Mt. Ararat High School HELP

How to install printers on your MLTI laptop

How to connect to the Ararat (staff) and Campus (student) servers

MSAD Staff Resources - self-help resources on a variety of topics are available. Topics include Infinite Campus, AESOP, Lexia, connecting to school servers, adding printers, and more.

Infinite Campus tutorials

MSAD 75 Zimbra Support Page

Zimbra Webmail Login

MTA Zimbra help

How to embed YouTube videos on your website, wiki, or blog.

How to save YouTube videos as MP4 files (for viewing without Internet connection).

Resources for creating online quizzes

Saving Rich Text Files (.rtf)

What's a PDF file?

Changing default program on Mac

MSAD #75 teacher resource

MTA Zimbra help

How do I send an iWorks file (Pages, Numbers, Keynote) as a Zimbra e-mail attachment?

While programs like MS Office and TextEdit create single files, the iWorks suite creates document bundles. Though a document bundle looks like a single file (appearing as a single icon in OSX, for instance), it is actually a folder that contains the document's various contents. You can see this by Ctrl+clicking on an iWorks file and selecting "Show Package Contents" in the contextual menu.

When sending an iWorks document as an attachment in Zimbra, you have two choices:
1- Zip the document (bundle) into a single archive by Ctrl+clicking on it and select Compress [“Filename”] . Use this method if you want your recipient/s to be able to edit your document.

2- Convert the document to a PDF from within the application. ( File > Print > PDF > Save as PDF > Save ). Use this method if you simply want to publish the document -- your recipient/s will not be able to make an edits.

How to save YouTube videos as MP4 files (for viewing without Internet connection).

First, click here, or copy and paste the following into your browser window: http://sharonsshare.blogspot.com/2009/03/youtube-videos-as-mp4-files.html#links

Next, either follow the guidelines on the page, or click here for step-by-step instructions.

Saving Rich Text Files (.rtf)

It's really frustrating to work on a paper on your home computer only to come to school and find you are unable to open it. To ensure you can open your text files at any location, you can save them as .rtf documents (Rich Text Format). Saving a document in .rtf format allows you to open it in a variety of programs (i.e., Pages, OpenOffice, NeoOffice, Word).

To save an .rtf:

1- Select File > Save As
2- Choose where you want to save your document (such as the server or your documents folder)
3- Name your document
4- In the File type field select Rich Text Format (.rtf)

To open your .rtf file:

1- Open OpenOffice, Pages, NeoOffice, or Word
2- Select File > Open and locate your RTF document
- or -
1- Control+click your .rtf file.
2- Select Open With ...
3- Choose the application you want to use. (You might have to select Other ... to see your options.)

What is a PDF file?

Most simply, a PDF (Portable Document Format) is a file that can be shared easily among users of different software programs and operating systems. Here at school the default program for opening a PDF is Preview on a Mac and Adobe Reader on a PC.

If you prefer to open PDFs with Adobe Reader on your Mac, click here for instructions on changing a default program.

If you are having trouble opening a PDF file on a PC, try this:

Right-click on the file
Select Open With, which will open a selection box with a list of programs
Select Adobe Reader to launch the application and open the file.

If you are having trouble opening a PDF file on your personal computer, you can download the latest Adobe Reader version here.

Resources for creating online quizzes

ProProfs Free Quiz Maker allows you to create and share quizzes.Click here to go to the site (www.proprofs.com/quiz-school). Free registration is required.

The video below provides great instructions on how to use Google Docs' "Forms" application to create online quizzes. Free registration is required; if you already use gmail, your username and password will serve as your login information.

For better-quality viewing, you may wish to watch the video on YouTube. It is also recommended that you use Firefox (not Internet Explorer) as your browser.