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Introduction

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The WebTycho User Guide contains instructions for using WebTycho and is designed to be used as a reference tool in your work in the WebTycho classroom.

This guide assumes that

  1. you have completed the steps outlined in Setting Up
  2. you are familiar with your computer operating system
  3. you are familiar with the basic concepts of the World Wide Web

Impatica for PowerPoint
Impatica for PowerPoint is desktop software, available for both Windows and Mac, that enables simple delivery of animated, narrated PowerPoint presentations to any user. It reads and interprets PowerPoint files and produces a compressed file that can be streamed over the Internet. Read more about downloading and installing this program.

Technical support for this third party software is available from UMUC Technical Support at helpdesk@umuc.edu or 301-985-7400 between 7:30 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time. After business hours and on weekends, limited help is available from WebTycho Support. Contact infomation (phone, e-mail, chat) is available from http://tychousa.umuc.edu/wtdocs/wthelp/html/contact_us.html.

Time Stamping
Note that all submissions are time stamped Eastern Standard Time (EST.)  If you are not in that time zone you may identify the current time by clicking on Options and selecting World Clock.

Tell Me How
Within the WebTycho classroom you will find links called Tell Me How. Clicking on any of these will open a new window displaying the appropriate page from the Help site.


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WebTycho Support does not support third party software. This includes virus-protection, e-mail services, ISPs, word processing and any other software not developed internally. We do, however, assist with configuring browsers required for use with WebTycho.