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SESSION 1 THE NEXT BIG IDEA..................................................................................................................................1

Assignment 1: Idea Proposal............................................................................................................................ 3

Product Concept......................................................................................................................................16

Estimated Budget......................................................................................................................................18

Review.........................................................................................................................................................24

Assignment 2: Idea Presentation...................................................................................................................25

Enumerate Present Scenarios.................................................................................................................30

Introduce Product.....................................................................................................................................34

Visualize Long Term Benefits....................................................................................................................37

Review.........................................................................................................................................................39

Assignment 3: Development Timeline.......................................................................................................... 40

Define Tasks................................................................................................................................................44

Set Timeline Schedule.............................................................................................................................. 45

Organize Files into Folders........................................................................................................................48

Review.........................................................................................................................................................49

Session 1 Review............................................................................................................................................... 50

Session 1 Extension Activity............................................................................................................................. 52

SESSION 2 PROTOTYPE DEVELOPMENT................................................................................................................55

Assignment 4: Product Concept Documentation.....................................................................................57

Define Product Specifications................................................................................................................59

Research Production Materials.............................................................................................................. 60

Review.........................................................................................................................................................66

Assignment 5: Product Prototype Presentation..........................................................................................67

Enumerate Problems................................................................................................................................70

Present First Prototype Design.................................................................................................................71

Compare the Two Prototypes................................................................................................................77

Review.........................................................................................................................................................83

Assignment 6: Final Prototype Feedback.................................................................................................... 84

Create A Feedback Form.......................................................................................................................84

Organize Files into Folders........................................................................................................................89

Review.........................................................................................................................................................90

Session 2 Review............................................................................................................................................... 91

Session 2 Extension Activity............................................................................................................................. 92

SESSION 3 PRE-LAUNCHED DEMONSTRATION.....................................................................................................95

Assignment 7: Post-product DemonstrationGuide................................................................................... 97

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Introduce Product.....................................................................................................................................98

Define Product Specifications and Functions..................................................................................... 99

Estimate Product Price...........................................................................................................................100

Enumerate Feedback............................................................................................................................102

Revise Document....................................................................................................................................104

Review.......................................................................................................................................................107

Assignment 8: Product Analysis Presentation............................................................................................108

Present Target Market............................................................................................................................112

Analyze Feedback................................................................................................................................. 116

Compose Speaker Notes......................................................................................................................119

Review.......................................................................................................................................................121

Assignment 9: Future Product Sales............................................................................................................ 122

Project Estimated Sales..........................................................................................................................123

Insert Chart Representation..................................................................................................................131

Organize Files into Folders..................................................................................................................... 136

Review.......................................................................................................................................................137

Session 3 Review............................................................................................................................................. 138

Session 3 Extension Activity........................................................................................................................... 141

SESSION 4 THE FINAL APPROVAL.........................................................................................................................143

Assignment 10: Beta Version Feedback.................................................................................................... 145

Create A Feedback Form.....................................................................................................................145

Review.......................................................................................................................................................150

Assignment 11: Beta Version Feedback Analysis..................................................................................... 151

Tally Responses........................................................................................................................................ 153

Conclude Product Launch...................................................................................................................155

Review.......................................................................................................................................................158

Assignment 12: Product Launch Event Planning......................................................................................159

Organize Event........................................................................................................................................159

List Down Program Flow.........................................................................................................................166

Breakdown of Expenses.........................................................................................................................168


Review.......................................................................................................................................................171

Session 4 Review............................................................................................................................................. 172


SESSION 5 THE BIG LAUNCH............................................................................................................................... 177

Assignment 13: Event Invitation Form......................................................................................................... 179

Create An Invitation Form.....................................................................................................................179



Viewing Results using Spreadsheet..................................................................................................... 184

Review.......................................................................................................................................................187

Assignment 14: Event Documentation.......................................................................................................188

Choose A Template............................................................................................................................... 189

Create A Presentation Kit......................................................................................................................192

Review.......................................................................................................................................................201

Assignment 15: Product Launch Presentation..........................................................................................202

Present Current Scenario.......................................................................................................................206

Define Target Market............................................................................................................................. 209

Enumerate Features............................................................................................................................... 210

List Down Potential Benefits to Investors............................................................................................. 214


