Category: UP Tech Tips

Greetings! Today’s tech tip is all about real-time collaboration in Office 365. The short video below gives you all the info you need to get started synchronously sharing, editing, chatting, and commenting on a Word document using Word Online (if you need an intro or refresher on Word Online check out this tip: Getting Started…Continue Reading #UPTechTip: Real Time Collaboration Using Word Online

PDF’s are a great format to share learning materials with students. They are readable on just about any device and their small file size makes them easy to upload, download, or send through email. Additionally, PDFs are very good for accessibility – when properly formatted they are usable by students who need assistive technology such…Continue Reading #UPTechTip: Make Any PDF Accessible

In today’s tip I want to highlight Snagit, an amazing tool that is available for any UP faculty to install for FREE on any UP-owned computer (PC or Mac). Snagit is perfect for situations when it’s easier and more effective to show what’s happening on a computer screen rather than trying to explain in conversation…Continue Reading #UPTechTip: Show, Don’t Tell

Today’s #UPTechTip is to sync the calendar in Moodle to your Outlook calendar. It’s can be handy to glance at the calendar in Moodle to get a reminder of due dates or other class events you have set, but as one faculty member recently said to me “I NEED everything to be on one calendar”….Continue Reading #UPTechTip: Sync Moodle Calendar to Outlook

Now that UP is moved over to Office 365 mail, I wanted to start featuring some tips and tricks on using the modern web email experience that comes along with it. To begin with something fun, this week’s tip is on using Add-Ins to “supercharge” your mail! You can create Templates and Canned Responses, let…Continue Reading #UPTechTip: SuperCharge Your Email