Sunday, November 22, 2009

Saturday, November 7, 2009

Free software trainings for BYU students....

BYU provides free trainings in a number of computer applications to its employees and students.

The courses offered varies from month to month but there are the general courses that we can register for...


Access (build and maintain databases)
Captivate (create training modules)
Computer Basics
Dreamweaver (design web pages)
Excel (analyze and share data)
Flash (create animations)
Illustrator (create vector graphics)
InDesign (design and lay out publications)
Mac Basics
OneNote (take notes in classes and meetings)
Outlook (get organized with email, calendars, tasks, etc.)
Photoshop (edit and touch-up photos)
PowerPoint (create dynamic presentations)
Project (collaborate and manage projects)
Publisher (design publications)
Qualtrics (create and analyze online surveys)
Word (do word processing)

Tuesday, November 3, 2009

Knowing your professors before registering for classes.........

BYU gives priority registration dates to register for your courses ahead of the commencement of the semester.

If you want to register for the courses you simply need to login to route Y by going to www.byu.edu

then routeY>MYMAP

MYMAP is a system where youll declare major, add and drop courses, choose classes, plan your courses ahead of time.....

One useful site to consdier before registering classes is www.ratemyprofessors.com

click on find your school and then type....BYU...........this site has reviews from students of upto 2626 BYU professors

There you ll find comments from students about different professors, professor ratings and reviews...........

It proved very useful for me to choose my class, especially CS class.

Best of luck