e-textbooks

Digital instruction materials. 

Stout's Instructional Resources Service maintains a SharePoint websitefor students and faculty.

Technical Support during office hours:
(715) 232-2492 

etexthelp@uwstout.edu


Films on Demand and Alexander Street Video

Films on Demand and Alexander Street Video are educational online streaming services hosted by the UW-Stout Library. Instructors can incorporate videos into courses provided through Canvas.


Perceptive Content: Indexing (Linking)

ImageNow-Perceptive Content Linking:   The process that assigns the document keys for document retrieval.

  • This process is currently used by a couple of departments on campus.
  •  Indexing:
    • Application plans are used during the linking/indexing/scraping process.
    • Defines designated fields that will be used to hold data in order for fast and seamless document retrieval.
  • Scraping:
    • Is the process of using Access Stout (also known as PeopleSoft) to populate the fields.
    • This process helps to eliminate human error.
  • Auto indexing process:
    • Routing a document through workflow to set the index values of the document.
    • Most common re-indexing work flow queues are:
      • global_reindex_ft5: uses field 5 campus ID.
      • global_reindex_ft5_empl: uses field 5 empl ID.
    • Scripts within the workflow queue will set the Campus ID, Name, and Empl ID.
    • Scripts use the Access Stout database for this process.
  • Scraping:
    • Is the process of using Access Stout (also known as PeopleSoft) to populate the fields.
    • This process helps to eliminate human error.
  • Re-linking
    • The L_Forms drawer documents will be “re-linked” once they are processed
    • The document will be assigned its permanent index fields.
  • Custom Properties
    • An option when more index fields are needed.


Perceptive Content: Perceptive Content Desktop Client vs Perceptive Experience

Perceptive Experience

  • Recommended for faculty/staff who are processing/signing documents
  • Web version - no installation required
  • Perceptive Experience login option can be found on the StoutCloud homepage
  • All browsers are supported
  • 2-step authentication is required: 2-Step Authentication

Perceptive Content Desktop Client:

  • Recommended for staff who need to print documents into Perceptive Content for archival/processing purposes
  • Compatible with Windows computers only
    • Mac Computers - Perceptive Content desktop client isn't supported
  • Allows printing documents into the system and processing volumes documents
  • Installing the client: Software Center
  • 2-step authentication is required  2-Step Authentication





Perceptive Content: Prefixes

  • Prefixes:  What do they mean? 

  • How does the University of Wisconsin - Stout use prefixes within Perceptive Content (ImageNow)

Prefixes represent the department that owns the drawers, views, document types.

Prefix Department Owner
J University of Wisconsin - River Falls
L University of Wisconsin - Stout
L_AC Advisement Center
L_Acct Accounting Services
L_ADM Admissions
L_ART Art Department
L_CCO Campus Card Office
L_CO Chancellor's Office
L_Curr Curriculum
L_Disability Services  Disability Services
L_DOS Dean of Students Office
L_DS Dining Services
L_E-Stout Client Tech Services
L_EIS  Enterprise Information Systems
L_FinAid Financial Aid
L_Forms Temporary Holding drawer
L_GS Graduate Studies
L_HC Honors College
L_HR Human Resources
L_HS Hazard Assessments
L_IM Marketing Communications (MarCom)
L_IRS Instructional Resources
L_OIE Office of International Education
L_PARQ Planning, Assessment, Research, and Quality (PARQ)
L_Perk Perkins Load/Collections
L_PMM Procurement and Materials Management
L_PO Provost Office
L_PP Facilities Management
L_PSYC Psychology Department
L_RC Rehabilitation & Counseling Department
L_RM Safety and Risk Management
L_RR Registration and Records
L_RS Office of Research and Sponsored Programs
L_SBS Student Business Services
L_Senate Senate of Academic Staff
L_SO Stout Online - Distance Education
L_SOE School of Education
L_SPS Security and Police Services
L_STTI Stout Technology Transfer Institute
L_SVRI Stout Vocational Rehabilitation Institute
L_UF University Advancement  (University Foundation)
L_VC Vice Chancellor's Office  (ASLS)
L_WC Writing Center