Using Templates-Creating a Newsletter

USING TEMPLATES

CREATING YOUR OWN NEWSLETTER

1.   Before starting your newsletter watch this video on managing layers which will help you in the template.
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/mac-word-help/video-manage-layers-easily-VA103935555.aspx?CTT=5&origin=HA103528093


2.  You are going to create a 2-page newsletter about yourself.  Directions are listed below to create a successful newsletter.

1.     Open Word.  Word Documents Gallery will appear and choose “Newsletters” under Publishing Layout View.

2.     Choose a layout or design you like. 

3.     When you open it up you may find that there are more than 2 pages in your newsletter.  That is ok.  You will learn how to remove the extra pages.

4.     To Remove pages from your newsletter complete the following :

a.     Click on the document pane map: it looks like the show or hide sidebar.
  

b.     The side panel will appear to the left of your document.  Click on the Layout tab. You will see on the ribbon the options for layout.  The first set is pages.  Here you will see an Add button and a remove button.  Before hitting the remove button make sure you have the correct page in your side bar selected that you would like to remove. 

5.     Please save your document as yourname_newsletter.

6.     The main title on your newsletter should be your name. 

7.     You may want to change the color scheme of your newsletter.  To achieve this make sure you are on your Home tab.  You will see at the end of the ribbon a themes button select one that you might like to use. 

8.     Fill in the text boxes with information about you and your friends.  What you like to do, what you did this summer, things you like (food, music, etc).  Remember to be school appropriate!

9.     Change the pictures on your newsletter.  One of them should be of just yourself.  You can take it using photobooth.  The other photos should be of the things you talk about in your newsletter. If you are taking pictures from the internet you must copy the URL of where you are taking it from so you may cite it properly on your page.
     
      Change the text in the text boxes to reflect things about you.

Styles, Themes and templates

 Differences between styles, themes and templates.

Important Notes:

1.  What are word styles? 

 An effective tool to apply or format styles to different sections of your text in your document.  By applying styles to your paper you can easily create a table of contents with a click of a button or 2. 

2.  What is a theme? 

A way to coordinate colors and fonts.  This can help give your document a designer-quality look. 

3.  What is a template? 

Files that help you design professional looking documents.  These files are completely formatted and all you have to do is personalize it with your information.

Your Task: 

Styles

1.  Watch the video on styles

http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/videos/video-reveal-the-power-of-styles-VA102755322.aspx?CTT=5&origin=HA103528093

2.  Complete the tutorial on styles, by clicking on this link: 

            file:///Users/melissa/Downloads/Word%20tutorial%20-%20Format%20text%20with%20styles.pdf

You will need to download the practice file to complete the activity.  It is located on the first page of the tutorial-heading Practice file, file name is Styles.docx, click on the practice file name and it will appear. 

Please save it as styles_yourname. 

Reminder:  make sure that you pay attention to where you save it. 

Intro to Word

There are a lot of bells and whistles in Microsoft Word, but it all starts with the ribbon.
Today we are going to tackle a few of them.

1.  Please watch this 2 minute video for a great overview of the ribbon. Click on the link below to watch.

http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/mac-word-help/video-up-to-speed-with-the-office-for-mac-ribbon-VA102748545.aspx?CTT=5&origin=HA103528093

2.  Click the link questionnaire to check for understanding.
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1lUWR8KUooX2IpgM0NFbIklwXn6vMSWjMVMvYraZvtzw/viewform


3.  Go to your email and get the Basic Word Tutorial.
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/mac-word-help/word-for-mac-2011-basics-RZ103895284.aspx

Make sure you click download and then save to your desktop folder.

Evaluating websites

Try these steps on one of the websites you used yesterday to see if it were a good source of information. 

The following was taken from:

http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/TeachingLib/Guides/Internet/Evaluate.html

Techniques for Web Evaluation :

1. Find out what other web pages link to this page.

a. Use alexa.com:

Type or paste the URL into alexa.com's search box.

Click on the "Get details" button.

You will see, depending on the volume of traffic to the page:

·       Traffic details.

·       Contact/ownership info for the domain name.

·       "Related links" to other sites visited by people who visited the page.

·       Sites linking in to the page.

b. Do a link: search in Google, Yahoo!, or another search engine where this can be done:

1. Copy the URL of the page you are investigating (Ctrl+C in Windows).

2. Go to the search engine site, and type link: in the search box.

3. Paste the URL into the search box immediately following link: (no space after the colon).

The pages listed all contain one or more links to the page you are looking for.

If you find no links, try a shorter portion of the URL, stopping after each /.
Note: Different search engines give very different results for "link:" searches. We suggest trying more than one.

2. Look up the title or publisher of the page in a reputable directory that evaluates its contents (ipl2, Infomine, About.com, or a specialized directory you trust). 

3. Look up the author's name in Google or Yahoo!

For the most complete results in Google, search the name three ways:

a. without quotes:  Firstname Lastname

b. enclosed in quotes as a phrase:  "Firstname Lastname"

c. enclosed in quotes with * between the first and last name:  "Firstname * Lastname" (The * can stand for any middle initial or name in Google only).

Google Security Breach and Reliable Sources

Some  of you may have heard that Google has had a security breach, so today I want you to do some research on it.
I am going to take this current event and turn into a real life learning activity.


1.  I would like you to find 3 articles online about Google's security breach.  Open up each one in its own window, read them, and then copy and paste their information into the form I have attached here.
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1prUzKEIaOqwtYtGfy9HNeNSakvMGlmy5VkKVdr09qwU/viewform
2.  Answer all the questions on the form.

Google Drive and Docs

I have just introduced Google Drive and docs to you.

You have learned 

1.  how to upload a document

2.  how to create a new document 

3.  how to share a document with others 

Here is your first assignment with google drive:

1.  Open up google drive.  Open up the file I labeled This is a test document.  Please add your name to the document. 

2.  Create your own document in google and share with me, making sure I can only view it.  

3.  Create a form with 3 questions for me.  Share the form with me.  

4.  Create a document using Microsoft Word and upload your document that you created and share it with me.  

Welcome!

Welcome to Computer Applications! 

This is where we will collaborate and communicate together online in our learning experience this year.

Your first blog assignment is to:
1.  Add an image of yourself using Photo booth and updating your profile

2. Comment on this post, introducing yourself to the class