e-textbooks

Digital instruction materials. 

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

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

etexthelp@uwstout.edu


Films on Demand and Alexander Street Video

The University of Wisconsin-Stout Library provides access to over 188,000 streaming videos. Access to Films on DemandAcademic Video Online: AVON (Alexander Street)Kanopy Streaming Video, Docuseek2, Swank Digital CampusFeature Films for Education, LinkedIN Learning, and more.  

These educational online streaming services hosted by the UW-Stout Library. Instructors can incorporate videos into courses provided through Canvas.


Perceptive Content: Index Standards

University of Wisconsin-Stout:  Index Standards for Perceptive Content (ImageNow)

  • Date:   yyyy-mm-dd  (ex. 2015-07-01 must show leading zeros)  
  • PO Number:   FY#### (ex. 150001 this is a six digit number)  
  • Campus ID:  ####### (seven digit number)  
  • Employee ID:  ######## (eight digit number)  
  • Payroll ID:  ######## (eight digit number)  
  • Name:  Last, First (legal name versus preferred name)  
  • Course ID:  SUBJECT course# section# (ex. MUSIC 396B 903C) no dashes used  
  • Term:  yyyyXXX (ex.  2015FA, 2015WIN, 2015SP, 2015SU)  
  • Funding:  ###-#-###### (FUND-PROG-UDDS)  (EX.  102-1-811001)  
  • UDDS:  ######  (six digit number) (ex. 811001)


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.


Tax Documents: getmydocument.com

Student Business Services (SBS) emails tax info (1098-T/1098-E) to students.  Using the information provided in the email, students then retrieve tax documents from getmydocument.com. Tax-related emails to students originate from UW-System administration (example: 1098@eforms.uwsa.edu).Visit the SBS site for more information.

As with any email requesting action that you did not initiate, if you are concerned that the message may not be legitimate, contact the office of origin for verification.