No FAX for students on campus

Beth got the information from a student that the FAX machines are broken in the JCard Office and the Jag Spot.  Since ours is broken also, it appears that there is nowhere for students to fax on campus. (Probably also no place to play a vinyl record or listen to an 8-track tape.)

The FedEx Office Print and Ship (formerly Kinkos) still offers faxing services. Their closest office is: 126 Perimeter Center W, Dunwoody, GA 30346. Aviva also told me that Kroger stores offer faxing service.  Those commercial enterprises charge, of course.

Simson History 1112 Assignment

Dr. Simson has an assignment in his Modern World History class asking students to link events in their own families to events in world history, along the lines of several themes.  For the assignment, students need at least 2 primary sources, a reference in their textbooks, an additional book, and a related article.  The primary documents can be interviews, personal photographs, letters, etc.  In other words, students may look in the family attic or memorabilia for primary sources, as well as finding published primary sources from the era related to their family's story.

It has been a challenge for students who come from outside the U.S. to find primary sources.  There are some books with eye witness accounts from other countries, but our collection is not deep in that area. Beth had good luck using Discover GALILEO with the country name as subject, then limiting type to primary source documents.  You may also have some luck using LexisNexis to find news articles from the country of origin at the time family lived there.

A scan of the assignment appears below.  Part 2 will be a 5-6 page essay on the intersection between family and world history.

Clarkston English 1102 Research Notebook

In case you missed this email, be aware that Ann Mallard posted on this very speicific assignment on the Clarkston Reference blog.  See http://claref.blogspot.com/2016/02/research-notebook-assignment-spring-2016.html

iCollege log in trouble

iCollege did an update last night which caused some problems with their security certificate being recognized in different Internet browsers. The problem manifests differently on different campus networks.

Here at Dunwoody, the student computers will not access iCollege in Firefox, but they will if you tell students to switch to Internet Explorer.

Strangely, the ref desk computers are just the oppostie.  iCollege won't pull up in IE, but works fine in FF.

On other campuses, neither of those browsers will work, but computers with Chrome will.

THIS IS A KNOWN ISSUE. OIT is communicating with the Blackboard folks to get a solution.  Until then, please tell students about the work-around.

Nursing Test (TEAS) Prep at Decatur

Decatur TEAS Prep Workshops

Prepare for the Nursing test!

Friday, February 12 Writing/Reading 9:00am – 1:30pm SF-2100	Friday, February 19 Chemistry 9:00am – 12:00pm SB-1190
Friday, February 26 Biology 9:00am – 12:00pm SF-2100	Friday, March 4 Mathematics 9:00am – 12:00pm SF-2100

Register online at: http://depts.gpc.edu/gpcltc/teas_prep.htm

Sponsored by: The Learning and Tutoring Center, Decatur Campus

678.891.2575 | SF-1200 | http://depts.gpc.edu/gpcltc

Print previews and tax forms

If a document prints out with strange formatting, it may be happening because the student is printing directly from a print preview. Hopefully downloading the document first, and then printing, will resolve any issues.

As a heads-up to anyone who wasn't here during last tax season, the 1098 forms can be found in SIS. Most students know this, but I've had a few come and ask already this month.

New Website

Have you seen our new GSU, Perimeter College website?  https://perimeter.gsu.edu/ I love the aerial views of each campus and the movement of water and people on the intro pages.

And I also admit that it's hard to find stuff there.

Probably the most helpful URL for you to bookmark is for our library: http://depts.gpc.edu/library
It will still be the default on most of our library computers.  From there, everything will seem familiar. IF you forget the direct URL, the most elegant way to get to the library homepage from the https://perimeter.gsu.edu/ website is to select either "Student" or "Faculty & Staff" from the top banner. Perimeter College Libraries are in the first column of links for students and the third column of links for staff. I'm so please we have such a prominent place in both set of links! The search box in the top banner also lets you limit to pages within the old GPC structure & works pretty well.

Tracy Adkins also sent this advice to faculty:
  
Navigating the New Website

How do you find legacy Perimeter College content?

The new main Perimeter College website went live last week and offers a new streamlined experience and updated content.  Many webpages for Perimeter College services are still going through a transition to the new look.  If you still need to access content on legacy webpages you can try a few of these techniques:

• For technology information go directly to http://technology.gpc.edu
• For iCollege go directly to http://icollege.gpc.edu
• For faculty and student websites go directly to http://sites.gpc.edu
• For all other legacy webpages try doing a search:
  In the address bar of your web browser enter:
  gpc.edu search term**

**The search box in the top banner of https://perimeter.gsu.edu/  lets you limit to pages within the old GPC structure & also works pretty well.(From PZ)