Review.......................................................................................................................................................224

Session 5 Review............................................................................................................................................. 225


SESSION 6 THE PRODUCT OF THE FUTURE............................................................................................................229

Assignment 16: Product Handbook............................................................................................................231

Define Product Overview......................................................................................................................232

Enumerate Final Product Specifications and Functions..................................................................233

Product Price........................................................................................................................................... 236

How to Use............................................................................................................................................... 237

Specify Terms and Conditions.............................................................................................................. 238

Create Table of Contents..................................................................................................................... 241

Review.......................................................................................................................................................242

Assignment 17: Data Comparison.............................................................................................................. 244

Estimated Timeline vs Actual Timeline.................................................................................................245

Estimated Budget vs Actual Budget................................................................................................... 250

Projected Earnings vs Actual Earnings................................................................................................253

Review.......................................................................................................................................................259

Assignment 18: User’s Feedback.................................................................................................................260

Create A User Feedback Form............................................................................................................ 261

Viewing Summary of Responses.......................................................................................................... 265


Session 6 Review............................................................................................................................................. 267


APPENDICES ...........................................................................................................................................................271

Appendix A: Software Application Tools................................................................................................... 273

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Appendix B: Terminology List........................................................................................................................279

Appendix C: Glossary....................................................................................................................................281

Appendix D: Contact Information..............................................................................................................284

SESSION 1THE NEXT BIG IDEAA Business is an organization engaged in commercial, industrial, or professionalactivities where goods and services are exchanged for one another or formoney. The world of business requires people who are experts in the field ofsales and marketing. To start a business, one should have a business plancontaining the business concept, product, target market, marketing strategies,and many more. Google Drive provides tools one can use for creating businessproposals and collaborating with a team: document, presentation,spreadsheet and form.

Suppose you were the head of a Market Analyst Team which is tasked to thinkof a fresh, new product for the company. Since mobile technology hasbecome a trend nowadays, your team has decided to conceptualize amobile-themed product. In preparation for this, brainstorm existing problemsand possible solutions which your product can address. Think of a productconcept, what it can do to solve the problem and a budget plan.

Assignment 1: Idea Proposal

Assignment 2: Idea Presentation

Assignment 3: Development Timeline

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Assignment 1: Idea ProposalIn this assignment, you will learn how to create or format company proposal documents.

Mobile Visions is the manufacturer and distributor of Digital Television (DigiTel) across the world thatcaters to the entertainment needs of people in different locations. Throughout the years, thecompany has provided state-of-the-art tools to achieve its goal and in response to today's evolvingtechnology, it aims to expand further through its involvement in themobile industry.

Since your team is assigned to conceptualize, brainstorm with your teammates for answers to thefollowing questions and come up with a concept or idea:

1. What existing problem in society have you experienced which youwant to address?

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2. How canmobile technology possibly address those problems?

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3. What will be the features of themobile app in order to address those problems?

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Having conceptualized the new product, you may now create a proposal. This proposal will serve asa formal document which explains the uses and benefits of the product.

Before you create a document, sign up for a Google account. To sign up for a new account, just clickthe Sign up button from the Google website and fill in the necessary details. Once done, you will beredirected to your ownGMail account.

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However, if you already have a Google account, simply log into your account and go todrive.google.com to open your Google Drive. Google Drive is a cloud storage that lets you accessyour files anywhere -- on the web, on your hard drive, or on the go. It also allows you to collaboratewith Google productivity apps such as Google Docs, Slides, and Sheets.

These Google productivity apps allow you to create different kinds of online documents, work onthem in real time with other people, and store them in your Google Drive online for free. All you haveto do is click on the Create button found on the left side of your screen and choose a file you want tocreate.

For this particular task, you are going to create a new Google Document for your proposal. A GoogleDocument is an online word processor that lets you create and format text documents. After thedocument has been created, you should now rename it. To change the title of your GoogleDocument, refer to the basic steps below:

1. Click the Untitled Document on the upper left corner of your document. The Rename documentwindowwill appear.

2. Enter the new title of your document. Choose a name that best describes the content of yourdocument. Avoid using offensive or vulgar titles.

