Instructional Technology Center
The Hub (Faculty/Staff Computer Lab)
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The Hub (Faculty/Staff Computer Lab) is an instructional
technology resource computer lab for Chabot College administrators, faculty, and staff.
The facility houses both PC and Macintosh computers.
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- Create "Office" documents (Office 2003)
- Create Adobe PDF files from Office documents (Adobe Acrobat 7)
- Use an off-line gradebook (GradeQuick -
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announcements regarding GradeQuick)
- Create and edit graphic images (Photoshop)
- Scan graphics and text (to PC or Mac)
- Desktop publish (Microsoft Office Publisher)
- Edit and publish Web Pages (Microsoft FrontPage 2003 on PC
computers)
- Burn your files onto CD
- Read/write ZIP disks (Zip drive) There is one removable Zip drive
connected to the PC computer No. 14. Since it is a USB drive, it can be
removed (it has to be properly removed as any other removable USB drive) and
attached to a Macintosh computer.
Nine (9) PC 2003 computers. One PC computer is connected to a
scanner. There is one removable Zip drive
connected to the PC computer No. 14. Since it is a USB drive, it can be removed
(it has to be properly removed as any other removable USB drive) and attached to
a Macintosh computer. The software programs that are on the PC computers are
as follows:
- Adobe Creative Suite, which includes
- Adobe Photoshop CS2
- Illustrator CS2
- InDesign CS2
- GoLive CS2
- Acrobat 7.0
- Acrobat Reader 7
- Gradequick 10
- Microsoft Office 2003
- Access
- Excel
- FrontPage
- PowerPoint
- Publisher
- Word
- Respondus
Four (4) Macintosh G5 computers with the Operating System 10.4 (Tiger). One of
these is an iMac G5. One computer is connected to a scanner. There is one removable Zip drive connected to the PC
computer No. 14, which, since it is a USB drive, can be removed and attached to
a Macintosh computer. The software programs that are on the Macintosh computers are
as follows:
- Adobe Creative Suite, which includes
- Adobe Photoshop CS2
- Illustrator CS2
- InDesign CS2
- GoLive CS2
- Acrobat 7.0
- 2005 Word Book Reference Suite
- AppleWorks 6.0
- GradeQuick 10.0
- Microsoft Office 2004
Use of the Hub is available to Chabot College administrators, faculty and staff
only. Children are not allowed in the Hub. Students are not allowed in the Hub,
except for student assistants who are brought in by faculty and are working
on faculty projects. The Hub is often the location for individual appointments
with the Instructional Technology staff, such as for Blackboard.
- Building 100 (Library), Room 121
- Open continuously during normal Library hours. Hours when staff is available in the Hub will be posted on the door at the
beginning of each week, during the regular semester periods. For assistance
by appointment, contact Instructional Assistant
Arlene
Adamson.
- Please plan ahead regarding your use of the Hub facilities, taking into
account that computers needed for scheduled workshops will not be available
during the workshops.
- Please sign in and out. The binder with the sign-in sheets is prominently
displayed as you walk in the door. We base upgrades, workshops, and future
purchases on how the present equipment and software is being used.
- Please use the resource in the Hub for Chabot-related projects only. We
do not have the resources to support personal activities such as job searches,
book writing, garage sale flyers, etc. The Workforce Development Center has
personnel and services to support job search activities.
- Please save information you need from a Web site on your floppy disk in
text format. You can do this by opening the file in a word processing program
and printing only the information you need. (This conserves paper and toner.)
- Print only one copy of your finished work. Use copy machines to make duplicate
copies.
- Bring your own disks to save your work. Work that is saved on the computer
will be deleted. If you work with large files that cannot fit on a floppy
disk, consider purchasing Zip cartridges that fit in the Zip drives attached
to the computers in the Hub. They are available at the College Bookstore and
hold 100 MB of data. You can also save data to your U
drive.
- Please don't install any software on the hard disks. This is a violation
of copyright laws. Any applications residing on computers that are not properly
licensed will be removed.
- Please show courtesy in accommodating the needs of other users. Those who
need to use the scanners have priority in the use of the computers connected
to the scanners. If the program you want to use is available on another computer,
using that computer will avoid your having to be interrupted.
- When finished using a computer, quit the program(s) you are working on but
do not shut down the computer.
