Digital Media 11

Assignment 1

Time allowed: Approximately 2 days

Objective: Microsoft Word formatting, Digital Camera, PDF creation, and File organization

First thing first, create a "Digital Media" folder in your "H:" drive to save everything from this course.

Follow the directions below to complete assignment 1. Please save your work to your "Documents\Digital Media\Assignment 1".

1. In a Word document, create a table and type in the following terms:
   • USB
   • IEEE 1394 (Firewire)
   • Pixel
   • Resolution
   • DPI
   • FPS
   • Bitmap
   • Vector Graphics
   • Image sensor
2. Define each terms
3. Use search engines and save images from the Internet - save images which represent some of the terms above or parts of a computer
• save the pictures to H:\Digital Media\Assignment1\
4. Insert the 2 cartoons side by side at the top of the document
5. HEADER - Insert the title of the document "Computer and Digital Media Terms" into the header of the document
   • go to menu Insert -> Header and Footer
   • center the header alignment
   • use font Ariel and size 18
6. FOOTER - Put your full name in footer
7. DIGITAL CAMERA - Take a picture of a fellow classmate using one of the digital cameras
   • Download and save the picture to your H:\Digital Media\Assignment1 using a card reader
8. Using Microsoft Word, insert and crop the picture you just saved so that the person's head is in the picture
   • go to menu Insert -> Picture from file
   • go to Picture Tool Format -> Crop to crop image
9. Using Word's Picture Toolbar (right click on the picture if you don't see it), change the picture to grayscale
10. Using the Picture Toolbar again, change the layout from line to square
    • once the picture layout is set to "square", you can move the picture around more freely
11. Save your document often!!
12. PDF File Creation - using the Print function under the File menu, print the document to a PDF
13. Save the PDF file to your H:\Digital Media\Assignment1 folder and check to make sure the conversion was successful
14. Rename the PDF file to include your first and last name
15. Hand in the file to Mr. Wei by drag-and-drop your PDF to S:\Wei\Hand In\DM11\Assignment 1

Evaluation: 12 Marks

1 mark for successful PDF hand in
1 mark for document title in the header
1 mark for name in the footer
1 marks for 2 cartoons appropriately sized at the top
5 marks for terms and definitions
3 marks for cropped picture at the bottom of page