MODESTO JUNIOR COLLEGE
BUSINESS DIVISION
Dave Cummerow
cummerowd@mjc.edu
COMPUTER SCIENCE 200
TECHNICAL COMPUTER LITERACY
cummerowd.faculty.mjc.edu
GENERAL COURSE INFORMATION:
Section Number: 1941
Class Dates: July 13 – August 13, 2015
Class (Lecture) Hours:
8:00-10:15 MTW
FH 111 (east)
Lab Hours: online/as arranged; material at: http://cummerowd.faculty.mjc.edu
Emergency Meeting Place: Per evacuation chart
COURSE OBJECTIVES this course is intended to provide:
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Concepts and techniques for using microcomputer applications.
Instruction and extensive practice in Windows, word processing, spreadsheets,
database management, Internet basics, file transfer between applications, and related
auxiliary applications.
STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES upon satisfactory completion of this course, the student should be prepared to:
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Evaluate fundamental differences in the structure and usage of data input,
processed and output by the three primary general-purpose application programs.
Synthesize multiple data file formats into a comprehensive document.
TEXT and MATERIALS:
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GO! With Microsoft Office 2013, Volume 1 by Gaskin, Vargas and McLellan (Pearson)
ISBN 10: 0-13-314266-3 ISBN 13: 978-0-13-314266-2
GRADING:
Grading is considered confidential and student privacy will be respected. The following activities
will be evaluated:
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LAB PROJECTS (10) are published on Blackboard and may earn up to 50 points each
COMPREHENSIVE FINAL EXAM (no makeup) has a maximum of 200 points
A
90-100
627
B
80-89
557
C
70-79
487
D
60-69
417
F
below 60
Percentage equals points earned/possible points rounded to nearest percentage. Point score
shown is based on 700 pt total and is only an example, as total possible may be higher or lower.
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MODESTO JUNIOR COLLEGE
BUSINESS DIVISION
Dave Cummerow
cummerowd@mjc.edu
COMPUTER SCIENCE 200
TECHNICAL COMPUTER LITERACY
cummerowd.faculty.mjc.edu
COURSE SCHEDULE:
WEEK
1
1
DATES
7/13/14
7/14/14
1
7/15/14
2
7/20/14
2
7/21/14
2
7/22/14
3
7/27/14
3
7/28/14
3
7/29/14
4
8/3/14
4
8/4/14
4
8/5/14
5
8/10/14
5
8/11/14
5
8/12/14
READING
GO! OFFICE 2013 chapter Win-1
GO! OFFICE 2013 chapter
Office-1
GO! OFFICE 2013 chapter
Word-1 and 2
GO! OFFICE 2013 chapter
Word-2
GO! OFFICE 2013 chapter
Word-3
GO! OFFICE 2013 chapter
Excel-1
GO! OFFICE 2013 chapter
Excel-2 and 3
GO! OFFICE 2013 chapter
Excel-2 and 3
GO! OFFICE 2013 chapter
Access-1
GO! OFFICE 2013 chapter
Access-2
GO! OFFICE 2013 chapter
Access-3
GO! OFFICE 2013 chapter
PowerPoint-1
GO! OFFICE 2013 chapter
PowerPoint-2
Final Exam Part 1
Final Exam Part 2 and course
wrap-up
LAB
Windows practice
MS Office practice
VIDEO
Word assignment 1
Word assignment 2
Word assignment 3
and wrap-up
Excel assignment 1
Excel assignment 2
Excel assignment 3
and wrap-up
Access assignment 1
Access assignment 2
Access assignment 3
and wrap-up
PowerPoint
assignment 1
PowerPoint
assignment 2
Internet threats and
security
Internet threats and
security
The instructor reserves the right to make changes to the schedule and/or procedures listed above
ATTENDANCE:
Absences may result in a student having inadequate skills, knowledge or experience to
successfully complete the requirements for this course. All makeup of exercises, quizzes or tests
is at the discretion of the instructor; it is the student’s responsibility to request and make
arrangements for such makeup if approved. Withdrawal is also the responsibility of the
student, and must be accomplished by the required date.
CONDUCT:
Students are expected to respect the rights of others to obtain a positive classroom experience;
in most cases this precludes the use of cell phones and non-course related PC work. Normal
classroom etiquette will be clearly defined and expected. Cheating and/or plagiarism are
unacceptable and will result in the loss of all credit for the assignment in question.
