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Computer Graphic Design

Fall 2014 – 1.3 – Haydenmagnet.org Accounts

Friday, August 15th, 2014

Objective:
Successfully log into Haydenmagnet.org Google Account.
Create and share a Google Doc.

Links:
Google Apps for Carl Hayden: https://www.haydenmagnet.org

Topics Discussed:
Haydenmagnet.org
Google Drive

Assignment:

  • Open a Safari browser and open the Google website.
  • Click the red Sign In button in the upper right corner.
  • Sign in with the Haydenmagnet.org account provided to you in your Computer Fundamentals or Computer Science class. If you do not remember your username or password from this account, or if you never took Computer Fundamentals or Computer Science, please see Mister Marmolejo to get your account fixed.
  • Once you are logged in, click on the Drive link at the top of the page to access Google Drive. Here you will have access to the most useful Google Apps: Document, Presentation, Spreadsheet, Form and Drawing.
  • Click on the red Create button on the left hand side, and create a new Document.
  • In this document, write a couple of sentences to tell me about the best thing you’ve learned during our past two weeks together. It can be anything you learned in this class: how to use the Mac, how to configure your desktop, how to save documents on the server, etc.
  • When you are finished, click the words “Untitled Document” in the upper left corner, and give this document a proper name.
  • Finally, click the blue Share button in the upper right hand corner, and Invite me to share the document. My email address is mi.marmolejo@haydenmagnet.org.

Assigned: August 15th, 2014
Due Date: August 15th, 2014

Computer Graphic Design

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