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Kayas College chooses Surface to transform distance learning On his first day as Director of Kayas Cultural College, Kyle Trumpour walked in met his entire student body, of 13 students. Eight hours north of Edmonton, Kayas College, is a First Nation college located in the remote area of Little Red River Cree Nation in northern Alberta. A difficult socioeconomic climate, combined with a large geographic expanse and harsh weather, had made it challenging for people living there to access education. Furthermore, the dated method of communicating and teaching between the college’s three campuses was extremely difficult and inefficient for the students and the teachers. Each of them lacked the face-to-face interactions that are fundamental to a teacher/student relationship. Trumpour knew if the school was to thrive, and if lives were going to be changed, that he had to change the [ more… ]

Master the Master-Detail Pattern In the world of information consumption in applications, it’s crucial to have a clear and easy way to navigate and inspect that information. The master-detail design pattern has become one of the most popular approaches in applications today. In this post, we’ll discuss what this is, determine if it’s appropriate for your application and show how you can use it! What is a master-detail? The answer to this will depend on what kind of information your application is trying to show, but at a high level, the “master” is an area in the UI where you have a list of something and the “detail” is the area that shows the relevant information of a selection in the master. You can find a great example of the master-detail pattern in the Windows 10 email app, “Mail.”  The [ more… ]

Windows 10 Tip: Get the most power out of your Windows 10 PC with Game Mode With the Windows 10 Creators Update, we’re introducing a new feature called Game Mode. Game Mode provides a better and more consistent gaming experience on Windows 10, by dedicating more system resources to your game. Game Mode’s performance gain is found in providing, on average, more sustainable framerates for gamers, particularly when your hardware is experiencing resource contention. Game Mode can be activated from the Game bar. To use Game Mode, make sure it’s turned on for each game you play. To turn on Game Mode: Press Windows + G to pull up the Game bar Click Settings The new Game Mode option will appear, to enable the feature on a per-title basis Check the box to enable Game Mode for the specific title; [ more… ]