Today we were supposed to have a test on DreamWeaver MX, even though I was able to study with the CD i still wont do good because the wording was too confusing, even though i could understand I can't extract all the information out of it. It actually turned out that we do not need to do the test today, it was postponed to Tuesday. Instead in today's class we were supposed to summarize movies, 1, 3, 4, 6, 7 in our blogs. And the following summaries are:
Movie 1: In the beginning it talked about what was DreamWeaver MX, which was a tool used to make a website. It also talked briefly about what workspace you want to work in to build your website. It teaches you how to chose your workspace. If it is your first time launching it there will be a pop up window for you to choose your work space. You can choose the dreamweaver 4 layout workspace if you want by clicking on the box. Some people may just want to work with codes so on the left side with the dreamweaver MX work spaces there are 2 option one states Home Site/ Coder style, this is for people who like using coding more. You can also choose the Dreamweaver Mx Workspace. It works the best if you are in the most comfortable workspace for you so choose the most comfortable workspace for you. It mentions that DreamWeaver MX can support Mac operating systems (OS). The second half of this movie talked about how dream weaver MX has a new site set up wizard, which is a tool to help you make a website and the wizard is just a walk through that helps you set up the steps for dream weaver to make a website. The steps to get there are: Site, New Site, Insert a name for the site, Next, Choose if you want server technology if so choose the server (a server is a something that provides service or help for use by other computer, in other words a server is a computer that provides something for a computer to use, so a web server provides services for web pages or brings web pages to other computers) Dream weaver also detects what type of sever technology you are using there are many companies that provides services with a computer, and each computer is using a different server technology, something that provides you with services. After this step it just tells you how do you want to work on you website things like editing it and testing it, so do you want to test it on the server. If you chose to work on it locally, so basically in one computer, then you will need to store the information somewhere. Then you get to choose if your web gets shared with anyone, and then you will see all the option, once you fish, it will make the "initial site Cash" which is a program like thing that when you edit something on dream weaver it edits it on the website, once its done something will appear in the files panel, on the site tab, and you can access the files on it.
Movie 3: It teaches you about the lessons you will learn using 2 fake websites to teach you how to make on. This movie teaches you how to start a lesson in the lesson folder. The Steps to do so are:
Site, Site Files, Site (on pop up), Import, select site file, open, then locate what folder that it is in without going into the file, then click select, if your file is a folder, enter it then click select.
This will bring one of your sites or lessons to dreamweaver, and you can use them.
Movie 4: This movie talks about what happens when you launch DreamWeaver Mx for the first time and the choosing of the workspace, and it mentions what type of workspace they will be working on in the training. It also tells you how to change to workspace layout in the preferences, a buton. This one also show you a little about the layouts. It talks about the pannels that are on the right side of the work space, and how to enlarge it by clicking on the arrow, they are grouped so it wont get confusing have som on one side and some on the other. It tells you how to remove a panel from the group by just draging it out and droping it, to put it in again you just drag it back to the spot where you want it and drop. It also talks about how to hide the groups of pannels, by click on a arrow button pointing to the right on the left edge of the box. It also talkes about the insert bar, and what it is used for (used to insert objects), which is just putting in some code for that object it. It also talks about the 3 types of view you can change you workspace into, a coder view whith only codes, a coder and desighn view with codes and desight, and a desighn view. Code view is used to insert objects but with code, the desighn view is to move things around, but you can use the insert bar to insert objects, and the desighn and code view is just a little bit of both. An important bar that this movie went over was the properties bar, it allows you to edit the colour and other properties of the objects and words/text. Depending on what object you click, it determines what type of properties edits you can make on that object becuase not all properties changes aply to an object only some do, so dreamweaver only shows you the one that could be done.
Movie 6: This movies starts by reviewing how to "undock" pannels or removing it from the group and putting it onto the website and how to expand it. There are option menues for the pannels, when you expand a pannel you will see a object under the close button, and that is the options button. Later this movie introduces to you what options can you do in the options button, some options are rename the pannel, maximize it, which you can do on the options menu or by double clicking the title. It also tells you how to add tabs to a pannel, create a new pannel (which you do by click options new pannel), and deleting one.
Movie 7: This movie talks more about the properties bar, and at first it tells you how to acess it (Windows, Properties) and tells you what does the properties bar do (lets a person edit the characteristics of an object that is selected. I also mentions that you can even select objects even when they are in code. It talks about how to edit the characteristics, to do so just click on the boxes under the titles that state what will be edited. It also reviews that different objects can edit difrent characteristics. It also talks about a icon in the properties menu call point to file. By click on an object and using this you can make a link. (Click on Object, click on point ot file key, move to files panal, move down (it will automatically expand) and choose the file you want to hyperlink the object to. I also mentions that the properties menu have a options menu in it.
