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NovusNews

 

The following tutorials are for NovusNews administrators. If your department would like to put out a newsletter, please fill out a Faculty Support Request Form. We will contact you about the process involved in becoming a news administrator, and we will schedule training for you with one of the Learning Technologies staff members.

Tutorials

  • Create a Newsletter - Once you've been set up as a NovusNews administrator, you'll have the ability to create a newsletter. A staff member in our department will set up a training session, after which you can refer to this tutorial as needed to refresh your memory. This tutorial is available in FlashPaper or PowerPoint format.

  • Edit Images - Images used in your newsletter must be resized to fit and converted to an appropriate format if they are in a format that doesn't work on the web. The following tutorials are helpful for these tasks.

    • Microsoft Picture Editor

      Edit Images for Web, Email, and D2L. Watch a video or view step-by-step instructions in a printable format: FlashPaper | PowerPoint

    • Resize and Convert Emailed Images

      Sometimes when someone emails an image to you, it arrives in .bmp format, which cannot be used on a webpage or in an eNewletter. These step-by-step instructions show you how to convert them to a useable format.
      Available in printable Flashpaper format.

    • Microsoft Clipart

      If you've ever downloaded clipart from Microsoft's Clipart and Media site, you may have noticed that the files are not in a format that works for webpages. These step-by-step instructions show you how to download clipart from Microsoft and then convert them to a useable format. Available in printable Flashpaper format.

     
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