Virtual Trip Study Guide or Self-Guided Brochure

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Examples of student created study guides:
Field Trip to the Antarctic
Field Trip to the Ocean

Directions for creating a Virtual Trip Study Guide or Self-Guided Tour Brochure

1. Open a Word 2000 document.

2. Use Format>Document (MAC) or File>Page Setup (PC) and set top, bottom, left, right margins to .5 "

3. Type a title for the page. Make the text of the title larger than 20 point, bold, and center the title. Be sure to include the grade level of the students who will be taking this virtual trip.

4. Insert a header with the name of the v-trip on the left and a date code on the right:

• Header is inserted using View>header and footer from the menu bar
• Date codes automatically change this date to the current date and are created using Insert>date from the menu bar

5. Insert a footer with the page number centered:

• Footer is inserted using View>header and footer from the menu bar.
• Scroll down to the footer, and using the AutoText insert from the Header/footer menu that pops up when the header/footer is viewed, insert the page number. Be sure it is centered.

6. Using a 12 point font, write out the directions for your students (Don't forget to tell them how to begin). These directions should include:

• At least three active website links (blue underlined text)
• Three graphics
  • Use Insert>Picture>Clipart to bring in the picture.
  • Resize the picture if necessary. Be sure to hold down the shift key and put the cursor at the corner of the picture. Hold down the mouse and move the cursor to make the picture smaller or larger. Keeping the shift key down while you make the adjustments keeps the picture in the correct proportion.
  • Make the picture a floating graphic by double-clicking on the picture to bring up the formatting window. Choose the Wrapped squarely option.
• At least three Leader Tab lines for notes-create leader tab lines by using these three steps:
  • Set a right tab
  • Double click on the tab and set a line (In the leader box area of the dialog box, click the solid line>set>OK)
  • Press the tab key.
• Do not use tabs or bullets to indent paragraphs. Use the indent marker for this purpose.

7. Save the file to your vft folder as [yoursecnumber][lastname]vt3.doc.

8. CANNOT DO THIS STEP AT THIS TIME: Print the file to your bp folder as vt3.pdf. (Note: At the present time, we do not have the software in our classroom to convert the files to pdf files. You must use Dr. Figg's laptop or the Dell machine set up in the other lab. You will be given classtime to do the conversions.