I’ve had some questions about calculating the anti-log on the Apple Calculators.  It may be a bit different than your own scientific calculators. Familiarize yourself with the y^x key and parenthesis keys.

[y^x] = the yx key on the calculator. Circled in red in the attached jpg.

Let’s find the antilog of 3.073

In the Calculator Application enter:

10[y^x](3.073)= 1183.041556

These are a little late for this years Human Structure class, but these may prove useful for review in the future and for next years class.  There are a few new anatomy apps on Apples App Store for the iPhone/Touch developed by the University of Utah.     If you get a chance to try these out please let us know what you think of them.

• ImageVis3D Mobile lets iPhone users easily display, rotate and otherwise manipulate 3-D images of medical CT and MRI scans, and a wide range of scientific images, from insects to molecules to engines. This free app is based on computer software from the university’s Scientific Computing and Imaging (SCI) Institute.

• AnatomyLab allows students to conduct a “virtual dissection” by providing images of a real human cadaver during 40 separate stages of dissection. Just hit the “View Cadaver” button. The software, which sells for $9.99, was designed by biology Professor-Lecturer Mark Nielsen and two University of Utah students, including his son.

GUIDELINES

ROOMS NEED TO BE APPROVED ONE WEEK IN ADVANCE

1. SMALL GROUPS

ICM ROOMS

• Capacity of 12-15 people.
• Food is permitted.
• Student can reserve by contacting IDTL (118 White Hall, 775-2986).

COMPUTER LABS

• Capacity of 30-35.
• Drinks only in closed containers.
• Students can reserve by contacting IDTL.

ATRIUM AND LOBBY

• Student can reserve by contacting IDTL.

STUDENT ACTIVITY CENTER and SMALL AREAS IN WHITE HALL ARE ALSO AVAILABLE

• Student can reserve by contacting IDTL.

2. LARGE GROUPS (40 OR MORE PEOPLE)

ROOM 101 AND ROOM 120 WHITE HALL

• Food is Permitted.
• Arrange for table for food outside of hall by contacting IDTL.
• Student can reserve by contacting IDTL.
• Smaller groups may reserve, however, IDTL has privilege to bump if a larger group requests lecture hall.

INSTRUCTIONS FOR REQUESTING AUDIO VISUAL SUPPORT IN ROOM 101 AND 120

1. Contact IDTL to reserve room.
2. Notify IDTL if audio/visual support is requested
3. No charge 8:00AM to 5:00 PM. $25.00 per hour after 5:00 PM.
4. Charge for A/V support must be paid by student organization.
5. Students cannot use A/V equipment without IDTL being present.
6. Students have permission to use the Student-to-Student projector at no charge for A/V needs. Students are responsible for contacting a representative from Student-to-Student to make arrangements.

EXCEPTIONS

STUDENT AFFAIRS WILL PAY THE AUDIO VISUAL SUPPORT FEE FOR ANY OF THE THREE FOLLOWING REASONS:

1. If there is an authorized outside speaker.
2. If the event is open to the public.
3. If there are 40 of more participants. A sign up sheet is required prior to the event ( Dr. LeRoy has been known to stop by during an event to check on attendance).

PROCEDURE FOR REQUESTING ROOM WHEN STUDENT AFFAIRS & ADMISSIONS PAYS FOR AUDIO VISUAL SUPPORT

1. Request room first with IDTL.
2. Request A/V support from IDTL.
3. Request authorization for payment of A/V support by contacting: Chris DeWitt, Student Affairs & Admissions, 190 White Hall, 775-2934.
4. Chris will contact IDTL and grant approval.

NOTE:  STUDENTS MUST OBTAIN PERMISSION FROM IDTL TO MOVE FURNITURE (i.e. CHAIRS) FROM ONE AREA OF THE BULDING TO ANOTHER

STUDENTS CANNOT RESERVE ROOMS FOR STUDYING PURPOSES

In an effort to make the space in White Hall more usable for students and student organizations, all three of the computer labs are equipped with audio visual presentation equipment. Feel free to book 261, 271, or 281 if your group requires A/V resources but doesn’t necessarily need to book an entire lecture hall. All requests may be scheduled through IDTL.

In order to utilize the projectors in the labs, follow these steps:

1. If there are no lights in the rack, make sure the master power switch is “ON”.

2. Turn on the projector by pressing the “ON” button under “Display”. It will take approximately 20 seconds for the projector to warm up. The lights will blink throughout the warm-up process and you will not be able to change the input until the projector has completed initializing.

3. Select the source you would like to view. The first input, labeled “PC”, will display the local Mac.

The volume knob will allow audio adjustment of the selected input device.

The VGA (Input 5) allows you to hook up an external laptop if the presenter so chooses.