3. ClickOK.


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Once the document has been renamed, start making a title page for your document. It is necessaryto make your proposal as straightforward as possible. Hence, it is important to add a title page. Thetitle page is the first page of your document which provides an overview of what your proposal isabout. The page should contain the following:

a. Company name/ logob. A large specific titlec. Author namesd. Date of the reporte. Relevant picture

Here’s a preview of the final output for this project:

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Corporate documents frequently require headers and footers to allow readers to easily navigatethem.

It is in the header that the chapter number, book or document name and company logo are usuallyinserted. Whereas, page numbers are indicated in the footers. Both headers and footers will appear inevery page of your document. Since you are creating a company proposal, the company logo


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should be inserted to the header while the company name and page number can be entered intothe footer.

To start with the title page, insert a header to your document by clicking InsertMenu► Header.

Once you have the header, insert your company logo as a header by clicking InsertMenu► Image.

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You can choose from twoways in inserting an image:

Option 1:Make sure that you’re in the Upload section. If not, click Upload on the upper left section ofthe pop-up box. Once clicked, you can now drag your image to the area as seen below:

Option 2:Click theChoose an image to upload button► locate the logo you want to upload► pressOK.


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If you find your company logo too big, resize it to a smaller scale in order to fit the corner of yourdocument. To resize the logo, click on the image► press Shift key► drag the lower corner of thebox.

Here’s how the sample header will look like after placing the company logo:

Afterwards, click outside the header to add contents to the document. Contents added to theheader section will be visible all throughout the document. Below the document header, type in thetitle of the document (e.g. Idea Proposal), name of your proposed product (e.g. Yum Ingredients),name of the person who prepared the document (e.g. Shaun Hall), and the date (e.g. June 5, 2015)when the document was created. Once you’re done, the title page should look as follows:

At this point, you may now change the format of the texts in the title page. To format the contents,highlight everything from the title of the document (Ideal Proposal) to the name of the product(Mobile Application) based on the example shown. After highlighting the texts, change their font byclicking the Font drop-down arrow from the Tool bar. Then, choose a font according to yourpreference. It is advisable to use a formal type of font.

Note: Aside from the list of fonts, there aremore fonts available to choose from. Simply clickMore fontsand a Fonts pop-up box will then appear. Once you have chosen, the new font will appear on the listof fonts in your Tool bar.

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While the texts are still highlighted, change the font size by clicking Font Size drop-down arrow fromthe Tool bar. Then, adjust the big font size to give emphasis to the title. Set a bigger font size for the titleto highlight it, but not too big enough that it covers so much space on the page.

Once changed, the sample will look as such:


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In this example, typing the document title in two lines and in different colors is done for emphaticpurposes. However, this is inapplicable to documents such as theses and newspaper articles. If youwish to follow the format above, see instructions in the next paragraph.

To give contrast and emphasis for each line, change the text color into different colors. Since you arecreating a proposal, it is best to simply choose two colors.

To change the text color, simply click Text color drop-down arrow from the Tool bar ► choose a textcolor. In the example, the text color used for the first line is dark red berry 2 and dark blue 3 for thesecond line.

First line Second line

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Once changed, the sample title will look as follows:

Below the document title, you have entered the product name and just below it, the productdescription. Since the emphasis of the title page should be on the document title, make sure you setthe product name to a smaller font size than the title. The product description, on the other hand,should be reduced to a smaller font than the product name.

In the given example, the font size used for the product name is 40 while the product description wasset to 36. This will result in the following outcome:

Change the font and font size of Prepared by and Date to whichever you prefer withoutcompromising the emphasis on the document title. Afterwards, highlight all the texts in your title pageand change their text alignment according to your preference. In this example, the font, font size andalignment were set to Arial, 18 and Right align respectively. The shortcut key for Right align isCtrl + R.


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Then, highlight the labels Prepared by and Date then apply Bold (shortcut keys: Ctrl + B) to give thememphasis.

Press Enter before the document title to make the texts vertically centered on the page. Lastly, insert afooter to your document by clicking the Insert Menu ► Footer. The footer will contain the companynameand the page number since this is a proposal document.

Inside the footer, type in the company name and change its font to your preferred one. Once typed,make sure that your insertion point is after the texts. Then, press the Tab key after the texts until itreaches the right side then add a page number by clicking InsertMenu► Page number► Bottom ofpage.

