Colby Technical Training

Welcome to Technical Training

June 26, 2005 by Adam Nielsen

This is the official Colby Technical Training Web Site. Our office (Lovejoy 144) is staffed by the Technical Education Specialist and a talented group of Student Tutors.

On this site you will find recent news, event announcements, and links to other training resources.

Getting in Touch With Us

To schedule a 1-on-1 or group training session:

Call Adam Nielsen @Ext 4217 or send email

Just have a question or specific problem?

Call the Student Tutor help line @Ext 4178
OR
Drop into the Training Office in Lovejoy 144
OR
Call Adam Nielsen @Ext 4217 or send email

Filed Under: Colby Technical Training

Using Colby Apps: Searching your e-mail and keyboard shortcuts

March 14, 2013 by Adam Nielsen

Two of the biggest frustrations I used to have when working in my Colby Apps E-mail were:

Difficulty finding e-mails I needed to reference
Having to take my hands off my keyboard to use my mouse to do things like click “Send” or “Inbox”.

Today I’m going to discuss ways to help prevent these frustrations.

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Filed Under: Colby Apps, Colby Technical Training, GTWO, How-to

Using Colby Apps: E-mail Inbox Views

March 1, 2013 by Adam Nielsen

Most of us are used to seeing e-mail messages in our inbox show in reverse chronological order with the newest at the top. But did you know that you can change how your messages appear in your Colby Apps E-mail inbox such that you might be able to increase your productivity?

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Filed Under: Colby Apps, Colby Technical Training, GTWO, How-to

WordPress: Formatting a Bibliography

February 22, 2013 by Adam Nielsen

Formatting a bibliography with hanging indents in WordPress isn’t quite as straight forward as it is in some word processors like Microsoft Word, but it isn’t very hard either. Here is a video tutorial showing two techniques for formatting your bibliography in WordPress to have hanging indents.

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Filed Under: Colby Technical Training, How-to, Tutorial, WordPress

Using Colby Apps: Contact Groups

February 14, 2013 by Adam Nielsen

Creating Contact Groups in your Colby Apps E-mail can save you a lot of time when it comes to sending e-mails to large groups of people, but did you know that you can also use these same Contact Groups to streamline processes like sharing Colby Apps Documents or inviting people to a Colby Apps Calendar event?

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Filed Under: Colby Apps, Colby Technical Training, GTWO

Using Colby Apps: E-mail merge (Updated 05-01-2013)

January 30, 2013 by Adam Nielsen

Using data in a spreadsheet to automate the e-mail process can be a huge time saver, but Google doesn’t have that sort of functionality built into their e-mail system. Thankfully they do allow for the creation of custom scripts that can add this functionality. Below is a video showing you how to use a Google Spreadsheet with a built-in e-mail merge script.

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Filed Under: Colby Apps, Colby Technical Training, GTWO, How-to

Using Colby Apps: E-mail Filters

January 21, 2013 by Adam Nielsen

Organizing your e-mails can be a daunting task, especially if you receive several hundred e-mails a day. Colby Apps E-mail has a tool called “Filters” that is designed to automate part of this process.

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Filed Under: Colby Apps, Colby Technical Training, GTWO

Using Colby Apps: Revision History

December 4, 2012 by Adam Nielsen

Have you ever wanted to see the different changes made to a document in your Google Drive? Maybe you shared a document and you want to see the changes made by others. Here is a short video on a feature of Google Docs called “Revision History”.

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Filed Under: Colby Apps, Colby Technical Training, GTWO

Online training with lynda.com

November 29, 2012 by Adam Nielsen

lyndalogo_std_y ITS wants to provide the Colby community the highest quality self-directed technical training available. The critically acclaimed online training library offered at lynda.com contains more than 1,500 titles ranging from software such as Microsoft Word, FileMaker Pro and Adobe Photoshop to programming languages like HTML and C++ to operating systems like Windows 7 and Mac OS X to broader concepts like photography and time management. They also offer courses for a range of skill levels from beginner to advanced. The courses are constantly being updated so you can stay up-to-date on the latest releases of software.

For more information on how to access the training library at lynda.com please contact us at teched@colby.edu or by calling x4217.

Filed Under: Announcements, Colby Technical Training

Using Colby Apps: New Compose E-mail Window

November 2, 2012 by Adam Nielsen

Google recently announced that they are making changes to the “compose email window” in their webmail interface. Beginning November 20th, this will be an “opt-in” change meaning you can choose to switch to the new look now, and switch back to the old look if you don’t like it, but the new “compose email window” will become default beginning in early 2013 with no option to switch back. Below is a video tour of the new interface: