Tech Tips for Faculty and Staff

Click here to download security awareness form
Click here for info on 2006 battery recall and barracuda SPAM update
Click here for Section 13 of the binder
your login for GatorNet (if we have not yet told you is): _______________
your password is (you can change it): ___________
your internet e-mail address so that others not at Chapin can e-mail you is: _______________
To access Mapping, you ________________ and use a password of _____________
To access Filemaker on a FacStaff computer, you ________________ and use a password of _____________
To get into the Private FacStaff area of the Web, you ____________________ and use a password of _____________
To request a laptop or desktop, please send an e-mail to HELP or HELP@chapin.edu and specify Mac laptop or PC laptop or Mac desktop or PC desktop and indicate preferred date you would like this to be ready by ... there is an important F2F ("face to face") ritual that take about 15 minutes called "FacStaff Checkout"
Reminder that the e-mail address of HELP@chapin.edu works from any e-mail address and is the best way to share a problem until you have easy access to First Class ("GatorNet")
Click here for info on backups

besides sending notes to HELP@CHAPIN.EDU

Take advantage of Lynne Schalman (computer faculty trainer) who works out of the faculty lounge ("the rooms with the mailboxes") for occasional help or regular help ("you can have a time slot with her for 20-40 minutes each week which works like piano lessons to help you make ongoing progress and get questions answered
Take advantage of Room 39 Drop In Help Desk 8am-5pm or phone numbers 212.570.4998 and 212.570.4995 (extensions 4998 and 4985) from 8AM to 5PM ... Charles Bell, Austin Lear, Victor Concepcion

It is not a question of IF your computer will go bad, but WHEN; we have had several instances in the last few years where a computer was stolen or went bad and all the person's files were lost. It is not a fun experience!
By moving certain files (not movies) into your GatorNet mailbox, you have backups that will stay there until you leave Chapin. You can access those files from anywhere in the world.
There are two excellent ways we have to protect yourself via backups: memory sticks, and the Usave file server. There is one way to avoid backups: do nothing. But doing nothing ("not making backups") is like driving cross country without a spare tire ("risky, foolish, likely to cause you a major hassle one of these days")

The Web page of gatornet.chapin.edu ("no www") is one click from the main Chapin web page (www.chapin.edu) and provides access to logging in when at home or on the road via two methods
GatorNet allows us to easily make Web pages, split windows and have organized folders, auto-forward e-mail to palm pilots and other accounts, send attached files, maintain personal and institutional mailing lists

A Digital Camera or Digital Video Camera for Overnight (with tech help on moving your pictures and using) from Room 39 Tech Office
A Projector for Classroom Usage (with tech help on setting up) from the Room 39 Tech Office
An Overnight Laptop from the Library

We have an institutional membership with www.atomiclearning.com where you can get short videos and audio explanations of numerous computer topics ... when out of the Chapin building, the LOGIN is CHAPIN and the PASSWORD is WHEEL ... when in the building, there is no login and password needed!
We have quite a few membership licenses for quia.com where you can make or find online quizzes of various formats
We have an institutional license at www.unitedlearning.com and unitedstreaming.com using Department: CHAPIN SCHOOL and Teacher Passcode: 000C-937B Please log on to the site and use the passcode to set yourself up with a user name and password. Elizabeth_Stretti@discovery.com www.unitedlearning.com www.unitedstreaming.com Please log on to the site and use the passcode to set yourself up with a user name and password. Elizabeth_Stretti@discovery.com (800.323.9084, x182) and Celeste Stolz Customer Service Representative United Learning (847-328-6700 ext 178) ... Please log on to the site and use the passcode to set yourself up with a user name and password.

The majority of our students have PCs at home; in room 39 there is an alternating pattern of Macs and PCs; there are now 4 PCs on the main floor of the library and one at the top of the stairs
Putting the 3 letter identifier at the end of the file name, e.g. Chapin.doc ('Microsoft Word") or Berendsen.xls ("Excel") or Fairfax.cwk ("Appleworks") or Gordon.ppt ("Powerpoint") or Stringfellow.isf ("Inspiration") or Theunick.jpg ("graphic") or Hayot.html ("web page")
If you want the widest variety of people to be able to read your document, it is best to circulate it as a PDF file ("portable document format") or RTF file ("rich text format")

Last updated 09.12.07

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