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CITations #63December 21, 2001
No. 63
CITations is a report featuring information technology-related news of interest to UNC-Chapel Hill faculty members, graduate instructors and the staff who support them. CITations, published twice a month, is an electronic service of the ITS Center for Instructional Technology.
CIT Courses for January 2002
CIT Blackboard Bulletin
ATN Training Center Classes for January 2002
New Collections on ibiblio
ATN Recognizes Outstanding Staff and Student Efforts
January 2002 Scholarly Communication Working Group Meeting
ITRC Tip: Hide Images for Faster Editing in Word 2000
ITRC Tip: Print your Outlook Calendar without Private Appointment
Details
CITations Tips Archive
Conference Announcements
2001/02 CITations Publication Schedule
How to Subscribe or Unsubscribe to CITations
The Center for Instructional Technology will offer the following courses in January:
Options for Creating Course Web Sites
Monday, January 7; 9:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.; Course #CI05-011
Introduction to Blackboard 5.5
Wednesday, January 9; 9:00 a.m. - 11 a.m.; Course #CI06-010
Tuesday, January 15; 9:00 a.m. - 11 a.m.; Course #CI06-011
Monday, January 28; 9:00 a.m. - 11 a.m.; Course #CI06-012
Blackboard: Assessments and Online Gradebook
Wednesday, January 30; 9:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.; Course #CI07-003
To register call the ATN Training Center at 962-1160 and give the registrar the following information: your complete name, department, affiliation (faculty, staff, or student), daytime phone number, and the course number.
CIT Blackboard Bulletin is a print newsletter designed as an accompaniment to the CIT's Blackboard announcement listserv. While the listserv allows CIT to contact instructors using Blackboard with just-in-time news, the print newsletter encapsulates the most important information for instructors at the beginning, middle, and end of each semester. For instance, the latest issue provides a checklist for getting ready to use Blackboard for Spring 2002 classes.
The newsletter is published by the Center for Instructional Technology two to three times each semester. Electronic copies are archived at http://www.unc.edu/cit/bb/bbbulletin/index.html.
To receive the print version of CIT Blackboard Bulletin, send your name and CB# by email to jillpri@email.unc.edu.
ATN TRAINING CENTER CLASSES FOR JANUARY 2002
The January 2002 ATN Computer Training Class Schedule is now available at http://www.unc.edu/atn/training/schedule/schedule.html
ATN's computer classes are open to UNC-Chapel Hill faculty, staff, undergraduates, and graduate students.
New classes offered:
Microsoft Office XP Features
This demonstration will introduce you to the newest features of the
Microsoft Office suite. You will learn about the general features and
philosophy of Office XP, new office-wide tools, special features for
work groups and teams, and the pros and cons of upgrading from Office
2000.
Thursday, January 3; 11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.; Course #OF04-003
Monday, January 14; 3:00 p.m. - 05:00 p.m.; Course #OF04-004
PowerPoint XP: Introduction
Prerequisite: Windows Getting Started or equivalent experience.
Wednesday, January 30; 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.; Course #PT15-001
Word 2000/XP: Introduction
Prerequisite: Windows Getting Started or equivalent experience.
Wednesday, January 30; 12:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.; Course #WD44-001
Check out ibiblio's "What's New" web page at http://ibiblio.org/collection/collection.php?second=n to see what was added to the site in November and December. New collections include:
Cafe con Leche -- an independent source of XML information on the Internet.
GNU Midnight Commander -- a file manager for free operating systems.
Linux Tips & Tricks -- Linux tricks (with Netscape, Mozilla), information on WINE (run Windows applications on Linux), and anything that can help new users get going in Linux.
ibiblio is a collaboration of The University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill and the Center for the Public Domain, a philanthropic foundation based in Durham, North Carolina. See http://centerforthepublicdomain.org/ for more information about the Center.
ATN RECOGNIZES OUTSTANDING STAFF AND STUDENT EFFORTS
Congratulations to the ATN Staff and Student Award Fall 2001 winners:
Permanent Staff Winners:
Nealy Hall
Matt Howell
Student Winners:
Carrie Fisher
Matt Larson
JANUARY 2002 SCHOLARLY COMMUNICATION WORKING GROUP MEETING
The January meeting (rescheduled from September 11, 2001) of the UNC-Chapel Hill Scholarly Communication Working Group will feature Nicola Terrenato from the Classics Department on "The Origins of the Roman Conquest: An Archaeological Perspective." Terrenato takes a fresh look at Roman imperialism, building on the results of a decade of fieldwork in central Italy. Some implications for the scholarly and popular perception of the Romans will also be explored. All faculty, staff, and students are invited.
When: Tuesday, January 8, noon - 1:00 p.m.
Where: 2nd Floor Conference Rooms, Davis Library
For more information about the Scholarly Communication Working Group link to http://ils.unc.edu/schol-com/
ITRC TIP: HIDE IMAGES FOR FASTER EDITING IN WORD 2000
Have you ever created or had to maintain a document that contains many images? Unless you have a computer with a fast processor and lots of memory, it may take a long time to scroll through the document during editing because of the images.
Here's a time-saving tip that can help: Suppress the display of images and decrease the time it takes Word 2000 to "paint" each screen when you're scrolling through the document.
Here's how:
1. Go to the Tools menu and click on Options.
2. Click the View tab.
3. In the Show section, select the Picture Placeholders check box and click OK.
Instead of displaying clip art, .gif, .jpeg, or other images, the program will now display what look like empty boxes instead of the images. Rest assured that the pictures haven't really gone anywhere. You can verify that the pictures are still there by clicking on Print Preview.
ITRC TIP: PRINT YOUR OUTLOOK CALENDAR WITHOUT PRIVATE APPOINTMENT DETAILS
Have you ever hesitated to print your Outlook calendar because you don't want your private appointments to show? Outlook 2000 enables you to print your calendar without printing the titles of your private appointments. The times will still show on the calendar, but instead of the title, such as Doctor's Appointment, only the words Private Appointment will print. (For this feature to work the Private check box must be selected in the appointment form.)
To prevent printing private appointments:
1. Open your Calendar folder.
2. Choose File/Print.
3. In the Print Range panel, select Hide Details of Private Appointments.
4. Click OK to print.
For more computing assistance, contact the Information Technology
Response Center, Wilson Library, Suite 300.
Walk-in Hrs: 7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Phone: 962-HELP -- 24 hours/7 days a week
Email: help@unc.edu
Web: http://www.unc.edu/atn/itrc/
The ITRC, CBT, and Lyris tips published in CITations are archived on the Web, so you can locate tips without having to search through all the back issues. The tips archive is at http://www.unc.edu/cit/citations/tips.html
Stay informed about technology conferences with the CIT's "Education Technology and Computer-Related Conferences" at http://www.unc.edu/cit/guides/irg-37.html and "Calendar of World-Wide Educational Technology-Related Conferences, Seminars, and Other Events." The calendar is at http://confcal.unc.edu:8086/
2002 CITATIONS PUBLICATION SCHEDULE
January 11 & 25
February 8 & 22
March 8 & 22
April 12 & 26
May 10 & 24
June 7 & 21
July 12 & 26
August 9 & 23
September 13 & 27
October 11 & 25
November 8 & 22
December 6 & 20
CITations welcomes announcements from all UNC-Chapel Hill campus organizations involved in instructional and research technology. To have an announcement considered for publication in CITations, send email to Carolyn Kotlas, kotlas@email.unc.edu, or call 962-9287. The deadline for submissions is 11:00 a.m. the day before the publication date.
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