Individual Porfolio

You are welcome to use this space to share your progress as you work on your final portfolio. Please keep in mind that your submitted work must be individual, however, you are welcome to share pointers, especially if you encounter any technical issues.

I am eager to read about your comments regarding this project as I am looking for suggestions and/or ways to improve this comprehensive project. Suggestions about topics, format, etc. are welcome. In addition to suggestions for improvement, I am interested in hearing about what you do like about this individual portfolio so that I can consider keeping certain things in tact.

Thank you all for participating in this course and I hope all of you enjoy the upcoming holiday season.

Sincerely,
Rose Ferro

MS PowerPoint

Please utilize this space to provide comments, feedback, etc. related to PowerPoint. Keep in mind that although you are not required to submit each of the PowerPoint chapters for an official grade, you are highly recommended to thoroughly review the chapters so that you have a good grasp on the requirements for your final portfolio.

MS Access All Chapters

Many of you may not have had the need to use MS Access in the past, so this would be a good opportunity for you to post comments, feedback, share your thoughts, etc. as you progress through your learning experience. This will be the only post space for all of the Access chapters that you will be completing as part of this course. Although this will be the only post space, I do expect you to make a constructive post each week.

MS Excel, Chapter 4 Financial Functions, Data Tables, and Amortization Schedules

For those of you that have different levels of expertise regarding MS Excel, I would like you to use this space as an opportunity to share your skills and/or request support if you are having difficulty with any of the tasks at hand. Prior to posting a request for support, you should do your own research and look for support online (or other resources). If you have run into an issue and found online support, I would like you to clearly identify your issue and provide either the steps you have discovered or the online links that have provided you with the appropriate solution.

MS Excel, Chapter 3 What-If Analysis, Charting, and Working with Large Worksheets

Upon review of this chapter, identify what chapter specific skills you find useful and how you could apply these skills in your personal, educational and/or professional life.

Some of you are working with MS Excel 2010 instead of MS Excel 2007. For those of you that fall into this category, I would like you to clearly identify any issues that you run into due to the difference in look-and-feel and/or functionality. In addition to identifying the problem, I would like you to identify the solution that you have discovered. You are welcome (encouraged) to look online for additional support. For those of you that find the support online, I would like you to post link(s) that outline the appropriate steps to accomplish the task at hand.

MS Excel, Chapter 2 Formulas, Functions, Formatting and Web Queries

Of the Excel Chapter that we will be covering as part of this course, I find this chapter to be quite insightful and useful for a variety of applications. I would like you to pay close attention to the functions that you learn in this chapter and explain what features of Excel you find that would be useful to you in either your personal or professional life. If you are having trouble thinking of something, feel free to go online and search for examples that you find would be applicable to you.

MS Excel, Chapter 1 Creating a Worksheet and Embedded Chart

I realize that Excel is an unfamiliar program to some of you so I would like you to use this opportunity to share what you’ve learned. You are also encouraged to post any questions that you have so that your classmates may be able to help guide you to a solution. Please keep in mind this is not designed to have someone do your assignment for you, but to continue and share in the learning process.

MS Word, Chapter 6 Creating a Professional Newsletter

Let’s keep the progress going….. This space is for you to share your questions, feedback, suggestions, etc. for this topic with your classmates.

MS Word, Chapter 5, Form Letters, Mailing Letters, and Directories

For this week's topic, I have designated this space for you to discuss questions, feedback, suggestions, etc. with your classmates. All are encouraged to post and reply to one another's comments. I'd like you to become more interactive with one another as a group. Keep in mind that this will count toward your weekly class participation.

Keyboard Shortcuts (due Sunday, October 3)

Look online for examples of keyboard shortcuts. Post and explain 3 keyboard shortcuts. Be sure to identify for what program(s) the shortcut is applicable. Prior to posting your shortcuts, be sure to review those posted by your classmates to ensure that you are not duplicating a post.

Example: Ctrl + p means that you hold the ctrl key and the letter p (on the keyboard) down at the same time to allow you to print. This can be used in several programs including MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and even within a browser.

Good and Bad Resumes Examples

Research good and bad examples of resumes. Post the web address of one good and one bad example. Your link may be to a tutorial, a video, etc. Along with each example, be sure to summarize why the resume is either good or bad (for each link). This is required to be eligible for full credit. If your blog username is not comprised of your name, please be sure to identify yourself within your post.

Email Etiquette (Dos and Don'ts)

Using the information that you learned last week, I would like everyone to post (and explain) one do and one don't regarding email etiquette. There are plenty of dos and don'ts to consider, so there should be no duplicates throughout the entire class. Any posts that do not include an explanation for each do and don't (even though some may be obvious) they will not be considered for credit.

Introductions

This is where I would like you to post your introductions. Please be sure to include each of the following:
-Your Name
-Your declared major at BCC
-Are you a planning to transfer to another school once you graduate from BCC? If so, which school and what major?
-Your reason for taking this course.
-Your past experience with MS Office. I would like you to identify the following:
--The specific programs that you have experience with (Word, PowerPoint, etc.)
--The version of the programs you have used (2003, 2007, etc.)
--A brief description of an example of something that you have produced using each program. For example: A school Newsletter using MS Word.
--For what purpose have you used these programs? (Work? School? etc.).
--If you have taken CIS 110 (or equivalent class) please indicate this in your post.
--If you have no experience with either MS Word, PowerPoint, Excel or Access, please indicate this as well.