Category: News + Notes

You’ve seen and heard of infographics; now is the time to create one yourself! An infographic takes a large amount of information in text or numerical form and condenses it…

Scenario 1: You’re an avid gardener/quilter/cake decorator/craftsperson and want to share what you’ve done with others. A website is a great way to do this.

In recent years, electronic portfolios have gone from being just a good idea to an essential tool for college students and job seekers. In an effort to introduce our students…

A rule is an action that is done automatically to incoming or outgoing messages, based on conditions that have been specified. It can be created from a template, from a…

Color adds visibility to your desktop Outlook items. Color categories can be assigned to email messages in Microsoft Outlook, which enables you to quickly identify them and associate them with…

It is widely understood that students benefit from the collaborative wisdom of their instructors and classmates. A number of free online resources have expanded this notion into different ways to…

StudyBlue is an online tool for students, faculty and even staff, who work with students, that makes learning more accessible. StudyBlue allows faculty to create flashcards, quizzes, and other easy-to-use tools…

A meeting is an appointment that includes other people. If you know how to set up an appointment, the steps are similar to set up a meeting. Responses to your…

If you have research papers in your future (and you know you do!), here’s an incredibly useful tool that can make those papers a little easier to finish and, hopefully,…

Reverend Barry Randolph is pastor of Church of the Messiah, a Detroit church that has developed four social enterprises to date, one of which is a private community-based business, and…

On one ordinary Sunday in Detroit’s Island View neighborhood, a very able pastor, regaled in his ecclesiastical vestments, was heatedly preaching to his congregation. There seemed to be an unfortunately…