All online students: - be sure to record time spent on each assignment in your spreadsheets - in-class students you also need to record all time spent outside of class on the assignments - some of the assignments you will be doing in-class and you do not need to record any time for what we do in class. All of you will be reading all 17 chapters of the book and you all need to record how much time you spend reading the textbook in your spreadsheet. When are these assignments due? The first set up assignments is due at the end of the first week of class. In class students - you will do some of these assignments during class time - the others will be due by the end of the first week of classes. The second set of assignments is due by the end of the 2nd week of class, etc. 001 Assignment Set 1
Time you spent at home on this week's assignments - please record the time on your spreadsheet. Assignment Set 215. In preparation for this session read Chapters 1 & 2 (all students record how long this takes you on your spreadsheet) 16. Hardware and technology intro - what is a gigapan? www.gigapan.org look at some of them and then email a description of what a gigapan is and how it might be useful for lawyers and businesses. Here is a gigapan I created of the famous King Louis statue in front of the art museum. Use it and then write a brief synopsis of why this might be a useful image: http://www.gigapan.com/gigapans/201589 (record how long this takes you on your spreadsheet) 17. Three Presentation Tools: using Prezi vs. Powerpoint (explanation of Prezi vs. Powerpoint) 18. Powtoons view this Powtoons: http://prezi.com/kau4a-0cfidf/so-youre-gonna-hire-a-paralegal/ and then email a synopsis to me. (record how long this takes you on your spreadsheet) 19. Watch these Powtoon Tutorials and try to create a Powtoon presentation. http://www.powtoon.com/tutorials/ (record how long this takes you on your spreadsheet) 20. Email a link to me to your Powtoon creation. (record how long this takes you on your spreadsheet) 21. Watch this as well: (online students record how long this takes you on your spreadsheet) 22. If you haven't registered at Prezi.com and at Powtoons.com please do so and create presentations using these programs and then share the links to these presentations with me. 23. FIRST WATCH THIS VIDEO ON HOW TO CREATE A PREZI PRESENTATION https://youtu.be/-hVaJuTYKss(record how long this takes you on your spreadsheet) AND IF YOU HAVE TROUBLE GETTING A PREZI ACCOUNT - SIMPLY MAKE A POWERPOINT USING THE ABOVE VIDEO WITH SCREEN SNIPPINGS - PAUSING THE VIDEO AND THEN ADDING YOUR EXPLANATORY TEXT BOXES ON THE SLIDES AND EMAIL THE POWERPOINT ABOUT HOW TO MAKE A PREZI TO ME. In Session 4 we will be studying a program called Trial Director - and in-class students at our Second Session, will go over some of this software using the website below - but all students see Session 4 as to this assignment. https://sites.google.com/site/directingatrial/home Assignment Set 3 In-class students will do this assignment during lab time but online students must do this at home if you have Word (or if you do not then by watching the video and creating an email to me that demonstrates you understand this process) and then in-class students will email the Powerpoint to me or upload and share it on your Google drive. (online students record how long this takes you on your spreadsheet) 25. Watch this video and then create a Powerpoint that contains still images out of a video you will watch by clicking here. There will be an advertisement before the actual video shows up of the man pushing the van off the tracks. Sorry about that - but just wait to start snipping frames once the actual video shows up. Here is the actual video > https://youtu.be/2SGlovvQg4E The video below explains how to insert the images into Powerpoint. (online students record how long this takes you on your spreadsheet) All students - time you spent at home on this week's assignments. Assignment Set 4 - this session is to be completed by all students at home - no - inclass session Feb 7th 27. In preparation for this session read chapters 3, 4 and 5 (all students record how long this takes you on your spreadsheet) 28. Quick Parts in Word Watch this video and from it create a "How to create Quick parts" in Powerpoint using the screen snipping feature and explanatory text boxes. 29. View Video on heat issues regarding CPU and how to avoid and then email a synopsis to me. 30. Review of Terms at end of each chapter 31. 3d images and how they are created see: https://youtu.be/zdXxS2KHXlo - in class students will watch this as well as online students - online students email me a synopsis. an easier method if you don't have Photoshop is Adobe Elements: https://youtu.be/ZkMYTYl10sU IF the above do not work try this one: https://youtu.be/D5EuhAzIVIw If you want to download the stereophoto maker software you can use this tutorial to create your own 3d images - this software is in our filing cabinet. 