University of Wyoming Instructional
Computing Services
Faculty Help: UW Frequently
Asked Questions
Last
update: 18 July, 2007; R. Hill
Recent Items:
Instruction and Pedagogy with Technology in General:
Instructional Technology Specifics:
Websites in General and
Support:
- How about help with online
courses?
- What is an easy way to develop web sites? Answer: an HTML editor, such as Nvu.
- Where
are good
introductions to HTML, one
skeletal
and one comprehensive?
- Where is a simple but concise
introduction
to Microsoft FrontPage?
- How can I replace
FrontPage for my website?
- Where can I find web
page design tips?
- How can my students
set up their own class web pages?
- How
can my
class give an online
survey?
- How can my students develop their own e-portfolios or web
projects for my class?
- How can I (and why should I) make course web pages accessible
under Section 508 criteria?
- Where can I get a website
for my class or research group?
- How can I password-protect a course
website?
See above document
and look under "Password Protection".
- Where can I find out what type of file is given by a
particular three-letter extension, or what country is indicated by the
last part of a URL?
Answer: try
whatis.techtarget.com/resourceCenter and click on "Every file
extention in the world". Also, try www.filext.com
For ISO country codes, there is a list here.
- How can I solve various browser problems, for online courses or other purposes?
See
Online Course FAQ for students, which contains some helpful hints about adware,
font size, and so forth. - Where can I get an online file server for a UW class?
Answer: IT offers
"classfiles", described in the useful document "
Campus Computing Information for New Faculty".
- If I have a web server, can I put articles and papers on web
pages for my students?
- Where
can I put audio files and video clips online?
Answer: IT provides
a multimedia streaming server.
Go to
http://www.uwyo.edu/ASKIT/faqs/ and scroll down to "50904: UW
Multimedia Streaming Server FAQ" under Web Sites.
- How can I clear copyrights for course
materials I plan to
offer on the web?
Answer:
http://www.copyright.com.
WebCT,
eCompanion and
Online Course Platforms:
UW Technology Specifics
- How can I set up a University
of Wyoming e-mail list?
Note: soon to be
superseded by WyoWeb Groups.
- How do I use the Ellbogen CTLFacultyShare
file server?
- Why do I get the message "Network Access
Denied" when I log
on to the UW Wireless Gateway
(by opening a browser and then logging in with my UWYO domain account)?
Answer: We don't
know! But the connection has succeeded.
You browser is on the Internet. Just go to some other URL.
- Why can't I see the links on your
right-hand navigation bar
at www.uwyo.edu/ctl?
Answer: your monitor
DPI setting is too dense.
In Windows, right-click on the desktop to get the display Properties:
Choose Appearance --> Settings --> Advanced -->
and change DPI Setting to "Normal".
Software in General:
Documents:
- How can I add text annotations to digital photos and other
image files?
Try: 1 - Adobe Photoshop
Album, free
from the Adobe
Photoshop website, or
2 - Picasa, free from Google at picasa.google.com.
- How can I save my slides and pictures as image
files? See scanning
information.
- Where can I scan oversize materials? At present,
no office on campus provides this service, but local commercial
services like Kinko's do so.
- Can I run my favorite WordPerfect (5.1,
or 6.2...) for DOS
under Windows XP?
Answer: yes; find
instructions at Edward Mendelson's page, http://www.columbia.edu/~em36/wpdos/index.html.
Travel:
- What's the best plan for flying out of
Denver?
Consider flying out of Laramie. Or drive to Ft. Collins and
take an airport shuttle from a hotel or a Park-n-Ride lot. Or take
Greyhound from Laramie to Denver, terminating downtown at the Denver Bus
Center, 19th and Arapahoe. The SkyRide AF bus to the airport, DIA,
stops there; or walk to the Market Street Station, about 3 blocks west,
where the AF bus originates.
But if you have to drive to Denver, park at the old airport, Stapleton,
at the Transfer Station, for FREE, indefinitely, and take the SkyRide AS bus to DIA. See the SkyRide information at the RTD-Denver web site:
http://www.rtd-denver.com/skyRide/.
- Where can I find public wireless
connections, in the US and
abroad? See WiFiFreeSpot.com.
- How can I prepare to use a computer
in a foreign country?
- Where can I get help planning a
sabbatical
overseas?
From a Chronicle Careers article,
http://chronicle.com/jobs/2000/10/2000101301c.htm.You may
also wish to see www.sabbaticalhomes.com.
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