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    HTML Basics 
    Enhance your Bb announcements as well as other entries and instructions. Participants will be encouraged to work in your own course during this session.
    1 Hour
Tuesday

Jan. 13, 2004

9:30 a.m. 3 Hours

45 Min

Tuesday

Jan. 13, 2004

2:15 p.m. 3 Hours

45 Min

  • General Question/Answer session
  • Work directly in your course
Wednesday

Feb. 4, 2004

3:00 p.m. 1 Hour
  • Content areas
    • Uploading documents
    • Modifying information
    • Inserting URLs
    • Using the Assignments tools
Wednesday

Feb. 11, 2004

2:00 p.m. 2 Hour
  • Content areas
    • Uploading documents
    • Modifying information
    • Inserting URLs
    • Using the Assignments tools
Friday

Feb. 13, 2004

2:00 p.m. 2 Hour
  • Content areas
    • Creating Folders
    • Creating Learning Units
    • Inserting Course Links
    • Copy from one place to another within a course
Wednesday

Feb. 18, 2004

10:00 a.m. 2 Hour
  • General Question/Answer session
  • Work directly in your course
Wednesday

Feb. 18, 2004

3:00 p.m. 1 Hour
  • Content areas
    • Creating Folders
    • Creating Learning Units
    • Inserting Course Links
    • Copy from one place to another within a course
Friday

Feb. 27, 2004

2:00 p.m. 2 Hour
  • General Question/Answer session
  • Work directly in your course
Wednesday

Mar. 3, 2004

3:00 p.m. 1 Hour
  • Test Manager
  • Pool Manager
Friday

Mar. 5, 2004

10:00 a.m. 2 Hour
  • Test Manager
  • Pool Manager
Tuesday

Mar. 9, 2004

2:00 p.m. 2 Hour
  • Gradebook
  • Gradebook Views
Wednesday

Mar. 10, 2004

2:00 p.m. 2 Hour
  • Gradebook
  • Gradebook Views
Friday

Mar. 12, 2004

2:00 p.m. 2 Hour
 
  • Chapter 1: The Fundamentals
  • Starting Microsoft Excel
  • Giving commands to Excel
  • Entering labels and values into a workbook
  • Navigating a workbook
  • Naming and saving a workbook
  • Previewing, and printing a workbook
  • Closing a workbook and exiting Excel

Chapter 2: Editing a Worksheet

  • Enter and work with date values
  • Edit, clear, and replace cell contents
  • Cut, copy, paste, and move cells
  • Work with and understand Absolute and Relative cell references
  • Insert and delete cells, rows, and columns
  • Use Undo and Redo
  • Check the spelling of your worksheets
  • Use advanced print options
  • Basic file management
  • Insert cell comments

Chapter 3:  Formatting a Worksheet

  • Format fonts with the Formatting toolbar and menus
  • Format values
  • Adjust row height and column width
  • Align a cell’s contents
  • Add borders, colors, and patterns to cells
  • Use the format painter to copy formatting
  • Create a custom number format
  • Create, apply, and modify a Style
  • Use conditional formatting
  • Merge cells
Wednesday

Jan. 28, 2004

10:00 a.m. 2 Hours

Chapter 5: Managing Your Workbooks

  • Navigate between the sheets in a workbook
  • Insert, delete, rename, and move worksheets
  • Work with several worksheets and workbooks
  • Split and freeze a window
  • Add headers, footers, and page numbers to a worksheet
  • Specify what gets printed and where the page breaks
  • Adjust the margins, page size and orientation, and print scale
  • Protect and hide a worksheet
  • Create and use a template
  • Consolidate multiple worksheets

Chapter 7: Working with Lists

  • Create a list
  • Use the Data Form to add, find, edit, and delete records
  • Sort a list
  • Use the AutoFilter to filter a list
  • Create a custom AutoFilter
  • Create and use an advanced filter
  • Use data validation when entering records to a list

Chapter 9: Working with Other Programs

  • Insert an Excel worksheet into a Word document
  • Modify an embedded worksheet
  • Link an Excel chart into a Word document
  • Insert a graphic into a worksheet
  • Open and save files in different formats
Friday

