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CHHD IT The Technology Support Center (TSC) was set up for the use of the faculty and staff, with these goals:

  1. provide our community with a friendly environment for enhancing computer skills,
  2. create a workspace where staff may provide assistance, and
  3. simulate a lab environment where faculty/staff may develop lab classroom skills.

The resource most in demand is the auto-document-feeding text scanner used to convert hard copies into electronic format (PDF or MS Word). For assistance in using equipment, see the TSC help pages.

TSC resources are:

  1. Workstations
  2. Printing
  3. Scanning
  4. Video Capture / Editing
  5. Internet/CSUF Network Resources
  6. Copy data on CD-ROM
  7. Scantron
  8. DVD/VHS Converter
  9. Software and Applications
    

Workstations:

  • Two Dell Pentium 4 computers running MS Windows XP. Specification is as follows: Pentium 4 3.0 Ghz, 512 MB RAM, 40GB Hard Drive, and CDRW-DVD combo drive.
  • One Dell Pentium 4 computer running MS Windows XP. Specification is as follows: Pentium 4 3.4Ghz, 1GB RAM, 80GB Hard Drive, and CDRW-DVDRW combo drive.

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Printing:

A network color laser printer is provided that prints high quality color documents at 16 black and white pages per minute and 16 color pages per minute.

The tutorial for using this network printer is available at the TSC help page.

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Scanning:

The TSC is equipped with 2 scanners (one flatbed, one auto-feed duplex) that provide color picture/graphics scanning using Adobe Photoshop 7 and rapid document scanning using OmniPage 15 Pro, which allows conversion of scanned images into a variety of formats, including MS Word and PDF documents.

The tutorial for using the scanner and converting documents is available at the TSC help pages.

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Video Capture and Editing:

The TSC has a video capturing device which lets users capture a video/DVD to one of the workstations. The video can then be edited using Roxio Suite 9 software. The resulting video can then be burned to a DVD. For training in how to use this feature, please email Darren Ridgeway, or call him at x5484.

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Internet / CSUF Network Resources:

Internet connection is available in the TSC. Users can use web-based email to send the scanned documents to their own mailbox.

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Copying data on CD-ROM:

Both workstations at the TSC are equipped with a CD writer (CDRW) that can be used to "burn" or copy data onto blank media.

The tutorial for using the CD writer for copying CDs is available at the TSC help page.

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Scantron:

The Scantron machine is connected to the workstation on the right-hand side in the TSC. Running on the ParSCORE 5.0 software for Windows, it can scan, analyze and sort student test scores. Faculty must register with and take a Scantron class at the university's Faculty Development Center in order to be assigned a Username and a Password for accessing the ParScore 5.0 software. For further information contact please contact the Faculty Development Center (FDC) at ext. 2841.

The tutorial for using the scantron is available at both the TSC help page and the FDC website.

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DVD / VHS Converter:

The TSC is equipped with a DVD VHS Converter connected to the TV. You can convert your VHS tapes to DVD's or you can convert your DVD's to VHS tapes.

The tutorial for using the DVD/VHS converted is available at the TSC help page.

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Software and Applications:

The following software is installed on the Scanning Workstation:

  • Adobe Acrobat 7 Professional: for converting documents into PDF format.
  • Adobe Suite CS2 including Photoshop, Illustrator, and Distiller
  • SPSS: To analyze data.
  • Microsoft Office 2003: The complete suite including Word, Access, Excel, Publisher, and PowerPoint.

The following software is installed on the Scantron Workstation:

  • Adobe Acrobat 7 Professional: for converting documents into PDF format.
  • SPSS: To analyze data.
  • Microsoft Office 2003: The complete suite including Word, Access, Excel, Publisher, and PowerPoint.

The following software is installed on the Video Capture/Editing Workstation:

  • Adobe Acrobat 7 Professional: for converting documents into PDF format.
  • Adobe Suite CS2 including Photoshop, Illustrator, and Distiller
  • Roxio Suite 9: for capturing, editing, and burning videos to DVD
  • Microsoft Office 2003: The complete suite including Word, Access, Excel, Publisher, and PowerPoint.

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