Wednesday, October 24, 2007

interactive quiz (MS)

You will each create at least 3 question & answer slides for the _________________________ topic that your group is working on.
You will put these slides together in an interactive presentation using Impress.

As you research your questions & answers, please keep track of any source material you use on the web, whether image or facts and provide a final slide with the credits. Use the following format for website credits.

Author (if available). Page title (in available, in quotation marks). Site title (underlined). Name of sponsor (if available). Date published (if available). Date found (electronic address).

Erik Klemetti, Jonathan Schmalzbach, Douglas Heller, and Mark Biddle. "Thomas Paine". USHistory.org. Independence Hall Association. 1999-2007. 10/25/07 (http://www.ushistory.org/paine/).

Today, we are going to practice creating interactive slides using hyperlinks in Impress.
  • Start Impress
  • Create 3 slides: a question slide with multiple choice answers, a correct answer slide & a wrong answer slide.
  • Save slideshow.

To make the quiz interactive, you will use hyperlinks.
  • To go the question slide
  • Highlight one of the answers (it's easier to use A, B, C or 1, 2, 3 as the answer selections)
  • Select Insert then Hyperlink.
  • In left column, select Document
  • Leave path blank.
  • Select the target icon.
  • Target in document menu should pop-up. Select the correct or incorrect answer slide. Then select Apply and Close.
  • Under Further Settings, type Text of answer (eg. A, B, C or 1, 2, 3 or actual answer text)
  • Select Apply and Close.
  • You can test your hyperlink by playing the slideshow (F5) and selecting it. Does it take you to the correct slide?
  • Repeat these steps as needed to create all the hyperlinks to the correct or incorrect answer slide.
  • Remember on the incorrect slide to put a try again hyperlink back to the question.

Wednesday, October 10, 2007

computer basics (UE)

For this lesson, we started by holding and identifying computer parts and peripherals and deciding what purpose they served: input, output, processing or storage. Next we opened up a desktop system and identified more parts and their purposes.

Students were then divided into pairs. First they were to work on the following handout, using The Journey Inside website to help find answers.


Next the students completed the following online quizzes:

solar system trading cards (MS)

You will be collecting Solar System trading cards online and then creating your own trading cards using Impress. Go to the Solar System Trading Cards website. Select an object from the solar system and learn about it. Next create your own trading card for that object by creating an Impress slide. Each trading card should include the object's name, a picture, and a fun fact (original sentences please, DO NOT copy and paste).

Creating a slide
  • Select Open Office.
  • Select File -> New and select Presentation.
  • Select Empty Presentation and then select Create.
  • Give your slide a background color by selecting Format -> Page and then select the Background tab.
  • Choose a Fill option.
To insert text
  • Select the T at the bottom of the screen and then click anywhere in the slide to begin writing.
  • You can modify the font by highlighting the text and selecting a new font or a new size.
To copy and paste an image
  • Put your mouse over the image on the web and (figure out Mac steps)
  • Go to Impress, select Edit and then Paste
Create a new slide
  • Select Insert and Slide
After you have at least 3 slides, you can begin working with Slide Transitions and Custom Animations.

Press F5 to view your slideshow.