Tech Talk ~ How to Maximize Your Time With Zoom

Resources:

• Video Conference Etiquette: http://blog.zoom.us/wordpress/2013/08/20/video-conference-etiquette/
• Getting Started with Zoom Conferencing: http://goo.gl/X4pjLl
• Zoom Leadership Guide: http://onl.ottawa.edu/documentation/instructor/docs/Zoom-leaderguide.pdf

Bruce's N-O-T-E-S =)

Video directly from Zoom Cloud Storage:  https://zoom.us/recording/detail?meeting_id=FoyQ0AXkRZeQyMzkBH12NA%3D%3D

Same video from Youtube =)

Online Personal Security Tech Time

Consider preparing passwords in advance of actually needing them, using the following resources.

Use the following 2 resources to check the strength of your password:

Password Strength: Wolfram Alpha 

Password Strength: Wolfram Alpha also provides an estimate of how long it will take to crack your password.

Notice “time to enumerate” near the bottom of the stats for this estimate. 

Password Strength: Wolfram Alpha: http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=password+strength

The Password Meter

http://www.passwordmeter.com/

Of course, there’s an app for that.

Wolfram Password Generator Reference App (for iOS- $0.99): http://goo.gl/9LJ3gb

If you want to have to remember only one password (and store your others) there are options likeLastPass: https://lastpass.com/features_free.php

You create a master password to LastPass.

Then LastPass saves passwords of the sites you browse to. Remember one password.

Consider protecting your computer with the following:

MBAM (MalwareBytes Anti Malware) download – choose Home Free, Home Paid, or Business Paid -

http://www.malwarebytes.org/mwb-download/v2b-new/

Stay aware of what's going on with regard to cybersecurity:

Cyberheist News

http://www.knowbe4.com/cyberheist-news/

Session recorded video:-)

Professional Develpoment Day Session

Here are the video captures for part of today's session at Professional Development Day😄

http://youtu.be/2Z7Yive8zm8

http://youtu.be/xBrEndIyTwo

Topics covered included Doceri, Twitter, and Apple Tv

MS Office 365 OneDrive and OneNote Tech Time Feb 25

So today's Tech Time was basically a continuation of our last Tech Time with an emphasis on OneDrive and OneNote.

An assortment of resources on OneNote:

• 5 cool OneNote features you're probably not using | PCWorld  
• 5 New Features of Microsoft OneNote | OnTheHub
• 10 OneNote Features that Will Rock Your Writing World | Writers In The Storm Blog
• OneNote for iPad Review: Missing Too Many Notes
• It's Official: OneNote is Now Free for Everyone | Office 2013 content from SuperSite for Windows
• Microsoft OneNote for Android
• Microsoft OneNote | The digital note-taking app for your devices
• Microsoft Releases OneNote For Android Tablets - InformationWeek 

Here's the session video:  :-)

As always.... if you have ANY follow-up questions, don't hesitate to let us know!

Tech Talk- Microsoft Office 365- Feb 12, 2015

This is a link to the recording of the Tech Talk: http://goo.gl/xqaFy2

Tech Time on Microsoft Office 365

Here are notes from Bruce ;-)

Office 365:

• What do you know
• What do you want to know

Office 365:

• what it is
• where to get/install it
• • computer
  • iPad/Android
• how to use it

What it is: Office 365

online and desktop/mobile version of Microsoft’s Office Suite

How to get it- online, desktop, mobile device

Where to find link for Office 365 download on Hawknet:

• students
• faculty/staff
• Where to Signup: https://portal.office.com/start?sku=78e66a63-337a-4a9a-8959-41c6654dfb56

Office 365 Agreement includes:

• online access to Office apps
• installed versions on up to 5 devices
• (depends on Mac or Windows*)
• Word
• Excel
• PowerPoint
• OneNote
• OneDrive- 1TB
• Sites
• Newsfeed
• Access *
• Publisher*

Where to go after creating account:

http://office.com

Conditions:

• as long as student or staff/faculty at SCC
• can install on up to 5 computing devices: Mac, Windows, Android, iOS

After SCC:

• what happens when leave SCC
• can you transfer to a different MS agreement
• can you download files

- email from Chuck Chrisman

• Features you would like to share
• Questions you have re: Microsoft Office 365

What have we learned:

What's next:

• future Tech Talk topics
• Questions
• Recording posted
• Next Tech Talk: Thurs, Feb 26

Resources:

File Management

http://www.windowscentral.com/office-online-web-apps-include-improvements-file-management-and-more?utm_source=wpc&utm_medium=twitter

• Download as PDF

Microsoft- Student Resources:

http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/education/students/resources/default.aspx#fbid=gEja4nsGJEo

Microsoft- Higher Ed Resources:

http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/education/educators/higher-education-resources/default.aspx#fbid=gEja4nsGJEo

Other Related links:

• What's Included in Office 365 and FAQ's
• More FAQ...
• How much would Office 365 cost otherwise?
• What happens when you discontinue your Office 365 account?

Tech Time ~ Back at it! Recording and Sharing Videos from the iPad

Although it seems like we talked about  more than just this... the topic of the day was recording and sharing videos from the iPad =)



Here are links to a few articles that were brought up....

What do Great Teachers do with iPads

ALL of the recorded presentations

Video in the Classroom

February 12 we'll be discussing the use of Microsoft Office across ALL platforms!