Google Calendar – Creating Appointments
Google Calendar has updated the way to create and share appointments. Please follow the directions below to create appointments and allow others to choose appointments.
Checklist – when a student can’t find your Sakai course
Your student comes to you and says they can’t find your Sakai course when they log in. Here is a handy checklist to walk you through various possibilities.
Wake Forest Software Center
Does your computer nag you to update during the middle of your work? Have you had an update try to process while you are teaching a class? Part of your problem may be in the setting of the Wake Software Center program. The Software Center […]
Lynda.com
Are you interested in learning Photoshop? Have something you need to do in Excel, but not sure how? All Wake Forest University faculty, staff, and students have access to Lynda.com – a robust website database of self-paced courses on technology tools and many other subjects […]
Qualtrics – Using Quotas
Qualtrics is an excellent tool for scheduling student presentations in your class, creating a signup for a class you may have over multiple days, or even scheduling professor/student conferences. However, there may be instances when you will want to limit the number of students that […]
your ThinkPad is your security key
Lenovo and Intel announced in October selected ThinkPads and Ideapads with 7th and 8th generations processors can now be used as security key like USB, Bluetooth, NFC (Near Field Communication) dongles/Smartcards. And your Yoga 370 is one of them. http://news.lenovo.com/news-releases/lenovo-and-intel-deliver-simpler-and-safer-online-authentication-experiences.htm You can now use […]
2-Factor Authentication
IS has announced the Dec 4 deadline for turning on Google 2-Factor authentication on WFU Google accounts. You have to go through an initial setup process (see the FAQ IS has created) to tell google how you want to authenticate. Please don’t wait until […]
Qualtrics – Scoring for Tests & Quizzes
The Scoring feature built in to Qualtrics is a very powerful tool for Tests and Quizzes in your classes. The scoring subsystem includes Categories, so that you can setup different scoring systems for different question sets. You can even use the scores within the same […]
Compare PDF files using Adobe Acrobat 2017
Want to know what has been changed in two copies of a document? This new feature in Adobe Acrobat 2017 can help you. 1. choose Compare Files 2. select the two files you want to compare 3. viola
Create equations in Word using LaTeX syntax
With August 7, 2017 update to Microsoft Office, Version 1707 (Build 8236.2058), you can now create equations in Word using LaTeX syntax in addition to Unicode Math. See this article for details.