OpenOffice.org Conceptual Guides

Conceptual Guides

OpenOffice.org Education Presentation OpenOffice.org Education presentation 09-Oct-2008 File Size: 496 KB File Type: ZIP file Author: R. Gabriel Gurley Description: This Impress slide presentation (.odp format) describes some of the advantages to using OpenOffice.org 3.0 in an educational environment.	OpenOffice.org Course Package OpenOffice.org Course Package 09-Oct-2008 File Size: 40 MB File Type: ISO 9660 Disk Image Author: R. Gabriel Gurley Description: This course package is a perfect compliment for instructors who have adopted the eBook or paperback instructional guide "A Conceptual Guide to OpenOffice.org 3", or as a standalone learning resource for face-to-face and distance learning instructional environments. Pre-compiled for the open source course management system Moodle, this course package can be imported and available for instructional use within minutes. And due to the product's generous licensing terms, instructors and institutions can add, delete and customize the lessons, quizzes and supplemental learning materials for delivery to an unlimited number of students. Features of this package include: an HTML version of the 10 hands-on lessons as presented in Gabriel Gurley's “A Conceptual Guide to OpenOffice.org 3”; comprehensive quick reference guides for Writer, Calc, Impress and Base; 10 assignments (1 per lesson) for students to submit for assessing skills development; 10 pre-configured quizzes for use in assessing student progress after each lesson; 3 pre-configured exams for assessing student proficiency throughout the course; a final exam to assess student proficiency at the end of the course; a test bank containing 100 questions where quizzes and exams can be created and customized; the ability to create forums to initiate class discussions on topics related to the course; and the ability to add, delete and customize the lessons, quizzes and supplemental materials due to the product license. System Requirements: Moodle Course Management System, version 1.9 or later, or compatible.
OpenOffice.org Conceptual Guide eBook OpenOffice.org Conceptual Guide eBook 28-Sept-2009 File Size: 10.4 MB File Type: PDF Author: R. Gabriel Gurley Description: This educational guide is a downloadable, DRM-free eBook edition of Gabriel Gurley's "A Conceptual Guide to OpenOffice.org 3: Second Edition" (ISBN 978-0-9778991-7-3). A Conceptual Guide to OpenOffice.org 3 is an easy-to-read, thorough, self-paced guide to using the most popular open source office productivity suite. Written by an educator who is passionate about lifelong learning, this book is based upon teaching material he has developed over four years for instructional use in the classroom. This 364-page guide provides instruction for Writer, Calc, Impress and Base through ten hands-on lessons and four quick reference guides. New topics in this edition include installation instructions for the OpenOffice.org native Mac OS X port, installation and use of OpenOffice.org extensions, an overview of the OpenDocument format and much more.
OpenOffice.org Manuscript OpenOffice.org Manuscript 09-Oct-2008 File Size: 696 KB File Type: ZIP file Author: R. Gabriel Gurley Description: This file contains the master copy of the manuscript for Gabriel Gurley's educational guide ?A Conceptual Guide to OpenOffice.org 3?. Provided in the OpenDocument Text Document format (.odt), the manuscript is provided in an easy-to-edit, machine readable format for making adaptations or native-language translations of the guide.	OpenOffice.org Lesson files OpenOffice.org Lesson files 09-Oct-2008 File Size: 6.4 MB File Type: ZIP file Author: R. Gabriel Gurley Description: This file contains the lesson files necessary for completing the lessons found in the educational guide "A Conceptual Guide to OpenOffice.org 3".
NCOSE OpenOffice.org education presentation NCOSE OpenOffice.org education presentation 23-April-2009 File Size: 508 KB File Type: ZIP file Author: R. Gabriel Gurley Description: This Impress slide presentation (.odp format) was presented before a group of educators attending the National Center for Open Source and Education's FOSSVT Conference on April 10, 2009 in Fairlee, Vermont, USA.

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OpenOffice.org Conceptual Guides