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Lebanon Valley College has made arrangements with Free Geek Penn of Ephrata to accept electronics for recycling at no charge from township residents, college students and employees on Tuesday, April 23, from 10am-1pm. Free Geek Penn's truck will be located on Sheridan Avenue near the Lynch Building. Look for the signs!

Free Geek Penn accepts:

Computer CPUs	Cell phones
Laptops	Stereos
Monitors (CRT & LCD)	LCD TVs
Printers (laser & ink jet)	MP3 players
DVD players	Games & game consoles
Cameras	Camcorders

Free Geek Penn does NOT accept:

Microwaves	Appliances
TVs (CRT)	Batteries

If you have any questions about whether an item is recyclable, please contact Free Geek Penn at 717-721-2494 or info@freegeekpenn.org, or email the college at computer-recycling@lvc.edu.

If you would like additional information about the PA DEP’s Covered Devices Recycling Act click here.

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To add the College holidays for 2013 - 2014 to your Outlook calendar, use the file below and the following steps:

1. Click LVC 13-14 Holidays.hol

2. Click Open or Run.

3. Check the LVC Holidays 13-14 box and click OK.

4. The LVC holidays will be added to your calendar and will be designated with "LVC" so you will be able to distinguish them from the standard Outlook holidays.

Click http://blogs.lvc.edu/helpdesk/admin/Pages/Add-the-LVC-Academic-Calendar-for-2013-14-to-your-Outlook-Calendar.aspx

 

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Effective January 24, 2013, the final phase of the Covered Devices Recycling Act (CDRA: DEP Act 108 of 2010) went into effect. Essentially the law bans the disposal of covered devices in landfills and there are significant fines for violators.

Covered Devices are considered:

• Desktop or notebook computer, computer monitor, or computer peripheral (printer, wireless access point, scanner, etc.) that are marketed and intended for use by a consumer.
• Televisions – whose display technology is based on cathode ray tube (CRT), plasma, liquid crystal (LCD), digital light processing (DEP), liquid crystal on silicon, silicon crystal reflective display, light emitting diode (LED) or similar technology marketed and intended for use by a consumer primarily for personal purposes.
• Peripheral – A keyboard, printer or any other device sold exclusively for external use with a computer that provides input into or output from the computer.

The Covered Devices Recycling Act does NOT include cell phones, motor vehicle components, appliance components or items such as handheld calculators, PDAs, MP3 players or similar devices.

For information on disposing of Covered Devices check out the following sites:

• Greater Lebanon Refuse Authority Electronics Recycling Facility
• Computer Equipment Recycling with Dell Reconnect and Goodwill
• Lancaster County Solid Waste Management Authority | Recycling Covered Devices
• Dauphin County Solid Waste Management

The College will continue to partner with FreeGeekPenn of Ephrata to provide electronics recycling opportunities for our employees and students. Please feel free to email computer-recycling@lvc.edu if you have any questions.

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Do you have a need for important dates that are on the Academic Calendar to be in your Outlook calendar?

If you would like to add the 57 items on the 2013-2014 Academic Calendar to your Outlook calendar, just follow these steps:

1. Click LVC 13-14 Academic Calendar.hol (2.62 kb)
2. Click Open or Run.
3. Check the LVC Academic Calendar 2013-2014 box and click OK. (This dialog box may "pop under" other windows so you may have to minimize Outlook and other windows to see the dialog box.)
4. Voilà, the items will be added on the appropriate dates.

   Please contact the Help Desk if you have any questions or need assistance.

Click to Add 2012-2013 Faculty Meetings to your Outlook Calendar

Click to Add 2012-2013 LVC Holidays to Outlook Calendar

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Blackboard_9_TurnItIn_Integration_Instructor_Manual.pdf (3.93 mb)

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To add the College holidays for 2012 - 2013 to your Outlook calendar, use the file below and the following steps:

1. Click LVC 12-13 Holidays

2. Click Open or Run.

3. Check the LVC Holidays 12-13 box and click OK.

 

4. The LVC holidays will be added to your calendar and will be designated with "LVC" so you will be able to distinguish them from the standard Outlook holidays.