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In the example, the font for both the company name and the page number is Syncopatewhich lookssimilar to this:

Now that you have finished formatting the title page, add a page break. A page break is a featureused to end the current page, which also signals the beginning of the next page. To insert a pagebreak, pressCtrl + Enter on your keyboard.

You can now start describing in detail the problem you have defined previously in this assignment.Reflect on how members of the society might have experienced this problem and think of ways onhow to address the problem through mobile technology. Provide an in-depth explanation of theproblem as well as its possible solutions.

Before you start defining the present scenarios, create an outline of what you’ll be discussingthroughout the document and type it in the document. The purpose of creating an outline is to let thereaders know the flow of topics to be discussed.


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Then, highlight the outline and apply a numbered list by clicking the Numbered list drop-down arrowfrom the Tool bar. Then, choose a list style according to your preference.

In this example, the list style applied is the Roman numeral as it is commonly used when writing aformal outline for formal texts such as research papers or proposals. On the contrary, supportingdetails for eachmain point are signaled by capital letters.

The outline should be distinguishable from the contents. Hence, it is advisable to change its fontbased on your preference. Highlight the outline and select a font and font size different from what isentirely used in the document. Oftentimes, outlines are set in larger fonts as compared to the contentsof the document.

For every main idea, skip lines by pressing Enter thrice in order to remove the numerical bullets that willappear below it. This makes the text less compressed which makes reading easy and manageable.After this, format the spacing to determine where the supporting details will be inserted. You may dothis by moving or dragging the left indent -- as indicated by a ruler -- to the right and align it to the firstword of eachmain idea.

It is important that you remember how to format themain ideas and supporting points in an outline forthese can be helpful in organizing the contents of your document. Since the spacing for the actualcontent has already been determined, you may start entering the description of your chosenproblem. If you haven't finalized it, simply use the sample content as seen on the next page. Press theEnter key after it to insert another line break.

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There are days when people are too lazy to go out of the house to eat outside. It may be thebad weather, hassle of dressing up, or you are just not really in the mood to interact withpeople or to exercise your fine dining etiquette. Thinking about staying at home and cookingyour own dinner is not a pleasant option for you, as well. The bother of looking up theavailable stock of ingredients in your food cabinet and thinking of ways to combine theseingredients annoy you to the point of you just don’t want to go through the whole process ofeating dinner anymore. For you, it is very time consuming to think about a recipe to cook athome. You may have all the ingredients but you don’t know what to do with them. Now ifyou think about it, a cookbook can cut your thinking time. But how much does a cookbookcost these days? Does buying a cookbook guarantee that you can cook all the recipeswritten there? It does not even guarantee that you will like 100% of the ingredients listed.

Luckily, in the modern age of mobile computing, knowledge is a privilege. In a simple click ofa button, all information that we want to know will be available at our fingertips. This is whatYum Ingredients is all about. It generates the recipe of a dish that the user can make giventhe ingredients provided by the same user. Users will be able to search recipes for theirfavorite dishes as well. Users from all over the world could also contribute to the growling list ofrecipes, giving all users a taste of food variations across the globe. All of these for the cost ofabsolutely nothing for smartphone users.

Change the text format of the supporting points according to your preference, preferably to asmaller font size. In the given example, the font and font size used areGeorgia and 12 respectively.

To make the document easy to read, you may adjust the margins of your document. Margins are thespaces around the document. Adjust the margins by dragging the left margin a little to the right andthe right margin to the left, until you've reached your desired arrangement of the document.

Product Concept

Product Concept provides a detailed description of your proposed product -- its objectives, featuresand how it will address your problem. This is important because it will help the board members of yourcompany visualize your plans.

Here’s how the sample page looks like:


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From themain idea, press Enter thrice to remove the numerical bullets that would automatically follow.At this point, where the cursor is positioned marks the line the first sub-point should be entered. Adjustthe margins so the sub-points are aligned to the first word of the main idea. Then, enter your owncontent under Product Concept. If you have not finalized your own material, simply enter thefollowing sample content:

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The basic idea behind Yum Ingredients is that it is a mobile application that people can use tofind a food recipe either by typing its name directly or typing the ingredients needed to makeit. Here are some of the features of the app:� SearchSince the main feature of the app is to ask the user for ingredients and generate a recipefor a dish, this also includes a search bar where you can directly search for a recipe. Thisfeature is for users who already have a specific recipe in mind and need not search for itsingredients.