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MODESTO JUNIOR COLLEGE
BUSINESS DIVISION
Dave Cummerow
cummerowd@mjc.edu
COMPUTER SCIENCE 200
TECHNICAL COMPUTER LITERACY
cummerowd.faculty.mjc.edu
WORD ASSIGNMENT #1:
Situation: You are suddenly in need of a real job, but you have no idea who might be in need of
your skills. You don’t have a résumé (yet) but your first task is to develop a professional,
business-like letter in which you introduce yourself to prospective employers, and attempt to
determine if they would like to open a dialogue or encourage you to submit a more formal
application.
If you haven’t done so already, read Windows 8 Chapter 1 in your textbook. In it, you are
instructed how to download Student Files from the site www.pearsonhighered.com/go . For this
section, make sure you download the Windows 8 Bell Orchid files.
In the Bell Orchid files, under corporate/accounting, you will find a file entitled
CO_AC_Report_Shareholders. Open and read this file; it describes a hotel which has been
recently purchased, and how the acquisition has been performing.
You decide that you are interested in working there. Your first task is to develop a letter of
introduction to management, hopefully leading to an actual application or submission of a
resume.
So try to include at least the following (plus anything else that is appropriate):
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Name
Education
Brief personal background as you think appropriate
Brief work history
Knowledge of or inquiries about the hotel industry
Knowledge of or inquiries about the Bell Orchid and opportunities there
Request to submit additional/formal information
Request for specific contact information
Make sure that you have read and understand all of Windows 8 Chapter 1 and continue your
reading with the Introduction to MS Word and Word Chapters 1 and 2.
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MODESTO JUNIOR COLLEGE
BUSINESS DIVISION
Dave Cummerow
cummerowd@mjc.edu
COMPUTER SCIENCE 200
TECHNICAL COMPUTER LITERACY
cummerowd.faculty.mjc.edu
WORD ASSIGNMENT #2:
Situation: Hotel management replies very quickly; apparently someone is interested in hiring
you for a customer service position, involving rotating shifts including evening and weekend
work. You have received a very generic letter, however, so you need more information.
If you go back to the Bell Orchid files, browse through the CO_HR_Newsletter file to confirm the
name of a suitable contact in the HR Department and to gain some information about the
company.
If you haven’t done so already, read Word Chapters 1 and 2 in your textbook. In it, you are
instructed how to use a predesigned Microsoft template to create a professional resume. Use
these examples to create a polished, professional resume that you are proud to submit.
After completing this resume, continue your reading with Word Chapter 3.
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MODESTO JUNIOR COLLEGE
BUSINESS DIVISION
Dave Cummerow
cummerowd@mjc.edu
COMPUTER SCIENCE 200
TECHNICAL COMPUTER LITERACY
cummerowd.faculty.mjc.edu
WORD ASSIGNMENT #3:
Situation: You are happily working for the Bell Orchid Hotel. The first step is to watch the Power
Point presentation to be found in the Corporate Human_Resources folder. After you have viewed
that presentation, you are taken to meet your new supervisor, Jamie Bernard. Initially, you will
be working in the HR Department as you learn the hospitality business.
Ms. Bernard would like you to create a set of mailing labels for a specific group of employees.
Their names and addresses are in an Excel spreadsheet found in the Corporate
Information_Technology folder. Using this data, create a set of correctly formatted mailing labels
(on paper) and continue your reading with the introduction to MS Excel and Excel Chapters 1 and
2.
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MODESTO JUNIOR COLLEGE
BUSINESS DIVISION
Dave Cummerow
cummerowd@mjc.edu
COMPUTER SCIENCE 200
TECHNICAL COMPUTER LITERACY
cummerowd.faculty.mjc.edu
EXCEL ASSIGNMENT #1:
Situation: You are doing very well working for Ms. Bernard in the HR Department. Now that you
have seen a spreadsheet, and hopefully been able to correctly extract data from it, it is time to
add to your Excel skills. Make a copy of the same spreadsheet that you used in Word assignment
3, and name it Address_List_Salary, keeping it in the same folder.
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In column H, create a realistic job title for each employee, keeping in mind that this
business is a high-end hotel.
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In column I, for each employee, enter H or M, to indicate if the salary will be hourly or
monthly.
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In column J, enter a salary for each employee. Hourly salaries range from $15.00 to
$50.00. Monthly salaries range from $3000.00 to $9000.00. Try to make the salaries
indicative of what you think the salary would be for the job title in column H.
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In column K, create a formula which will calculate the annual salary for each employee.
For monthly staff, it will be salary*12; for hourly, it will be salary*2000.
Make sure all of your calcs are correct, and that you have given each of the new columns a
descriptive heading in Row 1. Save and print your file.
Continue your reading with Excel Chapters 2 and 3.
