Friday, May 20, 2011

Continuation of Last Class

EQ - What is pagination?
  1. Mini-Lesson - Pagination
  2. Review - Prepare a Document
  3. Comprehensive Activity - Chapter 5 Lab 3 (WD 459)
  4. Prepare a document

Wednesday, May 18, 2011

Preparing Documents

EQ - What preparation options are available to Word users as they finalize documents?
  1. Activator: Call out Mr. Hill - What MOS certification objectives does he still need to teach?
  2. Introduction to Prepare options of Word
  3. Comprehensive Activity - Chapter 5 Lab 3 (WD 459)
  4. Prepare a document

Monday, May 16, 2011

Sharing and Securing Content

EQ - How can I use Information Rights Management (IRM) to limit who can access and change my documents?
  1. Mini-Lesson - Mail Merge Review
  2. Mail Merge Quiz -->Click Here<--
  3. Lunch Community Reading
  4. Distribute Final Exam Outline
  5. Discussion Question - Under what circumstances might it benefit a user to protect his/her documents?
  6. Training Link Courtesy of Microsoft -->Click Here<-- (Take Notes)
    • Quick Preview
    • How does IRM help us?
  7. Additional Document Protection
  8. Other helpful Document Management Tools
    • Setting Defaults
  9. TOD - Answer the EQ using specific details of your learning.

Thursday, May 12, 2011

Mail Merge Part Deux

EQ - What steps do we take to complete a Mail Merge?
  1. Mini-Lesson - Review Troubleshooting areas
  2. Complete 332-337
  3. Lunch/Community Reading
  4. Intro IF Statements
  5. Preview 337-350
  6. Complete Activity
  7. 1/2 - 1 Page Summary:  What do we do to complete a Mail Merge? (be detailed and specific)
  8. On Your Own - Lab 2 (378-380)

Tuesday, May 10, 2011

Mail Merge

EQ - How do I generate form letters, mailing labels, and directories?
  1. Activator:  Letter Share?
  2. Chalk Board Brainstorm - When might we need to send the same letter to multiple people?
  3. Preview Overview (WD 308)
  4. 308-320 BEFORE lunch
  5. Lunch/Community Reading
  6. Intro - Creating a Data Source (WD 322)
  7. Together - Plan Ahead (WD 322)
  8. Demo - Creating Sources
  9. Try It - (WD 322-328)

Wednesday, May 4, 2011

Advanced Newsletters

EQ - How do I enhance a document to create a professional newsletter in MS Word?
  1. Mini-lesson - Columns
  2. Newspaper breakdown
  3. Demo: Templates - Newsletters
  4. Try it out
  5. On Your Own – Recap the important events of your life (positive or negative) from the 2010-2011 school year

Monday, May 2, 2011

EQ - How do I use columns to create a newsletter?

1.  Access any major news network's website (New York TImes, Washington Post, ABCnews.com, MSNBC.com, etc.)
2.  Choose an article depicting the news about Osama Bin Laden
3.  Summarize the article in writing (Tell what happened, in order, in your own words, without opinion)
4.  Analyze the article in writing (What do you think this means for the U.S., the world, and you as a world citizen?)
5.  Use your understanding of the Ribbon and find the Columns Command
6.  Format your summary and analysis using 2 columns with a line between
7.  Insert images to enhance the content of your newsletter
8.  Save As:  Newsletter

*Note*  Use what you learned when creating a brochure to assist you.