Supporting and Developing ICT as a Teaching and Learning Resource Tutor:Emma HallinanShakira Kelly

Culleens N.S. , Ballina 1st – 7th July 2010


The Computer – Basic Terminology

  1. The mouse- click, double-click, right-click, drag.
  2. The desktop –

The Task Bar

The Start Menu - Shutting down & restarting your computer

The Programs Menu & Submenu

My Computer Folder

The Recycle Bin

File Management

  1. Right click your mouse on the desktop; click on ‘New’ and then click on ‘Folder’; type your name; this is your folder.
  2. To open this folder double click on it. There’s nothing to it. Let’s get started!

Microsoft Word

  1. To Start Microsoft Word, click on Start, Programs and Microsoft Word in that order. Word opens a new blank document for editing.
  1. To save this blank document, click on file, save as. A window will appear. Where it says file name type your name and then poem ex. “marypoem”. At the top where it says ‘My documents click on the down arrow beside it. Select ‘Desktop’. Click open. Now select the folder with your name on it. Click open. This is where you are going to save your new file. Now click save.
  1. Type the following text;

My hippo has the hiccups

and his hiccups shake the ground.

The floor is always rumbling

when my hippo is around.

I bought him at the pet store

But I missed a small detail.

I didn't see the sign said:

"Hiccupotamus for sale."

--Kenn Nesbitt

  1. Select the text by placing the cursor of the mouse to the left of the word ‘My’ in the first line. Click and hold your finger down while dragging the mouse over the text until such time as all of the text has been blackened.
  2. Align your text to the centre. (Toolbar)
  3. Click on Format on the Menu Bar. Then click on Font. Choose a font. Change the size and the colour. Click OK.
  4. Using the formatting tool bar;
  5. Select the first line of the text. Change the font to Comic Sans MS, font size 20. ** You must select the text first.
  6. Select the word ‘hiccups’ – italicise it.
  7. Select the word ‘rumbling’ make it blue.
  8. Select the word ‘floor’ underline it.
  9. Select the last line bold it italicise it and underline it all at once.
  10. Insert a picture. Go to Insert, Picture, and Clipart. Select the picture of the owl.
  11. Copy the picture. Select the picture. Go to Edit, Copy and then paste.
  12. Word art. Go to Insert Picture and Word art. Click on a style you want and click OK. Type your name. Click ok.
  13. Add a border. Go to Format, Borders and Shading. Click on Page Border. Choose an art style. Click OK.

Tables & Flash Cards

  1. Open up a blank document by clicking File and New.
  2. Save this document in your folder and call it flash cards. (File, Save as)
  3. Type the following words; Reading is Fun. Select the text (drag over it with the mouse).
  4. Go to Format, Borders and Shading. Click on Shadow border. Choose a line width of 6pt. Click OK.
  5. Click to the right of the word fun. Insert an appropriate clipart picture here.
  6. Close this document and save it. (File, Save)
  7. Open a new document. Save it as Bingo.
  8. Go to Table, Insert, and Table. Choose 3 columns and 2 rows.
  9. Type in the colours. Select the font. Centre it. Make each colour its own colour.

Tables

Go to table -insert table. Choose 10 columns & 2 rows.

Create a number line – numbers 1-20. (font size 26, blackened & centered).

Select the number line & copy it. (ctrl + a ; ctrl + c)

Click after the number 20, press enter twice. Paste the number line. (Ctrl + v).

a / b / c / d / e / f / g / h / i / j / k / l / m
n / o / p / q / r / s / t / u / v / w / x / y / z
1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 / 7 / 8 / 9 / 10
11 / 12 / 13 / 14 / 15 / 16 / 17 / 18 / 19 / 20

Using the table menu (or right click on the table) you can merge cells (first select the cells you wish to merge.)

You can split cells into more columns/rows.

You can format the properties of the table. Change the thickness & colour of line, dotted line etc.

Columns

  1. Firstly let’s change the page setup to landscape.
  2. Go to – file – page setup – paper size. Click on landscape.
  3. Go to format – columns – click on 2 columns – click ok.
  4. Your page is now split into two columns.
  5. Create the page on “My favourite Sport”

Bullets & Numbering

  1. Type a list of names, pressing Enter after each name.
  2. Select the text. Go to – format – bullets & numbering.

Ann

Kate

John

Pat

  1. Choose the ‘bulleted’ window.
  2. Choose a style & click ok.

Select the text again. Choose the numbered window. Choose a style & click ok

Shortcuts

Ctrl + a – selects all.
Ctrl + b – bolds text.
Ctrl + c – copies text.
Ctrl + r – right aligns.
Ctrl + l – left aligns.
Ctrl + e – centre align
Ctrl + j – justifies text / Ctrl + s – saves.
Ctrl + u – underlines text.
Ctrl + w – closes document.
Ctrl + o – opens document
Ctrl + n – new document
Ctrl + f/g/h – find & replace
Ctrl + i – italicizes text. / Ctrl + x – cuts.
Ctrl + v – Pastes
Ctrl + p – prints
Ctrl + z – undo
Ctrl + d – format font
Atl Gr + vowel – fáda
Alt Gr + 4 - €

Auto Shapes

  1. Click on Insert – Picture – AutoShapes.
  2. Choose ‘ basic shapes’. Choose a shape. Click where you want to put the shape. Hold the mouse down & drag until you’re happy with the size.
  3. To change the colour of this shape, right click on the shape – select ‘format AutoShape”. Here you have the options to change the fill colour (currently it’s white) and to change the line colour & thickness of the line.
  4. Using auto shapes & clipart create a cartoon.