Feb. 6, 2004

2:00 p.m. 2 Hours

Chapter 4: Creating and Working with Charts

  • Create a chart
  • Move and resize a chart
  • Format objects in a chart
  • Change a chart’s source data
  • Change a chart type
  • Add titles, gridlines, annotations, and a data table to a chart
  • Work with a 3-D chart
  • Create and work with a custom chart
  • Plot data on a map
Tuesday

Feb. 10, 2004

2:00 p.m. 2 Hours

Chapter 12: What-if Analysis

  • Create a Scenario
  • Create a Scenario Summary Report
  • Create One and Two-Input Data Tables
  • Use Goal Seek
  • Set up complex what-if analysis with Solver

Chapter 6: More Functions and Formulas

  • Create a formula with several operators and cell ranges
  • Use the Insert Function feature to enter and edit formulas
  • Create and use range names
  • Select nonadjacent cell ranges
  • Use the AutoCalculate feature
  • Create a conditional formula with the IF function
  • Use the PMT function
  • Display and print formulas in a worksheet
  • Identify and fix formula errors
Friday

Feb. 20, 2004

2:00 p.m. 2 Hours

Chapter 11: Data Analysis and PivotTables

  • Create a PivotTable
  • Change or “Pivot” a PivotTable
  • Use the Page Field to filter what data is displayed in a PivotTable
  • How to group information in a PivotTable by date
  • Create and work with subtotals
  • Use Database functions (DSUM)
  • Use Lookup functions (VLOOKUP)
  • Group and outline a worksheet
Friday

Feb. 27, 2004

10:00 a.m. 2 Hours

Chapter 8: Automating Tasks with Macros

  • Record a macro
  • Play a macro
  • Assign a shortcut key and toolbar button to a macro
  • Edit a macro’s Visual Basic code
  • Insert code into an existing macro
  • Declare variables using the DIM statement
  • Prompt for user input
  • Use If…Then statements
Tuesday

Mar. 2, 2004

2:00 p.m. 2 Hours

Chapter 10: Using Excel with the Internet

  • Add Hyperlinks to a Worksheet
  • Browse Hyperlinks and using the Web Toolbar
  • Save a Workbook as a Non-Interactive Web Page
  • Save a Workbook as an Interactive Web Page
  • Retrieve Information from a Web Page
Wednesday

Mar. 10, 2004

10:00 a.m. 2 Hours

Chapter 13: Advanced Topics

  • Add, Remove, and Position Toolbars
  • Create a Custom Toolbar
  • Create a Custom AutoFill List
  • Password Protect a Workbook
  • Change Excel’s Default Options
  • Find a File
  • View and Change a File’s Properties
  • Share a Workbook for Group Collaboration
  • Revise a Shared Workbook
Friday

Mar. 19, 2004

2:00 p.m. 2 Hours

    Chapter 1: The Fundamentals

  • Starting Microsoft Word
  • Give commands to Word
  • Entering text and working with automatic corrections
  • Inserting and deleting text
  • Naming and saving a document
  • Printing and closing a document
  • Exiting Word

    Chapter 2: Working with and Editing Text

  • Opening a document and giving it a different name
  • Understanding how to move through a document
  • Viewing a document in different modes
  • Cutting, copying, and pasting text
  • Finding and replacing text
  • Using spelling checking, the thesaurus, and word count
  • Inserting special characters
  • Using undo and redo
  • Specifying which pages to print or printing multiple document copies
Tuesday,

Jan. 27, 2004

2:00 a.m. 2 Hours

    Chapter 3: Formatting Characters and Paragraphs

  • Formatting characters
  • Changing a paragraph’s alignment and spacing
  • Indenting paragraphs
  • Setting, changing, and removing tab stops
  • Creating bulleted and numbered lists
  • Adding borders and shading to a paragraph
  • Understanding text flow and spacing before and after a paragraph

