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IMPORTANT NOTE about this week's class:
The Computer
Lab in the Jones Library is not available during our normal class time
this week, so we will have an online class session.
For the online class meeting this week, we will use a feature of eClassroom called Online Virtual Meeting System. You can log into the
system by clicking on the following link:
http://eclassrooms.coe.uh.edu/jerry/disc12.html
The camera I'm using
is a Logitech QuickCam Pro 400.
Click here for Logitech's 24-page Setup Guide
http://www.logitech.com/pub/pdf/cameras/qcpro4000.pdf
Click here to watch a
short video that explains how to use UH's eClassroom Virtual Meeting System
with a webcam
http://coe.uh.edu/training/tutorials/movies/logitech/eclassvirtual.wmv
In order to participate in the online discussions, students may need to activate their accounts via the web, by going to: https://myadvisor.coe.uh.edu/act
| Review of Assignments from Class Four |
Posting Assignment Four
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For this assignment, you were asked to conduct some research on the use of PowerPoint (or other similar web-based presentation tools) in the health sciences, medical or dental education or related fields. See if you can find a resource such as a presentation itself, a website, an article, a podcast or blog, or any other type of material that deals with an aspect of PowerPoint (or any online presentation tool) that is related to your own professional or instructional use, or which you simply find interesting.
Hands-On Assignment Four
- For this assignment, you were asked to create a slide presentation (using PowerPoint or any of the online presentation tools) that is related to your own professional or instructional use, or which you simply find interesting, that includes at least 5 different slides and includes at least 5 of the following items:
- Word Art
- Clip Art
- Animated Clip Art
- A Chart, Table or Graph
- A New Background Added to at Least One Slide
- A New PowerPoint Template Added to the Entire Presentation
- At least One Action Button that Links to Another Slide in the Presentation
- At least One Action Button that Links to a Web Page
- Custom Animation
- Motion Paths
- A Feature Not Mentioned in the Above List
| Links to Web Design Resources |
For the past several years, my students and I have been using the
software program, Microsoft FrontPage, to create websites.
Advantages of Using Microsoft FrontPage 2003:
- Affordable, UH students may purchase a copy of the software from the UH computer store (Cougar Byte) for $7.00 a copy - please send me an email message if you would like me to purchase a copy of FrontPage for you and I will bring it to our next class
- Basics are easy to learn
- Multifunctional: Web design/file storage & sharing/multimedia
- Excellent support for graphics
- Works directly with Web server, no extra uploading required
- Integrates well with other Microsoft software: Internet Explorer, Word, Windows Media Player, etc.
Disadvantages:
- Only available for PCs
- Not as popular as Dreamweaver among professional or serious amateur web designers
- Can Be finicky, especially when using online forms, layers, style sheets and other intermediate or advanced features
- Easy to overwrite files if not paying attention
- Sales and support of FrontPage software discontinued by Microsoft in late 2006
You can find out more about using Front Page by viewing the following materials:
- Introduction to FrontPage
fp-intro.html
- How to Make a Webpage in Five (somewhat) Easy Lessons
http://viking.coe.uh.edu/~smarsh/frontpage/
- Creating a Web Page and Web Site Using Microsoft FrontPage 2003
for Windows 2000/ME/XP
http://www.officetutorials.com/FrontPage 2003 tut.doc
| Additional Web Design Resources |
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What is an HTML File?
http://www.w3schools.com/html/html_intro.asp -
Front Page 2003 Tutorial (from Wesleyan University)
http://www.wesleyan.edu/libr/tut/frontpage/ -
Web by Design: FrontPage 2003 Basics
http://www.iupui.edu/~webtrain/tutorials/frontpage_2003_basics.html -
Front Page 2003 Tutorials from Microsoft
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/training/CR061832701033.aspx
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The Educational Uses of Digital Storytelling
http://fp.coe.uh.edu/brobin/cuin6345m/sum07/class5/ed-uses-of-DS.htm
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Can Digital Storytelling be an Effective Tool in Medical Education (PowerPoint presentation)
- Go to the CUIN 6345M Online Discussion System (http://eclassrooms.coe.uh.edu/forum/index.cfm?forumid=1) and post a reply in which you discuss your reaction to this week's online class by addressing the following questions: What worked and what didn't work? Was this technology worth the trouble it took to try to make it a useful tool for online class meetings? Should we continue using it? Are there other things we can do to improve our next online class? Do you think it would help if every student in the course had their own webcam? What about having a student research a particular topic and then facilitate the discussion, instead of having the instructor in charge of the online meeting? What other thoughts or suggestions do you have?
- In next week's class, we will examine the
educational uses of digital storytelling. First, please read the article
listed for this week's reading assignment and then review the
digital storytelling website I've created. It's online at:
http://www.coe.uh.edu/digitalstorytelling/
Be sure to watch some of the examples at:
http://www.coe.uh.edu/digitalstorytelling/examples.htm
Then select a topic that you think would make a good digital story and begin collecting images that you can use to illustrate the story. Bring at least 10 usable images with you to the next class (on your Flash drive).
Important Note: try to find high resolution images as these will look better when you create your story.
To help locate high resolution images, I suggest using a Google's Image Search option and selecting Large Images from the pull-down menu as shown below:
When you have collected the images, use the online submission system at: http://eclassrooms.coe.uh.edu/assignments/ to submit a brief report in which you describe your plans for the story, including such things as the topic you selected, whether or not you were able to find useful images for the story, who the intended audience is, and any additional information you think would be helpful.
