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In today’s changing world, driven by technology, education has evolved significantly.
Traditional classroom setups now include making education more accessible to an audience. An essential component of this digital learning landscape is a Learning Management System (LMS).
What exactly is an LMS? Why does it hold significance? In this post, we’ll delve into what a Learning Management System entails and why its role is increasingly crucial in the realm of education. [Read more…]
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If you work from home you know how important it is to have a dependable power source to run your computer, printer, modem, router, lights and other essential work-related gear.
That’s why power interruptions are such a hassle, even when they are relatively short-lived.
Our local power grid isn’t the best so my neck of the woods experiences frequent outages that last anywhere from a few minutes to several hours. And every now and then, an outage can literally last for days.
This post explains what I did to avoid that inconvenience and aggravation in the future. [Read more…]
Have you ever had a laptop stolen or suffered a hard drive crash?
If so, you already know that losing your precious photos, music, Word documents and other critical files is even worse than having to replace the hardware.
If you didn’t have a current backup, you most likely lost every scrap of your irreplaceable data. That’s why always having a current backup of your hard drive on hand is absolutely critical.
But did you know that just backing up your data onto an external hard drive isn’t enough?
Question from Carla G.: I have a WordPress blog and a while back I read your post explaining why we should write our blog posts using an “Editor” account instead of the “Administrator” account.
I set up a new account with the Editor role as you suggested and I’ve been logging into that account to do my writing ever since.
Yesterday I happened to notice that my old posts still have the Author name that corresponds to the Administrator account that I no longer use when writing my posts.
I’d like to change the Author of those old posts to my other name and I can’t find a way to do it anywhere on the “Edit Post” screen. I know there has to be a way to do it though. [Read more…]
Lots of folks have started using their web browser’s Incognito or Private Browsing mode in an attempt to hide their online activities from prying eyes.
And with hackers, identity thieves, and even the NSA snooping into our online world, who can blame them?
Other folks who might have nefarious intentions also browse in Incognito mode in an effort to avoid being tracked down by the authorities.
The question is, does private browsing really keep your online activities private? Perhaps surprisingly, the answer is no. [Read more…]