Monday, December 17, 2007
Wednesday, December 12, 2007
Test About Excel and PowerPoint
When we walked into the class room a few days ago, our teacher told us that we were writing a test on power point, and excel. We were informed of this but we were not informed about the date. Even though we didn't know when we still did the test. The excel test had pretty simple questions but some of the questions asked things we didn't learn, and even if we did it wasn't in depth. This applies for the power point test. Overall most of the questions of the test is simple, but a few of them were very confusing, and I know I cannot get perfect on the test, but i hope i at least pass.
After writing the test, Mr. Case showed us a new software that is used to create websites called Dreamweaver MX. He talked about how its a good software for making a website. The following class after this were told about a folder in the pickup folder that has the movies to tutor you about this software and how it works, we were informed that we will have a test on this on the video lessons and the knowledge you get from it on monday. I don't quite understand about the videos because the introducers acent was wierd, and the terms he used was pretty complicated, and also everyone was talking making it hard to hear it. Since there was so much problems, I asked Mr. Case to borrow the lesson CD so I could study for the test at home.
After writing the test, Mr. Case showed us a new software that is used to create websites called Dreamweaver MX. He talked about how its a good software for making a website. The following class after this were told about a folder in the pickup folder that has the movies to tutor you about this software and how it works, we were informed that we will have a test on this on the video lessons and the knowledge you get from it on monday. I don't quite understand about the videos because the introducers acent was wierd, and the terms he used was pretty complicated, and also everyone was talking making it hard to hear it. Since there was so much problems, I asked Mr. Case to borrow the lesson CD so I could study for the test at home.
Wednesday, December 5, 2007
More About Excel
Today the teacher taught us more on Excel. The teacher told us one point about Microsoft that was very useful, that most of the tools in Microsoft Office programs are the same, there are only a few differences in each one, so if you recognize all the tools in 1 of the Microsoft Office Programs you basically know most of the tools in other programs, so this is very useful information. We learned how to name sheets it is quite simple:
Naming Spread Sheets:
Double click the sheet number, type in the name
It is a very simple thing to do. You can reorder the sheets by left clicking them and drag them to whatever place you want. This applies for cells too because if you wrote it in some test, a value, or a formula in a wrong cell you can just drag the cell into the right place so you can prevent rewriting it. this is very useful information for excel.
The teacher also taught us how to arrange the information from ascending and descending order. There are many ways to do it but for every way you must highlight all the values with the text in the columns and rows or else it will bet messed up:
Arranging infromation (Microsoft Excel 2007):
1. Highlight, Home, Sort Filter, there are 3 choices (sort z-a, sort a-z, custom sort), if custom sort (you can sort on column, type of sort ex value, order of sort), choos the sorts, and ok.
2. Highlight, Right Mouse Button, Sort, 3 choices, If custom sort fill in (column, type, and order), then enter
The teacher also taught us how to insert columns and rows just go to insert, then click on rows or colums you want to inser it in between. This class was basically a review for Microsoft Excel and we just went over the things like tools on excel. We also reviewed how to colour cells and also many new neat things.
Naming Spread Sheets:
Double click the sheet number, type in the name
It is a very simple thing to do. You can reorder the sheets by left clicking them and drag them to whatever place you want. This applies for cells too because if you wrote it in some test, a value, or a formula in a wrong cell you can just drag the cell into the right place so you can prevent rewriting it. this is very useful information for excel.
The teacher also taught us how to arrange the information from ascending and descending order. There are many ways to do it but for every way you must highlight all the values with the text in the columns and rows or else it will bet messed up:
Arranging infromation (Microsoft Excel 2007):
1. Highlight, Home, Sort Filter, there are 3 choices (sort z-a, sort a-z, custom sort), if custom sort (you can sort on column, type of sort ex value, order of sort), choos the sorts, and ok.
2. Highlight, Right Mouse Button, Sort, 3 choices, If custom sort fill in (column, type, and order), then enter
The teacher also taught us how to insert columns and rows just go to insert, then click on rows or colums you want to inser it in between. This class was basically a review for Microsoft Excel and we just went over the things like tools on excel. We also reviewed how to colour cells and also many new neat things.
Charts and Lesson on How to Connect Powerpoint to Excel
Yesterday the teacher taught us how to make charts on Excel, and also how to put information from Excel to PowerPoint. First we must make a data set, it is quite simple you only need text, and values, no formula. You can make one up or actually make a survey here is a sample:
Favourite Food
Pizza 8
French Fries 6
Hamburger 5
Taco 7
Lasagna 10
Pasta 9
But remember you have to put the text and the values in separate cells or else it will mess up. So I suggest you put the text in 1 column and then the values on the next column. After doing so, it is quite simple, just click highligh all the cells that are in the data set then make a chart, it is quite simple to make a chart, the steps are:
Making a chart (Microsoft Excel 2007):
Highligh Information, Inset, Chart, Select your chart
Insert, Chart, Highlight Information, Select your chart
You can highlight information before or after clicking insert chart but i like highlighting it before. When your chart is made you are bascially done. You can edit the coulour by clicking on the bar that you want to change the colour,then click on the right mouse button, then format data point, fill, solid, then choose your colour, when doing this the legend adjusts itself. You can also move it to a different sheet. You can also move the chart to another sheet by clicking on the right mouse button why left clicked it, then go to move chart then chose the sheet you want it.
