LaTeX endash

Using http://hostmath.com/ I found that the hyphen on the keyboard produces a space emdash space in LaTeX

However, by adding \text it nicely changes it into an endash with no surrounding spaces!

Blackboard: Extra Credit Test Questions

This blog post taken directly from https://www.cod.edu/it/blackboard/ExtraCreditTest.htm

When creating a test, you can specify that certain questions will be worth extra credit.

Here's how:

1. Edit an existing test, or create a new test.
2. On the Test Canvas screen, click the Question Settings button (top right).
   
   
   
3. On the Test Question Settings screen, scroll to Section 4. Add a check mark to the option, " Provide option to assign questions as extra credit. "
   
   
   
4. When finished, click Submit.
5. After the test question has been created (or if it just needs to be edited), click the Points box off to the right.
   
   
   
6. A popup menu will appear. If needed, change the point value of the question. Add a check mark to the Extra Credit box and click Submit.
   
   
   
7. You will see a quick "Success" message. The Points box will display again with the words "(Extra Credit)."
   
   

Colour prints coming out Black and White, try Word

If you try to print colour from Google docs, or PDF, you get black and white.

But if you print colour from Microsoft Word, you get colour!

No scroll bars in Blackboard on a Mac?

Blackboard sometimes doesn't speak Mac, and so doesn't tell the Mac that it needs scroll bars.

However you can tell you Mac to assume scroll bars even when not asked for...

1. Click Apple, System Preferences

1. General

1. Always, then exit with the red dot 

Youtube and Google+

You post your YouTube to a specific group of people privately when you have Google+ through circles or individuals.

Just make the video private, and then choose which circle, or type email addresses.

Note: If you want to share it with a community but not exactly privately, you can make it unlisted and post it. Otherwise, if you want to make it private, share it with a circle that has the same membership as the group, and then post it to the community so it will appear on the community page.

Create a word cloud with Wordle

Wordle is a great free website that makes word clouds

Go to a specific slide during a PowerPoint presentation

When in Slideshow mode, you can go to a specific slide number by typing that number on the keyboard and then hitting the Enter Key.

When I tried this the first time there was about a 20 second delay. I thought it didn't work. But next time I looked at my screen, the slide I was trying to go to was showing! Every time after that it always worked immediately, even after closing and re-opening PowerPoint.

See this and other shortcuts here.