Monday, December 22, 2008

Unsend or RETRACT an Email

Have you ever hit the SEND button and:



  • your heart sank because it was to the wrong person

  • you realize you were much to rude in your letter

  • you forgot to add your attachments

  • you forgot spellcheck and now your entire professional reputation is damaged

  • realized that the recipient's mother was killed in a waterslide accident, and it was a funny waterslide video

Trouble Opening Email Attachments

Hi Folks.  For those of you who occasionally have problems opening that funny picture or video (or the odd work related document), there is a 95% chance that this is your problem.

 

Friday, December 19, 2008

Document Camera Skills Survey

This is meant for the staff at Two Rivers High School.  We'd like to get an idea how to split up the training courses by skill level.

Thursday, December 18, 2008

Friday, December 12, 2008

Enable WebCam comments on your blog

Just about anybody who has internet access these days has a webcam.  If not, at least a microphone.

 

With online media exploding with popularity, a lot of people constantly have a webcam ready to go.  Posting a video is easier - and much more fun than typing.

 

Wednesday, December 10, 2008

How to put your camera pictures on your computer

This tutorial is for beginners, but go ahead and watch it anyways, give me some feedback, maybe some things that I missed....

 

Every camera these days comes with it's own software to install, and some of them are good, others are just a total waste of your computer's disk space and RAM.

 

Friday, December 5, 2008

Send GroupWise Calendar to Google Calendar

Do you use Google Calendar as well as your Novell GroupWise Calendar?


Do you wish you could share your GroupWise calendar appointments with others, namely non WSD employees?  (your students, their parents, your friends.....)


This will show you how to set your Google Calendar to automatically add your Groupwise Calendar appointments.

Thursday, December 4, 2008

Uploading stuff to your blog

Stuff -- Uploading Documents to your blog, media, video, music, audio, pictures, images......


 

Wednesday, December 3, 2008

Create Videos with your Document Camera

This has definitely been a hot topic;  Using your document cameras to film videos.

Monday, November 24, 2008

Document Camera Basics - Tutorial Video

This tutorial is for the Samsung SDP-850DX Document Camera.  This will cover the basic operations of the camera software.


 

Friday, November 14, 2008

Embed Google Docs on your Blog

To see my "beginner" Google Docs tutorial, click here:
http://blog.weber.k12.ut.us/jumcfarland/2008/11/12/google-docs-video/
 


This post will discuss how to take those Google Docs you've uploaded, and embed them right on your blog.  This is a MUCH better alternative than providing a link, which will open a new page and lead your audience away from your blog.

Wednesday, November 12, 2008

Google Docs - VIDEO

Google Docs is an online storage for your documents, and you can also create and share.


 

Wednesday, November 5, 2008

How to embed Video on PowerPoint

This is a popular topic recently, and I finally had the time to git R dun.

There are many different ways to embed a video on Microsoft Powerpoint.  The following video describes 4 of them.  I left out a couple, because the video is already long enough, and to be honest, I haven't quite figured them out yet concerning WeberTube.

Antivirus 2009

Tuesday, November 4, 2008

Get better sound from your Media Player

This example is using Windows Media Player 11, which should be the default on the WSD machines.

 

There are a lot of you who like to listen to music during your prep period to help you buzz through the work and assignments, so I'd like to help you out by showing you how to get better audio quality from your player.

 

Friday, October 31, 2008

Add some "Email Me" html code to your blog

Hey folks, this is some basic html stuff. 


 


You may want to add this into your text widget on your blog.  It makes an easy ONE CLICK application that will write an email to you that is completely filled out.


 

Print Screen - Capture your monitor

Some of  you already know about Print Screen, but do you know about Alt + Print Screen? 

 

Wednesday, October 29, 2008

Editing an Email Document

Have you ever lost ALL of your work you had just put into a Word Document that was emailed to you?  The problem is, you've saved it to a TEMPORARY email folder, instead of your computer.

Friday, October 24, 2008

How To Archive Your Groupwise Email

Well folks, the end is near.


The end of your fields of green pastures we call "unlimited mailbox storage space".


Thursday, October 23, 2008

Intro to Tabbed Browsing - VIDEO

Internet Explorer 7 has been available for a couple of years now, and some of you may not know about the feature called "Tabbed Browsing".  Other internet browsers have this feature as well such as FireFox, but we will discuss IE7 in this video.

What is RSS?

What does RSS mean? 


Well, depending who you ask, it means either:



  • Really Simple Syndication

  • or Rich Site Summary


 


Wednesday, October 22, 2008

Create a Google Account

Create a Google account - for free of course.  Google has an almost endless list of tools that can be very useful in the classroom.


 

Create an Email Distribution Group - VIDEO

Here are a couple of methods to email to consistent groups of your contacts.  

