How to Use the Academic Resource Kit


Installing and Uninstalling the CD-ROMs

You can choose to install one or both of the CD-ROMs to your hard drive, or you can run the content directly from the CD-ROM. To have simultaneous access to the Teaching Resources and the Technology Resources, you must install both CDs to your hard drive.

File Designations

The following types of files are located on or linked to from this CD-ROM:

IconFile TypeAccess Requirement
Applicationnone
Archived or compressed
file or folder
WinZip or similar decompression program
Internet jumpInternet access
MovieMicrosoft Windows Media Player
NewsgroupInternet access
Portable Document Format (PDF)  Adobe Acrobat Reader
PostScriptPrint only
PowerPoint slideshowMicrosoft PowerPoint
Text DocumentNotepad, TextPad, WordPad, or similar text reader
Windows Installer Packagenone
Word documentMicrosoft Word

The file type is indicated within text by the icon preceding it. If there is no icon, you are linking to an HTML content page located on the CD-ROM.

Document readers, viewers, and media players can be downloaded from the Utilities page.

Printing Content Listings

Each subject overview page lists the related resources available on this CD-ROM, and includes a print button like this at the top of the page:

     

Click the button to print the page, or right-click the page and click Print on the shortcut menu.


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