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The TLC Tech Lab

Building 305 Room 450 (ext. 6290)

Directions to the new location

Hours:

Office Hours: 8:30a.m. to 4:00p.m. Monday to Friday

Terms of Use

The TLC Tech Lab Activities - The Tech Lab ’s primary function is as a drop-in lab for spontaneous, short-term access to higher-end/specialty-use items; as well as, for Vancouver Island University Teaching and Learning Centre’s (VIU-TLC) support of its programs and services.

Guidelines for Booking the Tech Centre – Occasional computer and/or lab bookings are possible if the required software/hardware is not available in a lab elsewhere on the campus, e.g. NVivo, Stop Start transcription software/ hardware, Macromedia, Adobe, SmartDraw, Xara, etc. To ensure adequate drop-in access is maintained, lab bookings will be kept to a minimum. The maximum advance booking allowed is two weeks. If access is to be for more than a couple of hours, it is preferable that the lab be used in the evenings and on weekends.

Information Required for Booking - The Tech Lab is an employee-only lab. Access is extended to: faculty, staff, research associates, possibly other associates (will require confirmation on the designations), visiting scholars, and VIU work-op students.

For more information or to book the lab – Phone the Teaching & Learning Centre at 753-3245, local 2391 or email TLC.Tech@viu.ca.

Outside of office hours and within Library Hours:

Keys:
Sign out the key set from the Library Service Desk.
Please return the TLC Tech Lab key set to the Library Service Desk prior to the Library closing time.

Terms:
Access to the TLC Tech Lab is granted to the holder of the key set only. The keys are not transferable to another staff member.

All employees are welcome.

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The TLC Tech Lab is a place for employees to:

Standard Hardware and Software

There are four numbered and labelled workstations available for use. They are all equipped with the following hardware and software.

Hardware

Software


Additional Hardware and Software

TLC Tech Lab Station # 1

In addition to the standard programs available on all TLC Tech Lab stations, this computer will enable users to:

  • create/edit print projects (brochures, posters, etc.)
  • Produce Flash files for websites and CD.
  • Print colour pages
  • Copy image files from digital camera cards

Unique hardware and software installed on this computer includes:

  • Digital camera card readers
    (Drives on front of station #1 tower or request a USB card reader)
  • Adobe Creative Suite Premium
    Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign/PageMaker, GoLive,
    Acrobat 7.0 Professional (print projects and PDF file conversion/editing)
  • Macromedia Studio MX
    Dreamweaver, Fireworks, Flash, Freehand (multimedia content for the web)
  • Macromedia Contribute
    web page editing and WebCT work
  • Robo Demo 5 - screen capture and editing for computer tutorials, etc.

TLC Tech Lab Station # 2

In addition to the standard programs available on all TLC Tech Lab stations, this computer has been set up as a educational research and development station and has the following unique programs installed on it.

  • Inspiration 7.0 (mind mapping)
  • Respondus 2.0 (assessment and game creation tool)
  • Refworks (web based bibliography manager)
  • SPSS (statistical analysis) V. 13 *
  • Text Analysis for SPSS 13.0 (The Text Analysis for Surveys will be able to do the qualitative analysis.)
  • TextSmart 1.1
  • SamplePower 1.0 (coming soon)

* There is an SPSS webinars schedule of events to review how the software works and ask the engineer specific functionality questions during the live Q & A: http://www.spss.com/events/ (under 'Upcoming Events at a Glance' link to 'More Web Seminars'). If viewing past (recorded) events and have questions, contact Monica Gydas of SPSS, mgydas@spss.com, 800.543.2184 x 3157 / Fax: 312.264.3157

* You can import any .sav file for analysis.

TLC Tech Lab Station # 3

In addition to the standard programs available on all TLC Tech Lab stations, this computer has:

  • Adobe Creative Suite Premium
    Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign/PageMaker, GoLive,
    Acrobat 7.0 Professional (print projects and PDF file conversion/editing)
  • Articulate Presenter
    Create Flash presentations from a standard PowerPoint file.
    N.B. Access this program from the PowerPoint's main menu.

TLC Tech Lab Station # 4

This computer has been set up for general use and currently has the standard programs and hardware installed.