Student discount for software purchase

Students have benefits of purchasing various software at a discount.  This includes Microsoft Office. They just need to visit:

College Buys

When a student is at the site:

•   Choose student
• Then select the information for IVC
• It should display a page listing all the available software for purchase

Helping student to convert Pages to Word or PDF

Students who have Pages file should have access to iCloud.  Pages is the word processing software on Mac.

Here are the steps to help:

1. Login to iCloud: https://www.icloud.com/
2. Select the Pages app 
3. Upload or drag & drop the original Pages file to the Pages app
4. Open the document in Pages app
5. On the upper right corner, look for a "tool wrench" icon. Select print or download a copy.  
6. It will prompt you to select a file format.  Select either Word or PDF.
7. The new file will be created and downloaded.

Library news update

From Cheryl:

I wanted to let you know about a couple of things happening at the library.

1.   The study room 100E is being worked on while the library is closed. We have confirmed with facilities that it is not a health hazard. We are working with them to get signage to inform students about this.
2. The counseling center has SATURDAY hours! They will be open from 9-1 on Saturdays
3.   We will be having a small rededication ceremony for the “National Freedom Shrine” that is located on the second floor. I will send out more information as it gets closer.
4. As students are rushing to fill out their FAFSA applications, remember that we are not to help them with any financial questions. Use common sense when helping students with FAFSA; showing them how to resume their application is OK, while helping them fill out the boxes regarding their financial situation is not OK. Refer them to the financial aid office whenever possible.
5.  Reminder: please do not give out work schedules to students. You can give them my card or another librarian’s card if they have questions.

Let me know if you have any questions.

GED testing

GED testing is offered at the IVC Testing Center (Room A 3T).  Here's more information:
http://academics.ivc.edu/testingcenter/Pages/ged.aspx

Viewing EBSCO eBooks on iPad

FYI, when using iPad, Safari cannot display the PDF eBooks from EBSCO.  Student can use the Chrome browser app and it displays PDF eBooks in Chrome.

Checking Campus Events

We often get questions from patrons about where something is held on campus for that day.  You can use the IVC Master Calendar to look up that information.  The Master Calendar gives you event breakdown by date and time.

To find the IVC Master Calendar, click on "campus" tab from IVC homepage, and look for the "master calendar" under the Staff column (see image).

URL for keyboarding class

Some students are having trouble to finding the URL to access the website for their keyboarding class.

The URL is unique to each school.  Simply type: "ivc." in front of the keyboarding site name.  For example: ivc.gdp11.com

Printscreen on Mac keyboard

Printscreen on  Mac keyboard = F14

Student discount for MS Office & other software

http://store.collegebuys.org/

The site offers discount software for students to purchase.  They just need to select our school.