POWER OFF THE PROJECTOR WHEN YOU ARE DONE!!! Many times we enter the lab to find the projectors still on and the A/V racks switched off. Please be sure to hit the “OFF” button to shut down the projector. Powering off the rack does not turn the projector off.

Common problems:

Students unplug the VGA adaptor from the rear of the iMac in order to gain a higher on-screen resolution while using this computer. If you get no video signal, make sure this adaptor is plugged into the video port on the rear of the iMac (it will only fit into the mini-DVI port).

Students also unplug the audio feed in order to utilize their own headphones. Make sure the mini stereo plug is plugged into the headphone jack if you need audio to play from the iMac.

If you have any questions regarding the use of this equipment or would like a quick tutorial before your event, let someone in MEDU know and we’ll schedule a time to go over it with you. Make sure you check the functionality of the equipment during normal business hours prior to your event. If there is an equipment failure we are unaware of, we can work it out before your meeting.

And please remember, there is to be no food or drink in the labs.

All classes recorded in the lecture halls of White Hall are captured using Apple’s QuickTime. This means that all of the lectures should play back when your browser has the QuickTime browser plug-in installed or the downloaded file is open in the QuickTime application.

If you are having issues playing back videos from the MEDU website, please be sure you have the latest version of Apple’s QuickTime installed on your computer. This can be downloaded for free from Apple at:

http://www.apple.com/downloads/

Many students like to speed up the pace of these lectures. It is possible to increase the playback speed of the lecture movie files by up to 3x utilizing the A/V controls within QuickTime. These controls can be accessed from the menu bar by clicking on:

Windows>Show A/V Controls

From this window you may also adjust some audio and video settings such as bass, treble, color and brightness. At the bottom of this window, you may increase the playback speed of the active video file.

Enjoy!

REBOOT, REBOOT, REBOOT!!!!

Whenever you use a computer, especially a web browser, some of the information from your session is saved somewhere in the system. At the very least, the browser will save all of the sites you have visited in the past (history) and it is also possible that the browser will cache any user name and passwords you have entered depending on that browser’s preferences.

In order to protect your personal information in a lab environment, all WSU lab computers are set up to delete all of this information on restart. Simply closing the browser or logging off will not clear this information. Also, if you have authenticated to the WSU network, your connection may still be active when you are gone. This means you are responsible for any activity that may occur from that computer while authenticated under your account. The machine must be rebooted to clear your personal data and disconnect from the network.

If you are using the Mac, the computer may be rebooted by selecting “Restart” under the “Apple” menu located in the upper left-hand-side of the desktop. On the Windows OS, the machine may be rebooted by selecting “Restart” through the “Start” menu in the lower left-hand-side of the desktop.

Recently there has been a large number of phishing attempts targeting Wright State University students, faculty, and staff. These attempts appear in the form of an email sent to a university inbox, and attempts to get the user to “verify account information” by sending their CAMPUS user name and password in an email, or clicking on a link within the email.

DO NOT RESPOND TO THESE EMAILS!

CaTS or MEDU will never ask you for this information.

Here is the CaTS Student Zone link presented at orientation on August 3. This link provides convenient access to computing documentation, services and support provided to you, as students, by CaTS. Here you can find more about free virus software, hardware and software discounts and access to your network storage space.

http://www.wright.edu/cats/studentzone.html

As promised, here is the link I introduced during the computer lab orientation on August 3.

http://nwuniprint.wright.edu:631/ipp

This is a two step installation. Once you have installed the iPrint client, only the specific printer driver will need to be installed here after.

1. Click on your prefered printer from the list displayed (WH_157_HP4700_BW and/or Color and WH_261_HP4250).
2. iPrint software will be installed on your PC/Mac.
3. Installation may take several minutes. Quit and restart your browser (Use Internet Explorer or Safari).
4. Go back and click on your prefered printer to install it.
5. Drivers for you selected printer will be downloaded.

Once the above steps are complete, you will have a new printer set up on your system. When you print a document, select the desired printer. You only have to install the printer once. From that time on, this printer will be available to you whenever you are connected to the campus network. Printing is available only at these PrintWright locations and normal PrintWright charges are incurred.

As always, if you have any problems, come and see me in WH 248 or if  MEDU staff are not available, contact the CaTS Help Desk by calling 775-4827 or sending e-mail to helpdesk@wright.edu.

Hello all.  Steve here, and I wanted to say hello and to let you know that as part of my annual PDA for the clinical years talk I will be focusing strongly on the iPhone OS devices, like the iPhone and iPod Touch.  These have rapidly supplanted the old Palm Pilot of yore as the PDA of choice for medical apps and have many advantages over the old system.  Stay tuned for a full walkthrough of how to set up these devices for medical use to be posted on here when I’m done with boards.  I’ll also have some tips for how to use these in clinical rotation.