Category Archives: Computer Tips

Install Audacity on a PC

Audacity is free, open source software that makes it simple to record and edit audio on your computer. Installing Audacity on a PC isn’t difficult, there’s an extra step that’s often overlooked if you want to save your recordings as MP3s, rather than much relatively large WAV files. To download Audacity, go to the Audacity downloads page (http://www.audacityteam.org/download/) and choose the appropriate version. In this walkthrough, we’ll be looking at downloading and installing Audacity on Windows.There are two versions of...

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Build / Add Content, Computer Tips Updated: March 29, 2016

Share large files with OneDrive

OneDrive, the cloud-based file storage solution available to the UDM community as part of Office 365, makes it easy to share files and large documents with others, including files that would traditionally be too large to send through email. To share a file via OneDrive, first log into Office365 by your preferred means. Locate the button that looks like a grid of nine tiles in the bar that runs across the top of Office 365. Click that to open the...

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Communicate, Computer Tips Updated: February 16, 2016

Zipping/Unzipping files & folders

Zipping files can be a useful way to send multiple files to someone as one attachment. Sometimes companies or institutions may even require it when sending multiple files depending on their workflow. There are many software companies you can use to zip/unzip files, but your computer has the function built into the operating system. Zipping files is a quick process. First, create a folder and name it to describe it’s contents. Next with your mouse, right-click on the file, put...

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Computer Tips, For Faculty, For Students Updated: February 2, 2016
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