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General Tutorials

• Grossmont Cuyamaca Community College District (GCCCD) Online: Welcome to GCCCD ONLINE, where you can enroll and complete credit courses developed and taught online by instructors from the two colleges in our District: Grossmont and Cuyamaca College.

• Closed Captioning, turning them on PDF file, tutorial on how to turn Closed Captioning on using window Media Player.

• Pop Up Blockers PDF file, tutorial on how to turn off Google Pop Up blocker.

• Turning off Cookies in Microsoft Internet Explorer

• Free Online Tutorials BayCon Group provides tutorials on a growing list of computer-related topics. All tutorials are in depth, comprehensive, online, and best of all absolutely free.

• NetLingo is an online dictionary about the Internet. It contains thousands of words and definitions that describe the technology and community of the World Wide Web.

• The OnlineLearning.net Self-Assessment QuizTM Of course, the best way to judge if online learning is for you is to experience an online course for yourself. Our Trial Offer provides you with a great opportunity to test the waters before deciding whether you wish to continue.

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File Management

• Computer file management (Wikipedia) The term computer file management refers to the manipulation of documents and data in files on a computer. Specifically, one may create a new file or edit an existing file and save it; open or load a pre-existing file into memory; or close a file without saving it. Additionally, one may group related files in directories or folders. These tasks are accomplished in different ways in different operating systems and depend on the user interface design and, to some extent, the storage medium being used.

• File management for windows 98 Our free online Windows 98 tutorial is presented in a question and answer format. It's a comprehensive guide to using Windows 98. If you have Windows 98 questions, we've got the Windows 98 answers you need right here on our site.

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Keyboard Shortcuts

• Keyboard shortcuts A printable one page aid on the most commonly used keyboard shortcuts.

• Keyboard shortcuts by Microsoft Find keyboard shortcuts for leading Microsoft products that help save time and effort and provide an essential tool for some people with functional difficulties and impairments—particularly dexterity and visual.

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Copyright and Plagiarism

• Copyright and fair use Office of Technology Transfer Website on using copyrighted works of others.

• Copyright Management Center: We are pleased to offer the following “Checklist for Fair Use” as a helpful tool for the academic community. We hope that it will serve two purposes. First, it should help educators, librarians, and others to focus on factual circumstances that are important to the evaluation of a contemplated fair use of copyrighted works. A reasonable fair-use analysis is based on four factors set forth in the fair-use provision of copyright law, Section 107 of the Copyright Act of 1976...(Prepared by the Copyright Management Center Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis Kenneth D. Crews, Director)

• Coalition for Networked Information (CNI) Issues related to copyright, intellectual property rights, and public access to information in the digital age are at the forefront of public debate in the twenty-first century. CNI's Copyright Forum provides an open space for discussion of these topics as they relate to the networked information community. This list is open to all those interested in the subject. Anyone may subscribe.

• Copyright Quickguide . You might have a question about fair use, or you might be struggling with determining the ownership of a copyrighted work. Whatever your question, a little background about copyright law will allow you to focus your question and have a better understanding of the answer. Take a few minutes to learn these important fundamentals of copyright. (Prepared by the Copyright Management Center Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis Kenneth D. Crews, Director)

• Fair Use of Copyrighted Materials We would all appreciate a clear, crisp answer to that one, but far from clear and crisp, fair use is better described as a shadowy territory whose boundaries are disputed, more so now that it includes cyberspace than ever before...

• Plagiarism strategies Website on Plagiarism. The availability of textual material in electronic format has made plagiarism easier than ever. Copying and pasting of paragraphs or even entire essays now can be performed with just a few mouse clicks. The strategies discussed here can be used to combat what some believe is an increasing amount of plagiarism on research papers. By employing these strategies, you can help encourage students to value the assignment and to do their own work.

• Rooting out plagiarists with software  Anyone who has attended school these days has probably heard stories about plagiarism and the Internet...

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Computer Guides and Glossaries

• "What Is" from Tech Target A leading searchable technology encyclopedia.

• Berkeley Library Glossary of Internet & Web Jargon from UC Berkeley - Teaching Library Internet Workshops.

• CNet.com a website to get reviews on technology, get "How To" information, free downloads and a whole lot of great information.

• Download.com a website to get free downloads and plug-ins

Operating Systems

• BATS (Baseline Access, Training and Support) is a California State University initiative to provide all students, faculty, and staff with "baseline" access to information resources via networks, training in the uses of baseline hardware and software systems, and ongoing professional and technical support for utilization of computer resources at San Diego State University. The BATS program is part of Instructional Technology Services.

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