Author: Scott Wright

Open Education Database

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Looking for free, college level lectures and courses?  Check out the Open Education Database (OEDB.)  This resource connects learners to thousands of free online courses.  Many of these classes are offered by leaders in the educational community, such as UC Berkeley, MIT, and Yale University.  Learn at your own pace with these free, easily accesible courses.

Consumer Reports

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Evaluations of new products and comparisons between products, that are released by the magazine, Consumer Reports. This resource is accessible from home with your Dexter District Library card.  If you have a Library Card that begins with 29082, you will need to get a new card from the Library before you can use this resource from home.  Come to the Library and we will supply you with a new card free of charge.

Consumer Reports is provided through financial support from the Friends of the Dexter District Library.

Dexter Community Information

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Video courtesy of Rob Ewing and Ewing Pros, Realtors

Community groups listed below without a Web site do have a phone number for reference.

If you have a community group to suggest for this list, please contact Paul McCann, Director, via e-mail at pmccann@dexter.lib.mi.us.

Suggestions will be reviewed and added to the list based on appropriateness.

Wi-Fi Printing – Android

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INSTALL

1. Open the Google Play Store, search for and install the SmartALEC app.  Don’t open it yet.
2. Turn on SmartALEC printer in the Android settings.  Note:  If you don’t have a menu option for “Printing”, try looking under “More Connection Settings”

LOG IN

1. Open the SmartALEC app.

2.  Sign in with your Library Card number & Pin or Visitor’s pass & pin.  DO NOT USE “Guest Sign In”

 

 

 

 

 

 

3. Read/Scroll past the Terms of service and press Accept

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4. Press the Home (circle) button on the bottom of your phone’s screen to minimize SmartALEC

PRINT

1. Open the document/picture you want to print.

2. Select Options (…), then Print.  If you don’t see print listed in the options, look for it under “Share”

3. Select the “SmartAlec Printer” if it is not already selected

4. Push the small printer icon to send the print job to the release station:

 

 

 

 

 

5. Collect your print job from the print release station

Wi-Fi Printing – Mac

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PRE-INSTALL

  1. Click the “Apple” icon in the top left corner of your screen.
  2. Click System Preferences
  3. Click Security and Privacy
  4. Click the padlock icon in the lower left to unlock the options
  5. Enter your password when prompted
  6. Click “Unlock”
  7. Make note of what the default setting was under “Allow Apps Downloaded From:” and then change that setting to “Anywhere”, and then click “Allow from Anywhere”
  8. Leave this menu open so that you can change it back to that default setting when you are finished

INSTALL

  1. Download the application from here: https://dexter.lib.mi.us/wifi/Mac-print-control.zip
  2. Open your downloads folder, click on install Mac-print-control.mpkg
  3. Install Apple Mac Print Control and Accept all the default options

LOG IN

  1. Find and open PrintControlApp (Open Finder->Applications)
  2. Login with a library card or guest pass

PRINT

  1. Open document that needs to be printed
  2. Choose Print (Command+P)
  3. Select Wireless Printer
  4. A confirmation box will appear briefly

 

 

 

 

 

5. Go to the Print Release Station upstairs to collect your print job

Wi-Fi Printing

Scott Wright

LOG IN

1. Go to this web site and log in with your library card number / password:
https://smartalec.smartalecprint.com/SmartAlec?ID=TLN

2.  Press “Choose File”, browse to the file you wish to print, and then click upload.  You may upload multiple files but they must be done one at a time.  You don’t need to be inside the Library building for this step, so the print jobs can be sent from home if you wish.

3.  Once you have all the files uploaded, sign into the Print Release Station on the 2nd Floor of the Library, and you will see the files you had uploaded previously.  Click them to select, then click “Continue”

4.  You will be shown a summary of the charges.  Make your selection for Black & White or Color printing.  Additional funds may be added to the library card number at the circulation desk.