Microsoft Word Portfolio

Project #1

First of all, If your project is late, your grade drops a letter grade every day late including weekends. The objective of this assignment is to assess your understanding of the basic functions involved when using Microsoft Word. Templates, typography, and graphic design are a few of the elements of MS Word that the project incorporates. This project also reinforces the use of the WWW for research. Follow your directions closely! If you have any problems or need any help, please feel free to contact me. Your portfolio will consist of two parts, a one-page resume and a one-page advertisement. 1. A Résumé The résumé is to be a one-page document and will be judged on content as well as visual appearance. You must use a resume template. See “How to Use Resume Templates" in the following pages for step-by-step directions on how to access templates using Microsoft Word. Gather personal information about one of the following people: a present or former president of the United States, a present or past political leader whose platform you support or a famous historical figure whose lofty accomplishments you admire. Your choice must be approved by your professor before beginning the assignment. You will email me your choice by the end of Week Three. Use the WWW to find information about this person's education, work experience, skills, hobbies, current address and contact information. This information will be used to make up the content of the résumé. Search engines such as “Google” would be a good place to start. Here are some guidelines for creating professional resumes: 1) Always include contact information for the person. In this project you may have to use your own address, since the person you are researching may be deceased. 2) Your objective should be a long, lengthy statement that gives a detailed description of what job you intend to pursue. For example, a good objective may start out by saying “To obtain a position as an executive of a diverse, business-oriented corporation, to enhance communication skills, promote leadership and teamwork within divisions, and to provide consultation to accounting departments…etc.

3) Avoid use of pronouns such as my, his, etc. Remember, you are writing this resume as if you were that person. 4) Put the most current dates first. 5) Statements and experiences should be long lengthy statements that ALWAYS BEGIN WITH PAST TENSE ACTION VERBS. 6) Be consistent with formatting of dates, cities, states, and titles. 7) Always use correct grammar and punctuation. 8) Use correct formatting when entering data on the person’s education. Never include educational data in which the person did not graduate. 9) Always put the highest degrees first (Doctorate, Masters, Bachelors, and Associates). 10) Use a consistent tense throughout your document. See the sample resume in the following pages with markups that gives you some suggestions on how to create a professional resume. Put your mouse pointer over the notes icons for suggestions to complete your resume. You will include a second page that contains the URL’s where you collected your data. Any project that is submitted without references will receive a zero. Any project submitted in which a student has used “word for word” statements, which is plagiarism, will receive a zero. The first part of your portfolio will be one word document named “firstinitial_lastname_resume.doc”. This Word file will be a two page document with the first page being your resume and the second page being your references.

2. Advertisement The second part of your portfolio will be to create an advertisement. Assume that you are opening a new business. It can be any business that is relevant to your interests. Your assignment is to create a one page advertisement for your grand opening using Microsoft Word. Some suggestions would be to include the date and time of your grand opening, specials that you are offering, the type of store you are opening, discounts and etc. You will be graded on creativity and the following criteria must be present.

o You must use bullets. o You must use at least three different fonts (including serif and sans serif). o You must italicize. o You must underline. o You must show different justifications. (center, left, right, justified.)

o You must insert a picture using clip art AND the WWW. o You must use the bold feature. o You must have a border. o You must insert a hyperlink at the bottom so that the customers can find out

more about your business. o You must have a small table inserted into your document.

See the “Advertisement Assignment” sample in the following pages for an example. Be creative, but make sure you include all the requested components. You will include a second page that contains the URL’s where you collected your data. Any project that is submitted without references will receive a zero. Any project submitted in which a student has used “word for word” statements, which is plagiarism, will receive a zero. The second part of your portfolio will be one word document named “firstinitial_lastname_advertisement.doc”. This Word file will be a two page document with the first page being your advertisement and the second page being your references. You must complete both assignments! You must name your files correctly. All late projects will be penalized a letter grade every day late including weekends.

I emphasise, you must include references for each part of the project. List the URLs where you got your information on a separate page for both the resume and the advertisment. All pictures and sources must be cited.

Please do no procrastinate. I am available to answer questions at any point up until the day before the project is due. Good luck and work hard! Please take a look at the Word Portfolio Grading Rubric.

Assignment : Cisy 1105 1403 West Baker Street Douglas, GA 31535 Monday - Saturday (912) 384-HAIR 10:00 a.m- 5:00 p.m. williewigs@aol.com

Assume that you are opening a new business. It can be any business that is related to your major. Your assignment is to create a one page advertisement for your grand opening using Microsoft Word. Some suggestions would be to include the date and time of your grand opening, specials that you are offering, the type of store you are opening, discounts and etc. You will be graded on creativity and the following criteria must be present.

