7A
7B
7IMM
Day 1
This course is part of the Applied Skills 7 rotation (16-20 classes). Students will work on developing basic skills in word processing, presentations and graphics.
Word
5-6 daily assignments, 5-6 classes
The focus is on using tables for layout.
- FONTS (type, size, style), Format Painter, clear formatting
- PARAGRAPH spacing, alignment, lists
- INSERT pictures, move/resize, text wrapping
- TABLES: inserting, adjusting, distributing columns/rows, cell alignment, borders & shading
- PAGE LAYOUT: filling up page, using Ruler to adjust margins
PowerPoint
1 practice project “1980s” (3 classes)
1 applying project “Year-In-Review: 1990-2019” (3-5 classes)
- BASICS: titles, text, layouts
- PICTURES: finding good quality pictures, resizing;
- SONGS: insert, trim, play in background, 2-3 slides only
- DESIGN: theme, layouts, using Slide Master to set templates (headings, text, box sizes & positions)
- TRANSITIONS: add transitions, make self-running (advance slides after .. seconds), set up slide show
- ANIMATIONS: animate text & pictures (pictures come in automatically with matching bullets)
Paint.net
5 assignments, 5-6 classes
- LAYERS: insert new layers, move layers up/down, duplicate and merge layers;
- DRAWING: Brush, Eraser, Line/Curve tools;
- SHAPES: using different shapes, draw with outline only, fill only or both, rotate and adjust sizes;
- COLORS: set colors, using Paint Bucket and Gradient tools, use adjustments menu;
- EFFECTS: blurs, distortions
Paint
2-3 daily assignments (tessellations), 2-3 classes
- DRAWING: shapes,
- SELECTING: selection tool, free-form selection, copying and pasting, rotating, moving into position