Winter 2018
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Winter 2018Newsletter Spotlight: Beth Coleman
Beth Coleman is a professor of Experimental Digital Media and the director of the City as a Platform Lab. She is the author of Hello Avatar and she has two Ted Talks. Beth Coleman is also a specialist in digital media, race theory, game culture, literary studies. This article will tell you more about Beth Coleman, her novel, and her Ted talks.
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Winter 2018UW Flow: the one stop shop for course information
Good students understand the importance of preparation to be successful at school. An often overlooked aspect of preparation for school is preparation for course enrollment. A great tool that can assist students in preparing for course enrollment is called UW Flow, and it’s awesome.
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Winter 2018Technology for Instructors: how technology can solve teaching challenges
It’s incredible how much technology can improve our lives. That includes at the University of Waterloo where technology can help instructors overcome challenges in the classroom. Anyone who teaches should check out this newsletter article to see what some of these difficulties are and their solutions!
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Winter 2018Creative Services: the University of Waterloo’s design authority
Every successful organization needs an effective way of publishing information. Did you know that the University of Waterloo has a department dedicated to publishing information? They’re called Creative Services, and you can learn all about them right here!
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Winter 2018The Games Institute
Did you know there’s a place on the University of Waterloo campus for studying games? Any member of the University can volunteer to participate in game play events. This article is about the Games Institute!
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Winter 2018Six great browser extensions
Using browser extensions is a great way to take better advantage of the Internet. Browser extensions can help save time and improve the quality of your work. These six browser extensions in particular will help you use the Internet to its highest capabilities!
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Winter 2018Everything you need to know about solid-state drives (SSD)
Solid state drives (SSDs) are a high-performance storage device that has no moving parts. An SSD supports reading and writing data and maintains stored data in a permanent state even without power. This article will tell you everything you need to know about solid state drives.
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Winter 2018University of Waterloo email scams
Have you ever heard of email scams and phishing? If not, proceed to reading this newsletter to learn more about these because they’re dangerous!
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Winter 2018How safe are Nexus computers and network drives?
Nexus is the campus-wide Microsoft Windows network at the University of Waterloo. Computer workstations in public student areas, and most research and administrative office areas are joined to the Nexus domain.
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