 

Tuesday, October 14, 2008

Text / IM Abbreviations Dictionary

Admit it, you don't know what your kid is saying these days. It used to be slang such as "sick" (meaning awesome) or "dope" (meaning sweet(which means awesome(which means cool(which used to mean FAR OUT)))).

Now it's LOL (laughing out loud) or TTYL (talk to you later) - some of you wannabe hipsters are catching onto this strange new language sent by your kids through Text Messaging, Instant Messanging, and once in a while Email.  (Email is for old people)   - ROFL

 

So I thought I'd help you "cool adults" out with a big list of abbreviation translations, so you can study behind your kids' backs.

 

Monday, October 13, 2008

Photo Dropper Plugin for your blog

The easiest way to search and embed photos on your blog.   Rather than leaving your blog to go search google, just search Flickr photos within your blog.

Image Resizer for Windows XP

In my opinion, this is the BEST and easiest way to resize your photos.  Why would you use this?

  • Sending photos via email

  • Uploading them to your blog

  • Uploading to any other website

Thursday, October 9, 2008

New Blog Layout - Old vs New VIDEO

Hey Bloggers, we've got an update in our blogging software!  It's a BIG one too.  This video shows the comparisons and will help you make the jump to the latest layout.

Monday, October 6, 2008

Out of Office Reply - How To VIDEO

This is how you set up an auto response to anybody that sends you email, when you are gone, home sick, or surfing the North Beach in Maui. 

Wednesday, September 24, 2008

The COOLEST of them all - the Text Widget

The possibilities are almost endless with this widget.  This is the easiest way to personalize your blog, even better than choosing a special Theme.


Remember how to embed media to your blog into a post or a page?  This will do it in your sidebar!  Here are SOME of the things you can do with this:

Tuesday, September 23, 2008

How to leave a Comment or Reply on a Blog

Hi Folks.    I ask for feedback on my blog in the form of comments or replies, but it's possible that many of you do not know how this works [oops].  So, here is a 5 minute video showing the basics of commenting on a WSD blog, and many other blogs are the same.


This information will be useful for your students if you would like them to get more involved with your online content while they are home.

Friday, September 19, 2008

Instant Messenger Basics

This video will cover some of the Groupwise Instant Messenger basics.  Some of you are beyond this, so just sit back, relax, and enjoy my super awesome voice.  8)

Set a Static Page for your Blog

This is one way you can give your blog more of a "website" or constant page look.  If you don't want to display the most recent posts, and would just like a page that stays the same - no matter when you write a new post - this video is for you.


It's about 5 minutes long.  Enjoy.

Wednesday, September 17, 2008

Make a Custom Header image for your blog

How did I get my own photo at the top of my blog?

Watch this video to find out.

NOTE:

By using the dKret Theme, the image apparently does NOT need to be those exact dimensions shown.... but it helps.



Turn off your "opened mail" emails

Have you recieved a new email and were all excited to see what it was, just to see that it was only a notification that somebody else opened your email?

Tuesday, September 16, 2008

Manage your Task Bar

Do you have a lot of windows open?  Here's a quick 2 minute video showing a few tips for your Task Bar. 

Monday, September 8, 2008

Convert your documents to PDF

There is a growing need to convert your documents to PDF (Portable Document Format)... or that certain format that you open with Adobe Acrobat Reader. 

Thursday, September 4, 2008

Download YouTube Videos, upload to WeberTube

So, you've seen a great video on YouTube (www.youtube.com) and thought it would be a great clip to show your class. 

Thursday, August 28, 2008

How to Hotlink images to your Blog

This topic will show you how to embed or hotlink an image onto your blog.  Rather than uploading an image from your computer, you can find an image that already exists online, on somebody else's website.

Tuesday, August 26, 2008

How to Embed a video on your Blog from WeberTube

See how the video below is right on my blog?  Click Play, and I'll show you how I did this, and why it's a good feature.

Import an Instant Messenger Contact List

Hi folks, the general concept applies to anybody using Groupwise Messenger, but I'll be using the example of Roy High's list.

Monday, August 25, 2008

New Blog Statistics Page & Improved Search

Justin Reeve has added a pretty cool "Blog Statistics" page showing some current stats among all of us WSD bloggers. 

Instant Messenger pop-ups and alerts

Are those popup boxes annoying you whenever somebody logs on or off?

Thursday, August 21, 2008

How can I get that Theme for my Blog?

OK Bloggers, one of the first thing you want to do is get rid of the boring blue theme that comes default.

Tuesday, August 12, 2008

How to embed Google Calendar on your Blog

You'll notice I have Google Calendar embedded on this Blog. See the "Calendar" page link up top?

Thursday, August 7, 2008

Wednesday, August 6, 2008

Monthly Computer Maintenance

Hey everybody, welcome back to school by the way.

