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  1. Locking Cells in Excel

    When locking individual cells or rows or columns, you must first unlock all the cells in the worksheet. By default all cells are "locked" (this does not mean they are locked for data entry, just that they must first be unlocked to select individual ...
  2. Zoom breakout rooms - manual assignment

    Make sure you have breakout rooms turned on. From clu.zoom.us go to "Settings" the breakout room switch is half way down the page. Once your meeting is started, click on "Breakout Rooms" from the bottom menu. A dialogue box opens allowing you to...
  3. Zoom Waiting Rooms

    Zoom Waiting Rooms.pdf From the "Security" tab in meeting controls, if you enable waiting room; when an attendee arrives the Manage Participants button will flash. This lets you know people are waiting to enter the meeting. Return to the Manage P...
  4. Zoom Virtual Backgrounds

    Zoom Virtual Backgrounds.pdf To set your virtual background, click on the settings gear in the upper right hand corner of the Zoom dashboard Click on Virtual Backgrounds The stock backgrounds are displayed You can use any of ...
  5. Zoom Breakout Rooms

    Zoom Break Out Rooms.pdf Breakout rooms are little subdivisions of Zoom sessions that the host can create to allow individuals to meet in smaller groups. You can assign people to breakout rooms automatically and reassign, or assign manuall...
  6. Zoom Polling

    Zoom Polling.pdf Polling in Zoom -  Only the meeting host can use Polling. In your web settings make sure that Polling is turned on. From the meetings tab, click on the name of a scheduled meeting. Scroll to the bottom of these set...
  7. Setting up Access to your Campus Drives - Mac

    Be sure you are connected to the VPN if mapping drives on your home or personal computer. From Finder, hit Command + K and the “Connect to Server” dialogue box opens. Enter: smb://otter/shared and select “Connect”. When prompted, enter your e...
  8. Zoom - Assigning Scheduling Privileges

    Zoom - Assign Scheduling Privileges In order to assign scheduling privileges to someone else for your account, both accounts must be Zoom Pro accounts. From the Zoom web interface click on Settings. In settings, scroll to the bottom of th...
  9. Password change issues when using a campus owned computer from home

    If you have changed your password on a campus owned computer from home without being logged into the VPN first, you may experience some problems logging in. To resolve this, follow these instructions: For the PC 1) Log into the campus comput...
  10. ChemDraw

    ChemDraw Professional is a drawing tool that allows users to draw chemical structures and reactions as well as biological objects and pathways. Users can also use it to predict properties and spectra, convert chemical structures to IUPAC names, view...