Frequently
Asked QuestionsWhat would you like to do?
Alphabetical list
of topics
Get your assignment done:
- Get a Student "Discovery" Account
- Type an essay in Microsoft Word
- Search the Library catalogue and databases
Media production:
- Create a PowerPoint presentation
- Make an overhead transparency
- Burn a CD or DVD
- Scan an image or text document
- Scan slides or film (negatives)
- Scan microfilm or microfiche
- Create a web site
- Design or edit graphics
- Lay out a print publication
- Book a Media Station
- Work with digital video
- Create a PDF file
- Download pictures from a digital camera's memory card
- Download pictures from a digital camera using a USB cable (PDF)
- Record and edit audio (sound)
Connect and communicate:
- Connect to VIU's wireless networks
- Login to Moodle
- Use your laptop in the VIU Library and Commons
- Access your Discovery U: drive from home (PDF)
- Access a course newsgroup (PDF)
- Get an email account
Get organized:
- Manage your files (PDF)
- Access files on a USB drive
- Access files on a memory card
- Plan a project
- Create a flowchart, organization chart or network diagram
- Recover lost or damaged files from a floppy disk, USB drive, CD, DVD, or memory card
Learn about technology:
Alphabetical list of topics
- Accounts
- Audio Editing
- Booking computers
- Booking A/V Equipment
- CD / DVD Burning
- Desktop Publishing
- Diagramming
- Digital Video
- Downloading Pictures from a Digital Camera (PDF)
- Email accounts
- File management
- Graphic Design
- Help
- Internet access
- Laptop use
- Memory Cards
- Moodle login
- Newsgroups (PDF)
- PDF files
- Presentations
- Printing
- Project management
- Recover lost or damaged files
- Research
- Scanning
- Transparencies
- USB Drives
- Web Development
- Wireless Networking
- Word processing
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