IT Resources
About the Internet
Surf
the Net: How the web works.
World
Wide Web: Microsoft website. Easy to understand
description of the Internet & World Wide Web.
NetLingo:
A dictionary of Internet terms containing words & definitions that
describe the online world of business, technology &
communication.
Netiquette:
A few guidelines to help you travel through cyberspace.
History
of the Internet
The
Nerds: A history of the computer.
Internet
Glossary
Internet
Terms: A list of commonly used terms.
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Search
the Web
Google
Yahoo
Alta Vista
Excite
Information
Skills
InfoWiz:
Online tutorials to help you use search tools on the Internet, decide
which information is relevant to your topic & how to organise the
information you find on the net.
Evaluating
Web Resources: Scroll down & click the links under
"Original Evaluation Checklists".
Research
& the Internet: This is a PowerPoint presentation that
introduces methods that will help you to search the World Wide Web and
evaluate the content of web pages.
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Online
Articles
Wired
News: Various articles on IT.
Internet
Society: A range of articles.
Using Microsoft Word
Microsoft
Word: A
step by step guide to using Word. Click "Enter Introduction
to Computing".
Microsoft
Word: Instructions for
using Word.
Formatting Reports using Microsoft Word
This series of tutorials
will show you how to create a report in Microsoft Word. It starts
by formatting the document in way that will allow you to define and
apply advanced features in Microsoft Word so that:
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your headings
have the same appearance throughout your report
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you can create and
update tables of contents
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and manage page headings
and numbers across your report.
We suggest you work through
the tutorials from the start and use the sample Word file "Greening
Salingsburg" for practice.
Lesson 1
The movies in this lesson
will show you how to manage your files and prepare your Word document so
that you can use powerful features of Word to create your report
document:
Word Introduction:
This movie will show you how to set
margins, paper size and fonts.
Moving files with Windows
Explorer:
Learn how to use Windows Explorer to manage
your files - copy, move and so on.
Preparing your Word document:
You can learn how to set-up and save the
tutorial practice document in this movie.
Introducing styles
and creating your own 'Normal' style:
This movie shows how to create and save a
new style.
Lesson 2
In this lesson, you will
learn how to create, apply and manage styles for the different headings
in your report. You will also learn about some of the advantages
of using styles.
Create a style for the
highest level heading
You will learn to create a style
based on a style you set in lesson 1 and to control how it looks.
Create styles for other headings:
This movie reviews styles setting to create
two levels of sub-headings.
Applying styles:
You will learn how to apply the styles you
have created.
Modifying styles:
Learn how make changes once only to change
the appearance of a heading throughout your report.
Lesson 3
Word documents for this
lesson:
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Lesson 4
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Lesson 5
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Learn PowerPoint
PowerPoint:
Instructions for using PowerPoint.
PowerPoint
in the Classroom: Step by step tutorials.
PowerPoint
2003 Tutorial: This tutorial for making simple PowerPoint 2003
presentations has written and audio instructions. The speaker is
American and uses some idioms in the instructions.
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Create
Charts in Microsoft Word
Create
Charts: Learn how to create charts in Microsoft Word.
Convert a table to a chart: Watch this movie to learn how to create charts in Microsoft Word.
Choosing a kind of chart: This movie shows you how to change
the kind of chart.
Adding titles and labels to a chart:
In this movie, you can learn how to add a title to your chart, label the
axes and adjust how they appear.
Prepare to print your pie chart:
Watch this movie to learn how to prepare your pie chart to print it in black
and white.
Graphics/Pictures
Clip
Art: Lots
of Clipart, photos and animation to download.
Animation
Factory: Animation clipart.
Image
Search: Look for pictures on Google.com
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Web
Pages
Instruction
Sheet:
Create simple web pages using Geocities.
English Language Institute