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MODESTO JUNIOR COLLEGE
BUSINESS DIVISION
Dave Cummerow
cummerowd@mjc.edu
COMPUTER SCIENCE 200
TECHNICAL COMPUTER LITERACY
cummerowd.faculty.mjc.edu
EXCEL ASSIGNMENT #2:
Situation: You are continuing to do very well working for Ms. Bernard in the HR Department.
We are going to continue to enhance the spreadsheet that you updated in Assignment #1, so
open the file that you saved from the last class. Make sure that:
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In column H, create a realistic job title for each employee, keeping in mind that this
business is a high-end hotel.
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In column I, for each employee, enter H or M, to indicate if the salary will be hourly or
monthly.
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In column J, enter a salary for each employee. Hourly salaries range from $15.00 to
$50.00. Monthly salaries range from $3000.00 to $9000.00. Try to make the salaries
indicative of what you think the salary would be for the job title in column H.
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Now remove all of the formulas that you previously entered in column K.
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In column K, create a formula which will calculate the annual salary for each employee,
but this time it is to be based on the contents of column I. Look at the IF function
and follow this logic example:
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If I2=”M” multiply J2*12 otherwise multiply J2*2000.
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When this formula is working, make sure to copy it down from K2 through K42.
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Now, to prevent erroneous data entry, we need to do data validation on the I column to
make sure that only H or M are entered, andf that incorrect entry produces an error
message.
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Hint: Look at the data tab, select the entire column, and create some type of
validation criteria which will restrict input. As always, there are several ways to
accomplish this, some might be preferable to others.
Make sure all of your calcs are correct, columns have been sized if needed and that you have
given each of the new columns a descriptive heading in Row 1. Save and print your file.
Continue your reading with Excel Chapters 2 and 3.
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MODESTO JUNIOR COLLEGE
BUSINESS DIVISION
Dave Cummerow
cummerowd@mjc.edu
COMPUTER SCIENCE 200
TECHNICAL COMPUTER LITERACY
cummerowd.faculty.mjc.edu
EXCEL ASSIGNMENT #3:
Situation: Ms. Bernard has been very happy with your work to date, particularly because she
doesn’t know much about Excel, but she needs to have good data to do her job. She has a
request from Operations to clean up a spreadsheet that was developed incorrectly by a previous
employee. For this, go to the Corporate Operations folder.
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Open the file: CO_OP_Housekeeping_Analysis and make a copy by saving it as
CO_OP_Housekeeping_Analysis_Improved.
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There are no formulas in this spreadsheet; so this spreadsheet needs to be a little
“smarter”.
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Clear the contents of b12-h14 and i8-i11.
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Cells b12-h12 should use the AVERAGE function to calculate the average of the columns
above.
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Cells b13-h13 should use the MAX function to determine the highest value in the columns
above.
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Cells b14-h14 should use the MIN function to determine the lowest value in the columns
above.
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In cells i8-i11 use Auto Sum and the auto-fill handle to create totals for the rows to the
left.
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Using these totals (i8-i10), create a 3d pie chart in which each “slice” of the pie is
correctly labeled; Deluxe, Suites, Standard. You should get these labels from the first
column, do not enter them manually. The chart should reside on the original worksheet.
Make sure all of your calcs are correct, and that your chart is accurate. Save and print your file.
Continue your reading with the introduction to MS Access and Access Chapter 1.
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MODESTO JUNIOR COLLEGE
BUSINESS DIVISION
Dave Cummerow
cummerowd@mjc.edu
COMPUTER SCIENCE 200
TECHNICAL COMPUTER LITERACY
cummerowd.faculty.mjc.edu
ACCESS ASSIGNMENT #1:
Situation: The corporate Operations Department has taken notice of your work for the HR folks
and the Operations Department Manager has requested your help with a few projects. The first
one involves the spreadsheet that you updated in Excel Assignment #2.
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Open the file: Address_List_Salary and keep it handy as a reference.
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The first step is to create a blank Access database, naming it Corporate_Contacts
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Create a table which basically replicates all of the columns in the spreadsheet as fields in
the table. Name it simply Contacts. The first field you create should be the primary key
field; name it Contact_ID and designate it as an auto-number field.
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The rest of the fields should be set up and named as follows:
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FirstName, 15 characters, text
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LastName, 20 characters, text
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Address, 25 characters, text
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City, 20 characters, text
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State, 2 characters, text, all caps
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Zipcode, 10 characters, text, using standard input mask
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Phonenbr, 13 characters, text, using standard input mask.
