Ottawa University
Professional Education Program
Summer 2003
 Syllabus for Intermediate PowerPoint for Teachers

Course Number: EDU 57114AA (1) (2) (3) CREDITS

Dates: May 29-30, 8:30am-5:30pm

Session: summer 2003

Location: Ottawa University, Phoenix Center, 2340 W. Mission Lane

Attendance: Attendance is mandatory at all class sessions.

 

Instructor: Michael Mann, teacherz@cox.net, (480) 423-1735

 

Description: 

Continue to develop skills learned in PowerPoint I for Teachers to enhance classroom presentations and student projects. Prerequisite: PowerPoint I for Teachers. May be taken for one, two or three credits. An additional project will be required to earn three credits.

 

           

Course Text/Materials: 

PowerPoint Workshop for Teachers by Janet Caughlin, Tom Snyder Productions

Students will also need three 3-˝ inch floppy disks.

            All necessary course material is posted online at: www.teacherz.net/ottawa

 

Course Objectives:

  • Add graphics to presentations
  • Add hyperlinks to presentations
  • Import objects from other applications into presentations
  • Insert presentation into a Word document
  • Save presentation as a web page
  • Save presentation as “Pack and Go”
  • Email “Pack and Go” version of presentation

 

Course Methods and Procedures:

Direct instruction, examples, modeling, and guided and independent practice will be used to reinforce skills presented.

 

Course Outline:

Students will practice using or create the following:

  • PowerPoint Basics Review
  • Using PowerPoint in the Classroom
  • Locating .wav files on the web and importing into PowerPoint
  • Importing Digital Pictures
  • Importing movie files
  • Adding hyperlinks to a PowerPoint presentation
  • Running a PowerPoint presentation from a Word document
  • Saving PowerPoint presentation as a web page
  • Saving PowerPoint presentation as “pack and go”
  • Importing objects from other applications

 

Bibliography:

Microsoft In Education. “In and Out of the Classroom Tutorials.”  (Online) 16 March   2000  http://www.microsoft.com/education/tutorial/classroom/default.asp

 

Evaluation/Outside Project:

Students will be evaluated on participation and completion of the in-class practice assignments. Twelve hours of additional outside practice required for two credits.  To earn three credits all students must complete an outside project. The student with the approval of the Instructor will select the content of the project. It should include 12 hours of combined practice and project, and must be submitted by disk or e-mail within 1 week of completion of course. A rubric for evaluation of the project will be provided to the participants during class.

 

Student Handbook/Catalog:

Students should refer to the Ottawa University Student Handbook for all University regulations.

 

Disclaimer: 

Course content and schedule may vary from this outline to meet the needs of a particular group of students.  The instructor will explain the rationale for any variance as it occurs.