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Technology Skills
You will be expected to have certain technology skills at the beginning of the first class in the program. The basic assumption on admission is that you have word processing skills. Many of you may already have the additional skills listed below, but if you do not, you are expected to gain them on your own or go through the following modules by the second week of your first course. These will be available to you as soon as your are accepted in the UWS-SLEC program. Certain other modules will be required by specific courses.Most of these modules will assume you have access to Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) and a current web browser (Netscape Composer 7.x or Internet Explorer 5.x).
Entry Modules
Getting connected
Basic computer requirements
Internet access
Browsers
How the web works
The Research Process
Using the web:
Choosing a search engine
Searching techniques
Evaluating web resources
Citing electronic resources
Library use
Reference service
Online catalogs
Databases and Badgerlink
interlibrary loan
Electronic reserve
Email use
Email accounts
Attachments - sending and receiving
Organizing your mail
Web conferencing
Modules for specific courses
Spreadsheets (Excel)
Creating a speadsheet (labels, titles, formulas)
Creating graphs
Importing into Word or PowerPointDatabases
Scanning
Advanced email (non-traditional MIME types, sorting messages)
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