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Title, 20 characters, text
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Freq, 1 character, text
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Salary, numeric, 2 decimal places
Once the table is designed and built, you need to populate it so that the table data is
identical to that in the spreadsheet. You can “brute force” this job by typing it all in, but
there are better methods available.
Make sure all of your data matches precisely, then save the database and print your table.
Continue your reading with Access Chapter 2.
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MODESTO JUNIOR COLLEGE
BUSINESS DIVISION
Dave Cummerow
cummerowd@mjc.edu
COMPUTER SCIENCE 200
TECHNICAL COMPUTER LITERACY
cummerowd.faculty.mjc.edu
ACCESS ASSIGNMENT #2:
Situation: The Operations Department Manager is pleased that you have created an Access
database for his department, and now wants to further develop it. This involves further
modifications to the database you created in Access Assignment 1.
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Open the database: Corporate_Contacts.
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Create a new table, name it Contact_Children and save it.
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Create a primary key field, naming it Contract_Children_ID
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The rest of the fields should be set up and named as follows:
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FirstName, 15 characters, text
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LastName, 20 characters, text
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Address, 25 characters, text
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City, 20 characters, text
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State, 2 characters, text, all caps
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Zipcode, 10 characters, text, using standard input mask
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Relationship, 10 characters, text
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Contact_ID, numeric. This is important! It will be used to relate this table to the
original Contacts table.
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Create the relationship between the Contacts Contact_ID field and the Contact_Children
Contact_ID fields.
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Populate the new table by picking out 10 Contacts, typing in at least 30 children and
relating them correctly to the 10 Contacts you selected. Make sure 1 of your contacts has
at least 5 children!
Make sure all of your data makes sense, then save the database and print your tables.
Continue your reading with Access Chapter 3.
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MODESTO JUNIOR COLLEGE
BUSINESS DIVISION
Dave Cummerow
cummerowd@mjc.edu
COMPUTER SCIENCE 200
TECHNICAL COMPUTER LITERACY
cummerowd.faculty.mjc.edu
ACCESS ASSIGNMENT #3:
Situation: The Operations Department Manager is after some specific information. To meet this
requirement, you need to create a report. Using the most recent version of database you created
in Access Assignment 2, create a paper report as follows:
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Open the database: Corporate_Contacts.
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Create a new report, using the wizard (or not) as you prefer. It should print in
alphabetical order by last name.
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The detail line for each employee should contain the following:
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Contact_ID,
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LastName,
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FirstName,
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Address,
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City,
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State,
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Zipcode,
Underneath the detail line an additional line should appear for each child linked to the
above contact (if any; if none there should be no line printed). This line should be
indented and contain the following:
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Contact_Children_ID,
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LastName,
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FirstName,
Make sure all of your data makes sense, then save the database and print your report.
Continue your reading with Powerpoint Chapters 1 and 2..
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MODESTO JUNIOR COLLEGE
BUSINESS DIVISION
Dave Cummerow
cummerowd@mjc.edu
COMPUTER SCIENCE 200
TECHNICAL COMPUTER LITERACY
cummerowd.faculty.mjc.edu
POWERPOINT ASSIGNMENT #1:
Situation: By now, you are happily employed and looking forward to your upcoming return to
the HR Department. Ms. Bernard is thrilled because she has some pet projects for you to work
on! The first one centers on an orientation presentation that you viewed when you were first
hired. It needs some modernization, as it hasn’t been changed in many years. So make it “your
own” by looking at the following requirements:
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Open the file : CO_HR_New_Employee_Presentation
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On Slide 2, add 4 indented bullet points in which you provide some detail describing
exemplary customer service, such as “motivated” , “professional” etc.
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On Slide 3, add a reference to paid maternity leave.
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On Slide 5, add a reference to Obamacare (ACA) as an option.
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On Slide 6, under tuition, list 3 local colleges.
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Slide 7 is not very attractive; make it appealing. Add a picture of the restaurant, as a
suggestion.
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Change the transitions from slide to slide to something more dynamic.
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Change the overall theme to something more attractive; make sure each slide is correct
and readable, with no errors.
Review your presentation, save the file as CO_HR_New_Employee_Presentation2.
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MODESTO JUNIOR COLLEGE
BUSINESS DIVISION
Dave Cummerow
cummerowd@mjc.edu
COMPUTER SCIENCE 200
TECHNICAL COMPUTER LITERACY
cummerowd.faculty.mjc.edu
POWERPOINT ASSIGNMENT #2:
Situation: Surprise! You can use today as a catch-up day to finish any other projects that may
need work. You may also use the time to prepare for and ask questions about the Final Exam.
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