DPS Middle School

Software How-Tos

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Students & Technology:

  1. •Copyright & Fair Use

  2. •Graphics for Projects

  3. •Internet Safety

  4. •Technology/Info Literacy Standards

  5. •StudentDesignTips PPT

  6. •Student Handout: Productivity Options

  7. •Student Handout: Moodle   QuickStart

                         Quick Software Tutorials:


Login: entire DPS email address shortname@danbury.k12.ct.us)

Password: default is “atomic”

        Mac  OS X:                                        

  1. •Common Keyboard Shortcuts          Mac Tutorials

  2. •Apple’s Keyboard Shortcut Site      

  3. •Universal Access  

  4. •OSX Leopard

        Photos:

  1. •Graphics for Projects

  2. •Harvesting Photos & Citations

  3. •iPhoto: Editing

  4. •iPhoto’08: Make a Slideshow

  5. •iPhoto’08:Make a Book

  6. •iPhoto’08 Book Themes

  7. •PhotoBooth

  8. •Picasa

      Internet:

  1. •Safari: Harvest& CitePhotos

  2. •Firefox Add-ons

  3. •DownloadingVideos in Firefox
    Vixy: Convert video files at home

         Music:

  1. •Copyright & Fair Use

  2. •ConvertingSong to mp3

  3. •Podcasting Introduction

  4. •Creating Enhanced Podcast          

  with Pictures

  1. •GarageBand to iTunes

  2. •Saving Garageband Projects Locally

  3. •Inserting Audio into Powerpoints

iWork:

  1. •iMovie 08 Tutorial

  2. •iWeb’08

  3. •Danbury Guidelines for iWeb

  4. •iWeb InspectorTips

  5. •iWeb Widgets “08

  1. D.Smith

2010-11

  1. Scratch:

  2. •Scratch: Program a Game

  3. •Scratch MIT.EDU Reference Guide

  4. •Scratch MIT.EDU Getting Started

       Promethean            

       Whiteboard Information:

  1. •Promethean Planet

  2. •Resource Library and Flipcharts

  3. •Tips and Tricks Videos

  4. •Promethean Lighthouse

  5. •Kent NGFL

  6. Creating ActivInspire

  7. Flipcharts:

  8. •New ActivInspire

Creating ActivStudio 3

Flipcharts:

  1. •Using Objects

  2. •Internet links

  3. •Library Resources

  4. •Promethean 3 dashboard

  5. •ActivStudio 3 tips and tricks

iLife:

  1. •Numbers ’09’ tips

  2. •Pages ’09’ tips

  3. •Pages Inspector tips for Students

  4. •Keynote Inspector tips for Students

  5. •Student Design Tips

  6. •Keynote'08

Promethean Training Files

Moodle:

  1. •Moodle QuickStart

Video Tutorials:

  1. •Pages Newsletter Teaching Video

Starbase Portal:

  1. •Posting Grades

  2. •Comment Codes

  3. •Interim Reports

  4. •Using the Portal Gradebook

Printing:

  1. •Printing to a Copy Machine with Codes

Other Utilities:

  1. •Helping Students Open Difficult files

  2. •More Dashboard Widgets

GOOGLE:

  1. •Google Help

  2. •Quick Start Guide

  3. •Managing Spam


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    Microsoft Office OSX:

    1. •Text in Word 2004

    2. •Create Check Box in Word

    3. •Graphics in Word 2004

    4. •Tables in Word 2004

    5. •Templates in Word 2004

    6. •Extras in Word 2004

    7. •Word Modules

    8. •Excel modules

    9. •Excel Tricks for beginners

    10. •Excel Chart Types/Purpose

    11. •Excel Graphs for beginners

 

AVer + Software / Pen Guides for 355AF Doc. Cam.

  1. •AVer+ Software Guide for Mac

  2. •AVerPen Quick Start Guide

  3. •AVerPen User Manual

  1. •Gmail Keyboard Shortcuts

  2. •Advanced Gmail Features

  3. •Share Contact List in Google

New Teacher Information: Scanning from Copier Saving Garageband Projects Locally Form to Assign Students to Computers Student Computer Saving Keynote/InstructionsSoftware_HowTos_files/ScannerHowTo.pagesSoftware_HowTos_files/GarageBandLocalSave_1.pdfSoftware_HowTos_files/New%20Computer%20Sign%20in%20Sheet.pagesSoftware_HowTos_files/AD%20Presentation%20for%20Students%20Nov.%20Edition.keyshapeimage_5_link_0shapeimage_5_link_1shapeimage_5_link_2shapeimage_5_link_3

Canyon Creek

  1. • Teacher Instructions

Parent PowerPoints:

  1. •Parent Learning Internet Safety

  2. •Apple to PC Conversion