CS200 Assignment 1 – Setup, Tables and Word Processing
Due Tuesday January 9th 2018, 9:00 am
Readings and Resources
On Learn:
Course Information / Course Outline
CS200 Course Resources / Course Environment
CS200 Course Resources / iMac Quickstart for Experienced Windows Users
Texts:
The Mac is Not a Typewriter
, by Robin Williams
The Non-Designers Design Book 4th Ed.
,
by Robin Williams, especially
Chapter 11,
“The Categories of Type”
Other Resources:
MS Word’s
online documentation
. Select
Word Help
from the
Help
menu and search for
”Tables”
.
Documents you prepare for assignments in this course should follow the guidelines
outlined by Williams’ books. The material from these books will appear on
examinations.
Before Attending Lab
Go to
to change your
student.cs
password. You’ll need to access that site from your laptop, phone,
or other device to change your password, because you won’t be able to log
into the lab machines without changing your password. You can use the
password generator
Excel
file on
Learn / Week 1
to do so, or just create your
own. If you have trouble with any of this, the ISAs will help you in the lab.
It will be helpful to obtain a copy of the required texts (see above) before
coming to lab. The
Non-Designer’s Design Book
is required to answer question
4
,
and
The Mac is not a Typewriter
is required to help you create visually effective
documents, which will you will need to do for each assignment.
Files
WP_Starter.docx:
This document will be used for
question 2
of this assignment.
You will demonstrate your understanding of the basic word
processing concepts from class.
Assignment Objectives
To become familiar with the Mac labs and the CS200 course environment (course
web site,
Learn
, Discussion Board, Twitter).
To get settled into
MS Word
.
To begin learning application features by using on-line help and exploring the
interface and menus of an application.
