Category Archives: Principles Of Information Technology

Objective:
Apply your skills with MS PowerPoint to create an auto-biographical presentation for the class.

Method:
Use the knowledge and skills that you have received over the last week to demonstrate your understanding of Microsoft PowerPoint. You will create a slide deck containing slide transitions, simplistic animations, and a designed theme about yourself that includes the following information. You will have between 3-5 minutes to give your presentation at the end of the week.

• Name
• Birthday
• Classification
• an image of you
• About your family including pets (use images)
• Music
• Hobbies
• Extra-curriculars
• Aspirations
• Any other things that you would like us to know about you

Turn In:
Your finished PowerPoint needs to be added to your google drive folder by the end of the day on Thursday. Make sure to save as LASTNAME_(ASSIGNMENT NAME) into your H: drive, and upload to your shared google drive folder. We will begin presentations in class on Friday.

Objective:
Gain an understanding of how presentations are created in Microsoft PowerPoint.

Method:
Use this tutorial to learn how to build, edit, and share PowerPoint presentations for a number of uses.

Turn In:
At the end of each unit, save out your work and add to your google drive folder. When completely done, save as LASTNAME_(ASSIGNMENT NAME) into your H: drive, and upload to your shared google drive folder.

Objective:
Discover how to work with tables, fields, queries, and forms in MS Access.

Method:
Use Microsoft Access and this course on Pluralsight to learn how to work with databases in MS Access.

Turn In:
You will submit snips of your work into the shared google folder.

Objective:
Identify and define the terminology associated with databases.

Method:
Use your book to identify and define the listed key terms in Ch. 15 & 16.

Turn In:
You will submit a word document with the defined key terms to your shared google folder.

Objective:
Create and analyze spreadsheets incorporating advanced features.

Method:
Use Microsoft Excel to follow the directions for Activity 4 Keeping a Daily Log in your book on pg. 205.

Turn In:
When completed, make sure to share the correctly formatted spreadsheet with formulas shown using the shared google drive.

Objective:
Create and analyze spreadsheets incorporating advanced features.

Method:
Use Microsoft Excel to follow the directions for Activity 3 Landscape in your book on pg. 203.

Turn In:
When completed, make sure to share the correctly formatted spreadsheet with formulas shown using the shared google drive.

Objective:
Create and analyze spreadsheets incorporating advanced features.

Method:
Use Adobe Acrobat to complete the provided table by researching the current exchange rates for the listed countries. Once the research is complete, follow the directions for Activity 2 in your book on pg. 202.

Turn In:
When completed, make sure to share the correctly formatted spreadsheet with formulas shown and completed table using the shared google drive.

Objective:
Create and analyze spreadsheets incorporating advanced features.

Method:
Use the provided spreadsheet to complete a basic budget worksheet. Insert formulas for calculating income and expenses and include a chart to analyze trends.

Turn In:
When completed, make sure to share the correctly formatted spreadsheet with formulas shown using the shared google drive.

Objective:
Assess the knowledge gained in Microsoft Word.

Method:
Login to your schoology account and take the ‘Microsoft Word Quiz’ found in the materials section of the PIT course.

Turn In:
Submit the quiz when completed.

Objective:
Follow written directions in order to format the provided document in Microsoft Word.

Method:
Open the following two word files located in the Local_Public drive and follow the directions on pg. 167 in your book.

(Q:/OuallineJ/PIT/Textbook Assignments/WP_Student_Dadt_Files/WP-2_Summary.docx)
(Q:/OuallineJ/PIT/Textbook Assignments/WP_Student_Dadt_Files/WP-2_Survey.docx)

Turn In:
When done, save as LASTNAME_Survey.docx into your H: drive. Convert the document to an Adobe PDF and upload to your shared google drive folder.