(Unfortunately, our engagement for the 18-19 season is over). Initial invite: “Announcing a new and unique opportunity for faculty, staff, students, classes, and organizations (basically EVERYONE) at Oberlin College. CIT/OCTET is sponsoring a ‘portal’ that will live on Wilder Bowl for 2 months starting on Sept 6th. This portal connects to other portals in a […]
Clearing Cache in Safari
The issue with Blackboard not allowing uploads from Safari has been fixed. The issue stems from a change that Apple implemented which caused Blackboard to change the code it used to upload files from local machines. HOWEVER, if you tried to upload documents during the period between when Safari was updated and when the fix […]
InDesign Basics
InDesign is software used for print and layout projects, posters, pamphlets, booklets, etc. The following guide is written from the perspective that you have no previous experience or knowledge of InDesign. In this guide, we hope to provide an understanding of basic skills needed to create a document, adding text and images, and then combing […]
Using Google Hangouts to give support with a screenshare
Before you start your first video call Download and install the latest version of the Hangouts plugin for Internet Explorer, Firefox, and Safari browsers. When asked to use your computer’s camera and microphone, click Allow. Once both parties have done these steps, the call can be initiated from the assisting office. Using Google Hangouts to […]
Grammarly for everyone
Grammarly for everyone at Oberlin College
Converting video/audio files
Since we are mostly a Mac campus, most of our video and audio is saved in a .mov format. Many Windows machines and browsers are not very good at automatically displaying these files. Therefore, we’ve been asked if there is any way to easily convert .mov files to something more compatible e.g. MP3 or MP4 […]
Add Questions to your SmartEvals Course Evaluation (for faculty)
Information on how to add questions to your online student evaluations in SmartEvals.
Accounting for extra credit in the Blackboard grade center
Blackboard Page on Extra Credit A very useful video explaining how to add extra credit to a final grade or exclusively to a set of assignments, and have that update the grade a student sees in the Blackboard grade center.
Photoshop, Illustrator or InDesign
Now that Adobe products are available in all labs on campus and for faculty/staff use, people have been asking which product should they use. Specifically, should one use Photoshop, Illustrator or InDesign. I recently stumbled across a very easy to follow answer to this question. You can find it here: https://99designs.com/blog/tips/photoshop-vs-illustrator-vs-indesign/ Enjoy
SmartEvals: Sending reminder email to unresponsive students (for faculty)
Information on how to add questions to your online student evaluations in SmartEvals.