Headers & Footers

Go to view header & footer. Type your name in the header & the date.

Switch to footer. Insert the page number.

You can also insert a picture in the header which will appear on each page.

Copying & Pasting

Type a short note. Select it. Go to edit-copy. Click outside it. Press Return. Go to Edit Paste.

Find & Replace(Ctrl + f/g/h – find & replace)

Open up any document.

Go to edit – find – type in a word – click on replace – replace it with another word – click replace all.

Tools Menu

Go to tools – language – set language. This allows you to set the language for a particular language.

Go to tools – language – thesaurus. This allows you to look up words of similar meaning.

Go to tools – word count. This allows you to count the words in your document.

Go to tools – envelopes & labels. This allows you to print envelopes & labels.

Page Layout

Go to – file – page setup( – paper size). Click on landscape

Formatting Paragraphs

Select your text.

Go to format Paragraph.

Click on line spacing & choose double.

Click on spacing before & after & choose 6 pts.

Editing Clipart

Open up a blank page in Microsoft word.

Insert a coloured picture of anything.

Right-click on the picture & left-click on ‘format picture’.

Where it says colour-automatic, click greyscale.

Click ok

Right-click again & click on borders & shading.

Click on the style & size of border & click ok.

  • You can also change the colour of the border

Bits n’ Bobs

 will undo your last action.

 will redo what you just undid.

 If you want a word/some text to be the same format (Text style/colour/ size/ bold/italics/centered etc click in the middle of the style you wish to copy, then click on the paint brush. Drag the paintbrush over the text you wish to change. The style will be the same as the style of the text you originally clicked on.

 Allows you to view your page at various sizes.

Opens up items which are not on the taskbar.

 A reference tool.

 highlights your text.

 selects the colour of your font.

Downloading pictures/sounds from the Internet.

  1. To copy a picture from the internet, go to Click on images. Type what you are looking for. Click search.
  1. A number of thumbnails (smaller versions of the originals) will appear. Click on the picture you want. Then click on ‘see full size image’.
  2. To copy the picture – right click – copy. Then you can right click & paste to where you want the image (e.g in a powerpoint/word document).
  3. To save the picture – right click – save picture as. Then you save the picture into a folder e.g the one on your desktop). Don’t forget to name it when you’re saving it.
  4. To search for a clipart/cartoon type of picture type ‘whatever you want+ clipart’. e.g dog + clipart.
  5. To search for an animated (moving) picture. Type what you want + animated gif e.g butterfly + animated gif. To save it right click & save target as.
  6. To save a sound from the internet. Type in sound + wav e.g ambulance + wav/cat + wav. Click on the sound to hear it. Right click on the sound & click on save target as. Save it into your folder.
  7. To copy text (eg story/poem) from the internet, select the text ( click & drag) go to edit, copy. Then paste this into your Powerpoint presentation.

PowerPoint

  1. Go to start – All Programs – Microsoft Office - PowerPoint.
  2. Click on the option ‘blank presentation’ and click ‘ok’.
  3. Here you see various slide options. The chosen slide (outlined in blue) has a heading and a sub heading. Click ok.
  4. In the bigger rectangle, type the word ‘Animals’.
  5. In the smaller rectangle, type the words ‘By (your name)’
  6. Go to format – background – click on the down arrow. You have 2 options here.

-click on more colours and choose a colour

-click on fill effects & choose a patterned effect with 2 colours.

  1. ‘Apply’ will make this slide the background you have chosen. ‘Apply to all’ will make all the slides the background you have chosen.
  2. Go to insert picture. Put a picture of an animal on each corner of the slide.
  3. Go to – Insert – New slide – choose the slide with the picture to the right.
  4. Click on the title slide type the name of an animal.
  5. Double click on the picture. Insert a picture from clipart
  6. Click on the ‘click to add text’ type in a few sentences about the animal.
  7. Go to slide show – slide transition – choose a style & sound. By clicking on apply; you will apply the action to this slide only. By clicking on apply to all; you will apply the action to all slides.
  8. Go to slide show-custom animation. Choose an effect for each.

Recording Sound.

  1. Go to start-programs-accessories-entertainment- sound recorder.
  2. Click on file-new. Click on the red button & speak into the microphone.
  3. Press stop when you are finished. Play the sound.
  4. Save the sound in your folder under a name appropriate to the sound.
  5. When you are attaching this sound onto your PowerPoint presentation click on other sound & search for it in your folder.

Alternatively use Audacity downloadable free from the internet.Do a gogle search for audacity & download the file for free.

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