Part I: Basics of windows (moving, resizing, minimizing), task bar, using Notepad, saving and loading text documents, launching applications, checking for viruses.
Part II: Copy / paste information between windows, file management (creating / deleting folders, copying/moving files into and between folders), using "My Computer" to view the list of files on your disks in a variety of ways.
Part III: Creating shortcuts on the desktop, arranging the desktop, using Explorer for file managment.
Calendar: Learn to use Netscape Communicator Pro's Calendar. Create appointments, recurring appointments, task lists, and reminders. Discussion of the capabilities of utilizing the calendar to enable scheduling of meetings with other members of your department and the general campus community. NOTE: You must have a login and password to the calendar.moorhead.msus.edu machine for this workshop -- contact Computer Services BEFORE the workshop so that you can utilize the calendar at the workshop.
E-mail with Netscape's Messenger (2 parts): Learn how to send / read e-mail messages, create a signature file, create group lists, create an address book, receive attachments, and manage the folders both locally on your hard drive and in your mhd1 mail area. Note: You must have an account on mhd1.moorhead.msus.edu -- if you already read your e-mail using pine on mhd1, you have an account on mhd1. Otherwise, contact Computer Services BEFORE the workshop so that you can utilize e-mail at the workshop.
Overview: Word processing software is typically used to create a variety of documents such as letters, resumes, memos, and class materials (assignments, handouts, syllabi). Microsoft Word has additional capabilities for incorporating multimedia, creating form letters with mail-merge, creating and using template documents and creating web page documents with hyperlinks easily. These sessions explore a variety of features that will be useful for the campus community.
Part I: Basics of word processing (setting margins and tabs, center / left / right justification, bulleted lists, inserting an image, creating tables, selecting/formatting paragraphs, checking spelling, saving/loading/printing documents.
Part II: Using wizards (for resumes, etc.), using templates (for memos, etc.), mail merge for creating form letters.
Part III: Using Microsoft Word to create web pages and hyperlinks to Internet resources.
Overview: Access is a software product used to create databases and retrieve information from the tables. Typical uses of database products include storing inventory information (about collections of books, musical materials, equipment, etc) or storing information about customers/clients. Customized reports can be developed to retrieve information -- for example, a report of all customers who ordered more than $500 from the company last month. Retrieval of information from the database is done through queries. These workshops describe how to set up the tables for the database, how to enter the data, and how to create queries and reports to retrieve information.
Part I: Creating a database (design view, datasheet view), creating/saving/printing tables, creating a report.
Part II: Creating queries, customized input forms, customized reports. Searching the database for particular records using queries -- creating/running/closing queries, using criteria (wildcards, comparisons, AND, OR), joining tables, sorting, calculation of statistics, grouping, saved queries.
Part III: Database maintenance (adding/deleting/changing records, changing the fields in a table, delete/update groups of records, specify required fields, ranges, default values, validation rules.
Overview: Excel is software used to create worksheets (sometimes referred to as spreadsheets) which can be used to manipulate financial, mathematical, and statistical data. For example, instructors might use Excel for storing student grades. After calculating the formula for one student, the formula can be copied so that the calculation is done repeated for all students in the class. Budgetary information can also be stored and manipulated in worksheets. Charts and a variety of graphs are provided to display numerical data effectively. Excel information can also be placed into a Word document or into an Access database. If the spreadsheet contains student grades, importing the data into an Access database would allow the instructor to print a one-page report for each student.
Part I: Creating a worksheet, entering text/numbers/formulas, saving/printing/loading the workbook, calculating sum/average/minimum/maximum, copying cells, formatting the worksheet.
Part II: Charts (pie, 3-D column, etc.), showing/printing the formulas, using dates, adding titles/color, changing column widths, freezing worksheet titles.
Part III: Integration -- linking Excel worksheets to a Word document, converting an Excel worksheet to an Access database, saving the worksheet as a web page.
Overview: PowerPoint software is used to create professional looking presentations. An instructor might utilize the software to prepare class notes rather than using traditional overheads. Images, charts, and diagrams can be scanned or created using the software. Background colors can be changed, and a variety of arrangements are provided for creating slides (bulleted lists, tables, charts, slides with clipart, etc.).
Part I: Basics of creating a presentation -- creating a title slide, a bulleted list, using clipart and images within a presentation, using the 3 views (single slide, outline view, slide sorter), saving/printing/loading a presentation, running the slide show.
