Diet Analysis Tips & Tricks (updated)

It is Diet Analysis time again for AH11. This is a reposting of  some of the most common questions...

1) Where is the software available?

     Students can purchase online access/subscription access and can use it anywhere they can get online. Students can also access it for free here in the library on several laptops that still run Windows XP.

2) How can I save reports as a pdf?

     You don't actually save the documents as a pdf, you 'print' them to a virtual printer (primopdf) which creates the pdf file. If a student wants a physical printout they print the file to the laptop printer as usual.

3) How do I use Primopdf to create the pdf files?

    Here is a link to a basic set of instructions.

4) How do I upload my reports to my instructor?
    Most of the time if we get asked this it is because the student is trying to upload the files in the wrong place. Assignment 1 is listed in the class shell (iLearn) in two different ways.

The first listing is the word document with the assignment details. Students cannot upload files into a word document. This is the word document icon.

The second listing is the actual 'iLearn' assignment where the student can upload the files. Here is the assignment icon.

Please let me know if I have missed a question that comes up for this program, or if you have any questions.

Dana

UPDATE: Logging in to Short Term or OPAC computers

UPDATE: We had to make a change to the OPAC computer logins. Instead of all 7 computers using the login Guest, each computer now has a unique login Guest###. The number to be included after the word guest is the computer number in yellow at the bottom of the monitor screen. (guest019 or guest 022). You will also find the hole login sequence at the top of the monitor on a while label. Please let us know at the reference desk if you have questions.

 

Easy Screen Caps on the Reference computer

Help with creating images from your computer screen. I set up access to a couple of snipping utilities on the reference computer to try and help with creating libguides and tutorials.



Jing:  Jing® is a computer service that let’s you capture basic video, animation, and still images, and share them on the web. Here is a link to a series of Jing tutorials if you are not familiar with using Jing. http://www.techsmith.com/tutorial-jing.html


 I also placed a shortcut to the Windows Snipper tool  in the taskbar near the bottom of the screen. Here is a link to a Windows Snipper tutorial: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows7/products/features/snipping-tool or just an faq: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows7/snipping-tool-frequently-asked-questions

Reference Computer/Account Updates

As most of you know by now we have successfully setup Cybraryn Remote on the reference computer under the reference account. This will allow you to monitor student computer sessions, extend time, remote login and clear locked user accounts from the reference computer. If needed we can also do a remote screen capture.

Please let me know if you have any questions about the operating or purpose of this utility.