    Chapter 4: Formatting Pages

  • Changing a document’s margins
  • Creating headers and footers
  • Changing page orientation between portrait and landscape
  • Previewing a document
  • Controlling where the page breaks
  • Adding section breaks and applying multiple page formats
  • Printing envelopes
  • Printing on both sides of the paper
Wednesday

Feb. 4, 2004

10:00 a.m. 2 Hours

    Chapter 5: Working with Tables

  • Creating a table
  • Adjusting row height and column width
  • Inserting and deleting rows and columns
  • Formatting a table with borders and shading
  • Formatting characters and paragraphs in a table
  • Splitting and merging cells in a table
  • Sorting information in a table
  • Performing calculations in a table
  • Working with tables that span over multiple pages

    Chapter 6: Working with Templates and Styles

  • Creating and using templates
  • Creating and applying paragraph styles
  • Creating and applying a character style
  • Modifying an existing style
  • Displaying styles in a document
  • Attaching a different template to a document
  • Copying styles between documents and templates
Friday

Feb. 13, 2004

10:00 a.m. 2 Hours

    Chapter 7: Drawing and Working with Graphics

  • Drawing on your documents
  • Adding, arranging, and formatting text boxes
  • Selecting, resizing, formatting, and deleting objects
  • Inserting clip art and pictures
  • Specifying how text wraps around pictures and text
  • Aligning and grouping objects
  • Drawing AutoShapes
  • Flipping and rotating objects
  • Layering objects
  • Applying shadows and 3-D effects

    Chapter 11: Working with WordArt and Charts

  • Inserting a WordArt Object
  • Formatting and Editing a WordArt Object
  • Creating a Chart and Modifying a Chart
  • Selecting a Chart Type
  • Creating an Organization Chart
  • Modifying and Formatting an Organization Chart
Tuesday

Feb. 17, 2004

2:00 p.m. 2 Hours

    Chapter 8: Performing a Mail Merge

  • Creating and working with a mail merged Main Document
  • Creating a data source for the mail merge
  • Entering records to the data source
  • Inserting merge fields to the Main Document
  • Selecting specific records to merge
  • Creating and working with labels
  • Using an existing database as the data source
  • Creating and working with envelopes

      Chapter 10: Working with Outlines and Long Documents

  • Using Outline View to create an outline
  • Viewing an outline—expanding and collapsing headings
  • Organizing an outline
  • Adding cross-references
  • Adding bookmarks
  • Adding footnotes
  • Creating a table of contents
  • Creating an index
  • Creating a master document

    Chapter 12: Working with Other Programs

  • Inserting an Excel worksheet file into a Word document
  • Modifying an embedded Excel worksheet
  • Inserting a linked Excel chart in a Word document
  • Opening and saving a WordPerfect file in Word
  • Switching from WordPerfect to Microsoft Word
Wednesday

Mar. 3, 2004

10:00 a.m. 2 Hours

    Chapter 13: Working with Forms

  • Creating a new form
  • Adding text fields to a form
  • Adding check boxes to a form
  • Adding drop-down fields to a form
  • Assigning help to form fields
  • Performing calculations in a form field
  • Saving and filling out an form
Friday

Mar. 12, 2004

10:00 a.m. 2 Hours

    Chapter 14: Creating Web Pages with Word

  • Creating a Web page with the Web Page Wizard
  • Modifying an existing Web page
  • Converting an existing Word document to a Web page
  • Adding hyperlinks to a Web page
  • Viewing a Web page in a Web browser
  • Applying a theme to Web page or document
  • Working with frames
Tuesday

Mar. 16, 2004

2:00 p.m. 2 Hours

    Chapter 9: Collaboration

  • Adding revisions to a document
  • Accepting and rejecting objectives
  • Inserting comments
  • Saving versions of a document
  • Protecting a document
  • Comparing documents
Wednesday

Mar. 24, 2004

10:00 a.m. 2 Hours

    Chapter 1: The Fundamentals

  • Starting Microsoft PowerPoint
  • Understand the PowerPoint Program Screen
  • Using Menus and Toolbars
  • Using and Filling Out Dialog Boxes
  • Using Keystroke Shortcuts and Right Mouse Button Menus
  • Opening and Saving Presentations
  • Creating a New Presentation
  • Viewing and Printing a Presentation
  • Moving around a Presentation

