ITS: Talkin' Tech Online Resources
ITS Training Services provides a variety of online learning resources for CCAC students and employees. Check out the following resources:
- ITS Talkin' Tech pages of the ITS web site provide you, the user, with presentations that can inform and equip you to use your computer technology more effectively. Click on any topic to learn about CCAC systems, software tips or trends in technology.
- ITS Tech-Torials are simple video-demonstrations of common, frequently-used procedures used in Windows, Office or any computer technology at CCAC. Each Tech-torial includes a video to watch, along with a short, step-by-step instructions document you can print. We hope that these videos and step-by-step instructions are beneficial for guiding you in your busy work day. Check out our Media Site for Tech-Torials page or click on Tech-Torial links found below.
- Online Training Courses are available for employees to learn Office 2010: What’s New, Windows 7: What’s New, Technology and Learning, Information Security and Online Safety. These courses are offered through the Moodle system; call the ServiceDesk to obtain the enrollment keys for these courses.
Index to Resources
Accounts Desktop & Windows Email Security & Online Safety
Accounts | |
Review the user accounts that you may have been provided for your job at the College. | |
The College has adopted a new password policy that requires you to change your Network Account and Colleague passwords every ninety (90) days. | |
Tech-Torial: EntryPoint Self-service password reset
Desktop & Windows | |
Windows 7: What’s New! See the complete online course in Moodle. | |
Get to know your way around your desktop at CCAC. | |
Learn how to use Windows Explorer to help organize and manage your files. | |
Windows 7 search options can help you to find a lost or moved file. | |
Tech-Torial: How to Change Your Display Resolution Tech-Torial: Windows 7: File Management & Windows Explorer Tech-Torial: How to Set Your Home Page in Internet Explorer | |
All students with a NetID and all faculty with a CCAC network account have an academic mail and web account available to them. Any faculty or students wishing to have an academic mail and/or web account will need to establish a CCAC network account. | |
Get Organized with Outlook! Outlook is so much more than an email program. Outlook gives you tools to help organize your schedule, communicate effectively and manage the work that you do. | |
Outlook Web Access 2010 | See the changes associated with web access and exchange |
Get the messages you want and scrap the messages you don't. | |
In Outlook, delegate function allows you to give permission to another person to access certain features of your Outlook email account. | |
Sending email to groups of students or other persons? It is critical that you follow best practices when sending email to large groups. | |
Learn guidelines or "best practice" for the editors and authors for accessing and maintaining the departmental inbox, as authorized by the CCAC Marketing department. | |
Tech-Torial: How to Setup an Outlook Profile Tech-Torial: How to Setup a Meeting in Outlook 2007 Tech-Torial: Academic Email Overview Tech-Torial: How to Create a Distribution List Tech-Torial: How to Customize the To-Do Bar Tech-Torial: How to Recover a Missing from the Header Bar Tech-Torial: How to Use the Attachment Pre-View Feature | |
Printing | |
All CCAC employees' PC's come installed with Gadwin PrintScreen. | |
Learn how to.. with our tips and techniques. | |
Tech-Torial: How to Add a Network Printer in Windows 7 Tech-Torial: Smart Printing Tips and Tricks Tech-Torial: How to Setup and Use Gadwin PrintScreen
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Software | |
Office 2010: What’s New! See the complete online course in Moodle. | |
Do you do a lot of mailings in your office? Here are guidelines for creating efficient mailing lists and tips for doing a mail merge in Office. | |
As an excellent graphical tool, PowerPoint can enhance your presentation with graphs, pictures and animations. This page provides helpful tips to make your presentations engaging and efficient. | |
Publisher is the business publishing and marketing materials program that helps you create, design, and publish professional marketing and communication materials. | |
Tech-Torial: How to Add Animations to PowerPoint Presentations Tech-Torial: How to Print PowerPoint Presentations Tech-Torial: How to Apply a Theme to a PowerPoint Presentations Tech-Torial: Enhancing Your Pictures Tech-Torial: Enhancing Charts & Tables Tech-Torial: How to Create an Excel Chart Tech-Torial: How to use Filter and Sort feature in Excel Tech-Torial: How to Customize the Quick Access Tool Bar Tech-Torial: How to use Smart Art and Graphics Tech-Torial: How to use Live Preview Tech-Torial: How to Create a Mail Merge Tech-Torial: How to Creating and Editing Building Blocks Tech-Torial: How to Use Building Blocks Tech-Torial: How to Apply New Default Settings in Word Tech-Torial: How to Apply, Modify and Save a Theme in Word
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Trends | |
The computer industry continues to produce more effective media for file storage. Keep up with the times and use the most effective options for backing up your work and carrying files from place to place. | |
This Talkin' Tech provides guidance for those who: have more than one office, work from home or different locations throughout the College, and teach in multiple classrooms. | |
Ergonomics is a science which is concerned with the fit of people to their work. Learn tips to decrease fatigue and minimize injuries from long hours in front of a PC. | |
Follow these easy steps in managing your Email, Voice Mail and Colleague Purchasing Approvals while you are gone. | |
There have been many recent changes in technology that impact faculty and students in the classroom. Peruse this page to get the latest news and helps on Academic Email (for faculty and students), Academic Web Publishing, Blackboard and NetID and CCAC Central.
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Safety & Online Safety | |
Information Security and Online Safety! See the complete online course in Moodle. | |
Avoid Being Hooked By A Phishing Scam
| Identify a Phishing scam and What to do if you receive a Phishing scam. |
Information on this page has been extracted from the National Cyber Alert System, which provides timely information about current and emerging threats and vulnerabilities as well as advice about protecting your computer and networks. | |
Tech-Torial: File Sharing and HEOA Act. Tech-Torial: Online Safety for Parents & Children | |
Web | |
CCAC provides faculty, students, staff and the public a variety of online, web-based services. | |
To become a more effective and efficient online searcher, it is essential to understand how search engines work and how to enter effective search statements. | |
Tech-Torial: Viewing Your Online Pay Advice | |