Assignment rules, requirements
Each student will work on their own project, no groups or partners.
This assignment you must:
-Have at least 4 redesigned icons.
1) Computer
2) Home folder
3) Finished projects
4) Mr. Hurst assignments link
-Icons should be at least 200px width by 200px height.
-Icons should represent in some regard the target in which they are linked.
The Grade - fill this out when you are done
The assignment: You are going to organize your desktop and add these folders / shortcuts. 1) Computer - links to the guts of the operating system, the root directories. 2) Home folder - your documents, also known in a windows op sys as "my documents" 3) Finished projects - you will create a new folder that will house the finished work to be archived and not accidentally deleted. 4) Internet - a visual shortcut that links to a homepage of your choice. The goal is to learn how computer icons work and how they just are a link or a shortcut to the application, they can look different and still link to the same thing. A secondary goal is to find out how well you can read and follow directions. How an icon works is it is a visual representation of the target application / folder / file that you are going to execute. It is supposed to symbolize where or what you are going to when you click it. ICON is the LINK to the TARGET.
Getting started: learn how to set your first icon by changing the "computer" icon to this new icon. Step 2: Right click and save this image as.  Step 1: Open your home folder (should be your user login then home) then right click and create a new folder, title it "icons".this folder we will save all the picture files to when they are done so that you know not to delete or move these pictures because they are being used as icons. Step 3: Save it in the location that you just made in your home folder > icons. Step 4: Minimize all windows, right click on the "computer icon" click "properties" Step 5: click on the current icon and it will allow you to browse for the replacement icon, choose the computer.png file in the icons folder. NEXT, changing your home folder icon: Continue the same steps accordingly to download a PNG file type from the Internet of an icon that represents your home folder. Search on google for "my documents png" or "my documents icon" or "folder icons" "folder png" or any other mixture of words that mean similar things to find an image you like that is a PNG, if it is not a PNG you can open it in GIMP take the background away and then save it as a PNG. Other websites to find icons. *You may need to EXTRACT a zipped folder to get to the picture files, to do so once downloaded right click on the zip file and click "Extract Here".http://www.iconarchive.com/ Next, adding a new folder for finished work. Step 1: Right click on the desktop, click "create folder" - rename the folder, finished projects, or finished assignments, or completed, or done, or something that communicates the same meaning. Step 2: Set the image.png as the icon, see blue steps for help. This folder is supposed to be like a trophy room, or a portfolio, something that holds all the finished projects so you don't have to search through them on upcoming assignments. Consider the icon to be a trophy, or a portfolio, search google for a png that represents your idea of your finished work.
 Last, adding an Internet shortcut to Mr. Hurst's assignment page. Step 2: Drag the Firefox window to the right so you can see both the browser window and the desktop. Step 3: Locate the address bar, to the direct LEFT of the URL is a medium icon of the website, left click and drag this icon to the desktop which will create a shortcut to this website. Step 4: Rename to your liking, suggustions, "Internet" "Firefox" "Website name" "coolest awesome'est invention ever" -whatever makes sense to you, just take away the words "link to" Step 5: Right click and save this image as, download it to your icon folder, then set this picture as the icon. | ||||||
| You can if you would like, setup more shortcuts and icons to other websites, unfortunatly I was unable to figure how to change the trash or other applications icons, you can do other folders if you like (maybe the Y drive), also consider resizing the icons to fit your visual desires. |
REMEMBER SAVE OFTEN, you don't want to lose all your work because you forgot to save every 5 minutes, WHEN YOU NEED HELP ASK(raise your hand) but FIRST re-read the assignment guidelines.
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