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Fall 2014 – Welcome to InDesign

Tuesday, August 19th, 2014

Welcome to our InDesign unit! Today we will begin learning about the Adobe software suite, and the properties of the InDesign page layout software.

Objective:
Take the InDesign pre-test.

Links:
None

Topics Discussed:
Adobe InDesign CS5.5

Assignment:

Take the InDesign pre-test.
Remember, this is a pre-test, so do your best to answer all the questions, but don’t worry if you don’t have all the answers. That’s what you’re here to learn.
Submit your test answers before the end of the class period today.

Assigned: August 19th, 2014
Due Date: August 19th, 2014

Fall 2014 – 1.2 – Turning in Assignments

Tuesday, August 12th, 2014
Objective:

  • Launch and save a document in the Macintosh environment
  • Connect to the classroom file server
  • Turn in an assignment to the appropriate Student Drop Folder
Video Links:

None

Topics Discussed:
  • OSX Mavericks
  • Microsoft Word
  • File Servers and Volumes

Assignment:

  1. Connect to the server by activating the Finder (Click on your desktop wallpaper), and using the Go -> Connect to Server menu command, or the keyboard shortcut (Command + K).
  2. The server address is 10.4.22.71. Enter this in the address field and click the blue Connect button.
  3. Connect as a Guest by clicking the “Guest” button and clicking the Connect button.
  4. Scroll down in the list and select the “StudentTempFiles” volume and click OK.
  5. Navigate through StudentTempFiles to the “Marmolejo CGD 1-2” folder. Drill down through this folder to the Student Drop Folder, find your period number and locate the target folder for today’s assignment (1.2 – I’m Here).
  6. Launch Microsoft Word (Go Menu -> Applications -> Microsoft Office Folder -> Microsoft Word) and write at least two paragraphs describing what you learned last week (as much as you remember), what you would most like to learn in this class and why you would like to learn this. Make sure you use proper grammar and run a spell check before you are finished. Save this file with your name as the file name. It should automatically save to your Documents folder. Remember the location of this document.
  7. Tomorrow we will copy (drag and drop) the file you created from your Documents folder to the appropriate target folder on the StudentsTempFiles server. (StudentsTempFiles/Student Drop Folder/<Your Class Period>/1.2 – I’m Here).

Assigned: August 12th, 2014
Due Date: August 12th, 2014