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EDB 601 Educational Research Technology Strand—Fall 2000

How to Test Out of the Five Modules

Module 1: Operating Systems (OS)- Windows 95/98 and Macintosh OS 9

You will need:

· Two 3 1/2" high-density (HD) floppy disks

What we will ask you to do:

· Boot up a dual-OS (Mac and Windows) computer

· Launch Windows 95/98

· Format a floppy disk under Windows 95/98

· Create a folder on your floppy disk

· Locate a specified file on the hard

· Launch a specified program on your hard drive and use it to create a small file

· Describe how to resize windows, how to delete a file, and explain the use of the taskbar

· Save this file with a specified name in the folder on your floppy

· Eject the floppy under Windows 95/98

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· Return from Windows 95/98 to the Macintosh operating system (OS)

· Format a disk under Mac OS 9

· Create a folder on your floppy

· Locate a specified file on the hard drive

· Launch a specified program on your hard drive and use it to create a small file

· Explain how to restart the computer and how to copy a file from a disk to another disk

· Save this file with a specified name in the folder on your floppy

· Eject the floppy under Mac OS 9

· Correctly shut down the computer

Module 2: World Wide Web (WWW) and Netscape

You will need:

· One formatted 3 1/2" high-density (HD) floppy disk

What we will ask you to do:

· Boot up a dual-OS (Mac and Windows) computer

· Launch a web browser (Netscape)

· Use a search engine to find sites

· Visit a series of specified URL's

· Use copy/paste to retrieve information from each URL and create a simple text or word processing file

· Explain how to revisit previous sites

· Explain how to bookmark sites (save in Favorite Places)

· Print out the text file you have created

· Correctly shut down the computer

MODULE 3: E-Mail

You will need:

· An e-mail account (The instructor will show you how to obtain one if you do not already have one)

What we will ask you to do:

· Check your mail

· Read and reply to an e-mail message from the instructor

· Send a carbon copy (cc:) of a message

Module 4: Word Processing (Microsoft Word)

You will need:

· One formatted 3 1/2" high-density (HD) floppy disk

What we will ask you to do:

· Boot up a dual-OS (Mac and Windows) computer

· Find and launch Microsoft Word

· Use Microsoft Word to create a specified document

· Format the document to include specified combinations of

a. Font

b. Size

c. Alignment

d. Style

e. Margins

f. Line spacing

g. Header & Footer

h. Page numbers

i. Current date

· Use the spell check

· Save the document to your floppy disk under a specified name

· Correctly eject your disk and shut down the computer

Module 5: Spreadsheet (Microsoft Excel)

You will need:

· One formatted 3 1/2" high-density (HD) floppy disk

What we will ask you to do:

· Boot up a dual-OS (Mac and Windows) computer

· Find and launch Microsoft Excel

· Create a spreadsheet containing raw data provided by the instructor

· Use formulae to calculate averages

· Format the spreadsheet for specified combinations of

a. Font

b. Alignment within columns

c. Decimal places & format displayed for values

d. Title

e. Presence/absence of grid lines

f. Cell borders

g. Page setup

h. Column and row headings

i. Merge and center cells

j. Headers & footers

k. Current date

· Save the spreadsheet to your floppy disk under a specified title

· Correctly eject your disk and shut down the computer