Good news: everyone passed this test! The class average for the Word/PowerPoint exam was 91.1%. One student had a perfect score, nearly half the class earned As, and the lowest grade was a 79.2. It was my observation that the students who did not take the practice test on their own tended to score lowest on this exam. Be sure to avoid this mistake on the Excel and Access exams.
Late in today's class, I was able to reliably reproduce a solution to the practice test question regarding changing the font size in the Notes pane of a PowerPoint slide.
No late PowerPoint and/or Word homework assignments will be accepted after 8:00am on Monday, October 3rd. Your Word/PowerPoint exam is scheduled for Tuesday, October 4th.
Your term paper must be prepared as a single document, typed in Word 2010. It is important to note that your paper must be a single file. You will be uploading your single file to a dropbox on myItLab.
The Word/PowerPoint practice test is now available on myItLab. You may be directed to install an ActiveX control to allow the simulation to work. Install it. Also, it may take several seconds to a minute or so for the simulation to load. Be patient. Get yourself a lovely beverage or a nice snack while you wait :o)
Be sure to read the blog post Using Grader. You will be completing and submitting your homework assignments for Word, Excel, and Access using the Grader module of myItLab.
Be sure to read the blog post Using Grader. You will be completing and submitting your homework assignments for Word, Excel, and Access using the Grader module of myItLab.
I have typed up the first part of the Word tutorial for today's class instead of having everyone type the whole thing during class time. The file has been uploaded to Google Docs. The other documents needed have also been uploaded.