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Tech Tips & Tricks for May
Posted May 08, 2024
by Curt Price
Have you ever gotten frustrated searching for a password you swore you wrote down somewhere? How about frustratingly trying to resize windows so you can view two of them on the same screen? In some cases, technology doesn’t feel like a helpful tool but more like an annoying hassle. Here are 17 (because I had to stop somewhere) shortcuts to help make your daily SIUE life a little easier.
1. When All Else Fails, Reboot
It may be a rule as old as Windows 3.1, but it still wor...
Cascade Support Options
Posted April 10, 2024
by Curt Price
Cascade is the website content management system used by SIUE. It allows users to make simple changes to their department's website without having to know HTML or CSS or any of the programming languages we use.
In the event that users have a question on how to do something basic within Cascade, they have the option of referencing ITS' Web Management site where some self-help options are available.
These options include, Tips & Tricks, FAQ's, Cascade & Accessibility Tutorials, a ...
A Few Ways To Improve Your Privacy
Posted March 13, 2024
Private Information Shared In Photos
Most people don’t realize all they share when sending a picture in a text. Nearly every social media site strips out the metadata that reveals a photo’s little details, like when, where and how it was taken. But that information is not protected if you text a photo. Here's how to prevent that.
To stop location sharing on iPhone:
- Open the image you want to send and tap the share button.
- Select Options a...
Recover Lost Or Deleted Data On A USB Drive
Posted March 13, 2024
by Curt Price
Did you know that when you delete files, they're actually just hidden and still on the drive and not really deleted?
In the video below, Matty McTech explains how to recover/restore deleted files from a USB drive. He also shows you how to actually delete files for good so they can not be recovered.
Importing Data Into Excel
Posted December 13, 2023
by Curt Price
Have you ever had printed (on old school paper) data in a table that you needed to get into Excel? And did you dread adding it manually by typing it in?
Well, Matty McTech has found a quick and easy way to do it that could save you a ton of time. And I'm sure the University will be happy to hear you are getting more done in less time. That's solid gold resume material if you ask me.
Submitting & Publishing Within Cascade
Posted November 08, 2023
by Curt Price
The Cascade CMS features a robust publishing engine designed to render and publish content to one or more environments. Once content is published, it's completely decoupled from the CMS, allowing it to operate as a standalone entity on the University web server.
When a user tries to send content to the live web server, it's not that unusual for them to think that "SUBMIT" will publish their content to the web server.
It does not.
"SUBMIT" only saves your work within t...