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Step-By-Step Tool Tutorials
The chart below lists the various software tools or technical tasks for which the T/LC has developed or located step-by-step instructions. Clicking on a title will provide you with access to the complete list of online tutorial topics provided for that tool. Next to each title in the chart, a description explains what the software tool is designed to do. The last column lists where you can locate the tool if you do not already have a copy on your computer. |
| Title | Description | Location |
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Adobe Reader
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A free software tool that opens PDF files. | Standard |
| Astra | Astra Schedule is an interactive scheduling system, helps coordinate academic, event and resource scheduling functions in one campus-wide (or even multi-campus) system. |
Request or
Web (to come) |
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Camtasia
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Records your voice annotations and mouse movements, screen changes, etc.on the computer. Most often used to create Web site orientations and software tutorials. The recording is saved as a movie that students can access online. | TLC |
| Campus Edition 8 (CE8) | We are moving away from WebCT CE 4.1 and will be using the new version CE8. Instructors that want to use BHC's supported Learning Management System (LMS) for their course after the Spring 2009 term will need to use CE8. Blackboard bought WebCT over two years ago, so the name WebCT will be disappearing. | Web |
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Faculty Banner Web
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Access Banner to post final grades, check class rosters, drop/add Students and other daily tasks. | myBH |
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File Transfer Protocol(FTP)
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Upload or download a new or revised web page with Win_FTP. | Standard |
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MicroGrade
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Creates a gradebook and uploads grades to a web site on the Internet that students can access throughout the semester. | Request or TLC |
| myBlackhawk | The Black Hawk College portal used by students, faculty and staff to communicate, provide information to each other, and access courses in WebCT or CourseStudio. | Web |
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Outlook
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Email, personal calendar and contact manager tool used by all BHC faculty and staff. | Standard |
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PowerPoint
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Create slideshows for conference presentations, face-to-face teaching, and/or online delivery. | Standard |
| Publisher | Put together for Digital Divas 2008 | Standard |
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Remote Assistance
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Make your computer desktop temporarily visible to someone (Help Desk? Tutor? TLC Staff?) at another location for technical support or demonstrations on how to do something on the computer. | Standard |
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Respondus
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A survey tool that works well with WebCT when creating student surveys and CATS. | TLC |
| Scanning | Scan documents, photos, etc. as images or pdfs. in the T/LC. | TLC |
| Tell Me More | Web based Foreign Language program that some courses use at Black Hawk College. | TLC |
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Visio
(Download Viewer)
(no step-by-steps available) |
Physical space layout design or organizational charts. | TLC |
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See Also NEW CE8 |
Course Management System (CMS) used by BHC faculty to teach Web-enchanced and online courses. | Web |
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WIDS
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A structured database that assists departments and BHC with planning and reporting about program-level assessments, especially for career and technical programs. | TLC |
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Word
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Current content has to do with giving student feedback and mail merge with MS Outlook, Excel, and Access. | Standard |
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Windows XP (What's New)
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Newest operating system for PCs at BHC. | Standard |
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Other Tutorials
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Other Tutorials (not tied to a particular piece of software) |
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© 2007 Last Updated: 06/04/2008