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Prepare your iPhone/iPad for UK mail migration

Intended for: All users

This tutorial will show you how to check if your iPhone/iPad is correctly configured to work with Office 365 email. This tutorial was created on an iPad, but the steps for iPhone will be the same.

Configuring your Mac for printing to a Ricoh copier

Intended for: Authenticated users (logged in)

These are the steps that are required to connect your Mac to a departmental copier. This tutorial is only intended for users of OS X Lion and newer. If you are still using 10.6.8 or earlier, please contact the help desk: https://resources.as.uky.edu/help-desk-form

Create an Outlook Quick Step to report spam

Intended for: All users
Intended for: Authenticated users (logged in)

UKAT prefers that spam emails are forwarded to them as an attachment. This gives them the most information possible when trying to block spam and prevent phishing attacks, but the process is quite a bit more complicated than simply hitting forward. We can use Outlook quick steps to streamline the process.

Using Remote Desktop (Home PC to Office PC)

Intended for: All users
Intended for: Authenticated users (logged in)

Whether you are connecting from off campus or over the campus wireless, you will need to be connected to the campus network via VPN.

Sync Chrome bookmarks and settings

Intended for: All users
Intended for: Authenticated users (logged in)

Google Sync allows you to bring your bookmarks, saved passwords, and other browser settings to any computer that you work on. It also can prevent you from losing settings if your hard drive fails or if you receive a new computer. This tutorial (steps 1-5) assumes you have a Google account. If you do not have a gmail account, jump to step 6 for instructions to complete a one-time bookmark backup.

Enabling Firefox Sync

Intended for: All users
Intended for: Authenticated users (logged in)

Firefox Sync allows you to bring your bookmarks, saved passwords, and other browser settings to any computer that you work on. It also can prevent you from losing settings if your hard drive fails or if you receive a new computer.

Using Remote Desktop (Connecting Mac to Office PC)

Intended for: All users

Whether you are connecting from off campus or over the campus wireless, you will need to be connected to the campus network via VPN. Please see this article for instructions to request VPN access.

Uploading a Video from Vimeo

Intended for: Content moderators

This tutorial will walk you through the process of adding a video from Vimeo.

** Please note that any video hosting site which provides embed codes (such as youtube) will also work.

Creating a Photo Gallery

Intended for: Content moderators

This tutorial will guide you through creating a photo gallery for your department.

Adding department printers and configuring locked print on Ubuntu

Intended for: All users
Intended for: Authenticated users (logged in)

These are the steps for adding a departmental printer to your machine running Ubuntu.

How to Add Banners to Photo Albums

Intended for: Hive staff

Configuring locked (confidential) print on Lexmark copiers 2

Intended for: All users
Intended for: Authenticated users (logged in)

Locked print allows jobs to be sent securely to the printer and held there until you actually arrive at the printer to pick them up.

Adding Additional Members to a Resource Mailbox

Intended for: All users
Intended for: Authenticated users (logged in)

As an owner of a resource mailbox, you may need to grant permissions to new people from time to time. This is the way to add new members and/or owners to the mailbox.

Configuring locked (confidential) print on Lexmark copiers

Intended for: All users
Intended for: Authenticated users (logged in)

Locked print allows jobs to be sent securely to the printer and held there until you actually arrive at the printer to pick them up.

Connecting to A&S server folders from your Windows computer

Intended for: All users
Intended for: Authenticated users (logged in)

Connecting to A&S server folders from your Mac computer

Intended for: All users
Intended for: Authenticated users (logged in)

Configuring locked print and entering user code on Ricoh copiers

Intended for: All users
Intended for: Authenticated users (logged in)

Many of the printers in the college are secured with a user code, and if the user code is not entered correctly on the computer that is sending a print job, the print job will not complete. Locked print allows jobs to be sent securely to the printer and held there until you actually arrive at the printer to pick them up.

Opening Resource Email Account in Outlook

Intended for: All users
Intended for: Authenticated users (logged in)

Making an Echo Recording Unavailable

Intended for: All users

This tutorial will show you how to log in to your Echo360 account, find your Echoes, and remove recordings from your courses.

Activating Office and Windows

If you are installing Office on a laptop or other machine that will not be housed primarily on UK's campus, the Office 365 Pro Plus version would be preferable and does not require activation: https://download.uky.edu/software.php?title=Microsoft%20Office%20365%20ProPlus

SharePoint - Opening Documents with Explorer

Open a document library as a standard Windows Explorer folder so you can drag & drop files and create and move folders around easily.

How to Create a Newsletter from a Template

Intended for: Authenticated users (logged in)

This tutorial is for creating standard newsletters using the college's subscription to Campaign Monitor. You will need to have been given your own login to their website at http://cm.as.uky.edu and have had a newsletter template created for your department. To learn more about our newsletters or get access, please click here.

Configuring Hold/Locked Print on ASPtr4

Intended for: All users
Intended for: Authenticated users (logged in)

Hold print is used when you want to send a print job to the printer but not have it print immediately. This is convenient when you need to print on envelopes or letterhead and need to change the paper in the tray before you proceed with the print job. Locked print protects the held print job with a user code so that the print job is secure.

Adding a departmental printer

Intended for: All users
Intended for: Authenticated users (logged in)

These are the steps for adding a new printer to your A&S profile (when the printer you need to use hasn't been added to your account automatically).

Adding a website to FileZilla

Intended for: All users

This applies to users accessing files on the main campus servers using SFTP and who have already obtained a WWW account. If you do not have a WWW account or need help downloading and installing FileZilla, please send us a help request or email us at ashelp@uky.edu

Importing PubMed publications

Intended for: Authenticated users (logged in)
Intended for: Content moderators

This tutorial describes how faculty can import and fine-tune PubMed publications on their profile pages. Content moderators can also modify any profile page to help keep content on the website accurate and up-to-date.

How to Create a Blog

Intended for: Authenticated users (logged in)
Intended for: Bloggers
Intended for: Hive staff
Intended for: Content moderators
Intended for: Site administrators

Blogging for A&S is quick and easy.

How to create/edit a personal profile