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• Blackboard Support
• Software Support
• Technology Tutorials
• Accessibility-Related How-To Videos

Software Support

Blackboard Support

The CTL offers consultation for Faculty and Staff with Blackboard courseware development. To help meet all your courseware development needs as Blackboard instructors, a list of useful information is provided below.

Cal Poly Help M-F / 8-5 (Workshops, Phone and Email Support)

ITS and the CTL are working hard to assist Blackboard instructors with courseware development. On-campus information is provided below:

• Courseware Development Consulting: Luanne Fose and Tonia Malone
• Courseware Development Phone : 805-756-7360 and 805-756-6336
• Email : lfose@calpoly.edu and tmalone@calpoly.edu
• URL : http://blackboardsupport.calpoly.edu
• Workshops : http://training.calpoly.edu
• Instructional Documents : http://blackboardsupport.calpoly.edu
• Login to Cal Poly's Blackboard (Faculty, Staff, & Students) : http://my.calpoly.edu
• Cal Poly's Blackboard (Guests Only) : http://blackboard.calpoly.edu

Software Support

If you’re working in a software application and run into a problem, the CTL staff may be able to assist you. We offer support for the following software applications:

Technology Tutorials

The CTL now offers a variety of software tutorials for common teaching applications:

Images

• Resizing Images

  • Reduce Image Sizes using iPhoto
  • Reduce Image Size using Picasa

• Creating and Uploading Web Galleries

  • Export a Slideshow as HTML Web Pages in iPhoto 2008
  • Export a Slideshow as HTML Web Pages in Picasa 2.7
  • Placing an Exported HTML Web Page into Blackboard

Accessible Documents

• Basic Techniques

  • Making Accessible PDFs from Scanned Documents
  • Creating Accessible Charts and Graphs
  • Scanning Documents to .tiff

• Microsoft Word

  • Using Styles for Accessibility in Microsoft Word 2003
  • Using Styles for Accessibility in Microsoft Word:Mac 2008
  • Adding Alternative Text Tags to Word 2007 Documents
  • Making Accessible PDFs from Word 2003 Documents
  • Making Accessible Tables in Microsoft Word
  • Accessible Syllabus Template for Microsoft Word 2003
  • Accessible Syllabus Template for Microsoft Word 2008

• Microsoft Excel

  • Making Accessible Spreadsheets in Microsoft Excel

• Microsoft Powerpoint

  • Creating Accessible Presentations in Powerpoint 2003
  • Creating Accessible Presentations in Powerpoint 2007
  • Creating Accessible Presentations in Powerpoint:Mac 2008
  • Adding Alternative Text Tags to Powerpoint 2003 Presentations

• MovCaptioner

  • How to Use MovCaptioner
  • MovCaptioner Video Tutorial

  Web pages (HTML)

  • Creating Accessible Web Site

Last Update: March 30th, 2009
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