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Help:
Electronic Documents (MS Word)
XU online tutorials Learning Express Library (set up an account in the library to use off-campus)Microsoft Office online training Add page numbers and dates
Customize headers and footers
Insert and modify tables
Insert text boxes, graphics and images
Create and alter numbered lists
Insert hypertext links
Set printing properties and preferences
Ctrl C, V, & X
Highlighting text
Word wrap
Page breaks
Section breaks
Footnotes
Hanging indentation
Change case
Change margins
Insert comments
Electronic Collaboration
Use Xavier's network resources for class-related and personal work
Be familiar with file management
Be informed of file back-up strategies
Join and participate in a listserv, blog or online bulletin board
Participate in an online discussion group or chat
Email (instructions are for Outlook, the client)
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Outlook
Learning Express Library (set up an account in the library to use off-campus)Microsoft Office online training Messaging - composing, sending, opening, replying, forwarding, deleting, addressing, recalling, attachments, out of office assistant, and searching for messages
Managing contacts - adding, creating from a message, sorting, finding, editing, and deleting.
Creating a signature
Archiving emails - auto archiving, drag and drop to personal folders.
Understand how to use Blackboard
XU online tutorials Access
Using email
Contributing to the discussion board
Contributing to blog and wiki
Understand how to use MyXU, the campus portal
Accessing, customization, calendar, course studio, group studio
Video tour
Electronic Spreadsheets (MS Excel)
XU online tutorials Learning Express Library (set up an account in the library to use off-campus)Microsoft Office online training Format the layout of the worksheet
Enter data
Formatting toolbar
Change the formatting within a cell
Select a range of cells and merge the cells
Move and copy cells
Insert rows and columns
Column & row width & height
Create a formula to analyze data
Create a function to perform repetitive calculations
Use the chart wizard to create a chart from a data display
Set printing preferences (print area, gridlines, orientation, etc.)
Describe the difference between a worksheet and a workbook
Import delimited data from another source
Sort data
Presentation Software (MS PowerPoint)
XU online tutorials Learning Express Library (set up an account in the library to use off-campus)Microsoft Office online training Create a slide show using blank slides, autolayout or a design template
Create a slide master
Import tables, graphs and charts into a presentation
Insert text boxes, WordArt, lines and shapes
Manipulate an existing image for use in PowerPoint
Create lines and shapes
Use a variety of background styles
Prepare and insert an image as background
Incorporate animations, audio files and video files
Set printing preferences to create note pages and handouts
Insert a hyperlink
Incorporate slide transitions and custom animations
Use the slide sorter to edit and sequence a presentation
Publication Software (MS Publisher)
Microsoft Office online training Publisher 2007 Tutorial (from Lynchburg College)Create a publication from a template
Change the template of a publication
Create a “logo”
Create a table of contents
Add graphics to the publication
Insert and remove pages
Cut and paste content into the publication from another source
Graphics Software
Understand the different image file types (gif, jpg, bmp, tif)
Open an existing image
Resize an image maintaining proportions
Crop an image
Increase the size of the image’s canvas
Add text to an image
Change the colors in the image
Capture a screen shot on your computer or on the Web and import it into the graphics software
Scan a picture and open it in the graphics software
Database Software (Access)
XU online tutorials Learning Express Library (set up an account in the library to use off-campus)Microsoft Office online training Understand basic concepts foundational to relational databases
Create simple data tables in Access
Enter, edit and manipulate data
Set data types and field properties
Create related tables in Access
Use & modify Autoforms
Create & customize forms using Form Wizard
Conduct a simple query
Add criteria to queries
Produce simple auto-reports and graphical reports
Student Research and Evaluation
Design a research strategy (formulate a research question and identify concepts) Understand the differences in sources (primary Vs. secondary; scholarly Vs. popular) Understand the differences in types of articles Understand concepts in evidence-based practice Understand the differences between quantitative and qualitative research
Understand the different types of databases available online (citation, abstract, full-text and full content) Know how to find Internet websites; when to use search engines Vs. directories; know how to use advanced search engine techniques
Understand the differences between information available on the Web and in online subscription databases
Be able to critically evaluate websites using as criteria: accuracy, authority, objectivity, currency and coverage
Know the basic structure of databases (records and fields) Understand the differences in keyword , subject and thesaurus searching
Know how to use Boolean search operators (AND , OR , NOT ) to search online databases
Know how to broaden and narrow searches using adjacency, truncation , proximity and limits
Understand how to save searches, run searches periodically, and receive saved search results via email alerts
Understand how to output search results to email, disk, printer and bibliographic management service
Understand the basic structure of a citation
Know how to use bibliographic management tools to store, organize, edit, add and output citations
Know how to create in-text citations and bibliographies based on a major citation style
Know how to obtain copies of articles Xavier owns
Know how to request materials the Xavier library does not own
Know how to find articles
Know how to find books
Know how to find journals
Know how to access electronic journals and books
Know how to access and use electronic reserves
Know how to access and use My Library Record
Understand how to access and use datasets
Information Law and Ethics
Web Authoring Software (FrontPage)
Microsoft Office online training Understand the basic concepts of good web design
Understand how web pages differ from other types of electronic documents
Understand how to plan a simple website
Know how to create a homepage and secondary page
Know how to add text to a page
Understand how to copy and paste text into a web page from another source
Know how to modify text on a page: bold, italics, size and color
Know how to change the background of a page
Understand the types of images tat can be used in webpages
Know how to add an image to a page
Understand how to align an image with text on a page
Know how to insert a table and enter information into the table
Know how to link to secondary page
Know how to link to an external website
Understand how to publish your pages to a web server
