Faculty & Student IT Orientation - Training Videos

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General Introduction Mail, Mail Groups, Server Space, Timetables, Class Lists, Student Photos, Attendance, Open Document Format

Class Discussion Forums Use class forums as a dynamic medium for sharing and discussion of current topics.

Resources on line and Interactive Homework (It may help to view these videos sequentially)   1. Uploading Resources, including audio resources. (A complete recreation of the resource uploading for class or specific homework item) 2. Homework #1 - Teacher setting of interactive homework, text, file and/or audio homework 3. Homework #2 - Student viewing & submitting of interactive homework, text, file and/or audio homework (Students may find this tutorial helpful) 4. Homework #3 - Teacher viewing, listening to and/or archiving of submitted homework 5. Assessment - Student and parent viewing of assessment data 6. Teacher controlled sub-classes. Classroom teachers can now set up and manage sub-classes for all classes they teach. This is to promote differentiated learning and allow appropriate resources, homework & assessment to be delivered to sub-groups of students. New feature from 31 October 2011 in response to teacher requests. 7. Teacher Recording of Assessment Data

Writer (.odt) & Extras Word Processing. (10 video tutorials)
Calc (.ods) Spreadsheets and graphs. (3 video tutorials)
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Open Document Format for MS Office

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Pages (Word Processor) 13 video tutorials
Numbers (Spreadsheet) 11 video tutorials
Keynote (Presentation) 15 video tutorials
iWeb (Web publishing: You all have your own OFS web-site) Video tutorials