Tech Help

Equipment

View our series of screencasts to help you learn how to use the technology available to you at the Chapman Learning Commons – UBC-V Campus.

Resources

Here are a few resources to help you do what you need to do, whether it is selecting the right technology for the job or creating a video or podcast for a class project:

Three Minute Tutorials

Choosing Technology Toolkit

Resources on the UBCWiki

The following UBC Student Toolkits offer practical examples and how-tos to equip UBC students with the information they need to create, learn, and experiment using some of the learning technologies that UBC supports. If you are planning to integrate media into your presentations, you may find these resources helpful. UBC supports the use of innovative, collaborative, state of the art tools and approaches to learning.

Related Wiki Pages:

The following pages contain tons of information on other great technologies to help you with your projects at UBC.

source: http://wiki.ubc.ca/Documentation:Student_Toolkit

Thesis Prep

Check out our screencasts on various aspects of thesis formatting with:

Templates and Guides

Sample Thesis Template

Our sample thesis template includes an automatic table of contents, headings and other formatting requirements already completed. All you need to do is add your content. For information on how to use this template, please visit the Chapman Learning Commons Help Desk.

Word 2003 (PC)

Thesis Formatting Basics: Table of Contents, Page Numbering and List of Figures/Tables
Tips, Commons Issues and Troubleshooting

Word 2007 (PC)

Table of Contents, Page Numbering and List of Figures/Tables
Tips, Commons Issues and Troubleshooting

Word 2008 (Mac)

Table of Contents, Page Numbering and List of Figures/Tables
Tips, Commons Issues and Troubleshooting

source: http://wiki.ubc.ca/Learning_Commons:Chapman_Learning_Commons/Thesis_Formatting/Info
This template is provided for your convenience, however we are unable to provide technical assistance with the template, or with your thesis. Please see the Faculty of Graduate Studies for more information.

For more information and resources available regarding dissertation and thesis preparation, visit the Faculty of Graduate Studies website.

2 responses to “Tech Help”

sara forsyth
January 27, 2012 at 7:08 am | Permalink | Reply

I need to convert my thesis to a PDF format. can you show me how to do that?
1. Julie Mitchell
  January 31, 2012 at 11:47 am | Permalink | Reply
  
  Hi Sara,
  
  Yes, if you come to the Chapman Learning Commons we would be happy to show you how to convert your thesis to .pdf format. For our location and hours, please visit the Chapman Learning Commons page.
  
  Kind regards,
  Julie
  Chapman Learning Commons