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Hi All.While you’re waiting for us to begin

please make sure your audio is working… run the ‘Audio Setup Wizard’

located under the tools setting.

Tech Tips Collaborate Session

The basics: updating java. Go to http://java.com/en/

This page may look different depending on your computer, but click the big red button…

Click ‘save file’ in the popup window – if you are a mac user then it will save to your ‘downloads’ folder automatically

Look for the below file in your downloads folder and double click it – picture 1 is pc users, picture 2 is Mac users

On the left is PC, on the right is Mac – follow the relevant instructions.

PC users click the ‘install’ button, Mac users click the ‘continue’ button

Mac users can simply click ‘install’ and follow the prompts. PC users – make sure that the ‘ask’ toolbar is not ticked… you don’t want it!!

On the left is the PC installation window – once completed you’ll see the window on the right and then you’re done!

The basics: updating flash. Go to http://www.adobe.com/support/flashplayer/downloads.html

Make sure the middle box is NOT ticked! Then select ‘Install Now’ and follow the prompts.

And now we’ll go through setting up Autosave for various programs…

PC Users – Autosave Instructions in Microsoft Office are the same for all of the underlined programs below.

Mac users – if you are using Mountain Lion (10.8.~) or Mavericks (10.9.~) then Autosave is default for you –every 5 minutes your document will save.

However, you can choose to ‘Save As’ at any time –start by holding down the ‘Option’ key…

And then name your file and choose the destination to save it to.

Important Info! If you are a Mac user and using ‘Pages’ then you HAVE to save your files as a ‘.doc’ format so your teachers can read it!

To do so select ‘File’ – ‘Export’ – ‘Word’. This will then export your file as a ‘.Doc’ format that your teachers will be able to read.

Keyboard shortcuts – do you use them?

Keyboard shortcuts can make your life a lot easier – for your

own copy of the below chart go to: http://bit.ly/1aGeblp

And now how to allow popups in the 3 main browsers for Vitalsource access…

Mozilla Firefox (PC users): go to the Firefox orange button in the top left corner, then ‘Options’>’Options’>’Content’. UNTICK the ‘Block pop-up windows’ box then click ‘OK’.

Mozilla Firefox (Mac users): Click on ‘Firefox’ in the top left corner and then select ‘Preferences’, then ‘Content’. Untick the ‘Block pop-up windows’ box and then click ‘Apply’.

Internet Explorer: Click on the ‘Tools’ button (‘Gear’ icon in the top right corner), then go to ‘Internet Options’, then select ‘Privacy’. Make sure ‘Turn on pop-up blocker is UNTICKED’ and then apply/save settings.

Google Chrome: Follow the below instructions (same for Mac & PC users).

To set up email forwarding go to http://mail.office365.com & login with your student credentials. Your username is your full student email address, while your password is set as your date of birth as a six digit number (ddmmyy).

Once you have logged into your email click the ‘Options’ button in the top right hand corner and then select ‘Options’

Type in the email address that you want to forward emails to and make sure that the ‘Keep a copy’ box is ticked.

Once you have typed in your email address simply click the ‘Start Forwarding’ button in the bottom right hand corner and you’re done!

And now we’re going to do a test – if you could all open up a browser and got to www.speedtest.net

Now click the ‘Begin Test’ button and wait for the test to start testing your internet connection speed.

And then could you please paste your results into the chat window of this session – thank you!

Vitalsource Information can be found under the Learning Materials section of our website: http://swinburneonline.edu.au/learning-materials

We also have a two part YouTube video outlining everything you can do with Vitalsource - part one is here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8lxW7oZHMaw&feature=youtu.be

And part two can be found here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JJqKZguFjNg&feature=youtu.be

We also have a .pdf guide that can be found here: http://www.swinburneonline.edu.au/sites/www.swinburneonline.edu.au/files/pdf_documents/vitalsource_blackboard_how-to-guide_0.pdf