This is my first attempt at wordprocessing using this site (wearing a 'raw' student cap). I can use Bold, Italics and Underline by clicking on the toolbar icons, which appears similar to the normal Office toolbar. Trial and error method here is clearly woking - oops, spellcheck needed ... yes, spellcheck works and has higlighted the errors as expected.

OK, now that I have found out the basics, I will refer to the document map and return here. mmm .. but I can't find it from this page .. will contact ,my tutor for help. Mmm ... not straightforward trying to find the link that allows me to contact my tutor - getting a little frustrated and the screen is a little overwhelming to me, a slight technophobe who relies desperately on user-friendliness. OK, I'll move on anyway.

I want to find a picture to insert into this document..... return later when I've found something of interest.

Aha! here's a great source http://www.baycongroup.com/wlesson0.htm The picture based lesson is nice and easy to follow and seemingly ideal for beginners like me. I'm becoming very familiar now with the 'Easyedit' button and getting to grips with the programme (although the pop-up (Edit Note) everytime I save is a bit annoying). Oh, just noticed a 'Suggest Links' button - I'll explore ... no, the Suggest Links button leads nowhere. Let's try the 'Photo' icon and try to insert a photo ... Ah, I get it, this loads up the photos that have been entered into the site - but I really want to add a photo from my PC, I'll deal with this later.

Aha, added a video from YouTube


Found more useful ones on YouTube but found it difficult to dentify them via the Search engine box - perhaps a mechanism that will recognise the website link would help.

Let's go back now and see if I can insert a picture into this page ... aha, success and quite easy once I got the gist of how it's done.

GRRR .... NOW I'M ANNOYED! The last half hour's work has been lost because I couldn't save ... the EasyEdit toolbar shifted to the bottom of the page and as I tried to access it, it continually moved. I eventually had to admit defeat and close the page without saving AND ... THIS HAPPENED TWICE!! I noticed that this happens when I try to move the toolbar over a little ... I certainly won't do that again. I have also found that saving regularly as I go alone to safeguard my work in progress is unsatisfactory because I have to go back inot edit mode again. And, this is slow on my machine as it re-loads ... not sure if this is a weakness in the WEtpaint program or my machine, whcih has been acting up lately. Whatever, not too impressed with these annoying quirks and as a student, I feel that it is undermining my motivation.

Let's try to add my conference presentation (Powerpoint) ... oh, seems I can only add a Pp presentation form the web .. what a disappointment. Must be missing something here - it can't be too difficult surely?

Mmm ... I'm cheating here - I should be following Tony's suggestion of guidance using that competence map ... must find it. Let's try again ...
Nope ... found the tutor's page but no map. OK, I'll plod on regardless. Getting really frsutrated though with the speed of this machine - it takes an average of 30 secs to load up anything, and I'm such an impatient bloke. Will try to access this programme fom my home PC to find out where the problem lies ... the 'tutor' side of me believes that education works only when learners enjoy the experience and frustration is always a negative emotion.


















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