ITAP Directed Studies 2009 Week One

Hi Everyone and welcome to ITAP Directed Studies!

Over the next little while you will be getting assignments from Chuck which come from your Microsoft Office 2007 Premium Video Edition textbook. These assignments are to be completed at your own pace and handed in to me (Gillian) when completed. You will have to complete and submit all of the assignments before the end of term but you will not be receiving a letter grade mark for them. This is mearly complete/incomplete style work. As such I will not be grading your assignments just checking to see that you have completed them.

You have probably noticed that there are three periods marked Directed Study on your time table. These periods are Wednesday afternoons between 3 and 4 and Thursday afternoons between 2 and 4. This time can be used for the assignments mentioned above and I have dedicated this time in my schedule for you to ask me for help if you need it.

The textbook is broken up into sections for example Vista, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and XP. We will not be covering all topics just enough to give you a good feel for how these systems work. Most of you will probably fly right through these assignments but I am available to help you if need be.

This blog is set up for a few reasons. The first is to give you information on the assignments mentioned above. Each week I will post a little blurb about them and if you have questions or comments about them please post them in the blog comments. Or if you have a solution to a question/comment please post as well. Another purpose for this blog is to allow you to explore online social resources. Time permitting we will occasionally explore the Internet and uses of the many social tools available.

I have allowed anyone to comment on this blog so we may get people outside the class commenting. But I am moderating the comments so if there is anything inappropriate or not helpful I will not allow the comment. This will give you the opportunity to express yourselves in a public forum with a bit of protection.

I look forward to working with you all and if you have any suggestions of things you would like to try out post away.