Tech Links
Penn State ITS Websites
For immediate assistance, go to the Penn State ITS Help Desk page. I can only assist with those services which I administer.
Teaching Tools
- ANGEL Course Management System - Click "Help" to see documentation.
- iStudy Study Skills Tools - Can be imported into ANGEL courses
- Penn State ePortfolio
- eLion Class List and Schedule
- Class Schedule (Registrar)
- List of Library Databases
- Library eReserves
- TLT Suggestions
Computer Classrooms
Penn State Technology Training
- ITS Training
- Web Based Training
- Faculty Multimedia Center Tutorials
- Advanced Visualization
- Teaching with Techonology Certificate
Multimedia Services
Web Development
- Penn State Internet Set Up
- Penn State Web Developers Guide
- Creating Accessible Web Sites
- Computing with Accents (Foreign Languages)
Additional Penn State Services
You must have a Penn State Access Account I.D. in order to activate these services.
- Penn State Search Engine (Google)
- Penn State Directory
- Penn State Portal
- Personal Web Space
- PASS File Space
- Penn State Wireless
- Web Mail
- Free Software
- Computer Store
- Assistive Technology
- TSM File Backup (for fee)
- Remote Plotting
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Web Technology
These are Web sites I read regularly to keep up with the latest technology options and training.
- Web Reference.com (Get E-mail Newsletter)
- New York Times Circuits (Get E-mail Newsletter)
- A List Apart
- Jakob Nielsen Alertbox (Usability)
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CSS Style Sheets
They keep telling us to use styleshets, but they rarely tell us how. These links helped out quite a bit.
Basics
- University of Oregon CSS Summary
- Website Tips CSS Links (By Topic)
- W3C Schools
- W3C CSS 2 Reference (not all tags supported on all browsers)
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Intermediate
- Making Headlines with CSS - Good simple tips for implementing creative CSS
- Listamatic CSS Lists - Includes CSS Rollovers
- Sane CSS Font Sizes - Includes relative font sizes
- A List Apart Print Stylesheet
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Advanced Box Model
Accessibility
Some key Web sites with practical tips for making your Websites accessible.
- TLT Accessibility Links
- Access-PSU LIFT Documentation
- Web AIM
- Jim Thatcher Com (also has excellent companion book)
- Usability Gov Section 508 Tutorial
- Macromedia Accessibility (includes Dreamweaver & Flash)