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Teacher's Skill Enhancement Course
Course Outlines	Course Schedule

Course Description

This three day course is open to everyone, but is specifically designed for people in the teaching profession. We focus on the three most often used applications that an instructor might use. These applications are MS Word, MS PowerPoint, and MS Internet Explorer. Knowledge of these products will allow you to improve your technical skills to make your instruction more effective.

Whether you are creating lesson plans, creating interactive presentations, or finding information on the Internet, knowledge is power.

Course Objectives

Ø To learn some of the advanced features that are available in Microsoft Word 2000. These include templates, forms, sections, graphics, and mail merge.

Ø To become comfortable with Microsoft PowerPoint. PowerPoint may be used to increase the retention of students by stimulating visual learners as well as auditory learners. You will learn how to create interactive applications that may be used for quizzes. This will test level of retention experienced by the students.

Ø To demystify the Internet. Learn how to effectively navigate the World Wide Web. You will also learn some of the terminology that is commonly used on the Internet. This will help to alleviate any fears that you may have of the Internet.

Ø You will learn how to download a file and decompress it if necessary. You will learn how to find material that will make your instruction more effective.

Course Length	Recommended Prerequisites
3 days	A basic knowledge of the Windows operating system. A working knowledge of MS Word is also recommended.

Table of Contents - MS Word 2000

I	Word 2000 Interface
	A.	Word 2000 Screen
	B.	Word 2000's Pull Down Menus
	C.	Word 2000's Toolbars
	D.	Word's Shortcut Menus
	E.	Word's Tabbed Dialog Boxes
II	Creating & Saving a Document
	A.	Typing in an Empty Document
	B.	Saving for the First Time
	C.	Update Saving
III	Formatting With Styles
	A.	The Concept
	B.	Creating Styles
	C.	Altering Paragraph Styles
	D.	Applying Paragraph Styles
IV	Document Templates
	A.	The Concept
	B.	Using Document Templates
	C.	Creating Your Own Document Templates
V	Form Fields
	A.	Text Boxes
	B.	Check Boxes
	C.	Drop-Down List
	D.	Protecting the Form
	E.	Protect Parts of a Document

VI	Sections
	A.	The Concept
	B.	Creating New Sections
	C.	Forced Page Breaks
VII	Headers and Footers
	A.	Setting Up Headers and footers
	B.	Page Numbering
VIII	Graphics
	A.	Inserting Graphics
	B.	Sizing Graphics
	C.	Moving Graphics
	D.	Deleting Graphics
	E.	Changing a Picture's Properties
	F.	Drawing Tools
IX	Mail Merge
	A.	The Concept
	B.	Creating the Main Document File
	C.	Creating the Source Data
	D.	Inserting Merge Fields in the Main Document
	E.	Merging the Primary and Secondary Files

Table of Contents - Internet

I	The Information Highway
II	Internet Basic Information
	A.	Defining the Internet
	B.	How Did the Internet Get Started?
	C.	Uses for the Internet
	D.	Connecting to the Internet
	E.	What You Need to Connect
III	The World Wide Web
	A.	What Is the World Wide Web
	B.	Who Uses the World Wide Web?
	C.	What Do You Need to Get on the Web?
IV	Terminology
	A.	Internet Terminology
V	Surfing With Explorer
	A.	The Explorer Interface
	B.	Activating a Link
	C.	Moving Between Pages
	D.	Going to a Specific Web Site
	E.	Finding a Web Site When a Web Address Doesn't Work
VI	Downloading a File
	A.	Downloading a Visible Object from Within a Web Page
	B.	Downloading From an FTP site
	C.	File Extensions
	D.	De-compressing Files

VII	Favorite Web Locations
	A.	Why Use Favorites?
	B.	Adding a Web Page to Your Favorites List
	C.	Organizing Your Favorites
VIII	Searching for Stuff
	A.	Different Ways to Initiate a Search
	B.	Things to Consider with Searching
	C.	Performing a Basic Search
	D.	Advancing Through Search Results
	E.	A Typical Main Search Window
	F.	Advanced Searching Tips
	G.	Popular Search Engines
IX	Starting up your Email
	A.	Introduction
	B.	Getting Started with Outlook Express
	C.	Using the Address Book
X	Other Internet Jargon
	A.	What You Need to Know about Cookies?
	B.	What Is Subscribing to a Website?
	C.	What Are Channels?
	D.	What Is FTP All About?

Table of Contents - PowerPoint 2000

I	The PowerPoint Screen and Interface
	A.	The PowerPoint Screen
	B.	Working With the PowerPoint Interface
	C.	PowerPoint's Toolbars
	D.	Need Some Help?
II	Creating a New Presentation
	A.	Deciding How to Start Your Presentation
	B.	Using AutoContent Presentation
III	Background Designs & the Master Slide
	A.	Picking a New Design
	B.	Changing only one Slide
	C.	Slide Masters
	D.	Add, Change, or Remove a Bullet
IV	PowerPoint File Maintenance
	A.	Saving Presentations
	B.	Closing a Presentation
	C.	Opening Presentations
V	Working in PowerPoint's View Modes
	A.	Switching Between View Modes
	B.	Using the Outline Mode
	C.	Using Slide View
	D.	Using the Slide Sorter
VI	Enhancing Text
	A.	Points on making changes
	B.	Formatting Text
	C.	Colours and Lines
	D.	Using Hyperlinks and Action Buttons

VII	Adding & Deleting Slides
	A.	Inserting New Slides
	B.	Deleting Slides
VIII	Organization Charts
	A.	To create a slide with an Embedded Organization Chart
	B.	Working with the Organization Chart
IX	Creating Graphs
X	Inserting Graphics and Other Objects
	A.	Adding Graphic files
	B.	Creating Objects
XI	Running the Presentation
	A.	Starting the Slide Show
	B.	Using controls during the Slide Show
XII	Adding Special Effects
	A.	Adding Animations
	B.	Creating Timed Text Slides
	C.	Slide Transitions
XIII	Printing Features/Notes & Handouts
	A.	Notes Pages
	B.	Creating Handouts
XIV	Pack and Go
	A.	Packing up your Presentation
	B.	The PowerPoint Viewer

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