You must use bullets. You must use at least three different fonts. You must italicize. You must underline. You must show different justifications. (center, left, right, justified.) You must a picture using clip art AND the WWW. You must use the bold feature. You must have a border. You must insert a hyperlink at the bottom so that the customers can find out more about your business. You must have a small table inserted into your document.

It may advertise special prices! For Example Woman’s Red Wig 120.00 Woman’s Blonde Wig 240.00

You can find more information about Willies’ Wigs at http://www.williewigs.com!

Welcome to Willie’s Wigs…

1234 Ford Drive Grand Rapids Michigan 32111

Home (912) 888-8888 Fax (912) 389-1234 bford@sga.edu

Betty Ford

Objective To obtain a position as an executive of a diverse, business-oriented corporation, to enhance communication skills, promote leadership and teamwork within divisions, and to provide consultation to accounting departments.

Experience 1982-present Betty Ford Center Rancho Mirage, CAFounder and Co-Chairman

• Served as Chairman of the Board of Directors which supervised patient’s recovery process from alcoholism and drug abuse.

• Used former chemical dependency experience to motivate patients at the center.

• Improved understanding and treatment of alcohol and drug dependencies.

1974-1977 United States Government Washington DCFirst Lady of the United States

• Worked diligently toward promoting the passing of the Equal Rights Amendment.

• Supported women’s rights issues including the legalization of abortion.

• Raised the nation’s awareness of women’s health issues including the seriousness of breast cancer.

1948-1973 United States Government Alexandria, VACongressional Wife

• Served as a member of the Congressional Wives Club, the 81st Congress Club, and the National Federation of Republican Women.

• Aided in the many political campaigns of husband, Gerald R. Ford.

Education 1939-1941 Graham School New York, NY• B.F.A., Dance Performance. • Became a member of the renowned Martha Graham Auxiliary

Group.

1936-1938 Bennington School of Dance Bennington, VT• .B.F.A., Modern Dance

Publications Autobiography, The Times of My Life, 1978

REFERENCES

o www.ford.utexas.edu/grf/ bbfbiop.htm o www.whitehouse.gov/history/firstladies/ ef38.html o en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betty_Ford o www.firstladies.org/biographies/ firstladies.aspx?biography=39

How to Use Resume Templates in Word 1) Open Word and Select “File” from the drop-down menu. Select “New.”

2) Your Task Pane will appear. In the middle of the Task Pane you will see “Templates.” Select “On My Computer.”

Click Here!

3) Click on the “Other Documents” Tab. Select from the following three Resume templates: Contemporary Resume, Elegant Resume, or Professional Resume.

Microsoft Word Portfolio Grading Rubric Resume Used appropriate software, Microsoft Word (2 PTS) ______

Resume was one page (5 PTS) ______

References included (5 PTS) ______

References listed on second page (3 PTS) ______

Used template (Professional, Elegant, Contemporary) (5 PTS) ______

Presence of template remarks such as {click here } and etc. (5 PTS) ______

Completed the assignment using approved subject (2 PTS) ______

Name, Address and personal information of subject was listed (5 PTS) ______

Objective was adequate (5 PTS) ______

Experiences were listed with most current events listed first (5 PTS) ______

Experiences were bulleted and aligned (5 PTS) ______

All experiences began with past tense action verbs (5 PTS) ______

Experiences were complete, lengthy statement (5 PTS) ______

City and states were listed in correct format, (City, ST) and lined up (5 PTS) ______

Dates, Companies and Titles were listed and in correct format (5 PTS) ______

Education was in the correct format (5 PTS) ______

Highest education was listed first (3 PTS) ______

Interest and Awards were listed correctly (5 PTS) ______

Content was adequate (10 PTS) ______

Overall appearance was professional (10 PTS) ______

Additional comments:

Advertisement Used bullets and formatted appropriately (5pt) ______

Used at least three different fonts (serif and sans serif font) (5pts) ______

Italicized information (5pts) ______

Underlined information (5pts) ______

Used different justifications (center, left, right, justified) (5pts) ______

Inserted a picture using clip art AND the WWW (10pts) ______

Used the bold feature (5pts) ______

Inserted borders and formatted correctly (5pts) ______

Inserted a hyperlink at the bottom (5pts) ______

Inserted a small table into document (5pts) ______

Used correct grammar and spelling (10 pts) ______

Spacing and formatting were correct (5 pts) ______

Advertisement was professional and creative (5pts) ______

Additional Comments: Total Points: _____________ Project Average: _____________