Welcome to CIS101

Frank Schneemann
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Oct 20

• Microsoft Windows XP

• Assignment

• Create a folder on your desktop

• Name your folder IE projects

• Type the following address – www.search.com

• Search the internet for graphics of your choice

• Save one of the graphics in your folder

• Type the following address:
  www.edtechnology.com/ftp

• choose one of the listed files and download it to your folder

• Check back for additional assignment - to post on Tuesday
  (you are going to create a web site of your own)

• Study content in text pages 101 to 115 - quiz to follow.

Microsofty Word

• First time Word set-up
• Create a Resume using Word

March 19

Microsoft Word

• Visit the following web site:
• www.microsoft.com/word
• Click Word 2007 Training on the left
• 
• Click Up to Speed 2007
• 
• Study the entire lesson
• Click Practice then click Test
• 
• Finish the Practice, print and turn in for credit
• Finish the Quiz, print and turn in for credit
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• At the bottom of the screen, click next to go to the next page
• 
• Click the link for creating your first document
• 
• Complete the Practice and Test as you did above.
• Turn in your work for credit

Monday

• Study Ch2, "Technology in Action"
• View Power Point in class
  • Power Point for Chapter 2
• Use the MS Word skills you have learned so far to create a study guide for yourself on Ch2, "Technology in Action"
  • Pay attention to the Ch2 end of chapter activities
    pages 82 - 91
  • Turn in your study guide for credit
• You will have a test on Chapter 2 on Thursday

Tuesday

• More Word skills from Microsoft
• Click on the link below to access the Word Tutorials
  • www.microsoft.com/word
• Complete the following tutorials
  • Header and Footer Basics
  • Header and Footers for document sections
  • Decorate Documents with Backgrounds, Borders and Text Effects
• Practice:
  • Open Word
  • Click the Insert Tab
  • Experiment with the drawing tools available in Word
  • Create one or two pages full of drawings.
  • You may download a graphic from the internet and include that in your drawing.

• Complete following projects
  Pages 313 to 316 in Word Text
• Click to download - then print
  • Project 4F
    • Project 4F instructions
    • Project 4F Data Files
  • Project 4G
    • Project 4G instructions
    • Project 4G Data Files
    • Project 4G graphics

• Tech in Action Ch2 Quiz
• Create a Newsletter with Word

Microsoft Excel

• Create a simple budget
• Creating charts to accompany your budget
• Excel Video
  This is an overview of Excel
• Create a spreadsheet with charts on any topic you choose. This should be a new SS, not just a copy of the Budget

Microsoft Excel

• Excel Database Lesson
• Use Excel to create a database
• When you finish creating the database above, use Excel to create your own database for any purpose you choose.
  This will be saved and turned in on the final night of class.

Dec 1

• Creating a simple Power Point

• Using Power Point Graphics