Agenda – 10/21/2013 Monday - Unit 24
Howard J Rattliff, Jr. –
Principles of Technology - Course # 130227200 -
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Unit 24 Agenda
<Monday>, <Oct 21>, Rm 219 - On Campus
Dress: Business Casual
Start
End
Topic/Discussion
1:25
1:30
Meeting Final Checks (and Dial in - Not
Applicable)
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1:35
<< CLASS BEGINS >> -- Welcome Introductions of any /Guests?
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1:40
Class Roster (1st 10 minutes of
Class)
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1:45
Unit 24 Agenda for Today & Logistics
Quiz and Assignment
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Quiz
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1:30
1:35
Teacher /
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Legend:
Instructor
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Class
0:05
0:10
Individuals
1:40
1:45
1:50
1:50
2:00
2:00
2:25
2:25
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CLASS
Exercise
0:30
0:30
Quiz Review
CLASS
Exercise
0:25
0:55
Next steps and assignments (Unit 25
– Wed - Oct 23 ) Practice E1.94
Pecan Grove Homeowners Assn &
Read 2.1 thru 2.13 in Book -
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0:05
1:00
Unit 25 Assignment -- 1. Use UME instructor website to view
/access lecture notes; 2) Review Quiz #2 on Wed and
Lecture Review of reading assignment in class.
Assignment/
Discussions
SME = Subject Matter
Expert
Assignment – Upgraded Reading and Practice
Due Wed– Wed - Oct 23 for class discussion
1. Practice Ex1.94 Pecan Grove Homeowners Assn in book ( if
needed)
2. Read Ex2.4 thru 2.13 in Book - Be prepared to discuss
• Inserting graphic embedded objects /pics etc in worksheets
• Modifying objects and pics etc
3. Data Rights and Privacy in Handling and Using Data, Etc – Class
discussion.
Near-term and Long-Term Look-Ahead
 Upcoming schedule of tests planned:
Quiz (Q-1-2) minor - completed
100 pts graded and scaled to worth 30
pts of total course grade as a percentage
10/21
Monday
Major Test #1 –
100 pts and not scaled worth 100 pts to
total grade.
10/30 Wed
comprehensive
materials
 Data Rights and Markings/ Privacy and Security
 Visual Basic Programming – Menu Buttons and Layouts and
programming utility functions (runtime counters/messages/
comments using the VBE (visual basic command editor)
 Program Flow Diagrams and Notation
Class Self-Paced Exercise Lab – Unit 22-1
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Review concepts in Lab 1 as needed to refresh your skills – Concept Summary pg
EX1.78 - Creating and Editing Worksheets
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Data Headers and Row headers/ data entry into cells
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Formulas and other key terms used in Excel for worksheet elements.
Read and practice – Inserting and Deleting Rows and Column beginning on page
EX1.48 thru EX1.50
Actually do the Step by Step Hands On exercise.
Your have to manually input the data as shown in the book.
Instead of printing ( Ignore print instructions! ) . Save you data to H drive with project
name or id
Take notes please.
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EX1.88 – Teenage Cell Phone Usage Data Analysis
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Start with Entering data as in EX1.89 and make It look like EX1.88 and graph data using
bar charts as in page EX1.88. Final results look like EX1.88.
EX1.90 – Animal Rescue Foundation Adoption Analysis
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Bar chart of top 3 (largest) animal housing facilities over 4 year period. Why top 3?
If you get through – do exercise EX1-94 – Pecan Groves Homeowners Association
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Merges, centering data and right and left justify data, add fill color
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See hint for formula +6% increase in sales (This is using Excel to make forecasts,
estimates / projections !) . Excel is commonly used as a tool to make forecasts.
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