WEEK 3

lecture summary:
The third lecture was an introduction to the online ECU library resources and databases. The lecture brief functions of this particular website, for example students can access the website at any time to look for a specific book, article and other resource.
Other links which have been discussed in the lecture are the links that makes up the website, such as online tips and previews of academic essays and other academic writing resources which students can use to improve their writing skill and knowledge.
Tutorial:
the ten useful tips or functions which i had found from using the online ECU library ste are:
Students can login their accounts
Browsing work that belonged to other students for more study examples.
Helps students look for books concerning their assignments
the website allows students and staff to make web searches for an assessment
tips on how to write blogs, journals and essays at the required university level
online referencing guide
the online link of how to write successful reports
one of the important functions of this website is that students can book equipments from the library


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tips on organising assignments
the academic tips on exams
the online ECU library allows the enrolled students to access their accounts so that if the student wants to save any specific resource, for example a book or an article it gets saved to their accounts.
some students find it easier to study for their exams by looking back at the pervious exam, this way the student would have an idea of the type questions that might show up on the exam.
the online library website can be an easier way for students to find the book they're looking for rather than walking throughout the whole library trying to find one book. So the website makes it easier all what is required is to print the name of the book and start browsing.
like other search engines the website also performs the task of any other search engine, where someone can write a key word and browse through out the results.
the website offers tips for students who are not familiar with academic writing. The website gives a step by step procedure on how to write papers such as Logs, Journals, and Essays.
I think one of the most important functions of this website is that an authorised person can book equipments from the library online and save whatever they booked
like those tips on writing essays and other, the online referencing guide is another helpful tip which students can use to help them reference their work better.
most assignments in university is linked with writing reports, the online library website shows how and what required from the student to write a report successfully.



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Reading 1:
‘Finding what you want on the web’ by Bill Thompson\
This reading is about the use of different search engines in finding information. The writer talks about the difficulty in search for documents on the web because of the lack or organization.
Reading 2:
‘Bare Bones Lesson 7: Basic Search Tips’
This website is about search tips. The search tips are for search engines. Using Boolean operators and + and – in search, it is easy to find information. This narrows the search to exactly what you want. I found this helpful when searching because it lets me search files directly linked to my subjects. I do not have to waste time searching through sites that offer no information about my topic.

WEEK 2

Lecture:
The lecture told us about computer programs and how to use them.
* Word processing
* Presentation
* Internet access
* E-mails
* Internet browsing/Surfing. FireFox, the Mozilla Suite, Safari, Opera
* Watching/listening audio & video
what we need to know for this course:
* Word processing
* Email skills
* Internet browser
* End note
Browser Statistics – January 2008
* Internet Explorer - 54.7%
* FireFox - 37.2%
* The Mozilla Suite - 1.3% (Gecko, Netscape)
* Safari - 1.9% (Konqueror)
* Opera - 1.4%

Tutorial:
We were asked to edit an document in Microsoft excel and word using the reading tutorials.
Excel:


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Microsoft:




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Screenshot:
This process involves two steps. Creating a screenshot and then saving it as a .JPEG. The process is described below. This document also explains how to save a section of a screen capture.

Reading 1:
This file is a Microsoft Word tutorial. It has the basics of word and exactly what we need to do our tutorial task. Line spacing, font size and type are all shown in examples. It is an easy to use turoial.

Reading 2:
Bitmap(bmp)
* It is the standard Windows bitmap image format for PC's
* When you save an image you can specify the depth of the image between 1-bit to 24-bit depth, this effect the amount of colour and the size of the file.
* If you want to use an image as wallpaper it has to be saved into bitmap format.
CompuServe (.gif)
* GIF is designed to minimize file transfer time over phone lines.
* GIF also format supports moving frames or animations.

Joint Photographic Experts Group- or Jpeg (.jpg):
* JPEG is mostly used to display images on the Internet.
* When saving the document on a JPEG format it automatically compresses it and reduce the file size of the stored image. Also when opening JPEG image it automatically decompresses it.
* Jpg Compression is referred to as lossy. The higher the compression, the quicker the image will transfer, but the more image quality is lost.

The Tagged-Image File Format (.tiff):
* Tiff this file is mainly used to exchange data between computers and can be read by both
* TIFF< LZW compression a method of image compression that uses a mathematical formulas which compresses an image without discarding detail from the image.

Photo Shop Document:
* All images are flat.
* Images have layers, Layer 1 may have an image, layer 2 may have some text, and so on.
* Pictures saved under Photo shop are saved as .psd. PaintShopPro(PSP) and etc.

WEEK 1

Lecture Summary

Today we logged into the blackboard site and read through what we are supposed to do for the first week. We learned how to create a blog and how to capture a screen. I also learned that each part of the assignments is worth a lot of our overall mark.

In week one‘s lecture we had an introduction to the whole course. The lecturer talks to us about our behavior during lectures and tutorials. Also during the lecture the lecturer showed few slides on how to view assignments, how to use online blackboard and other online facilities such as web mail. Also there was a brief description on the types of activities that are going to occur during the tutorial of week one such setting up the blogger and image shack.

Student e-mail account


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Blackboard


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Tutorial Summary:I created a blogger account and an imageshack (www.imageshack.us)


















Reading 1 Summary:

PC Lube and Tune is a service station and convience store that provides usable introductions, tutorials and education on technical subjects to the large audience of computer users. To do this PCLT supply system independent hypertext files through the internet and world wide web. This page consists of different links that provide you knowledge about PCs and the general terms that are needed when dealing with PCs.
This week's Lecture was about common applications, file formats and getting things done on our PC.

The lecturer talked about the common applications that are needed to do certain task. Tasks such as file handling, word processing, creating presentations, using the Internet and dealing with e-mails. She then showed us how to do these tasks by putting examples on PowerPoint.

The tasks that she showed us were file management, word processing, creating/editing spreadsheets, creating presentations, using the Internet, sending and receiving e-mails, viewing PDF's and how to access audio and video applications.



Reading 2 Summary:

How Stuff Works

This site is about the basics of PC (personal computers). The article talks about PCs in general and all the different parts that go into a PC. There is a video included that explains what a computer needs and the basic requirements for it to operate. The things that make it work are stuff like the Central Processing Unit (CPU), Memory, Motherboard, Power Supply, Hard Disk, Operating System, Integrated Drive Electronics (IDE) Controller, Peripheral Component Interconnect (PCI) Bus, SCSI (Small Computer System Interface), AGP (Accelerated Graphics Port, Sound Card and graphics card. The rest of the article explains how to setup your PC, how it operates and the future PCs have for the later generations.