mike+minions-002

Lesson Plan media type="file" key="alberta.mp3"


 * topic: screen capture**

outcomes: on completion of this lesson a student will be able to: take a screen capture on mac or pc and insert it into word or powerpoint explain why screen capture is useful and when it's appropriate

environment: computer lab with a mix of macs and pcs audience: university students time: 20 minutes

lesson: talk about what screen capture is and why its useful show an example (2 minutes)

demonstrate how to capture on a mac cmd-shift 3 - full screen - creates file on desktop cmd-shift 4 - lets you select portion of screen how to paste into word (and crop if necessary) how to paste into ppt (and crop) (5 minutes)

demonstrate how to capture on a pc PrtSc button - puts full screen image into clipboard paste into IrFanView (or something else) Alt-PrtSC - active window paste into word/ppt (5 minutes)

student activity: work in partners or groups of 3 with mac &* pc for each group make a screen capture, paste into either word or ppt on mac, on pc (8 minutes)

assessment: students will demonstrate a screen capture and insert into ppt or word - to a partner instructor will wander about providing help and informally assessing whether we've got it

1. rotate to correction direction (Image, Rotate Canvas) 2. crop (crop tool in toolbar, click and drag, hit return to crop) - Note: you can rotate the cropping rectangle 3. auto levels (Image, Adjustments, Auto Levels) 4. you can use the eraser or the cloning tool to delete text (cloning tool: hold down option key and click to pick up texture) 5. Save
 * topic: quick fix for substandard photos using photoshop**