Here are some very simple steps to cleaning your PC. You will also notice a difference in speed and performance if you haven't done it for a while.

Tuesday, August 5, 2008

Monday, May 12, 2008

WordPerfect vs Microsoft Word

Share Your Video: CD, DVD, or Web?

Many of you are filming this spring and are eager to share your videos/photos with your family and friends.

The most common subject I'm asked about is burning DVDs; how to, which program to use, how to get the movie on the computer....

Thursday, April 10, 2008

Wednesday, April 9, 2008

Video from Camcorder to Computer

Some schools are doing year-end video projects, so this topic applies to them.

Thursday, April 3, 2008

False Rumors About Online Surveillance

Hi everybody. I thought I'd better write this note in response to my entry this morning below. I've had a few concerned staff members ask some questions.

The website is blocked - ACCESS DENIED

Agghghgh!!!! The website is blocked!! (oh no, now they're tracking me. I'll bet they'll send me an email in a couple of minutes telling me they've been watching me....) But I really didn't mean it! I mispelled the word, or I'm not really looking for guns and drugs!!!

Monday, March 31, 2008

Create a PERSONAL Blog

This would be for NON work related purposes; family pictures, videos of outings with the friends, planning get togethers.....

Core Testing - UPASS Test Navigator

The purpose of this post is to give us all an additional reference for Core Testing.

Clickers - TurningPoint interactive PowerPoint - VIDEOS

What are these Clickers I keep hearing about? You may also hear the term "TurningPoint" or "Interactive PowerPoint" in the same sentence.

What is "Workstation Only"?

This is for your WSD computer only with Novell Client installed.

Wednesday, March 26, 2008

This Program won't close!!!

Have you ever been in GradeQuick, you see an error pop up, and there's no way to close or stop it?

Friday, March 21, 2008

Put your digital photos on your computer

There are a couple of staff members whom have been wanting to learn this for a while, but our schedules keep conflicting so I thought this would help....

Thursday, March 20, 2008

Tuesday, March 18, 2008

Resize Your Photos

Hey, that's a great photo, but it's WWWWAAAAAYYYYYY too big! Have you ever run into this? You want to take a simple picture for your Blog, or to email, but wow, it is HUGE.

Friday, March 14, 2008

Instant Message from Email

Now, we'll turn the tables a bit from our last topic. Recently we showed how you can send an email from your Instant Messenger contact list.

Thursday, March 13, 2008

Use Messenger to Email Faster

Most of you use the WSD's Novell Instant Messenger. (if you are a WSD employee and you don't use it - you should)

Thursday, March 6, 2008

Wednesday, March 5, 2008

Running out of ink?

Is that old printer running out of ink - again? Before you run to the store and buy another 5 year supply of printer ink, you should read this first.

Tuesday, March 4, 2008

VIDEO - N Drive Files - find and save them!

We've discussed this before, but I thought a video may be easier to understand if you watched how things happen.

Monday, February 25, 2008

Edit your Blog - VIDEO #2

I'm back from the dead! I took a week off of work because of that Flu going around, and I'm back.


This video will show how to RENAME or TITLE your blog, and also how to WRITE your first post.

Friday, February 15, 2008

Wednesday, February 13, 2008

Office 2007 Document Conversion

Are you getting documents emailed from somebody who has Office 2007, and CAN'T OPEN THEM?

Monday, February 4, 2008

Email Cleanup - Further Explained.

There is some confusion still concerning the details of this "Email Cleanup". I think I can better clarify exactly what will happen.

Friday, February 1, 2008

ATTENTION!!! WSD ALERT!!!!

Weber School District has just been informed that there are 2 new ergonomic excercises that will greatly reduce back pain. It is VERY important that you stand up and follow these actions as soon as you can.

Thursday, January 31, 2008

Creating Email Rules

This video will show you how to automatically send certain emails to certain folders, so they don't crowd up your Mailbox.

Friday, January 25, 2008

Create a New Folder in Email

This video will show you how easy it is to create new folders and clean up your Mailbox without deleting emails.

Thursday, January 24, 2008

Check your email size

You received an email from Alex Korkishko this week (trust me, you did) about reducing your mailbox size.

Thursday, January 10, 2008

HELP!!! - New Desktop Icon

Most of you have noticed the new icon on your desktop, titled HELP!!!

help

Wednesday, January 9, 2008

Groupwise Email with Vista

Do you have Microsoft Vista at home? This is the new operating system, and if your computer is less than a year old, it's likely you are using this. This also involves Internet Explorer 7.

Monday, January 7, 2008

Closed Daily Announcement?

Have you ever closed the Daily Announcement but wanted to reopen it? I will show you how to open it again without restarting your computer.