How to Change Your Desktop Background

Windows 10 Save the images you wish to use in a folder location you can find Click the Start button. Click the Settings (gear) icon. Choose Personalization. Under Background, select a picture, solid color, or create a slideshow of pictures For Picture, select your picture below or choose Browse to upload your picture Under Choose a fit select you preferred display option (Fit, Stretch, Tile, Center or Span) Close the window Mac Save the images you wish to use in a folder location you can find Click the Apple menu (upper left) Choose System Preferences Choose Desktop & Screen Saver From the…

Zoom Webinar Plugin

Overview St. Lawrence University has limited licensing for the webinar plugin for Zoom web conferencing. The webinar plugin is designed to facilitate large zoom gatherings with minimal attendee interaction. A webinar is much like a regular Zoom meeting but in a much more controlled environment. Attendees are not able to enable their microphone or camera without intervention from the host(s) of the meeting and they primarily interact with the host(s) via a Q&A chat. This is a great tool for recruiting events or informational sessions for large groups of people. Currently, St. Lawrence's…

Booking a Room Resource in Outlook

Outlook 2010, 2013, and 2016 When creating a new meeting: In the lower left menu, click the Calendar icon to switch to the calendar view In the top menu ribbon, click New Meeting In the new meeting window, enter the attendees e-mail addresses in the To field, separated by semicolons Enter the Subject, Start, and End Time details Click the Rooms button to the right of the location field In the search bar, type in all or part of the resource name Choose the name of the room resource, then click on the Rooms > button to add it to the list. Alternately, double-click the Room Name Verify you've…

Adjust Audio Settings in Skype for Business on Mac and PC

Mac Instructions While in the Skype for Business app, click Skype for Business in the bar at the top and click Preferences. Click on the Audio/Video button. If you want to change which microphone that Skype for Business uses, click the drop-down menu next to Microphone and click the desired device. If the other person(s) in your call cannot hear you, try changing the Microphone selection. If desired, you can have calls in Skype for Business ring with a different speaker/set of headphones than is used to play the sound during the call. To change either of these, click the drop-down menu next to…

EMS Desktop Client Install

Type the following in the search bar in the bottom left-hand corner of your taskbar. \\saint\apps\netapps\EMS Double-click on the EMSApplication.exe Click OK when a pop-up titled "Cannot Start EMS" appears. After the Desktop Client is installed, enter your St. Lawrence username and password, if prompted. Click OK.

How do I organize my Canvas Dashboard?

To create a favorite list of the courses you want displayed on your Canvas Dashboard The Dashboard (left panel) is the area within Canvas where you can customize and access your courses Log into https://stlawu.instructure.com/ Select Courses (left panel), on the pop-out menu select All Courses ​​​​​​​​​​​​​​ Note: this will display ALL of the courses for your account Click the Star icon for each course you want to favorite / display on your dashboard Any course you do not chose to favorite can always be accessed the All Courses area Go to your Dashboard. The starred courses should be the only…

Getting Started with Panopto

Panopto records your screen and up to two other video sources. In addition to creating and delivering screencasts, with Panopto: Students can comment on/discuss videos Quizzes can added throughout the video PowerPoint slides are processed to be clickable/searchable Instructors can see viewing statistics Access Panopto Safari is not recommended for creating, managing and editing content in Panopto. Firefox, Edge and Chrome are recommended and all browsers should be fine for viewing content. Your account is the same whether you access Panopto directly or via Canvas. Adding the Canvas integration…

Getting Started with Microsoft Teams

Microsoft Teams is the hub for team collaboration in Microsoft 365 that integrates the people, content, and tools your team needs to be more engaged and effective. Teams can be created for departments or even projects within and between departments. Teams integrates with Microsoft OneDrive, Word, Excel and other applications to make storing, sharing and collaborating on documents simple. Use Teams for: Video and phone communication Storing, sharing and collaborating on documents Instant Messaging View Welcome to Microsoft Teams (2:42) for an overview of Teams features. Create a Team Teams can…

Fix the "Hold for Authentication" Error on Mac

Method 1: Retry in the print queue In the print queue of SLU Public Printing (the icon on your dock that looks like a printer), on the document showing the "Hold for Authentication" error, click the Retry button (the button that looks like a spiral, to the right of the X button). When prompted to enter your username and password, erase anything in the "Name" field, then enter your SLU Username and Password. (Your username is your email address without the "@stlawu.edu" portion. Press the Return key on your keyboard. The print job should now be sent successfully. If it disappears from the queue…
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