Part II: Enhancing the presentation with backgrounds, transition effects between slides, slide builds to control how much of the slide appears, creating speaker notes and audience notes.
Part III: Creating hyperlinks to Internet resources, using scanned materials within a presentation, adding headers/footers, hierarchy charts, creating your own diagrams. There will be a discussion of packaging your presentation for use on another machine. There will also be a discussion of how to put PowerPoint presentations on the Web for student access. A sample of the rubric used to grade student-led PowerPoint presentations will also be available.
Part I: Covers the basics of using an Internet browser such as Netscape to navigate on the Internet, saving/printing textual information from a web page to your disk, saving images from web pages to your disk, creating and organizing bookmarks.
Part II: Accessing search engines, opening multiple browser windows, discussion of cache (purpose, how to clear it, etc.), handling cookies, customizing the environment.
Electronic discussions can be facilitated through the use of a listserv. This session will cover the basics of how to obtain a listserv for your course or organization, how to subscribe to the discussion, how to send messages to the entire group or to an individual member of the group, rules of discussion (Netiquette), and techniques/rationale for the use of listservs.
This session will provide tips and techniques on conducting more efficient searches for material on the Internet. Several popular search engines are covered. General features of search engines are discussed, including how to do a title search, how to use wildcard characters, use of AND / OR, using a subject index, and phrase searching.
These sessions will cover the basics of creating web pages using Netscape and Microsoft Word. Participants will create a basic web page -- using headings, lists, the four kinds of hyperlinks, images and clipart, tables and horizontal lines). They will also learn about organizing a series of web pages and linking these pages together. A discussion of the various web servers on campus and how to obtain an account on the server and transfer the web pages to the server will follow.
This session will cover privacy issues related to e-mail and Internet browsers. Topics include anonymous re-mailers, encryption of e-mail, intelligent agents, handling cookies, and the use of software that restricts browsers from displaying material from certain Internet sites which may be offensive.
This session covers the citation of electronic materials and issues related to copyright and fair use.
This session covers the use of a tool called WS-FTP to transfer files from one computer to another. For instance, this tool can be used to transfer materials from mhd1 to your personal computer at your home.
This session provides an overview of ways to incorporate Internet materials into instruction. Topics include the World Lecture Hall site for online courses, online courses available within the MnSCU system, and effective combinations of technologies to provide instruction.
This session discusses several projects at Moorhead State University that were started last spring. Mary Bader incorporated web-based materials into an existing ITV course for Business. Faculty in the College of Business developed an Internship web site. Kathryn Wise in Biology developed an Advising web to assist with advising Biology students.
This session discusses the possibilities for presentations using the Internet and web pages in a manner similar to using PowerPoint. Suggested timelines for these kinds of projects and criteria for grading these papers and presentations will be discussed as well.
Phil Baumann will provide information about the Classweb instructional web server at Moorhead State University. The discussion will cover software available on the machine, how to obtain an account, and the purpose/policies for the use of Classweb.
This session provides tips on assisting students to prepare PowerPoint presentations for class projects and on assessment of their presentations. A sample rubric for grading will be provided. The experience has been positive in terms of improving the student presentations, since the expectations for the presentations are presented to the students ahead of time.
Phil Baumann will provide information on utilizing WebBoard software to facilitate classroom discussions. This hands-on demonstration will cover the basics of posting a message, reading messages, interaction with the chat feature, and administration of the discussion group.
This session will demonstrate a CBT module produced for MnSCU through a grant obtained by Rhonda Ficek, Stacy Voeller, and Brittney Chenault. The module, "Searching Library Databases", used RealPublisher software to produce a product where audio is synchronized with accompanying web pages and screen dumps. The software also features self-assessment via online quizzes. The NetG courseware provided by MnSCU will also be demonstrated.
This session covers creating and organizing a web site for a course, including navigational structure for each page as well as arrangement of the various web pages within folders. Several examples of web sites will be discussed with regard to their ease of navigation and organization of materials.
This session will provide practice in using scanners and digital cameras to capture images for use within PowerPoint, web pages, or Word documents.
This session will provide an opportunity to work with a new whiteboard called the SmartBoard, which allows the instructor's "chalkboard notes" to be captured and saved as an image on the computer. It also allows the instructor to interact with projected software by using their hands to scroll, pull down menus, etc. right at the board instead of moving back to the computer. Also, since each building at Moorhead State University now has a computer with a Proxima projector on a cart, instruction will be provided on using this equipment.