The familiar Western portal will get a new look over spring break. Administrative Computing is upgrading to the latest version of uPortal, the underlying software. Academic Technology and University Communications took the opportunity of this upgrade to establish a new clean look for the portal, as seen below. The portal will continue to work on mobile devices and there will be some changes to the look of that interface also.

EveryonePrint is a new wireless printing system that enables students to print from mobile devices to select campus printers. Using this system, students can send documents for printing from laptop computers, phones or tablet devices from either on or off campus. The ability to print from their own device allows students to print an assignment from home and pick it up in time for class without having to take the time to locate an available lab computer, login and print.

WWU is co-hosting the inaugural Washington Canvas User Group Conference this March 28-29 at Tacoma Community College. Sessions will range from introductory workshops to demonstrations of advanced features given by colleagues in the state and professionals from Instructure, Inc., the developer of Canvas.

See http://wacug.wordpress.com/for more information.

Having trouble printing PDF files? Try saving the PDF to your desktop, then printing. Another option- under the Advanced button in the Adobe print driver screen, select “Print As Image”. If you continue to have problems, contact the ATUS Help Desk, helpdesk@wwu.edu or 650-3333.