CURR 285, Fall 2004

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CURR 285, Fall 2004
Michael Beutner, Associate Professor,
Instructional Technology Office Strauss Hall 206
(203) Email beutner_at_ulm.edu When you send
email, please type in Subject area 285, Section
1, 4, 5, 6 , FirstName LastName -- Your
Topic Class Support Site http//www.ulm.edu/b
eutner/ Office Hours are listed on the site.
Contact me regarding any concerns!
(Ungraded, Class Participation Credit Only)
PowerPoint Assignment Checklist and Notes Draft
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___ 1. Copy the folder to your storage
device. ___ 2. Rename the folder name. ___ 3.
Rename the file names. ___ 4. Take a picture
with a digital camera. ___ 4b. Save the image
to your folder. ___ 4c. Then, rename the image
file. ___ 5. Open the PowerPoint presentation.
___ 5b. Save the PowerPoint file with a new
version name. ___ 6. Experiment with
backgrounds. ___ 6b. Experiment with
textures. ___ 6c. Experiment with changing the
text size, color, and font. ___ 6d. Experiment
with WordArt. ___ 6e. Experiment with a
pleasing design. ___ 6f. Use a title for every
slide. ___ 7. Tip Be consistent with your
layout. ___ 8. Tip Use few words per slide. ___
9. Tip Keep it simple. One font type is
fine. ___ 10. Tip Good contrast is
important. ___ 11. Tip For each image, use a
caption. ___ 12. Tip Use one font size for
titles, text, and captions.
1. How do you capture what you see on your
computer monitor? 2. Where is a captured screen
stored? Is it really an image? 3. How do you
paste a captured screen into a PowerPoint
slide? 4. How do you resize or move an image in
Powerpoint? 5. Can you scan an image on a
scanner? 6. Can you crop, resize and save a
scanned image as a file? 6. Can you use a digital
camera and save the image as a file? 7. Can you
paste an image from a file, or from clipart, into
a PowerPoint slide? 8. How do you make a
presentation appear as portrait instead of
landscape? 9. How do you add a background to a
Powerpoint slide or to an entire
presentation? 10. Which image file format or type
works best for most applications? 11. How do you
add a slide in PowerPoint? 12. How do you delete
a slide in PowerPoint? 13. How do you rearrange
slides in PowerPoint? 14. How do you copy slides
in PowerPoint? 15. How do you print just one
slide? 16. How do you print 2 slides on one sheet
of paper as a handout? 17. How do you create
Word Art? 18. How do you use a hyperlink to
link from one slide to another? 19. How do you
use a hyperlink to link to a Web page? 20. How
do you insert an arrow, circle, square, or
similar object into a slide? 21. How do you copy
drawn objects? 22. Can you use the drawing
guide to help you arrange and align?
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FirstName LastName
1. Three Things about Me
2. My Career Goal(s)
3. My Favorite Educational Web Site

• Include on this slide
• Your name
• Your photo
• A caption under the photo, centered
• Make sure you edit the footer.
• (Delete this later.)

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Three Things About Me
1. 2. 3.

• 1
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• Include on this slide
• Describe three interesting things about
  yourself.
• Please use brief and complete sentences.
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My Career Goals

• My professional goals are

• 2
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• Include on this slide
• Describe one or more professional goals.
• Please use a brief and complete sentence.
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Favorite Educational Web Site
My favorite educational Web site is because .

• 3
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now.
http//www.ulm.edu/beutner/