40 points due October 26. Late deadline November 9.
Reading:
In this assignment you will:
Log in to Etudes and click the link for Tasks, Tests and Surveys. Click Task 8 and begin the assignment. Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the assignment and quiz. Once you click Finish there is no way to go back and change it. If you realize you have made an error you need to email me about it. You may complete the parts of the assignment in any order. You can enter and exit as you wish.
Part 1 Study Questions (15 points).
Answer the following questions from Chapter 10 "Multimedia and the Web" in a document named Task8study
1. Most small to medium size businesses pay for another company to setup their online store. Go to www.yahoo.com and find information about Yahoo's e-commerce hosting plans. Choose a plan and describe the monthly fee, setup fee and transaction fees.
2. What is the difference between the contents of the HTML file and what you see in the browser? Give an example.
3. What are ActiveX controls used for?
4. Search the Internet for web browsers other than Internet Explorer. List 2.
5. Microsoft FrontPage (now called Enterprise Web) and Macromedia Dreamweaver are 2 of the most popular web authoring programs. Go to www.download.com and find another web authoring program. These programs are listed under the Developer Tools category. What is the name of the program, average user rating and cost?
6. Programs called scripts, can be imbedded into an HTML document and run. Name two "script" programming languages.
7. Name a graphics software program you can use to create or edit bitmap (bmp) images?
8. What are the file extensions of 2 of the most common graphics formats used on the web?
9. What is a thumbnail image?
10. How is waveform audio storage (.wav) different from MP3 (.mp3)?
11. Search the web to find a description of HP's memory spot. Describe an application that will use the memory spot.
12. When designing a web page, it is not a good idea to have lots of pictures with high resolution. Why?
13. What is a storyboard and what is it used for?
14. Why are computer programming skills necessary to be a web site developer?
15. Name 2 video formats used on the web.
Save and upload to Task 8 in Tasks, Tests and Surveys.
Part 2 PowerPoint on the Web (15 points)
Start a new presentation in PowerPoint.
Create a 4 slide presentation on computer audio. Make a title slide and 3 content slides. Include your name on the title slide. Use the techniques from PowerPoint Chapter 1 in Office 2007.
Click the Office Button at the top left, then Save As and Other Formats. Under Save as type, select Single-file web page (*.mht). This is a special Microsoft format that puts all of the text and graphical information into one file. Name the file Task8web. If you are using Office 2003 go to the File Menu and Save as Web Page.
Upload the Task8web.mht file to Tasks, Tests and Surveys
Part 3 Quiz
Answer 10 multiple choice questions on Chapter 10 "Multimedia and the Web" in Understanding Computers.