Getting Started with Campus Technology contains all the information you need to create your accounts and IdentiKey, hook up to the Internet, and has valuable information on hardware and software. First-year students should find a copy in their orientation packet. Microsoft Word tips and tricks, introduction to Microsoft Excel, introduction to Microsoft PowerPoint, and web creation. Free, one-hour noontime Brown Bag seminars cover a variety of topics. Continuing Education offers classes and certificate programs in various areas.
Many academic departments maintain labs for instruction and research.
The Anderson Language Technology Center in Hellems 156, for example, offers foreign language interactive video programs as well as foreign language word processing. Several classrooms also have Ethernet jacks and electrical outlets at every student seat and instructor podium, so students can bring personal laptops and connect to the Internet during class. The business and engineering colleges have Ethernet jacks and electrical outlets in student lounges for laptop use. The law and business libraries have wireless networks enabling laptops to connect to the Internet from any location in the libraries, via an Ethernet card and wireless transceiver. Ten campus libraries have Team Technology Rooms, which are designed to enhance collaboration and presentation skills among students.