MIS 1045 - Introduction to Computers
Prof. Alexander Korogodsky
973-723-8456
[email protected]
1. Special Announcements
| 1. All students who missed the
quiz on 4/16/2003 without either a) Prior notification and my permission
via e-mail or a personal conversation or b) Doctor's note explaining the
reason for your absence will not have an opportunity to make it up - it
will be marked as "zero".
2. MS Excel projects are no longer accepted. Project 2 - PowerPoint is posted below. You are required to submit a printout, and to email a PP file. 3. I welcome your questions via e-mail, phone, or by appointment, if need be, in order for you to prepare for the exam, or to complete project 2. |
2. Course Outline, Schedule & Grading Philosophy
3. Literature
Robert T. Grauer and Maryann Barber, Exploring Microsoft Office XP (Custom Book) Prentice-Hall, 2002, (ISBN 0-13-177426-3)
Diskettes: Recommended minimum of 3. One for use in the computer labs, one for backup, the other for handing in your assignments and projects.
4. Lecture materials
| Lecture 1 | ||
| Lecture 6. | Lecture 7. | |
| Lecture 9. | Lecture 10. | |
5. Project Specifications
PROJECT 1. MS EXCEL
PROJECT 2. MS
POWERPOINT: PowerPoint Fundamentals
Your task is to create a PowerPoint presentation
called “Introduction to PowerPoint” based on the following
11 points that were discussed in the 4/29/03 lecture. Each of the 11 points
might need to be further elaborated
on, and might require more than one slide.
You task is to create a presentation for the audience
that is familiar with MS Office products (i.e. MS Word,
MS Excel), but have not seen PowerPoint. You have to be creative, yet contain
your creativity to create a truly
business-like presentation (imagine, you will be showing it to your CFO who will
be deciding your bonus for this
year!) It needs to be simple yet powerful and logically sound.
You also need to comply with requirements below. I
will award maximum 10 points for each category, with the
exception of category 6, depending on your compliance with requirements below:
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Content |
Project
requirement and grading |
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1.
PowerPoint – software for creating presentations a.
Blank b.
Design templates c.
Auto-content wizard d.
From existing presentation |
You need to use a theme for your slides. Whether
you start with it or apply it later – doesn’t really matter |
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2.
Presentations operate on the four major objects a.
Slides b.
Handouts c.
Notes d.
Outlines |
You need to have all four object s printed in your
Project packet. There should be 10+ slides, at least 3 of them with notes. |
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3.
There can be of two types of objects a.
Master b.
Custom |
You need to show understanding of this concept by
making at least two changes (i.e. company logo and a date) on at least one
object’s master view (slides) |
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4.
There are four major views a.
Normal b.
Slide sorter c.
Slide Show d.
Notes Page |
You just need to make sure that you have notes
pages covered as per requirement #2 above. I will be using all 4 views to
verify compliance. |
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5.
Slide elements can be a.
Text (title, title only, title with text) b.
Content (graph, graphics, org. chart, table) c.
Mixed (any combination of a. and b.) |
You need to make sure your slides demonstrate all
seven concepts mentioned here. |
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6.
You can create slides a.
From scratch b.
From auto layout template c.
By duplicating other slides |
This is a non-graded activity. It does not matter
for the purposes of the grade which method you chose for creating slides |
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7. Slide animation – the way slide elements are
“built” within each slide during the slide show |
At least three slides with animation effects |
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8. Slide transition – the way slides themselves
arrive on the screen during the slide show |
At least three slides with slide transition effects |
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9. Custom shows – method of creating different
slide show scenarios |
At least two that show different slides from the
set of original 10+ (some of the slides can be in both or neither custom
shows) |
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10. Slide Background |
At least two slides w/different background |
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11. Slide template & color scheme |
If you have chosen your theme from the beginning
(#1) – good for you, now it is time to change the color scheme while
retaining other elements of the template. If not – here is your chance
to do both at once! |
