Author Archives: Chase Masters, University Library
For this month’s Tech Tip, I’m sharing a tip that I’ve found very useful over the years. It’s a simple technique to extract all images (and other content, such as the fonts used in the presentation) from within PowerPoint files just by changing its extension. You can do this with files you’ve saved directly from the Microsoft PowerPoint… Read More »
Tech Tip: This month’s tip shares a customizable search engine: You.com.
Tech Tip: This month’s tip shares a customizable search engine: You.com.
Tech Tip: This month’s tip shares an alternative to Twitter: Mastodon.
Tech Tip: This month’s tip shares an easy way to create step-by-step guides using Scribe.
Tech Tip: This month’s tip shares an RSS reader called Inoreader. It is an easy way to pull content from multiple sources into one place.
Tech Tip: This month’s tip shares an RSS reader called Inoreader. It is an easy way to pull content from multiple sources into one place.
Tech Tip: This month’s tip shares an online writing tool called Frost. It provides a clean, minimalist interface that can help you focus on the writing process by eliminating distractions.
Note: This article was co-authored by Kai Donovan, Media & Learning Technologies Specialist, University Library. The Taubman Health Sciences Library (THSL) is excited to announce that the new Table 8 software update is available on their anatomy dissection Anatomage Table to enhance human and animal anatomy and physiology instruction, learning, and research. Located just inside the glass doors… Read More »
Tech Tip: This month’s tip shares a recent Google Calendar update that makes it easy to list your working location. This is especially valuable with hybrid schedules.
Tech Tip: This month’s tip is a bookmark manager tool called Raindrop.io.
Tech Tip: This month’s tip is a search engine that helps the environment each time you use it: Ecosia. They donate 80% of their profits to non-profit organizations that focus on reforestation.
Tech Tip: Workflowy, a productivity tool that can help you capture notes, develop to do lists, and supports sharing, which can be useful for project management.
Use OneTab to reduce the amount of memory your browser is using, and to easily export and share the tabs that you currently have open.
This month’s tip is a Chrome extension that will help your computer run smoother by automatically snoozing browser tabs that you are not currently using: The Marvellous Suspender.
This month’s tip is a Chrome extension that will help your computer run smoother by automatically snoozing browser tabs that you are not currently using: The Marvellous Suspender.
This month’s tip is a Chrome extension that will help your computer run smoother by automatically snoozing browser tabs that you are not currently using: The Marvellous Suspender.
OneLook Dictionary search helps you find the exact word or phrase that you’re looking for.
Toby’s drag-and-drop interface enables you to close tabs that you are not currently using, reducing memory usage on your computer.
This month’s tip is an online tool to help you monitor changes on websites. Maybe you are waiting for an article to be updated, a paper to be published, a news item to refresh, or simply for an out-of-stock product to be available again. Visualping will send you an email or other notification when it detects changes in… Read More »