PROGRAM OUTLINE  (Term 3)

Week

Content

Homework

29/7

  • Introduction
  • Clarify goals & methodologies
  • Keyboard quizzes
  • Create passwords folder on disk
  • Email basics – opening accounts, sending, receiving, filing and deleting etc
  • Joining ESL_SA list

 

  • Post message to ESL List
  • Email story telling

 

5/8

  • Log-in and explore ESL Talk
  • Cont. basic email eg mail boxes, nicknames, attachments, forwarding etc.
  • Basic file management
  • Visit ESL sites (2): ESL Café & Vic AMES ILC
  • Create a folder for useful url’s

Join in list discussion

12/8

  • Learnscope
  • Lists – joining and using
  • ESL Sites (2): English to Go & Michael’s Home Page

 

Prepare to publish something for Learnscope

19/8

  • Publish in Learnscope
  • HTML code basics
  • Chat & forums in Learnscope & WebCT
  • ESL Site (1): Tower of English

 

Develop simple Web Page concept

26/8

  • Intro to Netscape Composer
  • Elements of good design
  • Saving images from the web
  • More basic file management
  • Create folders on your disk for graphics and text.

 

Review an ESL site or web graphic site and post to the list

2/9

  • No session due to Victorian Networking ’99 conference but optional weekend session on scanning from photos for those who are keen enough.
Editing text and firming up layout for your page

 

9/9

  • Intro to WebCT platform
  • WebCT homepage & training options
  • Developing text/graphics/links for your page

 

  Collecting links, graphics etc

16/9

  • Creating your page in Composer

 

Ironing out wrinkles & thinking about Term 4

23/9

  • Presenting your page & celebration!

 

Committing to a Term 4 project : working with students, your colleagues or revamping our ESL Home Page