Final Portfolio Project

Business Tech/Introduction to Computers

  DUE January 6, 2009

*BT – Business Tech Students must display these skills

 ** IC -  Intro to Computer Students must display these skills.   Intro students do everything BUT Access

What is your passion?  Create your project centered on this passion.  You may select anything that is school appropriate, however, specific individuals, groups of musicians, soap operas, or movies are not allowed. 

(Rubric click here for link to rubric)– Grade yourself before you turn in your project.  Use what the teacher uses, to grade yourself.

Use NO SOLID FILL backgrounds.  Usually these are too dark and don’t print the way they look on the screen and they are a waste of ink.

Contents

1. Cover Page  *BT * ** IC ** 
   1. Choose a theme (How to do something, A Special Interest Topic, Your Passion)
   2. Insert a Graphic representing this theme

2. Title Page     *BT * ** IC ** 
   1. See instructions for title page
   2. Include your e-mail address
   3. Much like your Celebrity Project Title Page

3. Table of Contents  *BT * ** IC ** 
   1. Listing of Major areas with Page Numbers (use a Table to create this).  Turn off borders.  There are none, so that they don’t print out.  You should see nothing but words.

Table of Contents

4. Divider Page            *BT * ** IC ** 
   1. Insert between each topic featured
   2. Use WordArt to depict topic
   3. Insert Graphic or Picture

5. Hardware and Software page: (describe each and tell what each does)   *BT * ** IC ** 
   1. Operating System (Windows)
   2. Word Processing (MS Word)
   3. Desktop Publishing (MS Publisher)
   4. Spreadsheets (MS Excel)
   5. Databases (MS Access)
   6. Presentation Software (MS PowerPoint)
   7. Hard Drive
   8. RAM (Random Access Memory)

6. Insert information about your passion showing the skills that you have learned from this software.

·        Word (2 pages – Business Tech Students) *BT *  ** IC **

(3 pages – Introduction to Computer Students)  **

1.      Header – right side Font size 12, Name, Period

2.      Footers in Word  - left side (Project name), Page # (centered), right side (Date), Font size 8

3.       Change the left and right margins to .5 for the entire document

4.   Apply full justification to all of your paragraphs

5.   Graphics (pictures)

6.    Font Changes – use at least three different fonts

7.      Indentation – use on the left and right, Format/Paragraph/Indent 1" on the Right and Left

This should be done to a paragraph.

8.      Apply the numbering style a), b), c) to at least 5 bullet items

9.    Use formatted bullets - change the style of your bullets to a picture, such as a (

10.      Insert a table (with colored and styled Borders and Shading)

11.   Insert a Watermark

12.   Insert two   Drop Caps, change the font style and color

13. Page Border **

14. Insert the symbol © beside your name in the header

15.  Insert a callout next to one of your pictures.  Change the frame style and color

·        Publisher (1 page)        *BT *   ** IC **

1.      Graphics - Pictures

2.      Rotation of text or picture

3.      Shading of shape, WordArt, or Text box

4.      WordArt Features –

5.      Text Box – textual content

6.      Shapes and Objects – circles, triangles, boxes, arrows, etc

7.      Layer a combination of 3 pictures, text, and/or shapes

·        Excel        *BT *   ** IC **

(3 pages – Business Tech Students)

(3 pages – Introduction to Computer Students)

1.      Merge and Centered Text in Row 1

2.   Change the height of row 1 to 40

3.      Shade and Border your rows and columns

4.      Graphing – put a picture or clipart in your graph, create a pie chart and a column chart.  These must be on separate sheets with the pies and columns containing pictures.

5.      Formulas

6.      Font variations (color, size, Bold, Italicize, Underline, Font style)     

·        Database Management (Access)     *BT *  

(N/A– Introduction to Computer Students)

1.      Database of 10 – 15 records

2.      OLE object in database

3.   1 report and 1 query

4.      Print table, report, and query

5.  Show the OLE object in your report

·        PowerPoint        *BT *   ** IC **

(Business Tech Students and Introduction to Computer Students)

1.      Create a PowerPoint presentation for your topic

a.       6 – 10 slides

2.      Print a copy of the Outline View (File Print, Print What (look down change “Slides” to Outline View)

3.      Print a copy of Handouts (Six slides per page) – (File Print, look down, change “Slides to Handouts)

·        Index        *BT *   ** IC **

1.      Listing of details within booklet referencing page numbers

2.      Use a table in Word to create this – turn off borders.  When it is printed there will be NO border around the table.  No colored shading either.

Index EXAMPLE:  Sort Alpha (easier to do in a table, and turn off Borders.  Select table, Format/Borders/Borders tab/None

Index

Late assignments - 50% for each day late.  No excuses: printer ink, computer crash, dog ate it.  Plan ahead.  More than enough time has been given to complete this assignment.  Only hard copy accepted.