Tuesday, April 28, 2009

Thursday, April 16, 2009

Backup your documents (school related)

Hi Staff;

 

Here's another reminder of how to backup your documents from your hard drive.  This is a MUST before summer break, especially if you are getting new computers.

You may want to create different folders within your M Drive naming the original source of your documents, such as

  • My Documents

  • Desktop

  • Internet Favorites


  • Email Archive




DO NOT "DRAG AND DROP" THE "My Documents" FOLDER FROM YOUR DESKTOP TO YOUR DISK DRIVE.  This only creates a SHORTCUT to that folder.  You must go INSIDE the folder and actually grab the contents of the My Documents folder and copy those.


 

Wednesday, April 1, 2009

How to make a ScreenCast from your monitor

Are you having a difficult time explaining how to install a certain program to your friends, just by describing what it should look like?


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It's like teaching my parents how to write an email.... over the phone.  This is why all of the Tech Support jobs are going overseas, is because they have more patience than us.


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Why not show them exactly how you are doing it, right on your screen?


(No, we are not condoning this type of support with the School Techs....our job is to meet with you face to face.)


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I've also added a page to my blog called LIVE Support:


http://blog.weber.k12.ut.us/jumcfarland/live-support/


I can be contacted via any method, and we can hop on right there and show you how to do something.


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NOTE:  These extra programs aren't really "supported" by the Tech Service Department, meaning it won't be a priority of ours to set this up for you.  This is just a little fun accessory you can try out sometime.  But this is not part of the "School Tech" duty.

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This could be used by School Techs if there's just no better way.  I actually had in mind the "Techie Teachers" in each school that wanted to show a procedure to their peers, without having the time to schedule the lab for a quick meeting.


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Here's a 5 minute video showing you the FREE method of setting this up.


(Webertube may be undergoing some maintenance at this time)