One important thing you should always save on the sheet that you want to put on the power point, or else it will show someother page instead of the page you wanted. So now save in on the sheet that your chart or whatever you desire is in, now open power point.
When you open powerpoint there are 2 ways to put the chart form excel onto power point:
Insert Excel Chart on PowerPoint (Microsoft Excel 2007):
1. Right Mouse button, Copy, Go to power point, right mouse button, paste
2. Insert, Object, Create from file, browse, choose the saved excel file, then expand it to the right size, double click until it grows then the you can scroll around, scroll until you can see the cart double click outside this space.
Remember when putting things on PowerPoint you should always save at the Sheet you want to be made into a object, this is important. The advantages of the 2nd way is you can change it if you made a mistake on the data set, making life alot easier. When you coppy and paste the object is dead so you cannot change it if you made a mistake you have to change the data on excel, then make another object, which takes alot more time. Using Excel to make charts, and putting these charts on powerpoint makes life alot easyier.
Favourite Food
Pizza 8
French Fries 6
Hamburger 5
Taco 7
Lasagna 10
Pasta 9
But remember you have to put the text and the values in separate cells or else it will mess up. So I suggest you put the text in 1 column and then the values on the next column. After doing so, it is quite simple, just click highligh all the cells that are in the data set then make a chart, it is quite simple to make a chart, the steps are:
Making a chart (Microsoft Excel 2007):
Highligh Information, Inset, Chart, Select your chart
Insert, Chart, Highlight Information, Select your chart
You can highlight information before or after clicking insert chart but i like highlighting it before. When your chart is made you are bascially done. You can edit the coulour by clicking on the bar that you want to change the colour,then click on the right mouse button, then format data point, fill, solid, then choose your colour, when doing this the legend adjusts itself. You can also move it to a different sheet. You can also move the chart to another sheet by clicking on the right mouse button why left clicked it, then go to move chart then chose the sheet you want it.
One important thing you should always save on the sheet that you want to put on the power point, or else it will show someother page instead of the page you wanted. So now save in on the sheet that your chart or whatever you desire is in, now open power point.
When you open powerpoint there are 2 ways to put the chart form excel onto power point:
Insert Excel Chart on PowerPoint (Microsoft Excel 2007):
1. Right Mouse button, Copy, Go to power point, right mouse button, paste
2. Insert, Object, Create from file, browse, choose the saved excel file, then expand it to the right size, double click until it grows then the you can scroll around, scroll until you can see the cart double click outside this space.
Remember when putting things on PowerPoint you should always save at the Sheet you want to be made into a object, this is important. The advantages of the 2nd way is you can change it if you made a mistake on the data set, making life alot easier. When you coppy and paste the object is dead so you cannot change it if you made a mistake you have to change the data on excel, then make another object, which takes alot more time. Using Excel to make charts, and putting these charts on powerpoint makes life alot easyier.
Tuesday, December 4, 2007
Group Project Work Period
Yesterday, the teacher told us the due day for the Excel project that we we assighned. On the excel project we are supposed to put our report card marks on excel and calculate what we need to get the next few terms and on the summative. The formulas are on the previous posts. I am supposed to be due today, but it was finished a long time ago.
After we were suposed to work on our group project. We were finished the organizer, but for most of last week most of our groups were on trips so we basically assighned their jobs that day without informing them. We told them their jobs and told them they can change or choose whatever topic they want. After divideing the topics, we emailed the organizer to all our group members and told them to right to download it to their computers so they will know what topic each person is incharge of. We were pretty sure that a member in our group might not do his/her work, so we split is evenly throuout us so we can still finish it, even without this member. We have decided that we type our project on Micorsoft Word first because after each person gives us the writing part of the slides we just put it on the slides, hyperlink them, add pictures then we are done. I also asked my teamaltes to right down the sources they got the pictures from, this way we can get a bibliography. I also suggested that in our interactive powerpoint we remove the change slide on click button because it will ruin our project. On of my previous slides will tell you how to do this. The only thing i am worried about is will we be able to finish this project before the winter break?
After we were suposed to work on our group project. We were finished the organizer, but for most of last week most of our groups were on trips so we basically assighned their jobs that day without informing them. We told them their jobs and told them they can change or choose whatever topic they want. After divideing the topics, we emailed the organizer to all our group members and told them to right to download it to their computers so they will know what topic each person is incharge of. We were pretty sure that a member in our group might not do his/her work, so we split is evenly throuout us so we can still finish it, even without this member. We have decided that we type our project on Micorsoft Word first because after each person gives us the writing part of the slides we just put it on the slides, hyperlink them, add pictures then we are done. I also asked my teamaltes to right down the sources they got the pictures from, this way we can get a bibliography. I also suggested that in our interactive powerpoint we remove the change slide on click button because it will ruin our project. On of my previous slides will tell you how to do this. The only thing i am worried about is will we be able to finish this project before the winter break?
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