Preparing Instructional Media - LIS 6303

University of South Florida at Lakeland
School of Library and Information Science
Fall 1998, Mondays, 5:00-8:00 PM
LAC 1172

Course Description:

This course is part of the state certification program for public school library media specialists. A variety of media formats will be studied in the course, and the following considerations will be included in each of the formats:

The course will emphasize the development of skills through hands-on activities. Materials production projects and simulations will comprise a major part of the assignments. The topic of media literacy in the school curriculum will also be addressed.

Instructor:

David Lewis Office: SVC 036 (Tampa Campus) Phone: 974-6838 Email: dlewis@chuma1.cas.usf.edu

Office Hours Monday: 8:00-9:00 pm (and at other times by appointment)

Course Web Site:

It's very important that you visit this site often. Initially it will be based on your syllabus. However, your printed syllabus is a static document and will not change. The website will change and grow and will serve as your "Course Launch Pad."

Required Textbooks:

Perspection Inc. (1997). Microsoft PowerPoint 97 At a Glance. Microsoft Press: Redmond, WA. ISBN 1-57231-368-4

Yale C/AIM Web Style Guide - web version
(http://info.med.yale.edu/caim/manual/contents.html)

Portable Document File (PDF) available for download at:
http://info.med.yale.edu/caim/manual/misc/downloading.html

A PDF requires Adobe Acrobat Reader 3.0 software (free software available at http://www.adobe.com/prodindex/acrobat/readstep.html). allows you to view, navigate, and print PDF files across all major computing platforms.

Reference Texts:

These books are on reserve in the USF Library Lakeland:

Barron, Ann and Karen Ivers. The Internet and Instruction. Littleton, CO: Libraries Unlimited, 1996.

Barron, Ann and Gary Orwig. New Technologies for Education. Littleton, CO: Libraries Unlimited, 1997.

Heinich, Robert, Michael Molenda, and James D. Russell. Instructional Media and the New Technologies of Instruction. New York, NY: Macmillan Publishing Company, 1996.

Kemp, Jerrold E. and Don C. Smellie. Planning, Producing, and Using Instructional Technologies. New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 1994.

Hurlburt, Allen, Layout : the design of the printed page New York : Watson-Guptill Publications, 1977.

Patrick J. Lynch and Phillip I. Simon Official Internet World Manual of Web Style Mecklermed ISBN: 1572070161 [(not available through the USF library system) print version of above Yale C/AIM Web Style Guide]

In addition to being on reserve in the library in Lakeland, the assigned readings from these texts will be available on the web through the USF Library Electronic Reserve System (http://www.lib.usf.edu/accsvc/reserves/index.html).

Course Calendar:

Meeting 1 - 9/24 Introduction Discuss Syllabus Discussion Topics: ADDIE Analysis Audience Analysis Handout Lab Exercises: Prerequisite Skills Windows 95 tutorial Netscape Navigator Navigation PowerPoint 97 Microsoft Wizards AutoContent Wizard
Meeting 2 - 9/31 Discussion Topics: Analysis cont'd: Writing Objectives Design: Text Design Graphic Design Lab Exercises: Powerpoint Introduction Project 1 Description Mock "overheads" project	Buy: Microsoft PowerPoint 97 At a Glance Email: David Lewis dlewis@chuma1.cas.usf.edu Subscribe: to ALIS listserv (refer to handout) Reading Assignment: Read PowerPoint 97 pp. 1-50 starting PPT PPT toolbar and menus pick a look wizard autolayout outline view slide view slide sorter view notes pages view text boxes changing and adding text text formatting Bring to class: PowerPoint 97 At a Glance (2) 3.5" floppy disks
Labor Day - 9/7	no class
Meeting 3 - 9/21 Discussion Topic: Development Choosing Media Storyboarding Lab Exercises: Scanning Graphics Storyboarding Storyboard tryouts Storyboard revisions	Read: Kemp Ch. 3 (skim and keep for reference--124 design principles) Ch. 4 & 6 (read and use in completing "overheads" assignment) Ch. 5 (skim FYI) Read through PowerPoint 97 pp. 51-58, 71-114, 134-139 using Microsoft Draw inserting Draw objects manipulating graphic objects inserting Pictures clipart from a file inserting wordart inserting Paintbrush PowerPoint slide masters formatting slide masters customizing slide masters Printing a Presentation (p174) Bring the following to class: "Overhead" materials: about 20 4" by 6" index cards an idea and necessary information for a ten to fifteen slides with minimum of 10-15 storyboard cards with speaker's notes
Meeting 4 - 9/21 Discussion Topic: Implementation Project 2 Description ("Electronic" Presentation) Lab Exercises:	Turn in Project 1 Read through Powerpoint 97, pp. 59-70, 163-197 builds transitions managing foreground and background in slide templates creating custom slide templates using color schemes changing colors adding colors Read: Heinich Ch. 3 (read for graphic design ideas)
Meeting  5 - 9/28 Discussion Topic: Evaluation Summative Formative Lab Exercises: PowerPoint Evaluation exercise	Read through Powerpoint 97 pp. 114-121, 198-211 inserting multimedia clips using animation hyperlinking in Powerpoint specialized audio and narration Read: Evaluating Instructional Software (by Reiser & Dick) Bring :design work and storyboard for 5 minute Powerpoint electronic slide show
Meeting 6 - 10/5 Discussion Topic: Considerations when developing Graphs and Charts Lab Exercises: Making a Powerpoint Webpage	Read through Powerpoint 97, pp. 140-162, 213-237 creating a graph editing a graph formatting a graph creating organizational charts editing organizational charts pack and go presenting a slide show Powerpoint and the WWW Read: Heinich Chapters 8 and 9 on computers and multimedia systems in education
Meeting 7 - 10/12 Discussion Topic: MS Publisher Demo Project 3 - Microsoft Publisher 98 Newsletter	Project 2 "Electronic" presentation Each student will stand in front of the class and present their Presentation (no more than 5-10 minutes)
Meeting 8 - 10/19 Discussion Topic: Page Layout Design Considerations Lab Exercises: MS Publisher Handouts	Read: Layout : the design of the printed page (p?)
Meeting 9 - 10/26 Discussion Topic: The Internet & Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) Lab Exercises: HTML coding Project 4 -"WebQuest!"	Turn in Project 3
Meeting 10 - 11/2 Discussion Topic: WebQuests Web Processors: Page Composer Claris Homepage Lab Exercises: The Daffy Duck Homepage	Read: Some Thoughts About WebQuest http://edweb.sdsu.edu/courses/edtec596/about_webquests.html
Meeting 11 - 11/9 Discussion Topic: Web Site Design Interface Design Page Design Site Design Lab Exercises: Developing a Site Map WebCT Chat Bulletin Boards	Read: Yale C/AIM Web Style Guide Interface Design Page Design Site Design
Meeting 12 - 11/16 Discussion Topic: Web Graphics Web Servers Lab Exercises: Digital Camera Adding Graphics Personal Homepages FTP	Login into Course WebCT Web Site and Participate in the WebQuest Bulletin Board discussion Download and fill out: Personal Homepage Template Bring: your Personal Homepage (on a floppy disk)
Meeting 13 - 11/23 Discussion Topic: Web Servers Lab Exercises: Work Session - Work on your WebQuests
Meeting 14 - 11/30	WebQuest Presentations

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