Frequently
Asked QuestionsHelp with Technology
Student Guide to Technology @ VIU (PDF)
Technology FAQs database
Step-by-step Guides
Library Resources
Online Software Tutorials
And, don't forget the online help menus found in almost all software
programs!
Step-by-step Guides
- Accounts: Get a Student "Discovery" Account / Reset Your Password (PDF)
- Accounts: Create a Web Folder (PDF)
- Accounts: Repair/remove a Web Folder (PDF)
- Audio: Capturing Audio (PDF)
- Audio: Exporting Audio (PDF)
- Burning CDs with Nero 6 (PDF)
- Burning CDs with Windows XP (PDF)
- Burning CDs with Macintosh OSX (PDF)
- Burning DVDs with Nero 6 (PDF)
- Data Projector Set-up and Use
- Downloading Pictures from a Digital Camera (PDF)
- File Management: Saving and Transporting Your Files (PDF)
- Internet Basics
- Laptop Borrower's Guide (PDF)
- Memory Cards (PDF)
- Newsgroups (PDF)
- Printing Student Guide (PDF)
- Printing Library Handout (PDF)
- Printing Double-sided copies on Library Printers (PDF)
- Printing Colour Overhead Transparencies on the Library Colour Printer (PDF)
- Printing from your Windows XP Laptop (PDF)
- Printing from your Windows Vista Laptop (PDF)
- Printing from your Windows 7 Laptop (PDF)
- Printing from your Macintosh Laptop (PDF)
- Recovering Corrupted Files from a Floppy Disk (PDF)
- Recovering Lost Files from a Floppy Disk (Mode #1) (PDF)
- Recovering Lost Files from a Floppy Disk (Mode #2) (PDF)
- Recovering Corrupted or Lost Files from Other Media (PDF)
- Scanning Images (PDF)
- Scanning Text (PDF)
- Scanning Multiple Page Documents to PDF Files with Acrobat Professional (PDF)
- Scanning Slides & Film with the Epson Perfection 2480 Scanner (PDF)
- Scanning Slides with the Nikon Super CoolScan scanner (PDF)
- Scanning Film with the Nikon Super CoolScan scanner (PDF)
- Scanning Microform Documents to PDF Files (PDF)
- Scanning Microform Documents to Image Files (PDF)
- SPSS Installation, training and resources
- USB Storage Drives (PDF)
- Video: Capturing (Importing) Video (PDF)
- Video: Editing Video (PDF)
- Video: Creating Video for PowerPoint (PDF)
- Video: Sharing your Videos from iMovie (PDF)
- Video Editing FAQs (PDF)
- Wireless: Using S-WISP with Windows XP (PDF)
- Wireless: Using S-WISP with Windows Vista (PDF)
- Wireless: Using S-Wisp with Windows 7 (PDF)
- Wireless: Using S-WISP with Macintosh OSX (PDF)
- Wireless: Using the WISP Wireless Network (PDF)
- Wireless: Using WISP with Windows Vista (PDF)
- Wireless: U: Drive Access from your Laptop (PDF)
- Wireless: Can't Access the Internet? (PDF)
- Wireless: Configuring your Windows XP Laptop for WISP (PDF)
- Wireless: Configuring your Windows 98/2K/ME Laptop or WISP (PDF)
- Wireless: Configuring your Linux Laptop for Wireless Networking (PDF)
- Zipping and Unzipping Files with WinRAR
topLibrary Resources
- Access
- Acrobat Professional
- Dreamweaver
- Excel
- Fireworks
- Flash
- FrontPage
- GoLive
- Illustrator
- iMovie and iDVD
- InDesign
- Photoshop
- PowerPoint
- Project
- Publisher
- Visio
- Word
Online Software Tutorials
- Access
- Acrobat Professional
- Audacity
- Dreamweaver
- Excel
- Fireworks
- Flash
- Freehand
- FrontPage
- GoLive
- Illustrator
- iMovie
- InDesign
- Microsoft Office
- Microsoft® ELearning Library (Office)
- Microsoft® ELearning Library (SQL Server)
- InVIU Access (Movie)
- InVIU MyAlerts Feature (PDF)
- Outlook
- Photoshop
- PowerPoint
- Project
- Publisher
- Visio
- Word
- Word 2003 Tips & Tricks Presentation