Teaching/Learning Center
-- serving full and part-time faculty and staff
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. Hover over the "Location" for more information.
| 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 (WebCT 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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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 |
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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 |
| 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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(Campus Edition 8) |
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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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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Other Tutorials
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Other Tutorials (not tied to a particular piece of software) |