If you’ve ever lost your work due to a computer freeze or power loss then you know how frustrating it can be. In Microsoft Office, there is a way to help prevent such a disaster. All you need to do is adjust the auto-save interval time so that you know how often and where your …
If you have personal settings, bookmarks and extensions added on to your Firefox Web browser, it is helpful to know how to back-up your profile folder that contains all of this information. If you are backing up your computer system or you would like to add your Firefox profile to another computer, follow these instructions …
With the increasing amount of information available on the Internet, means for consuming online resources are constantly evolving and becoming more image driven. Many sites use images to represent news from around the world. Seeing an interesting picture may expose you to a topic that you wouldn’t have otherwise noticed. BBC News posts a daily slideshow in the Day in Pictures section. Google …
With Kwout, a Firefox Add-on, you can take screen shots of any Web page that you’d like to display as an image. The distinguishing feature of Kwout is the use of an image map, which allows hyperlinks within the screen shot to remain active and clickable. The image above is an example of a screen shot taken using …
In order to keep your computer’s operating system running safely and efficiently, it is important that you regularly install the latest software patches and updates. In this week’s Tech Tip, the Loyola University Information Security Office provides information and resources to help you keep your software up-to-date. What is Patch Tuesday? Patch Tuesday refers to …
Google Wave is a new online tool that provides a platform for real-time collaboration and communication. Google has combined features of instant messaging, wikis, email and word processing so that users can work together to create and edit documents called “waves.” These waves allow any participant to edit any part of the document and there …
How to Make Your Course Available to Students Remember that students cannot see their course titles in Blackboard, even if they are registered for the course and their name appears on the roster, unless instructors make the course available. You must manually make the course available in the Course Options settings in the Control Panel; …
Adding audio comments provides a method for instructors to give verbal feedback when grading electronic documents. The embedded audio features in Adobe Acrobat Professional allow users to record comments directly into a PDF document. Instructors would need a license of Adobe Acrobat Professional and a computer microphone to convert files to PDF and record audio. Students would …
If you use Gmail, there is a handy new feature that will enable you to add Google Gadgets to your Gmail page. Google Gadgets are interactive mini-applications that you can display on your Web page, such as weather, personalized news and more. When you add a Gadget, it will always appear on the sidebar of your …
As the fall semester comes to end and the holidays are fast-approaching, keeping track of holiday shopping and long to-do lists seems inevitable. If you still are relying on sticky notes and writing your reminders on bits of paper, you may want to try out the helpful Web task management tool, Rememberthemilk.com. Remember the Milk …