At UW Seattle, the knowledgeable Learning & Scholarly Technologies' student Help Desk consultants provide the computing assistance you need. Visit the Help Desks, located on the 2nd floor of Odegaard Undergraduate Library and in Mary Gates Hall 131, to gets answers to your computing-related how-to questions. Also, the Computer Vet service there can help you remove viruses and spyware from your personal computer.
What do you call a mobile phone application that gives you Husky sports, the UW directory, our course catalog, an interactive campus map and more? Submit your suggestion by 11:59 p.m. Pacific Time on Sunday, July 26, 2009 and you could win an iPod touch. Check the UW home page August 15 for the winning name.
Traveling this summer? Get answers to your practical questions about travel to 175 countries with Global Road Warrior. This UW-restricted travel guide includes information such as country facts, climate, culture, maps, points of interest, security, transportation, and more.
You now have the option to use "@uw.edu" for your UW email. It's easier to use with mobile technology and reinforces our "UW" name. To receive email at your_uwnetid@uw.edu, just tell your contacts to use it. However, to send email from your_uwnetid@uw.edu, follow the instructions online. This joint effort of UW Marketing and UW Technology is part of the UW Reputation Building Initiative.
Can't make it to a workshop? Need help now? Check out the handy how-to guides in Learning & Scholarly Technologies' online Help Center. You'll find step-by-step instructions for the Catalyst Web Tools, Web Site Creation, Podcasting, Adobe Dreamweaver and Creative Suite, and more.
Two staff, an alumnus, and two sophomores were winners in the first UW Pocketmedia Film Festival. Entrants were required to use a video camera device small enough to fit in their pocket (hence the festival title) to tell their "What do U do at the UW?" story in 90 seconds. Go online to see the creative use of this pocketmedia technology, or catch these shorts on UWTV (channel 27 in the Puget Sound area) between the regular programming.
Learning & Scholarly Technologies offers free computing workshops at UW Seattle for students, faculty, and staff. Workshop topics include software from Microsoft, Apple, and Adobe; how to publish Web sites; working with digital audio and video; and more. The Summer Quarter workshops have started and run through August 18. The schedule is online.
Now you can download free cardio-pulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and choking aid training applications to your iPhone or Google app compatible phone (Android). Dr. Mickey Eisenberg, UW Professor of Emergency Medicine and Medical Director for King County Emergency Medical Services, worked to make these life-saving techniques available to a wider audience. The one-minute videos are adapted from those on the Learn CPR Web site, which has details on how to get these mobile apps.
