Technology Corner Computer & Technology Primers

Hardware Basics. Provides details on computer hardware, including BIOS, cables, CD-ROM, chipsets, CPU, IDE & SCSI hard drives, ISA & PCI bus, memory, mice, modems, monitors & displays, motherboards, printers, ports (parallel, serial, USB), scanners, and network, sound and video cards. Includes tips on system care and troubleshooting. 8 links

Office Applications Tutorials. Basic and advanced tutorials and step-by-step guides covering word processing, presentation graphics, spreadsheet, database and Internet software applications including those included in the Corel, Lotus and Microsoft (Word, Excel, Access, Powerpoint, Outlook and FrontPage) office suites. 7 links

Tutorials & Tips on Powerpoint. Covers use of Powerpoint 97, 2000 and XP presentation software. Includes using Powerpoint views; adding media; using backgrounds & templates; using the slide sorter; using selected presentation tools and slide effects; creating charts, tables & equations; and saving, printing and distributing Powerpoint presentations (including saving as a web page) Also includes information on how to add online interactive features such as hyperlinks and action buttons. 18 links

The Internet & World Wide Web. Provides lessons and tips for effective use of the Internet and World Wide Web. Includes both basic guidance (browser use, navigation, hyperlinks, saving & printing pages and images; multimedia & plug-ins) as well as advanced tutorials on searching for, finding and evaluating information on the Web. 12 links

Learning HTML. Provides basic, intermediate and advance lessons on how to create effective Web pages using hypertext markup language (HTML). Topics include the structure of HTML documents; markup tags; character formatting; hypertext linking; inline images and image mapping; background graphics & color; using lists, tables, frames and forms; and adding multimedia. Also covers stylesheets, javascript, dynamic HTML (DHTML), and introduces XML. Provides both style and and troubleshooting guides. 18 links

Using Web Page Editors & Web Site Management Software. Provides basic, intermediate and advanced lessons on using popular Web page editing and site management software, including Macromedia Dreamweaver, Microsoft FrontPage and Netscape Composer. Topics include creating and formatting Web pages; publishing pages to a Web server, and creating and managing a web site. 8 links

Comprehensive Tutorial Collections. Comprehensive collections of downloadable handouts, HTML lessons and short Flash tutorials designed to aid faculty in integrating computer technologies with their instruction. Topics include but are not limited to: creating Web sites, digitizing media, networking & the Internet; database management; graphics design software, computer-based animation; scanning images & converting image formats; and using digital cameras (still & video). 4 links