Badges (Skills Assessment)

Badges - Skill Assessment

This is the badge page for Spring2008 - it will be modified for Fall2008

Image Editing (required) 3 points
  • Go to this URL:    http://worldbridges.info/badge1.html
  • Take a screenshot of your monitor and crop it to only include the portion with a black background
  • Resize the image to 400pixels wide.  Save it as a .gif file. 
  • Email the image to jefflebow@gmail.com
Screencast Guide
Desktop & File  Management(required) (3 points)
  • Create a folder called 'badgetest' in your Root Directory. 
  • Save the this file  into that directory
  • Rename that file, add meta data (title, keywords, comments, etc.)
  • Take screenshot#1 of that file in the that directory.
  • Create a quicklaunch icon for Wordpad (Start/Pograms/Accessories/Wordpad)  on your toolbar. 
  • Take Screenshot#2 of your quicklaunch bar and save it as a .gif.
  • Email both screenshots and the file as an attchment to jefflebow@gmail.com

Screencast Guide Part 1 

Screencast Guide Part 2
CMS Management (required)
  Edublog version  (3 points)
  • Create a category called ' badge test'. 
  • Create a post (content unimportant) and categorize it as 'badge test'. 
  • Change your blog theme to 'Fadtastic'
  • Add the 'Google Search' widget to your sidebar
  • Add this site (Learning Call / http://learningcall.net/ ) to your blog roll
Screencast Guide
Audio Production (required) (3 points)
  • Import this piece of audio into Audacity.
  • Record a short introduction. 
  • Export it as a 64kbs mp3 file including appropriate ID3tag information and upload it to your website or blog. 
  • Send the URL to me at jefflebow@gmail.com
Screencast Guide
Presentation building  (required) (3 points)
  • Create a 3 slide presentation that includes a backgound color or design, an image, formatted, colorful text, and a couple of links.
  • Upload to your slideshare or voice thread space.
  • Embed the presentation onto a webpage or blog post.
  • Send the URl to me at jefflebow@gmail.com

Relevant Screencast
Basic Html & FTP Uploading (3 points) Screencast Guide
RSS Usage  (3 points) Screencast Guide
Activity Creation (3 points)
  • Create one  Hot Potatoes activity and upload the your website, blog, or Moodle.
Relevant Screencasts