Rapid Reference gives you an over view of the basic functions in Mac OS X. If you are switching to Mac OS X from an older version of the Mac OS or if you are switching from another OS and are a fist time Mac user, this is a great reference sheet to have. It discusses topics such as System Preferences, the Finder window, applications, ejecting media, and much more. Click on the link below to download the PDF:

Rapid Reference: Introduction to Mac OS X

-Angel Brady

This Rapid Reference gives you an over view of Oracle Calendar. It will show you how to use Oracle Calendar to manage your time, set up meetings, set up group meetings, write daily events, notes, and more. This is a great tool for time management and organization. Click on the link below to download the PDF.

Oracle Calendar Rapid Reference (PDF)

-Angel Brady

This Rapid Reference gives you an introduction to YouTube. YouTube is a free service that allows you to record video and audio and share it with the world or keep it private to share with only a few. This Rapid Reference will discuss how to create an account, capture or upload video, respond to a video (comment or video response), embed a video into a web page, and much more. Down this pdf and start enjoying the great benefits of YouTube.

YouTube Rapid Reference (PDF)

-Angel Brady

In this Rapid Reference, we will show you how to sign into Google Docs, create and format a document, add comments and images to the document, and how to share it with others. Please feel free to download the PDF by clicking on the link below:

Rapid Reference: Intro to Google Docs and Spreadsheets

New and improved Rapid Reference design by Tracy Harden

-Angel Brady

This Rapid Reference is about the free open source web browser called Firefox. Firefox was created by Mozilla. In this Rapid Reference, many topics are touched upon, like tabbed browsing, clearing personal data, Add-Ons (extensions), Live Bookmarks, and more. To download a PDF of this Rapid Reference, please feel free to click on the link below:

Rapid Reference: Firefox

-Angel Brady

This Rapid Reference covers the basics in getting started with Thunderbird. Thunderbird is a free email client created by Mozilla. It’s a customizable email client and is open source. This Rapid Reference discusses topics like moving and copying mail between two email accounts, tags, filters, and more. Please feel free to download the PDF by clicking on the link below:

Rapid Reference: Thunderbird

-Angel Brady

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!

WordPress Rapid Reference

-Angel Brady