In-Class and Take-Home Exercises

Power Point (I) - 9/3/03

  • Power Point (I) - In-Class Exercise - "Introduction to the Internet." Re-formatting a Power Point presentation. Hand in at end of class (September 3rd).
  • Power Point (I) - Homework Assignment - "Introduction to Windows." Follow the instructions in the notes on the first slide. Hand in on diskette or e-mail the instructor at the beginning of next class (the 10th of September).

Power Point (II) - 9/10/03

  • Power Point (II) - In-Class Exercise - "The Purchase of a PC." Advanced Power Point Techniques. Hand in at end of class (September 10th).
  • Power Point (II) - Homework Assignment - Creating a web-based Power Point presentation. Hand in on diskette or e-mail the instructor by the beginning of class on the 17th of September. This will become your First Portfolio Project Assignment.

FTP, HTML and Web Pages - 9/17/03

  • In-Class Exercise: upload your presentation to the web by end of class (September 17).
  • Homework Assignment: a) e-mail me your URL, b) polish your presentation (by September 24).

Microsoft Word (I) - 9/24/03

  • Begin Second Portfolio Project Assignment: Personalized Home Page. Create and upload a home page in Microsoft Word to replace the one you currently have. Due by start of class on October 1st.

Microsoft Word (II) - 10/1/03

Microsoft Excel (I) - 10/8/03

Microsoft Excel (II) - 10/15/03

Microsoft Excel (III) - 10/22/03

Dreamweaver (I) - 10/29/03

  • Miscellaneous In-class exercises
  • Homework Assignment: continue working on portfolio projects.

Dreamweaver (II) - 11/5/03

  • Miscellaneous In-class exercises
  • Homework Assignment: continue working on portfolio projects.

Publisher (I) - 11/12/03

  • Miscellaneous In-class exercises
  • Homework Assignment: continue working on portfolio projects.

Publisher (II) - 11/19/03

  • Miscellaneous In-class exercises
  • Homework Assignment: continue working on portfolio projects.

Portfolio Project Assignments

Above you have already created three pages for your web site: (1) index.htm, which is your "home page;"  (2) presentation.htm, which is a web-enabled Power Point presentation; and (3) retirement.htm, which is a web version of an Excel retirement calculator spreadsheet. You have also begun work on a fourth project - a web page for the Hickok Center.

For the remaining projects, you will assume the role of an administrator at a real or hypothetical public or nonprofit organization of your choice. You are in charge of organizing an annual event (e.g., a fund-raiser) for your organization, and to that end, you will use Microsoft Publisher to create the following projects: (1) a flyer advertising the event, (2) a three-fold brochure describing either the organization or the event, (3) a series of numbered tickets for the event, and (4) an on-line newsletter.

The due date for the printed flyer, 3-fold brochure and numbered tickets is Wednesday, December 3rd. For the online newsletter and the other web page elements, the due date is December 5th. When you are finished developing your web site, simply e-mail me at (gsaxton@brockport.edu). I will then evaluate all of the required elements of your web site--the Home Page, the Retirement Calculator, the Power Point presentation, and the online Newsletter. You must e-mail me no later than Friday, December 5th at 8:30p.m.

Note that 60% of your course grade is based on your "portolio," which consists of the 4 original web projects plus these 4 Publisher projects. Keep in mind that you are also able to work on any of the three original components of your web site and re-submit them in order to improve your grade at any time up to the 5th of December.

First Portfolio Assignment - Power Point presentation - Creating a web-based Power Point presentation. First draft due September 17th.

Second Portfolio Project: Personalized Home Page. Create and upload a home page in Microsoft Word or in Dreamweaver with links to your presentation, retirement calculator, newsletter, and Hickok Center web site. First draft due October 1st.

Third Portfolio Assignment - Excel Interactive Web-Based Retirement Calculator. First draft due October 22nd.

Fourth Portfolio Project: Create an improved Hickok Center web site using Publisher or Dreamweaver.

Publisher Portfolio Projects 1) event flyer, 2) three-fold brochure, 3) numbered tickets, 4) online newsletter.

Sample Portfolio Project Files: