Google Chat with Video

If you have a webcam, Google Chat does support video. So from Gmail you can video conference a co-worker in addition to Instant Messaging with them. You just need to install a plugin for video chats to work with Google Chat.

• Video Chat Plugin download

If you have the plugin and a webcam give this a shot. A little camera appears next to a users name if they can video chat back.

Opportunity Starts Here

Materials relating to our recent "Opportunity Starts Here" rebrand are available online.

• news release
• statement
• key marketing messages
• tagline
• logos
• ads
• print ads
• tv ads
• more

Rebrand

You've probably noticed the new logo colors on www.atlantic.edu. As part of a rebranding we've been switching all of our online services over to the new standards.

For more info, read the style guide. There's some useful guidelines and logos/templates to use there too.

Google Docs OCR

Google Docs recently added the feature to perform OCR (optical character recognition) on uploaded pdf and image files. So now, you can have it convert a pdf into text!

When you upload a file into Google Docs you should see the new option. If you need to convert a pdf that someone sends to you into text (why isn't everything already text will always boggle me) then this might be a nice option to check out.

flickr tagging

Atlantic Cape shares thousands of photo on our flickr account, with many new photos added daily. This is a great resource for not only sharing photos with the community, but also if a photo is needed for internal use too. I really recommend that you check it out if you haven't already.

Also, please feel free to add any additional tags to photos as well. You just need to be logged into flickr (using a flickr or Yahoo! account) to do so. Tagging of photos makes them much easier to find and sort, so please tag away. A location, individual(s), event, etc. The more descriptive our photos are tagged the better.

• How to tag photos on flickr

Like Button

Just incorporated the new Facebook Like Button Social plugin into our news releases. It can conveniently be found at the bottom or all news releases now. If you want to share the particular news release with your Facebook account, just click the Like button. It's that simple.

You can also easily see which of your friends like the news release as well.

This is the first of the new Facebook social plugins that we've incorporated with www.atlantic.edu. We'll keep you posted as we integrate more of the social plugins!

Strudels Gadget

We've made a nifty little Google Gadget to display Strudels daily offerings. You can add it to your Google Start Page.

From your Start Page just click Add Stuff and you'll find it under the ACCC Content section.

It can also be found online for the general public on Careme's page. Feel free to add the gadget to your own personal webpage or blog.

Upgraded Campus Maps

Just rolled out a beta release of updated campus directions/maps.

• http://atlantic.edu/about/directions.htm

Now all 3 major campuses are conveniently located on one Google Map. Clicking on each respective campus will reveal information regarding the specific campus as well as a link to custom driving directions.

Users can also select which campus from the tabs beneath the map and the map will then jump to that specific campus.

If a user zooms in closely to a campus (12x zoom or greater) they will notice that the buildings now appear on the actual Google Map with detailed information for most of the campus buildings. Parking lots as well as handicap parking are prominently featured as well.

This gives users a much more detailed and rich experience should they choose it.

I'm hoping to add tighter custom driving direction information, more detailed public transportation information, as well as offering our campus maps as a KML download and Google Mapplet for users to install.

Please share if you have any further suggestions.

Interlibrary Loan Request Form

Trying to find books or articles not owned by the Atlantic Cape library or the county library? We now offer a simple form to fill out to make an interlibrary loan request.

Simply fill out your contact info, the book or article to loan, and whichever of our 3 campuses are most convenient for you to pick it up at.

• interlibrary loan request form