IMPORTANT MESSAGE FROM THE SGA

Attention all students let your voice be heard!

The SGA is on the brink of decision-making and wants your voice to be heard.

Do you support a one percent increase ($50) in room and board costs next year for Allen Dining Hall hours to be extended to 8 p.m. Monday through Thursday each week?

Everyone is invited to the SGA Open Forum tomorrow, March 1 at 6 p.m. in Borden Student Associations Room of the Brandt Student Center to discuss this important matter.

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How to Clear your Cache, Cookies and History

Your web browser “caches” or stores a copy of every file you access so it doesn't have to retrieve the same file and images on the page each time you click the Back or Forward button. It is a good idea to periodically clear this cache. This makes your browser work more efficiently.

If you are using Safari on a Mac select Empty Cache from the Safari menu. If you wish to clear cookies or your history you can do so by selecting Reset Safari. You will be given a list of items you can reset. On Windows select the gear on the upper right and choose Reset Safari from the dropdown.

For Firefox on the Mac go up to Tools on the menu bar and select Clear Recent History. You will see a list of items you may wish to clear including Cache.
 On Windows go up to Tools, Clear Recent History and click the Details button to access the list.

If you are using Chrome select the wrench icon on the upper right then Tools then select Clear Browsing Data.

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About Learning Modules

A Learning Module is basically a shell in which organized content items such as as files, folders and tools are added and presented together. Learning Modules enable you to follow a structured path for progressing through content. The sequential path option may or may not be turned on by your Instructor. If it is turned on you need to progress through the course in order one item at a time. If it’s not enforced you may be allowed to access any item at any time.

Navigating within Learning Modules

To move from page to page within a module, click the right and left arrow buttons on the top right of the content area. Example: The button will appear next to the text, "Page 1 of 3".

Using the Table of Contents

The Table of Contents displays next to the Course Menu on the left-hand side of the page. It can also be moved below the Learning Module content area.

There are three display options available on the header of the Table of Contents:

• Minimize
• Maximize
• Move to the bottom or the left

Positioning the Table of Contents

Click the button with the arrow pointing down to move the Table of Contents to the bottom of the page. To move the Table of Contents back to the left, click the left-facing arrow. The move to the left option will reposition the Table of Contents to the left of the content area. Please note that your instructors can organize the Table of Contents however they see fit. The Table of Contents can be displayed using roman numerals, numbers, letters, or any combination of the three.

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Personalizing Your Blackboard Page

Remember that song we all sang as kids..."If you're happy and you know it change your colors" Ok, that's not exactly how the song went but it does apply here. As a student you can change the look and feel of your Bb to reflect your moods. Simply go up to the right hand corner and click the Personalize Page button. Here you will find an assortment of additional color schemes to select from. Longing for Spring to get here (and STAY here)? Choose pastels by selecting the Spring color palette. Miss the salt air and the surf? Choose Ocean.Want to torture your eyeballs? Choose the Lime palette. But remember: After you make a selection press submit.

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Using the Bb Mobile App - Pt.2 (Navigating)

We are continuing our discussion on the new Bb app available for ipod,iphone and ipad from the apple store. (if you need to catch up see previous post.)
One you log in with your Bb username and password you will see  on the left side a column containing Courses in which you are enrolled. If there are several you can scroll the list up and down by dragging your finger within the list.
At the lower left bottom you can choose whether you want to view your courses or your organizations which you are involved in.
You will see in the middle of the screen a list of menu items you can choose from. Those items with a blue arrow to the right contain a submenu. When these items (with the blue arrows) are clicked the sub menu appears to the right of the main menu.
Your Blackboard Dashboard opens up when the Dashboard tab on the right is clicked. It closes when clicked again.
You can log off with the button on the top.

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Using the Bb Mobile App - Pt.1 (downloading and logging in)

Guess what...you don't need your laptop to access Blackboard. Shenandoah also offers it's students a mobile Bb app usable on your iPhone, iPod Touch or iPad.The Blackboard Mobile Learn app is available for download in the App store. Simply search for Blackboard Mobile Learn to locate it.  There are separate versions available for both iPhone/iPod and iPad.  Once you have downloaded and opened Blackboard Mobile Learn: you need to enter Shenandoah in the search bar. After you enter the search name “Learn-Shenandoah University” will appear for you to select.  A log-in box will appear for you to enter your username and password. NOTE: THIS IS THE SAME USERNAME/PASSWORD YOU ENTER TO ACCESS BLACKBOARD . Now look around a bit. It's really neat and we will be continuing our mobile Bb app training for the next few posts!

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Your Mac: Something Useful & Something Fun

We realize here at IC that the majority of Shenandoah students grew up on a Windows computer. We are also sure that there are a few of you out there who are still intimidated by your MacBook Pro...that brushed aluminum mystery of a laptop that was handed to you at the beginning of the semester. We will be running Mac hints often on this blog so that you can feel more confident in operating your laptop.

Today we will tell ya something useful and show ya something fun! Let's get the useful part over with first.

Want to find a file, application or folder quickly? 1st press the Start button then go to "search" then go to...wait a minute here, There IS no Start button. There was one on my Windows machine. What the heck. Ok look at the very top right of your Mac screen. You will see an icon of a magnifying glass. This is the Mac Spotlight and works very similar (and a LOT better) then Start>Search. Click the spotlight and type in what you are looking for. It can be a file name, an application, even a sentence you wrote in a Word document! The Mac will find it.

Now the fun part. Do YOU have a boring dock? Do all your icons just sit there motionless? When your friend or roommate hovers over their dock at the bottom of the screen all the icon seem to magnify and it looks a lot cooler. Try this. Click the apple in the upper left corner and select System Preferences. Then in the 1st row click Dock. Here you can set up icon magnification, a couple FX, or autohide your dock. Give it a try!

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