32. How to connect an iphone to a microscope and take photos: CLICK HERE in class students will observe this being done online students watch this video and email a synopsis also watch and explain how a paralegal might use this in getting certain kinds of images: https://youtu.be/rcV_nKGqcTQ 33. Review this website about Trial Director software - in class students and online students will also review this website and email to me a 3 paragraph description of what you have learned https://sites.google.com/site/directingatrial/ Time you spent at home on this week's assignments: Assignment Set 5 34. In preparation for this session read chapters 6, 7 and 8 35. Lecture Internet etc. - Discussion of terms online student will research what the internet really is and email me a synopsis. 36. How to zip a file using winzip - watch this video and create a Powerpoint as to how to do this - making screen snips and putting in explanatory text boxes - online students will do this at home in class students will do it in class https://youtu.be/NaWmos5X32s students will do this at home - you are to create a Powerpoint explaining how to use Hotdocs by using screen snips from this video. 38. Create a Word Macro and email how you did it to me. 39. Watch these Pacer videos - https://www.pacer.gov/training/display.html#myplayer online students send synopsis inclass will watch and discuss 40. Create a powerpoint using screen snips based on the video above or use this login to create screen snips from this tutorial: https://dcecf.psc.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/ShowIndex.pl 42. Work on research paper Time you spent at home on this week's assignments: Assignment Set 6 43. In preparation for this session read chapters 9, 10 and 11 44. In Class and online Exercise create a spreadsheet that totals and averages data and include a chart - email it to me (in class students will create this is class) The spreadsheet you are to create is seen in the video below - so watch that video and create the spreadsheet exactly as he does in the video. 45. For a very good pre-job refresher re Excel - (you might be given an Excel test when applying for certain jobs) watch this video: https://youtu.be/uExnC0q5GjQ and create this excel spreadsheet - in class students will create it in class but online students do this at home and email it to me. 46. In Class Exercise (or for online students do this at home) - create an Access database that has a field for each important piece of information and then upload to google drive and share with me. Online students do this at home. 47. If you need help figuring out how to create various kinds of fields in Microsoft Access please watch this video: How to insert pictures into an Access database 48. Oneline students - if you do not have Access on your home computer you will need to watch the above video and create a Powerpoint how to using screen snippings and text boxes that teach how to create various kinds of fields in Access. Also you must watch the video below and determine how many fields of data you need and what kind of fields and email this to me. 49. In class or online (if you have Access on your home computer but if you are online student then see above as to what to do) But use the following video (see below) as a basis for your Access database fields - watch it and take notes - then create a database that has a field for every relevant discrete piece of information. This is called creating a taxonomy for a case database. Remember that the types of fields you need to categorize both the type of near miss and other relevant factual information. I watched the following video and determined that I would need at least 15 fields of data in my taxonomy. One of the fields you will need is called an OLE field. Into that field you will need to put a picture from the video below - pausing the video and using the Snipping tool to capture the area of the stilled video you want, saving the snip to a file and then insert it into the OLE field in the database. In class students will be shown on how this is done, online students must watch the video as to how it is done. How to Insert a Picture - one method: https://youtu.be/C3TZfWpLxkY Pretend you know the names of the persons in each of the incidents and companies and locations as well as types of vehicles, etc. After you create the database with the necessary fields enter 3 records into the database, save it to your usb stick and for in-class students I will look over your work in class but if you are an online student save it to your usb stick and email it to me. 50. This is the video you are to watch and taxonomize: 51. Connecting laptop to a projector - online student assignment - inclass students we will do this in class find another youtube video that shows you how to do this and email the link to that video to me. 52. Here is one link that shows you how to connect with a VGA cable but what about an HDMI connection? See if you can find a video that shows how to connect with an HDMI cable and email the link to me. VGA connection: https://youtu.be/QmBDoBkvTuQ 53. How to minimize metadata in Excel spreadsheets: email a synopsis to me Time you spent at home on this week's assignments: Assignment Set 7 In preparation for this session read chapters 11, 12 and 13 Lecture Time Keeping, Billing, Matters, Clients, Calendaring 54. Abacus Law Tutorial VIDEOs - choose 5 videos (online students do this at home - in class students will do it in class) You may also select from these videos: http://www.abacuslaw.com/goldmantraining 55. Create tutorial regarding Abacus features using the technique of pausing the video and screen snipping into Powerpoint and adding explanatory text boxes. In class students will do this in class but online students must do this at home and email me the Powerpoint. 