Technology Training Community


This online resource is intended to foster further discussions among participants of the technology training offered through Information Technology Services and other training providers at Penn State. Join in these online conversations to learn more about the many technology topics that affect our jobs and roles at Penn State. Enter the Discussion Forums to review and contribute to these conversations, or browse through the posts below to explore additional technology learning opportunities.

Web 2.0: Twitter in the Classroom

Mark Greenfield, a guru of social networking from the University of Buffalo, tweeted about a post at insidehighered.com, and I found

Oracle Calendar: Using the Web Interface

Oracle Calendar: Using the Web Interface

If you want to use the Oracle Calendar web interface here at Penn State the link is now:

https://www.cal.psu.edu

Microsoft Excel: Paste Special Option

Do you know about all of the different things you can do using the Paste Special options when you copy data? Here are a few of the options you will find on the Paste Special Dialogue box.

How to Change Your Default Save Location for Word Documents

If you frequently save your Word 2007 documents to a different location, here is how you change where you want your Word documents saved by default.

Free hands-on technology workshops open for graduate students

Registration is open for the free workshops offered by ITS Training Services that are designed to meet the needs of graduate students at Penn State.

Blogs at Penn State: Customizing the Top Navigation bar

When using the professional website, you can add the pages that you create to the top navigation bar on the front of the blog.

Photoflexer

Here is a link to a Photoshop alternative. Photoflexer is a free Web 2.0 application and is claiming to be the best online photo editing tool. Check it out and let me know what you think.

Photoshop - Show me everything!

In Photoshop CS4 the menu drop downs don't show all the selectable items by default anymore.

Adobe Flash CS4: Removing Shape Hints

Shape hints allow you to alter how a shape changes as it is moving through a shape tween. If you have applied shape hints you might find that you need to remove them at a later time.

Outlook 2007: Changing the e-mail description received from another person

Outlook 2007: Changing the e-mail subject received from another person