Category: Technology

Top Tools for Learning 2021

Jane Hart, founder of the Centre for Learning & Performance Technologies (C4LPT), has been ranking the top tools in technology for the last 15 years, using data she has collected from people around the world.   This years list was generated from 2,077 votes from 33 countries.  She also breaks down into categories, so I will concentrate …

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Using Google at UAS – Part 6

Today we finish this series of videos with a look at Google Drive.  Today’s 18 minute video has Traci Taylor, from the UAS Helpdesk, giving us the final installment in how to use Google at UAS.  Here is a breakdown of this video: 00:00:00 Introduction 00:00:43 FileShare Items 00:01:31 Starring Items 00:03:04 Priority Items 00:03:44 …

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Using Google at UAS – Part 5

Today we are going to concentrate on the Google Calendar. Today’s video is about 7-1/2 minutes long and will show you how to manage your calendar, how to look up other’s schedules (important if you are trying to set up a meeting), how to subscribe to another employees calendar, and how to create an event. …

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Using Google at UAS – Part 4

In today’s Faculty Learning Corner, we will be continuing our look at Google Mail. Today’s 10 minute video has Traci Taylor, from the UAS Helpdesk, looking into Mail Templates, Scheduling an email, Distribution Lists (Labels), Mail Merge, and connecting to Outlook. 00:00:24 Enabling Templates 00:00:51 G-Mail Templates (If you send a similar email, this saves …

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Using Google at UAS – Part 3

Today we are going to continue the series on using Google at UAS, and we will concentrate on G-Mail. In today’s episode Traci Taylor from the UAS Helpdesk will be looking at using the out of office tool, adding a signature, sending mail while utalizing multiple email addresses, and using filters. This is all jammed …

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Using Google at UAS – Part 2

In the video I am sharing with you today, Traci Taylor from the UAS Helpdesk takes us through Centralized Access Management.  We look at the UAS Group Security Manager and how to add and remove people from groups (when you manage a group).  In the second half of this 5 minute video we will concentrate …

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Using Google at UAS – Part 1

Here at UAS we have access to the Google Suite of tools.  Last month there was a great webinar by our own UAS Helpdesk guru Traci Taylor and Webmaster Colin Osterhout.  They dug into Google and what we can do with it here at UAS.  I was given permission to share that meeting, and am …

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Clearing Cache and Cookies

What are Cache and Cookies? Both cookies and cache are items that store information on your computer to make websites and apps you’ve visited more efficient, and also help to decrease the time it takes to load those websites and apps. Cookies are small data files put on your computer that contain information such as …

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Creating Great Course Videos

Making low cost, or no cost videos for your course may seem daunting, but with a few tips on creating video, I hope you will feel more comfortable taking this on.  Here is an 11 minute video that gives you information on how to shoot a successful course video.   In the next video (below), I …

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Welcome Back UAS Faculty – 2021-2022 School Year

Welcome back!  I hope everyone had a great Summer. I wanted to update you on a few items so you get off to a good start this Fall. VoiceThread VoiceThread has a new Assignment Builder, so if you use this tool, you will want to watch this 45 minute video that outlines all the new …

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