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GEAR UPS

Get Set! Get Tech! Sign up on TutorTrac. TutorTrac will be open to book events starting Jan. 12, 2022.

Attend our Gear Ups to get ready for the new semester! Topics cover essential UA software, including MS Word, OneNote, Immersive Reader, & Read and Write. Gear-Ups will help you set up your digital workspace by creating course folders, organizing Catmail, & showing you integrated options for time management.

These are Hands-On Workshops!
All sessions will be held in the SALT Center Student Lounge.

Bring your laptop!
Know your passwords! Know your laptop password. Know your UA NetID & password.
Make sure you are an Admin on your laptop for permission to make installations.

See the Gear Up descriptions below.

DigiSpace

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Set Up your Digital Workspace!

Organize Catmail
- Folders & Filters
- Tasks & Calendar
Set Up Important UA Bookmarks
Create Course Folders
Learn how to use Collaborative Tech in the SALT Center

Sign up on TutorTrac! (opens Jan. 12 for booking events & appointments)

Jan. 18 @ 4:00 pm
Jan. 19 @ 5:00 pm
Jan. 25 @ 3:00 pm

Hands-on Tech Seminars in the
SALT Center Student Lounge, 1st floor

MS 365 Tour

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Take a Tour of the best MS 365 Features for Academic Success

Install MS Office: These apps are essential for your course work. MS Word docs may be uploaded to D2L, but many other formats such as Google Docs are unacceptable.
MS Office includes Word, OneNote, Excel, & PowerPoint.
Discover great features:
- MS Word
  - Immersive Reader for text to speech
  - Dictation for talking out your ideas and rough drafts
  - Transcription- this feature types your notes & records audio
- OneDrive
  - 1TB of storage
  - Sharing files through the cloud
- OneNote
  - Insert lecture slides
  - Record lectures
  - Play back any line with one click
  - Add web clippings
  - Embed files & videos within your notes

Sign up on TutorTrac! (opens Jan. 12 for booking events & appointments)

Jan. 18 @ 5:00 pm
Jan. 19 @ 4:00 pm
Jan. 26 @ 4:00 pm

Hands-on Tech Seminars in the
SALT Center Student Lounge, 1st floor

Read Aloud Tech

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Reading Tech - Text to Speech Options available for free through UA Campus Software Licensing

We will set up Read and Write software on your laptop and show you some of its best features. We will also explore options available with MS Immersive Reader, including the most natural human sounding voices available and customizable display options.

Listen to your readings at the speed that works for you.
Turn your readings into a MP3.
Collect highlights & transfer them onto another doc to create a study guide or instant outline
Change fonts, font size, & spacing between words
Change color of backgrounds & fonts
Line, page, or paragraph focusing

Sign up on TutorTrac! (opens Jan. 12 for booking events & appointments)

Jan. 25 @ 4:00 pm
Jan. 26 @ 3:00 pm

Hands-on Tech Seminars in the
SALT Center Student Lounge, 1st floor