FINISH Tell Me More assignments by May 14.  Reports will be sent to your instructor on May 15.

Regular hours continue until May 20.  Open Wednesday, May 21 until 4pm.  Closed May 22-26.

Re-open Tuesday, May 27 at 9am.

NO SUNDAY OR EVENING HOURS  DURING THE SUMMER. (Instructors may request evening hours through Joan)

Tutoring - The Learning Resources Center will provide drop-in tutoring for Spanish on M&W 12-1 in AC IV 219E and will tutor French on Mondays 12-1, also in 219E.  Please make use of this wonderful service.  You may apply for a tutor in the LRC, AC 345. Tutoring will begin Feb. 5.

Sunday Hours - 1 - 6 pm.

Tell Me More for French or German is a speech recognition program used for the C-hour classes and is only available on the 26 station PC area of the IMC.   There is a poster at the front of the PC area with help in logging on and there is a green card under the keyboard to help you navigate. Please feel free to ask Joan or her student assistants for help. Please DO NOT set up your own account. Accounts will be set up by class by Feb. 1- you should log in to TMM with your user name and your password is the ID # on you school ID. Remember, the first two letters are capitals. 

General patrons, feel free to use Tell Me More.  You could set up your account for French or German.  We do have an older version available for Spanish, Japanese, Chinese, English at the service desk.

Satellite receiver for German - Deutsch Welle; Russian - RTVI, and various Spanish stations is available in the alcove (left of service desk) - ooo, lovely new flat screen. Patrons can choose the station they wish to watch per this list.   In addition, there will be 3 monitors by the window and the monitor with the semi-circle brown chairs that receive the campus network which will have  TV 5 for French,  an Arabic station, weather, Arts, CNN.  These can be viewed in classrooms, the IMC and the dorms. 

The IMC is an in-house, multimedia facility located in Academic IV, B wing, rm 219 comprised of :

• 26 PC station teaching computer lab (also available for self-study) with Windows XP Pro, Microsoft Office 2003 with multi-language support
• self-study area of 10 additional PC stations , a scanner with one PC
• 10  iMACs (OSX - priority goes to 3 digital media classes)
• 5 station audio cassette area
• 12 VHS players, 2 multi-standard VHS players, 3 DVD players, satellite reception area
• classroom for 25 with a VHS, DVD, computer, dataprojector, overhead projector
• typewriter, computer printer, copier and transparency services for a fee
• wireless access for laptops
• library of language materials - catalog available at service desk and on line
• Film Library holdings for various subjects (Psyc, Soc, Afam, Amst, etc.)

MONDAY through THURSDAY    9am - 9pm
FRIDAY     9am - 4pm

SUNDAY   1pm - 6pm   NO Sunday Hours in January
Hours will vary during January and summer (usually Monday-Friday 9am - 4pm)
Phone: 410-455-2464 or 3685 (Joan)

• typewriter, computer printer and copier available, transparency services
• video duplication according to copyright law with a fee (from and to NTSC, PAL, SECAM)
• audio duplication of course related language tapes for a fee, 24 hr. service, 1 tape at a time
• Biology lecture DVDs available for in-house use and overnight rental ( Bio 100, Cell, ANPH- $2 per night, 1 DVD at a time)
iTunesU Lecture availablility for BIO 100 , ANPH 

• satellite reception for French, German, Spanish and the International Channel

1) Remove "auto correct". Click Tools--> Auto correct options, and remove the check mark in "show autocorrect options".
2) Type your composition.
3) Highlight all the text.(or click Edit, and then select all)
4) Click Tools, Language, and Set Language.
5) Set the language to the appropriate language.For Spanish, use Spanish (Spain- Modern Sort), For French- France.
6) Click tools,options and Spelling and grammar.Set Grammar options to "grammar and style"(in language)
7) Click on the spell checker logo to begin checking spelling.
8) Reminder- you need to evaluate the suggestions given by the spell checker- it is a machine and imperfect- just as the Engish spell checker is- so don't just say yes to all the options it gives you.

INSTALLING  NEW  SOFTWARE - AV Services - client requested installs

Unfortunately, no new software can be loaded or installed PC’s during the semester. New software often affects the operation of other programs or operating system.

1. Use a laptop - If the desired software is not on the installed PC, the instructor should bring a laptop to the room to demonstrate the software.
2. Laptop availability - If you do not possess or have access to a laptop, AV Services has a limited number that have been set aside for this purpose. One week’s advance notice by email to avservices@umbc.edu is required. Put “Need laptop to load custom software” in the subject field.
3. Requester loads the software - Please note that AV Services does not load the software. A temporary administrative account will be created for you. Please do not change the default settings, and remove the software when finished. The requester assumes responsibility for software license compliance.
4. Limited hard drive space - There is no guarantee that software can be installed, as the size of hard drive may be insufficient.
5. Test specific functionality - The faculty or staff member installing the software is responsible for testing specific functionality in their software to ensure it works properly after installation, as they are familiar with how the software should operate.
6. No support - Support of your software will not be provided by our staff, as this is specialty software for your particular course.

