This is a training manual for Microsoft Word Beginners. It is accompanied by a separate Workbook for students / learners to complete practice exercises on. Both files come in Word format and PDF format and are full of screen shots to make step by step instructions as visual as possible. Suitable for trainers and teachers either as an Instructional resource or as a digital resource for students to work through themselves. It is suitable for secondary level, homeschool, workplace, esl. It can be used as a digital resource for students to work through on their own, or a teacher facilitated resource. Learning Outcomes: Identify the elements of the Word window. Create and save documents. Navigate through a document and select text using quick methods. Understand different Views within Word. Cut, Copy and Paste information. Set page margins and orientation of a document. Use the Spelling and Grammar Checkers. Use formatting tools to enhance the presentation of a document.

Students love using Canva and this fun lesson will keep them engaged and busy whilst working on creating a Resume / CV. This is a no prep assignment. In this digital age, a well-designed CV is essential for standing out in the job market. In this lesson, your students will learn how to create a professional-looking CV using Canva, a user-friendly graphic design platform. They will go through the process of selecting a template, customizing text, font, and images, and formatting their CV to showcase their skills and experience. This lesson includes a grading rubric to evaluate their final product, making it an excellent assignment for your students to demonstrate their learning and skills. By the end of the lesson, your students will have a high-quality CV that they can use to apply for jobs and internships. Suitable for high school and college students, this lesson is a great addition to any career development or digital literacy curriculum. Just deliver the pdf with instructions, shortcuts keys and examples to them either electronically or by print. You will need an internet connect so that students can use the Free or Education account in Canva to complete this lesson. If you have any questions about this resource please contact me at resourcecreator1@gmail.com.

Looking for a fun and engaging way to teach your students about Canva and creating a class Newsletter? This assignment / project is the perfect solution! Your students will learn how to use Canva to create a visually appealing and informative Classroom Newsletter on a subject of their choice. This assignment comes with a comprehensive grading rubric, which ensures that your students’ work will be evaluated fairly and accurately. Additionally, the included instructions guide students through the process of researching, designing, and creating their Newsletter, ensuring a great result. Whether you’re a technology or graphic design teacher, or just looking for a fun project to keep your students engaged, this Newsletter assignment is sure to be a hit! The choice is there to have students work individually, in pairs or teams. Included: Student Assignment in pdf (instructions, shortcut keys, examples) Grading rubric provide in word and pdf Student Planner provided in word and pdf Just deliver the pdf with instructions, shortcuts keys and examples to them either electronically or by print. You will need an internet connect so that students can use the Free or Education account in Canva to complete this lesson.

This resource contains a very graphic filled PowerPoint presentation that makes learning easy as well as an iPad training manual that can be printed or updated as required. It can be used as a self tutorial or as a full lesson workshop style. I used it to train a group of adults that were new to using iPads. They really enjoyed the session and learnt a lot of useful skills. A lesson plan is also included if you intend to deliver workshop style.

This is a step by step training manual that is easy to read and understand. It comes with screen shots and exercises for students to carry out. There are also additional form letters and databases to practice with. I have used this in a two hour workshop.

This resource contains step by step instructions with screen shots to show how to convert a pdf file to a google document, so that it can be edited. Two methods are outlined. Method one converts directly from Drive and Method 2 involves downloading a google conversion app. The steps are not difficult, but the benefits and time saving of this feature is worthwhile. Note that this does not enable a perfect conversion. It won't work well with large documents that contain a lot of diagrams, tables, or graphics.

Canva is an excellent, free, design tool that can save us time and money. It makes sense to use this instead of paying for expensive designers. This step by step guide addresses the problem of not being able to create a transparent background logo in Canva (without paying). When the background is white or doesn’t match your document, it ends up looking unprofessional. Solution:  The logo is created in Canva.  Once created and saved, we use a separate website to make the white background transparent.  It can then be used for multiple documents with ease and have that professional look to it.

Shortcut keys for Google docs to make your life easier. Provided in a Word document for editing and a PDF file. Use as handouts for students / learners to increase their efficiency when using Google to create documents. Shortcuts for following: Common Commands Text formatting Paragraph formatting Images and drawings Comments and footnotes Menus Text selection with keyboard Text selection with mouse Moving around your Document Table navigation Other tools and navigation

This resource is for those new to creating Charts in Excel. There are step by step instructions within the training manual to learn how to create and modify bar charts and pie charts. It is a ready to go lesson that requires no further prep. This is a 2 hour lesson that has tasks for learners to complete. Learning Objectives:  Create a simple bar chart with existing data.  Create a simple pie chart to show percentages  Modify bar and pie charts to enhance presentation and update details. The files come in a word document that can be edited (if required for your audience) and also a pdf. There is an excel file that is an exercise file. ** Leave a review for this resource and receive one free resource of your choice from my shop. Communications, Workplace, ESOL and Computing Resources

Kahoot is an extremely popular web based learning tool that students absolutely love. And it is free to use! The resource contains a PowerPoint Presentation and a PDF file. This lesson contains step by step graphic instructions on the following topics: Sign up and log on to Kahoot Find and explore other Kahoots Duplicate an existing Kahoot on a topic of interest. Edit an existing Kahoot and make it your own. Publish your Kahoot Play your Kahoot ** Leave a review for this resource and receive one free resource of your choice from my shop. Communications, Workplace, ESOL and Computing Resources

Canva is an excellent, free, design tool that can save you time and money. It makes sense to use this instead of paying for expensive designers. This resource comes in PPT form and a pdf. The PPT is 30 slides. This training PowerPoint and PDF is a step by step guide to get you started using Canva. A Pinterest pin using Video is created for the purposes of an example, however, the skills learnt can be applied to other promotional documents such as Covers, brochures, posters, instagram posts, twitter posts, etc. You can use Canva to market your store, and / or use it as a class lesson. Students / learners can create posters, design promotional material on a topic of your choice, etc. This can be used to teach yourself how to use Canva or as a project for students / learners. Topics covered in Step by Step, graphic format: Signing up and Logging on to Canva Creating a Pinterest Pin Video Template Choices Review of Objects Menu Inserting and Changing Text Moving and Rotating Text Placeholders Adjusting Spacing between Characters Making changes to your video (crop, trim) Publishing to Pinterest and to File

These two forms are useful to make informed decisions about the apps that will be downloaded onto iPad for children's use. A set criteria is used to ensure that the apps will be educational, within budget, relevant and useful. There is such a wide variety of apps to choose from that a process like this should be in place whenever staff wish to recommend and / or suggest apps for early learning centers or primary schools. I have left this in word format so that the forms can be edited if necessary.

A QR Code is a two dimensional bar code designed to link paper or signs to the Internet. QR stands for Quick Response. Using a QR reader, you can link to a website, trigger a phone call, go to a blog, an email address and so on. This is a one page instruction on how to use and view QR codes.

This step by step document takes you through how to insert a YouTube Video into a Word document. This can be useful when you don't want to use a 'link.' It can make your Word document much more interactive.

This resource is a worksheet that contains a list of Word shortcut keys from Ctrl A to Ctrl Z. Learners fill out the worksheet to the best of their ability either individually or as a group exercise. An answer sheet is provided. They can then go and try out all the shortcuts for themselves.