How To...

How To's have been created as a reference tool for helping the end users find answers to common technology related questions.

Following are links to the different How To topics.

Accounts/Passwords/Permissions | Audiovisual/Classroom Technology | Desktop Applications | Immersive Visualization Facility (The Cave) | Instructional Technology | ITS Handbooks | Networking Support | Phones | Printing | Student Laptops | Web Applications

If you are looking for a short, quick solution, we also have a list of Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ's) that we have compiled from questions commonly asked by our end users.

If you have any questions regarding this information please email the Information Technology Services Helpdesk.

Accounts/Passwords/Permissions

• Activating Your TAMU NetID
• Changing Your TAMU NetID Password
• Changing Your TAMUQ Password from WebVPN 
• Resetting Your TAMUQ Password
• Setting Permissions on a File Saved on the S: or Y: Drive

Audiovisual/Classroom Technology

• Digital Presenter (Document Camera)
• Procedure for Setting Up a Video Conference
• Procedure for Planning a Presentation at TAMUQ

Desktop Applications

• ImageNow Manual
  • ImageNow Manual
    
• Outlook
  • How to Share Your Outlook Calendar
  • How to Create a Meeting Using Your Outlook Calendar
  • Adding Personal Contacts to Your Outlook Address Book 
  • Deleting a Meeting in Outlook
  • Creating a New Calendar in Outlook and Sharing the Calendar
  • Creating a S/MIME Certificate for Emails
  • Creating Your Signature Block in Outlook 
  • Configuring Outlook for Room Schedulers (Proxies)
  • Configuring Outlook to Check TAMU Main Campus Email
  • Archiving Mail in Outlook
    • Creating an Archive File (Microsoft Link)
    • Opening an Archive File (Microsoft Link)
      
• Quickbooks
  • TAMUQ Finance Transactions in Quickbooks
    
• Word
  • Inserting a Bookmark Within a Word Document
  • Table of Contents
  • Section Breaks
    
• Microsoft Office 2007
  • Microsoft Office 2007 Resources
  • Installing the Office 2007 Viewer

Immersive Visualization Facility (The Cave)

• Immersive Visualization Facility User Guide

Instructional Technology

• Blackboard Vista (WebCT) -- Resources courtesy of TAMU College Station Intructional Technology Services
  
  • Complete Blackboard Vista 4 Manual
  • Logging into Blackboard Vista (instructors & students)
  • Gradebook (instructors)
  • Using Gradebook with Microsoft Excel (instructors)
  • Creating Announcements (instructors)
  • Creating Blog Topics (instructors)
  • Creating Assessments (instructors)
  • Taking Assessments (students)
  • Adding a Syllabus to your Course (instructors)
  • Creating a Grading Form (Rubric) (instructors)
  • Using the Goals Tool (instructors)
  • Uploading Files (instructors)
  • Backing up your Section (instructors)
  • Making your Section a Template (instructors)
  • Submitting Assignments through Turnitin inside Bb Vista (students)
• Camtasia Studio 5 Online Help
• Getting Started with Camtasia Studio 5
• Respondus Instructor Quick Start Guide
• StudyMate Author Instructor Quick Start Guide

ITS Handbooks

• ITS Handbook for TAMUQ Employees
• ITS Handbook for TAMUQ Students

Networking Support

• Connecting to the Internet through QFLink
• Installing/Setting Up Cisco IPSEC VPN Client
• Mapping to My TAMUQ Network Drives (H:, S:, and W:) 
• Setting Up a New VPN Connection from Home
• Creating a VPN Connection from Qatar to College Station

Phones

• Quick Reference Guide for the IP Phones

Printing

• Accessing TAMUQ Networked Printers
• How to Set Up Your HP1020 Printer at Home
• Konica Minolta 
  • Creating a Booklet
  • Scanning to Email
  • Setting up Your Account
  • Konica Minolta Quick Reference 
  • Enabling Printing to the Konica Minolta Printer from Your Computer 
  • Konica Minolta BizHub Manual
• Printing Instructions for the Xerox Workcentre Pro C3545 Color Printer
• Printing to the Plotter

Student Laptops

• Activiating AutoCAD on Student Laptops
• Installing Mathcad License on Student Laptops
• How To Backup Your Files Before Having Your Laptop Re-Imaged
• Mapping to My TAMUQ Network Drives - Home Drive (H:) and Student Drive (S:) and Webpage (W:)
• Quick Reference for TAMUQ Students on Using the Knoica Minolta Printer/Copier/Scanner in the Library (KM-302G)

Web Applications

• Citrix
  • Logging Into Citrix
  • Setting up Your Outlook Mail in Citrix
  • Installing Citrix on Your Home Computer (Faculty/Staff)
    
• Personal/Club Webpage
  
  • Creating a Club Webpage
  • Creating Your Personal Webpage
    
• RedDot Content Management System (CMS)
  • RedDot CMS User Manual
    
• Short Message Service (SMS)
  • Using the Short Message Service (SMS) on Texas A&M University at Qatar's (TAMUQ) WebVPN