Click to Add-2012-2013 Faculty-Meetings-to-your-Outlook-Calendar

Click to Add-the-LVC-Academic-Calendar-for-2012-13-to-your-Outlook-Calendar

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This Tip provided my Matt Velazquez (valazque@lvc.edu)

LVC Wireless – Status shows as Connected but no network access.

Summary:

Some users may experience a problem where their status shows as connected to LVC Wireless but they don’t have internal network or internet access.

Symptoms:

· User gets a 169.x.x.x IP address instead of an LVC wireless IP address

· Wireless status shows as “currently connected to Identifying, Local Only, No Internet access or Unidentified Network”

· Examples of status.

Solution:

1. Start | Control Panel | Network and Sharing Center | Manage Wireless Networks | Select LVC Wireless | Remove | click Yes when asked if you’re sure you want to remove. Now Connect to LVC Wireless.

2. Reset the TCP/IP Stack: Start | type CMD in the Search programs and files box | On the Applications List | Right click CMD and select Run as Administrator | in the CMD window: type netsh winsock reset | Restart computer then connect to LVC Wireless.

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Do you have a need for important dates that are on the Academic Calendar to be in your Outlook calendar?

If you would like to add the 60 items on the 2012-2013 Academic Calendar to your Outlook calendar, just follow these steps:

1. Click LVC 12-13 Academic Calendar.hol (2.77 kb)
2. Click Open or Run.
3. Check the LVC Academic Calendar 2012-2013 box and click OK. (This dialog box may "pop under" other windows so you may have to minimize Outlook and other windows to see the dialog box.)
4. Voilà, the items will be added on the appropriate dates.

   Please contact the Help Desk if you have any questions or need assistance.

Click to  Add 2012-2013 Faculty Meetings to your Outlook Calendar

Click to Add 2012-2013 LVC Holidays to Outlook Calendar

 

 

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In addition to the Quick Start Guides below, there are many online training resources about using Blackboard at Ondemand.Blackboard.com.

Bb_Quick Start Guide_Organizing_Your_Course.pdf (793.88 kb)

Bb_Quick Start Guide_Creating_Course_Content.pdf (868.87 kb)

Bb_Quick Start Guide_Presenting_Content.pdf (829.24 kb)

Bb_Quick Start Guide_Collaboration.pdf (830.77 kb)

Bb_Quick Start Guide_Keeping_Students_Informed.pdf (943.77 kb)

Bb_Quick Start Guide_Measuring Student_Performance.pdf (769.12 kb)

Bb_Quick Start Guide_EWS_Observers.pdf (827.28 kb)

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Colleagues,

As you know, most departments have a storage area on the FILE server for departmental use. For example, within the Departments folder (aka the H: drive in Windows) there is a "Chemistry" folder for the chemistry department, a "Media Services" folder for the media services department, etc.

Each department folder contains two folders: Public and Private. This is a reminder about how the Public and Private folders function.

· The Public folder is accessible by any user with a valid LVC username and password. The employees in your department can view, copy, add, delete and modify all folders and files within the Public folder. Other employees and students can view and copy files and folders within the Public folder but cannot add, delete or modify them.*

· The Private folder is accessible only by the employees in your department. These users may view, copy, add, delete and modify all folders and files within this folder. Students and other employees do not have access to your department's Private folder or any files or folders within it.

We recommend that you regularly review the folders and files in your department's Public folder to be sure that none of them contains any personal, private or confidential information.

If you have any questions or need additional information, please email David Shapiro (shapiro@lvc.edu) or me (zeigler@lvc.edu). We also can be reached by calling ext. 6072.

Best wishes for a good academic year!

-Mike

* There is one exception: The "drop_box" folder is set up to allow a user to add files but not to view, copy, delete or modify them.

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