Welcome to Tutorials Online!

This site provides an online collection of tutorials for various training topics presented in the staff development lab. Please feel free to print and distribute these as you need to, for yourself, colleagues or students. E-mail me at cchausis@d125.org if you have comments or suggestions.

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Our subscription to Atomic Learning provides you with access to thousands of short tutorials on dozens of topics! Need access off-campus? Visit Stevenson"s "Intranet" page for login and password.

Topics:

All purpose / Productivity
- Backup your Data! How to copy files to a server or burn to a CD. (Contributed by Wendy Custable)
- Connecting to the Stevenson GRAPHICS server
- Creating PDFs
  - When and How to Use PDFs
- Creating Teacher Handouts
  Screen shots can enhance teacher worksheets and help students learn a process that requires visual instruction.
- Google Forms Primer
- Helpful File Converters
- Introduction to Microsoft Word 2008 (this is a PDF file, Adobe Reader required)
- Creating Labels in Microsoft Word 2008 (this is a PDF file, Adobe Reader required)
- NEW! What's New in Microsoft Word 2011? (this is a PDF file, Adobe Reader required)
- NEW! Introduction to Leopard (OSX 10.5)
- iTunes Help -- Burning Music CDs (Contributed by Lori Polin-Silva)
- Organizing Your Digital Life and Personalizing your OSX Desktop (Contributed by Amy Inselberger)
  Also available in PDF format -- Adobe Acrobat Reader required.
- Share Files with Colleagues Using Drop Boxes on Patriot
- Submitting a Help Desk request: How to use Stevenson's Web Help Desk
- Websites and Web Tools You Didn't Know You Needed - (a Wiki you can contribute to)
- Wow 'Em with Technology
  Looking for ideas for Open House? Check out these practical ideas for using technology in your classroom, and sharing information with parents.

Mobile Technology

NEW!! Using Pages to Create ePub Files (this is a PDF File, Adobe Reader required)

Presentations/PowerPoint links:

Intro to PowerPoint 2008 (this is a PDF file, Adobe Acrobat required)

PowerPoint 101-2004 (for PowerPoint 2004) (this is a PDF file, Adobe Acrobat required)

PowerPoint 102 - advanced tools
Converting PowerPoint for the Web (for PowerPoint 2001)
Student Guide to Planning a Presentation (from Mrs. Finlay)
A fun tutorial from ActDen: PowerPoint in the Classroom
Introduction to Timeliner (this is a PDF file, Adobe Acrobat required)

Timeliner: Exporting your Timeliner Banner (this is a PDF file, Adobe Acrobat Reader required)

Technology integration
- Comic Life in Your Classroom
  Examples of Comic Life projects for your classroom and links to Comic Life templates.
- Intro to Web 2.0 Tools
  How are Web 2.0 Tools used in education?
- Podcasting? Recording Audio Files using GarageBand
  Learn how to record your voice in GarageBand, and convert your file for the web or sharing on mp3 players.
- Practical ideas for using Microsoft Word Tables in your Classroom
  Learn how you and your students can use "tables" to present information in documents.
- Strategies for Using Mil-Karts in Your Classroom
  Learn how to best utilize a Mil-Kart in your classroom. Tips for "hardware" management and lesson ideas .
- Using a Drop Box with your Students
  Drop boxes are convenient ways for students to deliver electronic files or pick up teacher handouts without bogging down the email system. Files are time-stamped when dropped so teachers know the day and time the file was completed.

Web Publishing

Getting Starting with Freeway (this is a PDF file, Adobe Reader required)

Teacher/staff reference
- Using the Certificate Template DB for creating student awards -- revised in Filemaker.
- NEW! Cisco IP Phone overview with "how-to" videos (from Back to School Training 2008)
- NEW! Cisco IP Phone overview for printing (PDF)

Using FirstClass
- Instructions for using FirstClass Web Email
- Instructions for Creating FirstClass Blog Entries

Links to other tutorials on the web:

*** Mac OSX for Your Classroom Leopard Edition: Podcast Series by Matt Fuller

Assorted Tutorials "bookmarked" in Delicious.com
Tutorials on the Web -- This MiddleSchool.net site links to a plethora of web tutorials!

Ed-Tech Connect Webinar Series

EdTechConnect is a free monthly webinar series to help teachers integrate media and technology into the classroom. Discovery Education connects you with the experts who will answer your questions and bring you new insights. Check out the archived sessions!

Links to Tutorials and Resources on Apple's Website:

iLife
Multi-media Tutorials: