Worth Weller
Continuing Lecturer
Dept. of English and Lingustics and
Division of Continuing Studies
Resources for W131, W140, W232, W233 and J492 Students
Useful websites, instructions, and mini-lectures that cover many of the issues we discuss in class
General Writing, Classroom and Technology Issues
Using Microsoft Word
Saving Files as Rich Text Format documents
Step by Step Instructions for Formatting a Research Paper
Complete Template for Formatting a Research paper and Works Cited List
Using WebCT VISTA
Finding Your Assignments and Due Dates
How to submit your Assignments in VISTA
How to view your grades and my comments in VISTA
WebCT Technical Issues
Browser Tune-up (PPT with audio)
JAVA download (Windows Media Player)
RemovingTool Bars and Pop-up Blockers (Windows Media Player)
IPFW Information Technology Services Help Desk
Web Page Creation
Saving and Uploading Word as Web Pages
Crearing a Web Page with Publisher
Going to College
Peer Review
Blogging
(most of these are A/V files)
Setting Up Your Blog
(Breeze Lecture primarily for J492)
Creating a Class Blog
(Breeze Lecture for W140/W233)
Using a Blog Aggregator
(Breeze lecture to show students how to easily find their peers' blogs)
Using Code to Improve Blogspot Templates
(Breeze Lecture)
Changing Colors in Blogspot
(Breeze lecture)
Modifying the Sidebar - adding a logo to the sidebar
(Windows Media Player)
Sidebar Code Details - getting rid of the personal profile
(Word document)
Annotated Template Code
(Word Document)
Hex 3 Color Codes
(Web pages)
Adding Members to Your Blog
(Breeze Lecture)
Sidebar Help File - getting rid of the profie and adding other text and a logo to the sidebar
(pdf file)
Publishing "Feeds"
(pdf file with sound)
Blog Security
(pdf file with sound)
The Essay Form
Sample W131 Papers
Sample W131 Literacy Narrative
PowerPoint Lectures
Writing Titles and Introductions
Understanding Paragraphs and Topic Sentences
Readings
How to Avoid Clutter (Simplicity, by Howard Zinsser, page14)
You Are Not in High School Anymore
Web Pages
Video Files
How to Setup a Works Cited List
Using Helmke's Document Delivery Service
W232
Using LexisNexis to Search MidWest Air (Breeze Lecture)
Compressing Photos (Breeze Lecture)
Writing a Formal Report
(MidWest Air PPT)
Adding Headers and Page Numbers to a Business Report
(Breeze Lecture)
The Report Format/Writing the Abstract
(Streaming Audio)
The Research Paper
Sample Assignments
Instructions for Using Databases
LexisNexis
(Word Dcoument)
LexisNexis
(Breeze Lecture)
Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center
Citation Formats
Citing Examples for Helmke Library Databases
Simple Citing Guide for Helmke Databases and WWW
PowerPoint Lectures
Date created:
8.14.02
Date modified: 6.22.06
WHW