Frequently Asked Questions

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How do I record a CD? See: CD Recordable FAQ site.

DVD: Where can I copy a DVD?

FTP: A Beginners Guide.

Plagiarism detection using Turnitin
How to get to Windows OS on a dual-boot Mac
How to get to Mac OS on a dual-boot Mac

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Where can I copy a DVD?

1. The Audio-Visual Dpt in the library (Rome campus) has the ability to record six DVDs or CDs at a time.

"We can copy + R / RW or -R / RW media. Note the targer media needs to be the same as the source media.

We can also copy CD-R / RW six at a time. We also have two DVD recorders that will record R and RAM.

We can use these DVD recorders to transfer media such as VHS, 8mm, ¾ inch tape and etc… to the R and RAM format.

If you need any of these services, please let me know. We will be glad to assist you."

2. FCTV has the capability to "burn" DVDs (i.e. copy).

They can also transfer the following data formats to DVD: VHS, Beta, Digital, MiniDV tapes.

3. The Instructional Resource Center has the capability to turn your CDs or various other files into DVD's. A "multimedia" PC is available for DVD-burning.

For projects which involve more than just copying, IRC staff can assist you in adapting media for DVD.

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Scanning

Using the HP scanner in the IRC or the Canoscan in the Faculty Resource Room at cartersville, you can scan almost anything for use in printed or screen material.

More detailed information is at A Few Scanning Tips. Don't miss the site's useful and very extensive list of links to information about everything connected to scanning.

To scan existing typed material and turn it into editable text files, you need to scan pages into Omnipage 8, Optical Character Recognition software.

While scanning for the screen is not that different from scanning for paper, to get good results youl need to understand a little about screen resolution and the various file formats used for displaying images on the screen.

To edit your scans in something more extensive than Photo Editor, you'll need to work in Photoshop.

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Making a pdf document

Go to this site for general information about pdf (portable document format), including basics, creation, and file conversion.
If you do not have the full version of Adobe Acrobat (not just the reader), which allows you to create and edit pdf documents as well a just read them, you can use open-source PDFCreator. It also installs as a printer driver.

Simply print, and select a filename. There is also a control panel allowing users to set document properties, conversion settings, change Acrobat version compatibility, and set security.

The other two free PDF products are CutePDF (works fine, but limited features since they offer a paid product) and PrimoPDF (semed flakey on my Mac).

All of them use GhostScript for generating the PDF output.

How to manage a course with SCORE

You can access class rolls, manage classes & enter final grades online using "SCORE." Check the Logon and Password Matrix to get your SCORE logon credentials first.

Then folow this step-by step guide to Managing Course Information using SCORE

How to send email to class from within SCORE (download a .doc file).

How to change your password

You can use GHC Connect to:

Set up Security Questions to be used if you forget your password
Change your network/email account password
Sign up for Text Messaging alerts
Create a Wireless/VPN account and synchronize your network/email account password to this account
Create a Web/FTP account
Obtain the Intranet password

GHC Connect will be used as a secure delivery mechanism to distribute changes to the Intranet credentials. This change will occur every 120 days.

To access GHC Connect, click here:

BANNER

If your BANNER password has expired (they expire after 120 days) you will need to follow the following instructions on the GHC Intranet to re-set it. (You need to know the GHC Intranet logon username/password to access this document.)

How to back up files on the GHC server

Accessing the H drive
Faculty laptops may have desktop shortcuts that take you directly to your folder on the H-drive at "warehouse/users/yourspace."

There is also a shortcut to your H-drive space when you log on to the network in one of the Cartersville classrooms. Be careful not to click the "Z-drive" shortcut, which is for students.

Turnitin

All GHC instructors have access to Turnitin, the plagiarism detection service. You will need to contact Simon Grist for the required Account ID and Account Join Passwords.

For Turnitin Training and Manuals

For Turnitin New Users

How to get from MacOS to Win OS on a Mac.

Bring up your Mac.
Look down at the bottom for your dock (the bar along the bottom with all of the icons)
Look for system preferences (this will be a silver square icon with what looks like a gear inside the middle) if you cannot find system preferences in your dock area the click on Finder. (This is the small square blue icon that looks like it has two faces in it) If you have to use finder to get to system preferences once finder opens look on the left side of the finder window and locate Applications. Click on Applications and scroll down on the right side until you find System Preferences then double click on System Preferences.
This will open a new window. Inside this window look for the icon titled Startup Disk. (This icon is silver with a question mark in the middle and looks like a small hard drive)
Wait a few seconds for the next window to populate then click on the icon named windows.
Click on Restart. This will reboot your Mac in the Windows OS.

How to get from Win OS to Mac OS on a Mac.

1. Bring up your Mac.
2. Look down at your task bar on the bottom right near the clock.
3. You should see a small icon that looks like a grey diamond.
4. Click your right mouse button on this diamond shaped icon and choose boot camp control panel.
5. this will open up the control panel window.
6. Click on the mac hard drive icon.
7. Click on restart. This will reboot your Mac Book to the Mac OS.

M to Z

Merlot All about MERLOT
Movie Maker, How to edit video on your PC

Pesentations Tips for more effective

PDF: How do I make a pdf

Scanning a document

How can I get a GHC Web site ?

Web conference Can I use it for free?

Screenshot: How can I take a screenshot?

