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TR
1.15

Introduction to Course
Logon/Logoff
Password Management Site

Making a Weblog

Setting up a Blog on Blogger

Blogger Help

Blogging in an Academic Setting

Choose computer for semester - next class

**1blog

Note: because this is a special introductory assignment, your blog setup, first entry and email to TA will be due Friday, January 17th, before 12:00 midnight

Syllabus
Course Outline

ITS - Student Resources

Trinity University Computing Policies, Including Voice Mail and Email
Academic Honor Code

Copyright Policy

Plagiarism

Computer Security

Joe Hatch - Computer Survival Skills

• Clean Access?
• Slow performance?
• Software help?
• Mapping drives/network help?

How to Create Shortcuts to Folders and Change Icons

Choose computer for semester

2scavenge

Review Network Drives and Folders
Saving Homework Files Correctly

Simple Diagrams Using Basic Shapes in MS Word 2007

3netdrives

General ITS Info:
Network Drives and other important services

**ITS FAQ

**Word 2003 to Word 2007 Command Guide

Draw with Word

Making Screen Captures

• Making Screen Captures with Windows
• Cropping Screen Captures with Word 2007
• Making Screen Captures with a Mac

Read: Chapters 1-3 in Textbook
 A Guide to Microsoft Office 2007. Brown, B. et al. Lawrenceville Press.

• Review screen shots - demo Snagit
• Clean up Groups folders - check for loose documents
• Set up personal Grades folder in Groups (backup for Blackboard)
• Download and use non-copyrighted photos from Internet
• Edit photos in Word and Picnik
• Advanced practice using MS Word Drawing tools
• Understand homework assignments

4TUNetwork

Drawing Basic Shapes in MS Word 2007

Drawing with Word

Add A Drawing to a Document (MS Online)

Read Chapter 4 in text - pay particular attention to the techniques used to design, format and produce a newsletter (tables, columns, etc. - pp. 164-165)

• Text wrap
• Text box
• Format and Format Painter
• Inserting pictures and logo
• Page breaks and columns
• Citations

5winword

Citation Machine

FYI - Newsletter/Publication Templates in Word 2007

What You Need to Know about Copyright Issues and Laws

6copyright

Links in Class:

• Ten Big Myths about Copyright Explained

• Friends of Active Copyright Education

• When Copying is OK: The "Fair Use" Rule

• Creative Commons (alternative to copyright)

• Trinity University's Copyright Policy
• TU library links on copyright
• Copyright FAQs from US Gov't.

Other Copyright Links:

• Stock Exchange Photos (free photos)

• http://freeculture.org/

• Copyright Challenge (take the quiz online)

• Electronic Frontier Foundation

• Alliance for Taxpayer Access

• http://www.publicknowledge.org/

On-line Copyright quiz

Formatting Documents in MS Word, Continued

7wordextras

Creating Tables

Formatting Tables

Add a drawing to a document

Intro to Spread Sheets and Excel

8spread

In Textbook - Read Chapter 5, p. 185-242

Homework - Grades and Examples from Chapter 5

9library

Trinity Library Homepage

RefWorks

10balance

Another Good Link for Excel Basics

Spreadsheets, Continued

Charts, Conditional Formatting, Large Spreadsheets

11charts

Homework Spreadsheets
Chapter 7, Creating Charts

Entering formulas in Excel 2007

Creating Charts in Excel 2007 Training

Chris Nolan - Searching the Internet

Evaluating Web Sites

12search

Finding Better Information on the Web

Web Research Evaluation Check List

Advanced Spreadsheet Operations

13worksheets

Graphical Formats

Mid-Term Review

14CLT

SPRING BREAK - have fun, be safe!!

File Size and Resolution
Photoshop Elements Intro

16data

Linking Information from Excel to PowerPoint

Photoshop Elements 30 Day Free Trial

• How to Download the Trial Version of PSE6 (Windows)
•  PSE6 Mac Trial Version

TR
3.19
16data

PowerPoint Methods, Tips, and Tricks:
PowerPoint: Custom Backgrounds, Design Template, from Scratch

Inserting Pictures into Slide Presentations

17slides

 

• Microsoft Training (good PowerPoint tutorials on special topics, FYI)

• Top Ten Slide Tips

• Really Bad Power Point - and How to Avoid It

• PowerPoint Tutorial on You Tube

• Sound files

Presentation Guidelines

Text: Chapters 12 & 13 (499-564) Creating Presentations

Superslides: Animations and Transitions (One World)

Good Student PPT Examples

PSE6 Techniques

18animation
19present (due 3.26)

TouTube - Adding custom Animation
(Also see Related Videos)

Presentation Guidelines

How to Put a You Tube Video into PowerPoint 2007

Animating a GIF File Using Photoshop Elements 6

Student Slideshow Presentations

19PPTeval (continued)
 

PSE6 Techniques (continued)

19PPTeval (continued)20PSE

Practicing with PSE 6

• A simple Two-Layer Photocollage
• "Painting" Color onto B&W
• Transforming a Snapshot into a Sepia Vignette Portrait

Using the Scanner

Advanced Photoshop Elements Techniques

21postcard

Making a Web Graphic with PSE and Layers

Using Special Effects with Text in Photoshop Elements

Photocollage Basics 

Secret Link

http://www.photoshopelementsuser.com/adobereg/pse5/?sdid=IIFW&uid=0e35245e628d9fa487567920acccd93f

The Best Link on the Internet for Photoshop Elements:

http://www.easyelements.com/basics.html

Intro to HTML

22bones

Getting Started with HTML

HTML Help
 

Passover

Understanding Computer Hardware:
Larry Hechler
Hardware Technician Supervisor

Imagemaps - Use Postcards

23imagemap

Max builds a PC

Imagemaps in Photoshop Elements and hyperlinking it using Expression Web

An Artist's Website

24webplan

Imagemaps in Photoshop Elements and hyperlinking it using Expression Web

Downloading Expression Web

25myweb

Excellent ExpWeb Tutorial

More Expression Web Videos

25myweb

 

27siteblog

28advice

A Link that Explains the Basic Access 2007 Concepts

Mail Merge Word 2007

 optest