Making the Most of Microsoft

The MMM (Making the Most of Microsoft) instructional materials were developed by the JISC Regional Support Centre Scotland South & West and are aimed at teaching staff, interested in using ICT in their teaching practices and developing teaching resources that exploit the capabilities of the MS Office suite of applications. Most of the videos demonstrate simple ways to create interactive learning materials using Office 2000 and Office XP but only the interface rather than the functionality is likely to differ for those using older or more recent versions of the applications.

Using MS Word for learning & teaching

• Adding colour
• Inserting hyperlinks
• Creating a dynamic index
• Sourcing and incorporating graphics
• Adding pop up boxes to graphics
• Saving in an appropriate format
• Create a drag & drop exercise
• Adding comments
• Adding sound
• Create a multiple choice test

Using MS Powerpoint for learning & teaching

• Adding hotspots to an image
• Controlling slide transition (1)
• Controlling slide transition (2)
• Saving as a powerpoint show
• Adding sound to objects on a slide
• Adding editable text boxes

Using MS Excel for learning & teaching

• Include an interactive graph
• Create a multiple choice test with drop down boxes (1)
• Incorporating a scoring mechanism
• Adding comments to cells

Getting to grips with the basics

• Office XP/2003
• Office 2007

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