LST can help you with the technologies you use for teaching, learning and research. Visit the Help Desks, located on the 2nd floor of Odegaard Undergraduate Library and in Mary Gates Hall 131, to find answers to your computing related questions or to remove viruses and spyware from your personal computer via our Computer Vet service. Our knowledgeable Help Desk Consultants can provide you with the computing assistance you need.

We also offer over 30 free computing-related workshops every quarter for all current UW students, faculty, and staff to equip you with the knowledge you need to work effectively. Can't make it to a workshop or need help now? Check out the handy how-to guides in our online Help Center. You'll find step-by-step instructions for using the Catalyst Web Tools, creating a Web Site, Podcasting, Adobe Dreamweaver, Adobe Creative Suite, and much more.

We are currently evaluating a new system for some of our web pages. We want to find out what works best for people who use it - people like you - so we can improve the design and functionality of these pages.

We are scheduling sessions November 4, 9-10, 16-18 and we expect they will take between 1-1.5 hours. Let us know the best dates and times for you. Time slots are first come first served, so respond quickly. We'll write back to confirm your time and answer any questions you might have. A $10 gift card to the University Bookstore will be given to all participants.

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Take this survey and you could win one of ten $25 University Bookstore Gift Certificates.

How and where do you use technology to do your work as a student? What do you envision for the future? Learning & Scholarly Technologies wants to know. Take the Student Technology Experience Survey and help us create new campus spaces and computing services that meet your needs now and in the future!

Read more about the survey.

Want to find out what's next for green computing, cloud computing and mobile computing at the UW? Listen to the following presentations from LST's Student Technology Fair in streaming audio:

UW Green Initiatives: How Green IT is maximizing energy efficiency and minimizing waste in IT resource plans
Kelli Trosvig, COO of UW Technology, reviews what is possible in Green IT, what is in scope for this year at the UW, as well as what is on the horizon. Find out how you can help the environment by supporting the current and future UW Green IT programs.

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Cloud Seeding: the story behind UW's deployment of Microsoft and Google services
Terry Gray, Technology Strategy & CTA, UW Technology, provides an overview of UW's Cloud Computing Initiative, including motivations and challenges, and how the introduction of Microsoft Outlook Live and Google Applications will impact the school's Uniform Access services.

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UW on the Go: There's an app for that!
David Morton, Mobile Communications in UW Technology, demos the UW's iPhone and mobile Web app--m.UW, our student and staff cellular discounts, coverage improvements and other ways to help you on the go.

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• Powerpoint

Starting this quarter, all UW students can sign up for enhanced email, calendaring and collaboration services: UW Windows Live and UW Google Apps. Just go to your Manage UW NetID Resources page to turn on each one. Remember, you can sign up for both services, but you will have to choose one to use for your UW email.

For details about what you get with each service, check out the information online:

• UW Windows Live (with Outlook Live Email & Calendar, Messenger, SkyDrive, Spaces and Photos)
• UW Google Apps (with Gmail, Google Calendar, Google Docs, Google Sites and Google Talk)

As part of LST's work to help the UW be as green as possible, we have provided easy 2-Sided printing for many years. Starting Autumn quarter 2009, we are taking the next step, and setting 2-Sided Printing as the default for all of our computer systems. We are also looking forward to the switch to 100% recycled paper in all of the printers that we use later in the quarter.

These changes are in part driven by the requirements of House Bill 2287, which was recently signed by Governor Gregoire. The bill asks all state funded agencies to reduce their paper consumption by 30% over the next year, as well as requires the use of 100% recycled paper in all copiers and printers.

We hope that you will help meet the targeted reduction in printing by using the 2-Sided printing options wherever you can, previewing your work before you print, and printing only what you need. Visit Dawg Prints to get more information, and download the drivers you need to print 2-sided to the public Dawg Prints Stations.

With the aid of three generous grants from the Student Technology Fee Committee (STFC), LST spent September break upgrading equipment and software in the Odegaard Undergraduate Library. Read more...

The University of Washington has licensed Sophos Anti-Virus Software for all students, staff, and faculty. More info (including a free download of the software) can be found at UWare.

If your computer has a virus, or you think it might, be sure to visit us at the Computer Vet. The Computer Vet is a free, help-desk service offered to UW students, faculty, and staff to assist with computing problems such as operating system updates, anti-virus installation and updates, and infected computers blocked from UW network access.

Join Erik Lundberg from the eScience Institute and Tom Lewis from Learning and Scholarly Technologies for a discussion on the findings and future outcomes from the "Conversations with the University of Washington's Research Leaders" project.

This collaborative project of UW Technology and the eScience Institute was undertaken to increase awareness of current and future research projects at the University of Washington, to better understand the role of technology in these efforts, and, ultimately, to identify resources and services that UW Technology and the eScience Institute can offer to help UW researchers maintain and build upon their remarkable record of success.

Learn more about Spark Sessions.

Attention, students! You may have heard of Catalyst GradeBook, which lets faculty easily record student scores online, track student progress, calculate grades, and publish them online for students to view.

Now instructors can manage class grades on their computers using an Excel spreadsheet and upload the spreadsheet to GradeBook when they're done. This makes it easier for your instructors to update grade sheets and publish them for you to view online. Encourage your instructors to use GradeBook with your classes this quarter!

CommonView allows you to easily organize and share files, links, Catalyst Tools, and other online content and make it into a rich project workspace.

Now you can easily embed YouTube videos directly into the content in your CommonView workspace. With just a few clicks, you can provide streaming multimedia content to your project members. Also new-- distinguish your workspace from the rest by updating its look and feel. Use one of the color schemes provided, or select a custom color.

To learn more or get started, visit: http://catalyst.washington.edu/web_tools/commonview

Need help with your computer? The Computer Vet is a free, help-desk service offered to UW students, faculty, and staff to assist with computing problems such as operating system updates, anti-virus installation and updates, and infected computers blocked from UW network access. As of Summer 2008, the Computer Vet service now includes the removal of many types of peer-to-peer (P2P) software. Learn more about the Computer Vet.

CommonView allows you to easily organize and share files, links, Catalyst Web Tools, and other online content. Keep everything needed for your project team in one convenient location that members can access through an easy-to-use interface. New features let you more flexibly manage the files in your workspace as well as add URLs to a workspace just like you can add files, text, or links to Catalyst Web Tools. Also, upcoming enhancements will allow you to customize the look and feel of your workspaces to better reflect you and the group.

To learn more or get started, visit: http://catalyst.washington.edu/web_tools/commonview

LST offers over 75 free computing-related workshops at UW Seattle for students, faculty, researchers, and staff each quarter. Learn about the Catalyst Web Tools, Adobe's Creative Suite, Office 2007 and more. The Autumn Quarter schedule is available online. We also offer customized workshops.

To check out the workshop schedule or find out more about a workshop, visit: http://catalyst.washington.edu/workshops

Visit the Technology Help Desks on the second floor Odegaard Undergraduate Library and in Mary Gates Hall 131 to learn more about our expanded One-on-One Consultation services for the Catalyst Web Tools, the Adobe Creative Suite, Microsoft Office, and others. The hours for the One-on-One Consultation service have been extended to 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Monday to Friday; the hours for the Technology Help Desks can be found online.