Wednesday, August 26 th Dr. Dennis S. Kubasko, Jr.

 1. Post reply to Taskstream  2. Complete “Student Edition Labs”  3. Complete Scavenger Hunt  4. Review the Textbook Web site  5. Review Assignment #1  6. Be sure to send me your EDN 303 Syllabus “agreement” found on the “Schedule” web page

 Please open an account on TaskStream, a ‘teacher toolkit’ that will serve a variety of purposes for the work we do in EDN 303  On the top of the home page. Please click on the “Communication” tab. Then, please click on “Discussion Board”.  Find our class titled “EDN Fall 2009”  Click on “Introductions”  Click on “Create New Topic” AND  Post your first response to “Introduction”  Please don’t forget to “Reply” to your buddy’s post

 Use the “Schedule” page to link to the “Student Edition Lab” – click on the word “Labs”  The textbooks web site titles this page “Computer Concepts Labs”  Link on “Input Devices” from the main menu of labs. There are over 30 labs listed.  You may have to install software to run the labs if working at home…this is OK!  Complete the “How to Use This Lab” under the “Table of Contents” to the left of the page ◦ Remember: the small triangle to the left of the word opens and closes the threads

 When complete, click on the arrow to the left of the word “Input Device”. This will open the menu.  Click on “Parts of the Mouse” opening the menu.  Begin the Lab by clicking on “Intro” and reading/observing/practicing/ and reviewing each frame  Link on “ ” from the main menu of labs. ◦ Note – you should only have to complete the “How to Use This Lab” once!

 Find the.html file of the Scavenger Hunt under the “Schedule” and “Handouts” pages ◦ All the EDN 303 web pages are saved in this format  You’ll find a.doc file of the Scavenger Hunt only on the “Handouts” page ◦ Download this file to your flash drive…the word document can be edited and your answers can be typed under each question  Be sure to complete all 18 questions use a variety of different resources  Due next Monday!

 Please click on the “Book Resources” link on the course schedule page  Look under Chapter 1 and focus on the “Exercises” on the left of the page  These exercises are important for our class this semester: ◦ Key Terms ◦ Checkpoint ◦ Learn in online

Wednesday, August 26 th Dr. Dennis S. Kubasko, Jr.