[wellylug] OpenOffice.org course at Newlands College in October

[Lindsay Hunter]

I am interested but would have difficulty at this stage being the lead. 
I don't use OOo full time yet. By lesson plan, I would take the approach 
that they would want from Writer to

Install
Open
Configure
Open New Document
Write
Edit
Save
Open Existing Document
Print

If we focused on what the newbie will want to be able to do, it will 
guide what they are introduced to.  I think it is ambitious to teach 
from the beginning in such a short time.  But if they are transitioning 
from MS Office, it would be workable.Maybe it could focus on Writer and 
only introduce the other modules?

Lindsay

Jim Cheetham wrote:
> In May, Brent Wood kicked off a project to get a Community Education
> class for OpenOffice taught from Newlands College in early October
> 2007.
>
> That's only a few weeks away, in real terms :-)
>
> I had originally offered to present the class, but external
> circumstances mean that I can't do it; there were other volunteers
> originally, I'd like to know if they would still be available?
>
> Regardless, I'm happy to help organise the planning process. I've put
> up a wiki site to co-ordinate the lesson plans - please see
> http://ooo.inode.co.nz/twiki/bin/view/Main/T430Oct2007
>
> Given that the prospectus description was pretty vague and said only
> "This "Open Office" alternative will astound you with both quality and
> possibilities for use in your home.", I think the course will be best
> served as a run through each of the main modules of OOo. There will be
> a USB key donated by DSE given to each student (not sure of the
> capacity but I'm confident it's big enough), so we will be able to
> load this up with the current installer (c. 100MB for Windows), user
> guide and other official documents (c. 30MB all up), as well as lesson
> plan materials.
>
> Please follow up this thread with comments and ideas, reply directly
> to me or have a hack at the wiki!
>
> -jim cheetham
>
>
>   

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