56. Online students should watch this video: https://youtu.be/vDmWNHrRvkg and email a synopsis to me 57. Online students: Create a spreadsheet with 5 rows of data and import this into Access - save both to your usb stick and upload to your Google Drive and share with me to karl.kindt@swic.edu In-class students will watch me do this and do this in class. 58. IOLTA Accounts - http://www.iolta.org - what are they? Email me your definition. What is IOLTA? Interest on Lawyers Trust Accounts (IOLTA) is a unique and innovative way to increase access to justice for individuals and families living in poverty and to improve our justice system. Without taxing the public, and at no cost to lawyers or their clients, interest from lawyer trust accounts is pooled to provide civil legal aid to the poor and support improvements to the justice system. A lawyer who receives funds that belong to a client must place those funds in a trust account separate from the lawyer's own money. Client funds are deposited in an IOLTA account when the funds cannot otherwise earn enough income for the client to be more than the cost of securing that income. The client - and not the IOLTA program - receives the interest if the funds are large enough or will be held for a long enough period of time to generate net interest that is sufficient to allocate directly to the client. Every state, along with the District of Columbia and the Virgin Islands, operates an IOLTA program. In 2009, the U.S. IOLTA programs generated more than $ 124.7 million nationwide. These funds, together with state and federal appropriations as well as private grants and donations, enable nonprofit legal aid providers to help low-income people with civil legal matters such as landlord/tenant issues, child custody disputes and advocacy for those with disabilities. 59. How to Manage IOLTA accounts with TABS 3 CLICK HERE FOR TUTORIAL VIDEO - both online and inclass students should watch this tutorial video at home and email to me the steps used in Tabs3 to manage an IOLTA account. Assignment Set 8 60.In preparation for this session read chapters 14, 15 and 16 61. In class students will be given time to finish the Abacus Tutorial project, upload the Powerpoints and present them to the class - online students need to be sure they have emailed their Abacus law tutorial project by this date. 62. Review for Mid-Term inclass students - we will use some class time to review the key terms - Online students need to also email me to let me know how much time they have spent reviewing for the mid-term - use the glossary terms in the back of each chapter for review. 63. Work on research papers - in-class students will be given time in class to do some research and I will be giving suggestions. Online students need to take time during this week to research their papers and email a synopsis of what they have found. 64. How to Enhance Images using Image software Go to this website and open this online cloud application: http://apps.pixlr.com/editor/ 65. In this session we will use this online cloud photo editor that is similar to Photoshop, a common software program for enhancing images. There are rules regarding what you can do to enhance a digital image. In class students - I will demonstrate the use of the pixlr software for you - online students need to watch the following videos and create a Powerpoint with screen snips that demonstrates how to do what is shown in these videos - and then email the Powerpoints to me: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QtHkxpIfM14 basic use of the Pixlr software 66. There are rules regarding what you can do to enhance a digital image. We will go over these in the in-class version of the course but online students need to read the following and send me a synopsis - See: http://www.thirdamendment.com/photos.html Check with Your Legal Advisor When beginning a new procedure for collecting evidence or recording a crime scene, it is always prudent to check with your legal advisor. Consider the Federal Rules of Evidence, your state's rules of evidence, and other court decisions. Two court decisions regarding digital images include: State of Washington vs. Eric Hayden, 1995: A homicide case was taken through a Kelly-Frye hearing in which the defense specifically objected on the grounds that the digital images were manipulated. The court authorized the use of digital imaging and the defendant was found guilty. In 1998 the Appellate Court upheld the case on appeal. State of California vs. Phillip Lee Jackson, 1995: The San Diego (CA) Police Department used digital image processing on a fingerprint in a double homicide case. The defense asked for a Kelly-Frye hearing, but the court ruled this unnecessary on the argument that digital processing is a readily accepted practice in forensics and that new information was not added to the image. 67. See: http://www.crime-scene-investigator.net/admissibilityofdigital.html and email me a synopsis  double click this image and when it gets larger then right button click and choose save to your computer Assignment Set 9 68. In preparation for this session read chapter 17 69. Review for Mid-term - see the glossary terms in the back of each chapter.
