New in the InfoLab - Fall 2008
The L&S Learning Support Services InfoLab (464 Van Hise Hall) now has 50 dual-boot MacBooks which run both Windows and MacOS.The L&S Learning Support Services InfoLab (464 Van Hise Hall) serves...
View ArticleForeign character key combinations (PC)
The attached document displays two types of key combinations often used when composing non-English documents in Windows. The Microsoft Word key combinations are a combination of Ctrl-Alt and a letter....
View ArticleForeign character key combinations (Macintosh)
The attached document displays two types of key combinations often used when composing non-English documents on a Macintosh. The Microsoft Word key combinations are a combination of Alt and a letter....
View ArticleSaving documents to MyWebspace
The LSS InfoLab does not sell or provide storage media for files created by students in the lab. There is no "scratch drive" which can be used as temporary storage. We recommend that you become...
View ArticleScanning text or images on the Infolab iMacs
The attached document contains instructions on scanning text and images in the LSS InfoLab. There is one scanner available attached to iMac number 8 and one attached to iMac number 17. These computers...
View ArticleMulti-language computing in LSS Facilities
General Information for PCs and Macs LSS strives to provide multi-language features for the many language departments and courses in the College of Letters and Science. LSS facilities include the LSS...
View ArticleViewing Media from the Digital Learning Lab
If you are viewing movies or audio from the Digital Learning Lab, you may be prompted to unblock the web browser. This behavior occurs in both Internet Explorer and Firefox browsers. The prompt...
View ArticleCLUE tip sheet
The UW-Madison Campus Libraries have provided the attached tipsheet for those students completing CLUE. CLUE is a web-based multimedia tutorial that orients you to the campus library system and the...
View ArticlePandemic Awareness in the InfoLab
You've probably heard news about the upcoming flu season, which is expected to be severe. Because you are working in a public environment, you will want to take special precautions to protect your...
View ArticleMacbook VGA adapters available
The LSS InfoLab has acquired seven Mini DVI-VGA adapters to connect a Macbook to a projector. The adapters will work with the Macbooks available for check out in the LSS InfoLab, but must be checked...
View ArticleProjecting from an InfoLab Macbook
Instructors and students often want to project from a Macbook to a projector. Here are brief instructions for doing so from both the XP and MacOS partitions on the LSS Infolab Macbooks. These...
View ArticleLaptop checkout quota news
The UW InfoLabs have implemented a limit on the number of laptops that can be checked out per semester. This was implemented to increase the availability of laptops. It will not affect most patrons,...
View ArticleFormatting the external LaCie hard drives
Your LaCie drive should be formatted as FAT32 when you check it out from the InfoLab. See the table below for information about each type of format. Below the table are instructions for formatting...
View ArticleLSS Open House
Art.jpgL&S Learning Support Services is having an open house on Friday, November 18th from 2 to 4pm. Come visit our renovated facilities, learn about new AV Pool and Media Services equipment, see...
View ArticlePrint duplex... save a tree!
The InfoLab now has DUPLEX printing. You do end up paying for each side, so it doesn't cost less, but you are saving resources.By default, the printing will be single-sided. To print on both sides,...
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