Due to heavy demand, it is not possible to guarantee a specific unit can be set aside for pickup, although we will make a good faith effort.

The above is for AV Services.  The IMC cannot support mid-semester installs either.  Our image for the lab machines is maintained by OIT and they usually require 6 weeks notice before the semester starts for installing new software.

RESOURCES

	About.com French Language Carnegie Mellon online course French Resources Quartier français de village planétaire Teaching FR with the Internet Tenn. Bob's links Voila Search Engine FRTV: TF1 ; TV 5 listings ; TV2 ; FR3 French Government sites: The Ministry of Culture and Communication Site of the Prime Minister French Newspapers: Les Echos - leading business journal Le Figaro La Libération Le Monde France-Related News (in English): France.com- English language site with info on tourism,culture,history,news etc The Tocqueville Connection Fun Stuff!: Agence de la Francophone- a haven for Francophiles French Penpals
	Impresiones Audio - text & student activities manual (Basic,jump to chpt) Noticias (sptv) videos - then choose ch_.mpg ¡Conjuguemos! Dos mundos, 6 choose lesson left Elenet Spanish Course Instituto Cervantes Learn Spanish Spanish Embassy Education Office Spanish Language and Culture Links Spanish Language and Hispanic Cultures @ Globe-Gate Spanish online resources Business Spanish: Business Spanish StudySpanish.com Radio: CNN en español SP Grammar Lessons: Ejercicios de gramática ; Salem State Spanish Language Newspapers: Argentina: La Nación Colombia: El Tiempo Costa Rica: La Nación Spain: El País / ABC / El Mundo
	Kontakte Audio Lessons Col. Craig's GR Links Deutsch Welle Das Erste Online German Club German Consulate General of Toronto- recommend Culture  & Education->Kidspage German for Beginners German online resources Goethe Institut Internet for Germanists National Geographic.de News Der Spiegel Treffpunkt Deutsch, Third Edition
	Troika Audio (Use ZIP Format) Vputi audio Cyrillic Alpha Sites Interactive Online Reference Grammar Intermediate Russian Little Russia in San Antonio, TX Paul Gorodyansky Site Russian Business Podcasts Russian and East European Network & Information Center U. of Texas, Austin Russian Federation Administrative Bodies RussNet Russian Phonetics (in Russian)
	JPSL audio from Ohio State click on JP+ Genki Resource Page Japan Information and Culture Center Japanese Internet Resources Japanese Literature JP-Net (language and culture) Japan Times Jim Breen's Japanese Page Keiko Schneider's Bookmarks Radio Nippon UMBC Japanese Info Yomiuri OnLine
	Integrated Chinese audio on your Bb site BBC Mandarin Online (Cantonese also) China news sites Chinese-English dictionary Chinese Links Chinese online resources Language Resource Center Database (Dartmouth) Online Learning Tools Pinyin input method Sinanet Search and News
	HaReshima Hebrew & Israeli culture Hebrew Resources on the Web- links,lang. My Hebrew Dictionary Online Learning Links University of Texas Vocabulary Newspapers in Hebrew: Globes (Business Newspaper from Israel) NRG
	Korean Language Program - choose useful websites Korean Language Study on the interNET Korean vocabulary Language Links - links, language Newspapers in Korean: Chosun Ilbo Donga Ilbo Radio and Television: Korean Broadcasting System Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation Seoul Broadcasting System
	Arabic Resources Al-Jazeera Arabic Language Newspapers Arabic Online Journalism BBC Arabic CNN Middle East Language Resource Center Online Arabic Course TV & Radio
	ESL Learning Internet TESL Journal Study Abroad National Registration Center for Study Abroad UMBC Study Abroad Office UMBC International / Intercultural Resources UMBC International/Intercultural Resources

GENERAL RESOURCES: These are links to various universities, choose the language you are interested in and investigate their links.
TV:	Annenberg PBS Videos on Demand use IE Beeline TV from around the world TV Resources Foreign Language News & Newspapers TV guides for stations UMBC receives: French - TV5 Spanish - Univision, Telemundo International - AZN
Radio:	UN Radio
Newspapers:	International newspapers
Dictionaries	Lexilogos Dictionaries (written in French) Travel Dictionaries WordReference Your Dictionary
Multi-language Sites:	BBC Languages Cultural Web Lists E. L. Easton Foreign Languages Globegate Language Links Merlot Online Teaching - Choose Humanities, then World Languages. Multilingual Online Books Quia Exercises - Student Zone, Category Vocabulary Builder
Instructor Resources:	CALL Research Center Foreign Language Software & Web Foreign Language Teaching Forum Central -reviews Web Author
Maps:	CIA World Factbook Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection

UMBC HELPDESK: various help pages - OIT Help Desk

NETSCAPE SEARCHES:

Recommend GOOGLE, YAHOO,GO.COM, METACRAWLER, MSN SEARCH
To refine your search, please use Albin O. Kuhn Library Help or the Search Engine Showdown.

READING CHINESE, JAPANESE, RUSSIAN WEB PAGES
If you have trouble reading these pages - go to view- encoding - Cyrillic Windows 1251, JP (auto detect) or CH (big 5).