71. How to Recover data from a hard drive that won't boot or when the "shell" it is in won't work using Apricon hard drive recovery unit. 72. The reason why external USB hard drives that have power units go "dead" is usually because the power supply circuit goes bad - but the data on the drive is still good - hence you must remove the drive from the USB shell and use a devise like the Apricorn unit to power it up and plug it into your computer using its usb interface 73. YOUTUBE that shows how: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c3t5mPMyy-w Online students are to watch this video - create a Powerpoint slideshow in which you insert some of the images from this video and add your text explanations of the process. In-class students will watch the video and take notes as to how this is done. It is important for you to know in ediscovery how to get data off of a drive in this very inexpensive way if the drive won't 'boot' anymore or if the power unit in the usb shell is broken. The reason to know this has to do with recovery of important ediscovery requested data - either data your lawyer has requested or the other side has requested. It is possible that the drive mechanism - the 'motor' inside the drive or the sprint mechanism is broken - in that case you can't recover the data yourself - but you can possibly get it all back by sending the drive to a forensic recovery company like this one: https://datarecovery.com/services/hard-drive-data-recovery/ 74. And Example of how an object can be removed from a digital image - this is not permitted regarding evidential image and forensic experts can detect this modification: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ifhEx4adAa8 Online students are to watch this video and then email me an explanation of how an object can be removed from a digital image - in-class students will watch this together and discuss it in class. Assignment Set 10 75. Mid-Term Based on the glossary terms in the back of each of the chapter in the textbook. Assignment Set 11 76. Audacity - learning how to enhance an audio file using this wave form editing program - click here for link or use video below
Assignment Set 12 78. TimeMap - you may download the trial version of TimeMap from our filing cabinet and install it after you rename it with a last name of .exe but this is optional for online students. 79. TimeMap Tutorial - Online students: watch this video tutorial https://youtu.be/-R6D0Qp6xTU and email me as to how to use it. 80. Use this link to create a timeline in TimeMap and in Powerpoint http://www.factmonster.com/ipka/A0101289.html Online students - if you do not have Powerpoint you can provide in email a synopsis step by step how to create a timeline in Powerpint and how it is done in TimeMap. 81. Online students: Read over the following article: https://www.casesoft.com/download/Timeline.pdf 82. Online students: You may Create TimeLines with TimeMap for 1 extra credit point - if you had trouble downloading the software from our Course website filing cabinet then download the TimeMap software from this website - see:https://www.casesoft.com/timemap/download.asp but this is optional - if you do this you get 1 extra credit point 83. Online students: read this article: http://www.litigationinsights.com/trial-graphics/timelines-jury-roadmap/
Assignment Set 13 Review - what is a gigapan image? How do you create them and why? 84. Online students - research this question and email your answer to me - inclass students will be watching one of these created 85. Online students watch this video as to how to use Microsoft ICE to create a gigapan - inclass students will observe how this is done - online students email me a synopsis of how this is done after watching these videos: Here is one made on 10/9/2015 of the cards and cubs game: http://www.gigapan.com/gigapans/180025 Here is one I made of a display case on our campus: http://www.gigapan.com/gigapans/68738 Here is an Estate Sale gigapan: http://www.gigapan.com/gigapans/48089 86. Inclass students will observe one of these images being created - online students need to watch this demonstration video and email me how these are created with a robotic unit. 86. How would you create a collage image of frames from this video in Pixlr? https://youtu.be/DyzL2sahobA email a synopsis to me of this video 87. Screen and Audio Recorder - there are times as a paralegal you may be asked to record a website that has video in it and audio as well as many web pages. You also might be asked to read some words while you are recording the website and clicking through it. This software, a trial version of it, may be downloaded form the website below. If you have a microphone in your computer you can tell it to record your voice as well as the audio of the website. In class students will download this software and try it and online students need to watch a video about how it works at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X2lVitzgrss and email me a synopsis of how to use it. Download Link Below http://www.bsrsoft.com/downloadbsr.asp Assignment Set 14 Learn these software apps:
89. Elmo in court technology - what is an Elmo and How do you use one - online students need to watch this video by clicking here and then email me a synopsis of what an Elmo is and how you use it. Inclass students will observe me using one and take notes. 90.How to get a list of all files on a disk or usb stick using DOS commands -Online students need to watch the How to Video CLICK HERE and then email me the directions how to do this - inclass students will watch me do it and they will also do it in the lab. 91. MovieMaker - watch this video and create a Powerpoint as to how to use this program - if you have Moviemaker at home then create a movie with it and upload it to your share drive and share it with me or in class students will create a video and put it on the X: drive. This video also: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7GREeD2icUo How to insert a video into Powerpoint and work with options - please watch this youtube video and send me a synopsis how you do this: Time you spent at home on this week's assignments: Assignment Set 15 92. Be prepared for an inclass and online questions about chapters 10-17. We will discuss these chapters in class and review the information together. Online students need to write a 7 page synopsis of the content in the chapters and email it to me. Links to read: Assignment Set 16 93. Review these software questions - my email interview or phone interview or an in-class question may be akin to one of the following - this will be a part of your class participation grade. In class students will be given in-class hands on assignments based on the following:
time spent on these assignments: Assignment Set 17 94. All students both online and inclass need to email me their research papers a week before the course is over so that I may post these on our course website for everyone to review. Online students - your assignment is to read the research papers of your fellow students and email me one insight you have received from that student's paper. See papers at: 95. Read over each other's papers and use the evaluation sheet and then email the evaluation sheet to me. Online students just review online papers in this folder and inclass students just review inclass papers. The evaluation form will be in the file cabinet of this website. Assignment Set 18 96. Presentations inclass students will make an 8 minute presentation of their research papers - online students - your audio recording of an 8 minute presentation is due the week before end of the semester - upload it to your google share drive after recording it and share it with me |
