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I have found that Paint.Net does most of the things I want to do with images.For instance, import and export in multiple formats; resizing images, including drastically reducing file size; and touching up.http://www.getpaint.net/index.html

For those of you who have inadvertently been sent a Microsoft Word document in the new .docx (x for xml) format and can’t open it in your older version of Microsoft Word, this N.Y. Times Personal Tech article has the explanation and some alternatives. Search U...

In Java 5 and above, how to create a Java class that is only comparable to itself? The answer is to extend Comparable<TheClass>. This works even if TheClass uses generics.public class SelfComparableOnly<T> implements Comparable<SelfComparableOnl...

There is useful Google service for webmasters at http://www.google.com/webmasters/tools/. It gives you stats on broken links, internal links, problems that Google’s crawlers have with your site, what search terms people have used to find your site etc.Really ...

My goal is to create PDF on the fly using PHP. I use php to query the database, the result from the database will be listed in a table, and this view need to be output as a pdf file.The requirements are 1) it needs to run on sun solaris. 2) need to write dyn...

Here are the main differences between the Office of Instructional Development’s BruinCast service and UCLA on iTunes U: UCLA on iTunes U offers the faculty a place to log in and post their own content, whereas the content via BruinCast’s is solely class lect...

The MyUCLA Election tool provides the means (database, ballot interface, voter notification and authentication) by which election votes may be cast online and election results tabulated and delivered promptly to the sponsoring organization.The sponsoring organ...

What does the cutoff time for a Moodle Quiz control?The Cutoff time prevents both starting a quiz and submitting an already-started quiz once that time is past. Instructors can check the unsubmitted saved answers and the answers are checked against the correct...

How can I create a secure password?Update: Read this first: Choosing a Secure Password by Bruce Schneier, Feb. 25, 2014Your password is your key to access important personal information both on your computer and online. Should criminals or other perpetrators...

IAMUCLA is the new name for the suite of identity management related projects and services, including ISIS, Enterprise Directory, Shibboleth, and more. It is a set of services helping campus applications manage the process of establishing “who you are” and “wh...

The systemwide UC Information Technology Accessibility Policy has been approved and is effective as of August 27, 2013. The policy promotes and supports an accessible IT environment within the University. By supporting IT accessibility, the University helps en...

glossaryXMLconverterglossaryXMLconverter is a GUI utility program for Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard (does not run on 10.4 Tiger). This can convert CSV files (encoded in ASCII or UTF-8) from Apple’s Numbers or Google Spreadsheet to an XML file that Moodle Glossary T...

What are they and why using oneInformation retrieval libraries are software libraries that provides functionality for searching within databases and documents within them. In particular, this often refers to searching text document for combinations of words an...

It is often confusing to try and figure not only which minimum version of OS X supports a particular Mac, but what specific BUILD of that OS version.Here is the Apple Kbase article that clears it all up:http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1159?viewlocale=en_USQuot...

This article is a resource list to help Web developers design sites that are accessible to persons with disabilities. The list will evolve as technology changes, and also in response to issues raised by UCLA Web developers. It will be further supplemented by o...

A environment variable defined in a shell (or a shell script) stays defined everywhere, including inside new shells (or shell scripts) executed within the shell, until the shell (or the shell script) terminates or the variable gets unset explicitly. E.g.script...

If you would like to reuse resources or activities from another course you’ve taught or are teaching, you can use the IMPORT function in the Administration block.Important notes1. Both the source and destination courses need to sit on the same server.2. Sectio...

In the Administration block you have a link called Groups. Groups are useful for breaking down a course with a lot of students (i.e., participants) into manageable subsections. These subsections or groups could correspond to sections of your course, which may ...