Software Applications
Introduction to Office
Listed below are Web tutorials and handouts for using Microsoft Office applications. For overviews of Office 2007, read this PDF introduction handout or view this PowerPoint presentation.
Word
- Overview
- How-to Guide: a quick reference guide for the new features of Word.
- Layout Tools: a handout on how to use section breaks, page setup, headers and footers, and tables.
- Mail Merge: a handout on how to use Mail Merge, a feature that allows users to create a set of documents, such as a form letter sent to many people, that has the same type of information but with unique content for names and addresses.
- Styles: a handout on how to create, apply and use themes and styles, which are packaged sets of formats that can be applied to a document all at once.
Excel
- How-to Guide: a quick reference for the new features of Excel.
- Pivot Tables: a handout on how to use pivot tables, a type of report that creates an interactive way of summarizing large amounts of data.
- Tables: a handout on how to use tables and their various features. A table contains data in a series of worksheet rows and columns independent from the data in other rows and columns.
- Rows/Columns: a handout on using rows and columns that extend to multiple pages for printing.
PowerPoint
- How-to Guide: a quick reference guide for the new features in PowerPoint.
- Animations: a handout on how to use animations, such as slide transitions and sound.
- Themes/Layouts: a handout on how to use design themes, background styles and slide layouts.
- Graphics: a handout on how to apply graphics to presentations.
- Compressing Files: a handout on how to compress images inside a PowerPoint presentation.
- Embedding: a handout on how to embed videos into a presentation.
- Embed Video: a video demonstration about how to embed videos into a presentation.
Outlook
- Outlook Features: a quick reference guide for the new features of Outlook.
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Shared Calendars: a handout on how to share calendars.
Featured Software
A number of computer programs are available through e-Learning to help you create engaging and effective course material. If the university has a site license for the program, you may install it on your computer free of charge. Other programs may be purchased through contracted vendors, often at a substantial discount from list prices.
These are some of the programs we have available for your use in e-Learning:
- Audacity: This free open source software is used for recording and editing sounds.
- Captivate: This program automatically records all onscreen actions and instantly creates an interactive Flash simulation.
- Movie Maker: This software allows users to build their own movies and use a few basic editing techniques. The movies can be shared via the Web, e-mail or CD.
- TurnItIn: This is an anti-plagiarism service available online. Submit students’ papers and they receive a score based on their originality.
- Adobe Acrobat Pro 9: This software allows you to create forms, PDF portfolios and collaborations using notes.
If you have other software requirements, please let us know. We can help you find software to meet your needs.
