Screencasts

Welcome to our Screencasts page. Screencasts are narrated videos that explain how to do something with your computer and show the screens during the explanation. You can learn a lot here. So far we have 52 general screencasts, so go ahead and watch one, you'll get the idea.

Various explanations and disclaimers, etc. (Click to view)


Adobe Acrobat Professional 7

Making a PDF with Adobe Acrobat Professional on Windows XP (1 minute)

Banner

Faculty: How to view/contact student(s) on your class list (3 minutes)
Faculty: How to enter final grades (2.25 minutes)
Faculty: How to view advisee information (2.25 minutes)
Students: Adding classes and searching for classes (4.5 minutes)
Students: Dropping classes (1.5 minutes)
Students: Changing grade options (1.5 minutes)
Staff: Creating Signature Pins for Registration Overrides (4.5 minutes)
Students: Registration Overrides (4.5 minutes)
Faculty: Registration Overrides (2.5 minutes)

FileMaker

Should I make a spreadsheet or a database? (3.5 minutes)
Basic database concepts - files, tables, records, fields (6 minutes)

General Computing

Connecting via VPN (Virtual Private Network) from wireless or off-campus (2.5 minutes)
New features in Microsoft Office 2007 for Windows (9 minutes)
Using the Ribbon in Microsoft Office 2007 for Windows (5 minutes)
Graduating Students: Electronic Service Termination (3 minutes)

Human Research Protections

Accessing the CITI course in the protection of human research participants (2.5 minutes)

Microsoft Excel 2003

Making charts in Microsoft Excel 2003 on Windows XP (3.5 minutes)
Using basic formulas in Microsoft Excel 2003 on Windows XP (4.75 minutes)
Using functions in Microsoft Excel 2003 on Windows XP (9 minutes)
Printing tips in Microsoft Excel 2003 on Windows XP (7 minutes)

Microsoft Excel 2007

Printing tips in Microsoft Excel 2007 for Windows (5 minutes)
Making charts in Microsoft Excel 2007 for Windows (8 minutes)
Functions in Microsoft Excel 2007 for Windows (8 minutes)
Password Protecting Files, Sheets, and Cells (7 minutes)

Microsoft Outlook 2003

Managing your mailbox quota in Microsoft Outlook 2003 on Windows XP (8.5 minutes)
Introduction to calendaring in Microsoft Outlook 2003 on Windows XP (3 minutes)
Making meetings in Microsoft Outlook 2003 on Windows XP (4.25 mins)

Microsoft Outlook 2007

Making meetings in Microsoft Outlook 2007 for Windows (9.5 minutes)
Introduction to calendaring in Microsoft Outlook 2007 for Windows (5.5 minutes)
Managing your mailbox quota in Microsoft Outlook 2007 for Windows (12 minutes)

Microsoft PowerPoint 2003

Making a presentation in Microsoft PowerPoint 2003 on Windows XP (4.5 minutes)
Adding pictures to a presentation in Microsoft PowerPoint 2003 for Windows (2.25 minutes)
Alternative slide layouts in Microsoft PowerPoint 2003 on Windows XP (3 minutes)

Microsoft PowerPoint 2007

Alternative slide layouts in Microsoft PowerPoint 2007 for Windows (5 minutes)
Making a presentation in Microsoft PowerPoint 2007 for Windows (4 minutes)
Adding pictures to a presentation in Microsoft PowerPoint 2007 for Windows (6 minutes)
Adding YouTube videos to your presentation (3 minutes)

Microsoft Word 2003

Removing reviewing markup in documents in Microsoft Word 2003 on Windows XP (3 minutes)
Making forms in Microsoft Word 2003 on Windows XP (4.5 minutes)
Creating a form letter using Mail Merge in Microsoft Word 2003 on Windows XP (6 minutes)
Making a form look great by using tabs to align fields in Microsoft Word 2003 on Windows XP (3.5 minutes)
Using headers and footers to make page numbers in Microsoft Word 2003 on Windows XP (11.75 minutes)

Microsoft Word 2007

Creating a form letter using mail merge in Microsoft Word 2007 for Windows (9.25 minutes)
Removing reviewing markup in documents in Microsoft Word 2007 for Windows (2.75 minutes)
Making forms in Microsoft Word 2007 for Windows (8.75 minutes)
Numbering the pages of your dissertation in Microsoft Word 2007 for Windows (3.25 minutes)

Online Forms

Remedy Access Form Walkthrough (3 minutes)
Remedy Access Form Walkthrough for Supervisors (1.5 minutes)

Summer Students

Getting Connected (5 minutes)

Web Publishing

Using Macromedia Contribute 3 on Windows XP for the first time (2.5 minutes)
Step 1 - Setting up a site in Macromedia Dreamweaver 8 on Windows XP (4.5 minutes)