Tech Integration Project
Lesson Accelerator: Project Launcher

Meet My Mammal
Application: StarOffice Impress 7
Platform: PC

Description

The process for creating the Meet My Mammal presentation using StarOfficeâ„¢ 7 Impress is described below. The Completed Project Movie shows you what the example project might look like. The tutorial movies that follow demonstrate, step-by-step, how to construct the presentation using information provided in the resource packet. This project can be easily modified for creating a similar presentation relevant to any subject under study. For a complete project description, including goals, objectives, and materials needed, see the Project Overview.
The Example Project
The Completed Project movie will show you what the completed example project looks like.
 Completed Project Movie
Key # Length
1. preview What the example project looks like 18536 0:55

Go to: Project Overview (Information for Teachers)

Subscribers have access to download the resource materials for this project, which includes all example files, an assessment rubric, and information about adapting and extending the example project.

Creating Your Own Project
We'll begin by creating a new presentation document that uses a StarOffice Impress presentation background. The first slide will be our title slide. We'll add 9 more slides to hold the content for the presentation, including a bibliography.
Key # Length
1. preview Choosing the presentation background 18537 1:24
2. preview Adding a title and subtitle 18538 0:51
3. preview Saving your file 18539 1:00
4. preview Adding a picture to the title slide 18540 0:39
5. preview Resizing and moving slide elements 18541 1:43
6. preview Adding a slide 18542 0:57
Key # Length
1. preview Adding a title and text to slide 2 18543 0:48
2. preview Changing font characteristics 18544 1:18
3. preview Inserting clip art from the Gallery 18545 2:18
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1. preview Adding objects to slide 3 18546 0:59
Key # Length
1. preview Adding a title and bullet points to slide 4 18547 1:49
2. preview Adding a text box with preset font style 18548 2:05
3. preview Using the Main toolbar to insert a slide 18549 1:30
Key # Length
1. preview Copying and pasting a text box 18551 1:30
2. preview Inserting a title-only slide 18552 0:41
3. preview Adding content to slide 5 18550 1:40
Key # Length
1. preview Adding content to slide 6 18553 2:51
2. preview Adding content to slide 7 18554 1:41
3. preview Adding content to slide 8 18555 1:39
4. preview Adding content to slide 9 18556 1:23
5. preview Adding content to slide 10 18557 3:37
6. preview Setting up your slideshow 18559 1:07
Key # Length
1. preview Formatting the bulleted list 18558 0:54
2. preview Viewing your slideshow 18560 2:07
Tutorial series by Ross Isenegger