Chapter 2: Editing a Presentation

  • Inserting New Slides and Entering Text
  • Working in Outline View—Promoting and Demoting Slides
  • Editing, Selecting, Replacing, and Deleting Text
  • Cutting, Copying, and Pasting Text
  • Finding and Replacing Text
  • Using Undo, Redo, and Repeat
  • Checking the Spelling in a Presentation
  • Reorganizing a Presentation in Outline View
  • Copying, Moving, and Deleting Slides in Slide Sorter View
  • Adding Notes to Your Slides
  • Working with More than One Presentation and Window
  • Managing Your Files

Chapter 3: Formatting a Presentation

  • Formatting Fonts
  • Using the Format Painter to Copy and Apply Formatting
  • Applying a Template’s Design to a Presentation
  • Using Slide Masters
  • Working with Color Schemes
  • Changing the Slide Background
  • Creating and Formatting Bulleted Lists
  • Changing Paragraph Alignment and Line Spacing
  • Checking Your Presentations for Visual Clarity
  • Working Tabs and Indents and Changing the Page Setup
Friday

Feb. 6, 2004

10:00 a.m. 2 Hours

    Chapter 4: Drawing and Working with Graphics

  • Drawing on your slides
  • Adding, arranging, and formatting text boxes
  • Selecting, resizing, formatting, and deleting objects
  • Inserting clip art and pictures
  • Aligning and grouping objects
  • Drawing AutoShapes
  • Flipping and rotating objects
  • Layering objects
  • Applying shadows and 3-D effects

Chapter 5: Working with Tables and WordArt

  • Creating and Working with a Table
  • Adjusting Column Width and Row Height
  • Inserting and Deleting Rows and Columns
  • Adding Borders and Shading to a Table’s Cells
  • Inserting a WordArt Object
  • Formatting and Editing a WordArt Object

Chapter 6: Working with Graphs and Organizational Charts

  • Creating a Chart and Modifying a Chart
  • Selecting a Chart Type
  • Creating an Organization Chart
  • Modifying and Formatting an Organization Chart
Wednesday

Feb. 11, 2004

10:00 a.m. 2 Hours

    Chapter 7: Delivering Your Presentation

  • Delivering a Presentation on a Computer
  • Using Slide Transitions
  • Animating Text and Objects
  • Rehearsing Slide Show Timings
  • Creating a Presentation that Runs by Itself
  • Creating a Custom Show

Chapter 8: Working with Multimedia

  • Using the Pack and Go Wizard to Play a Presentation on another Computer
  • Creating 35mm Slides and Using the Genigraphics Wizard
  • Using the Meeting Minder
  • Presenting a Slide Show over a Network or the Internet
Friday

Feb. 20, 2004

10:00 a.m. 2 Hours

Chapter 9: Working with Other Programs and the Internet

  • Inserting Sound Files into Your Presentation
  • Adding Voice Narration to Your Slides
  • Inserting a Video Clip
  • Creating a Custom Sound Track
  • Automating the Multimedia in Your Presentation
  • Inserting a Slide into a Microsoft Word Document
  • Embedding a Microsoft Excel Worksheet into a Slide
  • Modifying an Embedded Object
  • Importing and Exporting an Outline
  • Using Hyperlinks and Action Buttons
  • Saving a Presentation as a Web Page
Friday

Mar. 5, 2004

2:00 p.m. 2 Hours
  • Chapter 10: Advance Topics
  • Adding, Positioning, and Removing Toolbars
  • Customizing Toolbars
  • Adding Comments to a Slide
  • Customizing PowerPoint’s Defaults Options
  • Viewing File Properties and Finding a File
  • Recording a Macro
  • Playing, Editing, and Deleting a Macro
Wednesday

Mar. 17, 2004

3:00 p.m. 1 Hour
  • TBA