How-To+Resources

Microsoft Office Resources:
Microsoft Office Online Training: []

Hidden Gems in Excell 2007: []

Florida Coast University Online Training: []

As promised: the ever frustrating "hanging indentation" made easy: []

Word 2007 offers great tools for citing sources, creating a bibliography, and managing the sources: [] Tech Republic offers great blogs and articles sharing tips and tricks for Word 2007 [|Tech Republic]

Give That PowerPoint Presentation a heartbeat: []

Slide Share.Net is a great place to see and share others' presentations []

Funny video: Ten common mistakes made in PowerPoint: []

Office Quick Reference Guides
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How to Embed a YouTube video into PowerPoint 2007!
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Here's how to do it in PowerPoint 2003: []

Can I see an example?

 * Take a Google Docs Tour
 * New Features and Tools
 * Google Docs in Plain English video
 * View a sample group presentation

How do I get started?

 * Google Docs Overview presentation
 * Tutorial: Getting a Google Account
 * Tutorial: Creating a Presentation
 * Tutorial: Adding Text to a Presentation
 * Tutorial: Uploading Images into Presentations
 * Tutorial: Inserting Images into Presentations
 * Tutorial: Adding a Video from YouTube
 * Tutorial: Creating Citations and Speaker Notes
 * Tutorial: Publishing a Presentation in E-Learning
 * Tutorial: Backup & Downloading to Your Computer

Google Docs

Where can I learn more?
> Documents, Spreadsheets, Presentations
 * Google Docs – Tips and Resources
 * More on Google Docs

Other Useful Resources:
How to Podcast: []

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Understanding Copywrite Laws
===Is Copying a Crime? Well… === An article on copywrite infringement from the Los Angeles times: []

the following would be committing a crime || Ages12-14 || 15-17 || 18-20 || 21-24 ||
 * Propprtion of young people who thought
 * Copying a CD from ||
 * a friend who paid for it. || 27% || 35% || 33% || 38% ||
 * Copying a DVD/videotape ||
 * from friend who paid for it. || 39% || 44% || 40% || 41% ||
 * Downloading free music ||
 * from an unauthorized ||
 * file-sharing server. || 79% || 81% || 70% || 79% ||
 * Downloading free movies ||
 * from an unauthorized ||
 * file-sharing server. || 83% || 83% || 74% || 79% ||
 * Buying a bootlegged CD. || 82% || 84% || 76% || 76% ||
 * Buying a bootlegged ||
 * DVD/videotape. || 83% || 84% || 80% || 77% ||
 * Shoplifting an item ||
 * worth less than $20. || 97% || 97% || 98% || 96% ||
 * Shoplifting an item ||
 * worth more than $20. || 99% || 99% || 99% || 97% ||

Websites to learn more about copyright law.
 * United States Copyright Office A Brief Introduction and History - this site provides interesting information about what is copyright, its origins, and purpose. Review this site to better understand why copyright law exists and to view a timeline of its development.
 * What is Copyright Protection? - this Web site gives a good overview of copyright law, myths or common misunderstandings. Written for adults, it provides a very readable overview of copyright law and appropriate use of materials.
 * U.S. Copyright Office - Fair Use - Section 107 of the Copyright law discusses fair use. This is a government site that discusses fair use and the four factors used to determine if in fact the use of materials protected by copyright is fair.
 * Taking the Mystery Out of Copyright - sponsored by the Library of Congress, this site is a great tool to use with middle school students for teaching copyright.
 * “Yes, you can!” –Where you don’t even need ‘fair use’ by Peter Jaszi, Washington College of Law, American University, Center for Social Media. While this document was written for videographers, it contains useful information for everyone.