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

Lindsay Hunter lindsay at csw.co.nz
Sat Aug 11 10:32:53 NZST 2007


The objectives of the course are not very challenging?


    OPEN OFFICE for the Home User

Category: computing courses 
<http://www.comednewlands.school.nz/?q=taxonomy/term/2>

Course code: *T430*

*OPEN OFFICE for the Home User*
This “Open Office” alternative will astound you with both quality and 
possibilities for use in your home. Free and legal software 
available. You will receive a FREE USB Memory Stick donated by 
Dick Smith Electronics. /Tutor Jim Cheetham/
*Tue 16 Oct 7-9 pm for 8 weeks*
Code T430                                                               
$20
*/_BY THE END OF THE COURSE STUDENTS CAN EXPECT:_/*
/*To have Open Office in your hand and ready to down load on your home 
computer./
/*Have an understanding of some of the possibilities of this software 
for use in your home./

I would suggest that perhaps a Live CD of a Linux distribution with OO 
2.1 be given out, so they can use it from Day 1.  What are the 
registration for the course so far?  They are not expecting to be users 
of OO by the look of the course objective.  It is largely a marketing 
opportunity. I guess they would want the Windows version available as well?

I have looked at the ICDL syllabus.  It is comprehensive, suggests 15 
hours before testing.  We would not be testing.  The Newlands course is 
16 hours, with 8 sets of startup and end of lesson overheads.  Looks 
quite do-able.

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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Lindsay Hunter
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