What is Web 2.0?
UTube or Video clip capture

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MERLOT FAQ's

Merlot, Multimedia Educational Resources for Learning and Online Teaching, is a high quality collection of interactive learning materials, assignments, reviews, and people. MERLOT is also a national network of online discipline communities that will be selecting and peer-reviewing learning materials in their specific disciplines. MERLOT serves as a national gateway to web-based peer-reviewed learning materials.

What is the value of MERLOT to individual faculty?

Most faculty do not have the time to develop electronic content; nor are they interested in adopting a complete pre-packaged course. MERLOT provides them a way of easily and cheaply incorporating material into theircourse and syllabus. MERLOT may also eventually provide faculty a more systematic way of documenting their contributions to the scholarship of teaching and learning.

How is MERLOT different than other Internet "gateways?"

Most web search engines (e.g., Yahoo) can lead you to sites on a particular topic, but rarely to the depth of information teachers and scholars need. MERLOT collects web-based materials from selected disciplines, evaluates them, and attaches assignments, reviews, and other information necessary to integrate them successfully into faculty curricula. By searching through MERLOT, faculty members can easily identify materials that are appropriate for them to assign in their courses.

How to Map your H-drive

To acess the H-drive if there is no shortcut on the desktop (i.e. from an instructor PC), do the following:
1. Click "Start"
2. Right-click and hold mouse button down on "myComputer."
3. Select "Map Network Drive" from the pulldown menu.
4. Select H from the drive pulldown menu.
5. Click "Browse."
6. Click + sign next to "Floyd."
7. Click + sign next to "Warehouse."
8. Click + sign next to "Users."
9. Click on your folder (example:"asmith").
10. Press "OK."
11. In "Map Network Drive" window, click "Finish."
Your H-drive folder opens, and you can drag or save files or folders containing files to it.

Web Conferencing

A free DimDim account will allow you to have a max of 20 people in a room. For $ 99 a year, you can have up to 100 people in a room. They do say that doc sharing is a bit slower on the free version though ;)

Here's how they describe their product:

Dimdim provides free web conferencing service where you can share your desktop, show slides, collaborate, chat, talk and broadcast via webcam with absolutely no download required for attendees.

http://dimdim.com/

They also have a whole bunch of video (features and tutorials) on the link below

http://dimdim.com/products/dimdim_features.html

How To take a screenshot

You can take a screenshot of whatever is on your screen by pressing the PrtScn (Print Screen) keys on your windows keyboard. An image of your screen is copied to the clipboard, wher it is ready to paste into a graphics program. For example, you can use Microsoft Paint, which is in Accessories under the All Programs menu.

How to take a Screenshot in Windows shows you how.

Taking screenshots with Screenshot Captor

For much better control over screenshots, download Screenshot Captor, which enables you to capture all or part of what is on your screen or in a window on your screen, and to save this as a GIF (best for line graphics), or a JPEG (best for photos) or a PNG that you can upload to your course. All 3 file types display directly in the web browser window. For most images, especially line art, save screenshotsas a GIF.

Snagit is even better, but you either have to pay or download a 30-day trial version (which inserts a "Taken by Snagit" message on the shots you take)

Web 2.0

The term "Web 2.0" describes the changing trends in the use of World Wide Web technology and web design that aim to enhance creativity, communications, secure information sharing, collaboration and functionality of the web.

Web 2.0 concepts have led to the development and evolution of web culture communities and hosted services, such as social-networking sites, video sharing sites, wikis, blogs, and folksonomies. (from: Wikipedia)

What is Web 2.0?

Watch Video (YouTube 5 min)

Students Today & Tomorrow.

Watch video (YouTube 5 min) summarizing some of the most important characteristics of students today - how they learn, what they need to learn, their goals, hopes, dreams, what their lives will be like, and what kinds of changes they will experience in their lifetime.

K-12 students Today

Watch video (YouTube 4min) This project was created to inspire teachers to use technology in engaging ways to help students develop higher level thinking skills

Need for New Pedagogical DNA

Watch video (YouTube 5 mins) discussing the need to develop a new pedagogical dna for schooling in todays world in order to break from the past.

Social Networking in Plain English

Watch video (2 YouTube mins) "We made this video for people who wonder why social networking sites are so popular. We think one reason is because they help to solve a real world problem."

Wikis in Plain English

Watch video. We made this video because wiki web sites are easy to use, but hard to describe.

Movie Maker

You can edit digital video on your PC with Windows Movie Maker, which is included in Windows XP.

This Microsoft site has all you need, including sections called:
1. Get Started: Find out what you can accomplish with Windows Movie Maker, what equipment you need to make digital movies, and how to get footage from your camera to your computer.

2. Create and share movies: See how to create, edit, and add special effects to your home movies and then how to share them with friends and family.

If you don't have Movie maker on your PC, download it here

Capturing web-video clips

If you are on a Mac, capturing video clips from the Internet is easy. Using Safari as the web browser, go to the site where the video you want to download is located, and get ready to play the video from the site.

As soon as the video window appears (there will probably be start/stop controls available) click the start control, and then hold down the Command + Option + a keys.

This causes the "active" window to appear, and the movie you are watching will be recorded.

When the movie has finished playing, locate the movie file name in the active window, and double-click the name. The file will be downloaded to your Mac.

On a windows PC, you can capture UTube video clips with a free utility like YouTubeDownloader. Basically, you select the video url from the box next to the video on UTube, paste it into the box in YouTubeDownloader, and the movie is saved to your PC.