Information Technology Department Newsletter
October 24
, 2000
   
 


This month's topics include:

Banner 4.0 Training Win a Bear! 

Tools for WebCT

Update on Network Project

Agenda Wizard in Word 2000

Other News

 

If you are new to NVCC and need an account for e-mail, Banner, or network access, click here.  

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Visit the WebCT websites for late-breaking news, support communities, and online help in the WebCT product.

Come to "Overview to Office 2000" and receive a complimentary copy of SmartComputing's "Guide to Office 2000".  Limited number of copies still available!

 
Banner 4.0 Training . . . 

The new version of Banner comes online today!  Version 4.0 has a different look.  To familiarize yourself with the new interface, please sign up for training at our IT web site address:

 http://www.nv2.commnet.edu/csv99/Training.htm

If you would like to train at your own desk, please read the following web page on how to install the tutorial.  You will need earphones or speakers.

http://www.nv2.commnet.edu/Banner4Training.htm

Regardless of your preferred method of training, do it now!  Play the Banner Baffle game at the end of the tutorial and submit your score sheet for a Banner Bear raffle.  The raffle will be held next Tuesday, Oct. 31.  There's still time to enter your score sheet.

Tools for WebCT . . .

These two utilities were mentioned in an earlier newsletter and some readers have asked for them again.  So here they are:

Check this link to help with preparing and uploading PowerPoint 2000 Presentations to WebCT.

To upload Word documents to WebCT, Download the Office 2000 HTML Filter 2.0 to facilitate the saving of Word 2000 documents as HTML files.  Reduces the size of your Word doc by removing Office-specific markup tags.  Great tool!


Network Project Nearing Completion . . . . 

Kinney Hall's new network wiring is in place now and final testing of the "drops" is nearly complete.  You can't miss the new wiring - it's "bubble gum pink".  Bruce Arsenault, our Network Coordinator, will be installing the new Cisco switches into the new network cabinets and racks in the next 2 weeks.  We'll be switching over to the new Category 6 network as soon as the switches are ready.

By Christmas, all of the new Cisco network equipment should be in place.

Agenda Wizard in Word 2000 . . .

With the number of committee and staff meetings that each of us attends, it nice to know that an Agenda Wizard in Word 2000 makes planning the meeting an easy task.  Open Word 2000 and click the New button.  Under the Other Documents tab is the Agenda Wizard.  Just start the wizard and follow the prompts.  Try it out.  We all appreciate attending meetings where we know what to expect on the "agenda".

Other News . . .

Bruce ties the knot!  2000 has been a banner year for weddings. Bruce Arsenault and Teri Hull were married Saturday, Oct. 21 in Newtown, CT.  A beautiful fall day and good friends and family added to the great occasion.  Click here for pictures.

 

 

 


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