� Contribute RecipeUsers can contribute by submitting their own recipes, adding to the recipe database. Thisis to expand the taste preference of the users using the different flavors the world has tooffer.

� Food RatingsRatings are given to recipes based on how often the recipe is searched and viewed byusers. This will serve as reference for users.

� FavoriteUsers are given an option to mark a particular recipe as their favorite. Recipes marked asfavorites will be saved into a bookmark list, allowing users to access these recipes easilywithout having to search for them.

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Remember to apply the same text format to the supporting points as that of the main idea. Apply alist style if needed; in this example, a bullet list has been applied to enumerate sub-points. This list styleis normally used for non-sequential or random order listing.

Estimated Budget

The Estimated Budget contains a list of resources that will be needed to produce your proposedproduct. Furthermore, it also gives a summary of the expenses, specifying the quantity needed foreach item and its corresponding price. It is necessary to include an Estimated Budget in a proposal toallow the board members or shareholders of the company to clearly evaluate the plausibility of itsimplementation.

Enumerate the resources needed to produce your product including their prices and quantity. Here isan illustration of a possible breakdown of expenses in producing amobile app:

DESCRIPTION QUANTITY PRICE TOTALProgrammers 3 $45,000 $135,000Graphic Designers 3 $20,000 $60,000DesktopComputers 6 $500 $3,000Mobile Platforms 1 $300 $300

TOTAL COST $198,300

Construct a table that summarizes the breakdown of estimated expenses for your product in the boxbelow:

Given the list of resources and its estimated costs, arrange these data in tabular form to make it lookpresentable, organized and easy to understand. Here’s how the resources list table looks like:


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Before creating a table, identify the number of columns and rows you will be needing based on thelist of resources you have enumerated. Once they have been determined, insert a table by clickingthe Insert Menu ► Table. Then, drag your mouse until you get your table dimension. In the example,there are four columns, which are Description, Quantity, Price, and Total, and seven rows for the tableheader and resources list. Based on this, the table dimension used is 4x7, which means there are fourcolumns and seven rows.

Once the table has been created, you may input the table headers in the first row. The table headersmust be able to describe the contents or data in each column. In the example, the following tableheaders are used:

� Description� Quantity� Price� Total

Oftentimes, table headers are aligned to the center; thus, center-align all table headers you’veentered in the first row.

After that, change the font and font size of the table header to your preference. Make sure the textformat of the table headers are distinguishable from the data encoded in each column. In theexample, the font and font size used areOswald and 14, respectively.

You may now fill out the table with your proposed list of resources and estimated prices. If you havenot finalized your proposed budget, youmay simply use the given data below:

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You may improve the presentation of your table through Table properties. To do this, right click on thetable ► choose Table properties. The Table properties pop-up box will allow you to modify your tableborder color and size, cell background color, table dimension, and table and cell alignment.

Feel free to experiment with the table properties of your table by highlighting cells and changing textcolors. In the example, the cell background color of the table headers is changed into light red berry1 to make it distinguishable from other data presented in the table.

Choosing a darker cell background color for the table headers may require you to change their textcolor towhite to make the text readable. At this point, your table should somehow resemble the givenexample:

If the alignment of your table data looks slightly in disarray, feel free to adjust the alignment until youare satisfied with the organization of your data. Moreover, adjust the column sizes by dragging the


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table borders of each column. This way, your data will fit the cell and will look much more organizedlike in this sample:

As can be seen in the example, there are two blank cells in the last row. To exclude these cells, fillthem with a cell background color that is the same as the table border color. Your table should nowlook like this:

Again, make sure to create contrast for the background color and text color like in this sample:

However, if you want to addmore data in your table, decide first where you want to insert a new rowor a new column. Once decided, simply right click the row adjacent to the location where you wishto add a row or column then choose from the following options:

To give the readers distinction between rows, you can fill the alternating rows with the lightest shadeof gray color by highlighting the whole row, right click on it and then choose Table properties ►

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change the Cell Background Color to light gray then press OK. Repeat this to fill alternating rows inyour table:

Here’s how the sample final page of the proposal should look like:

Now that the proposal is finished, you can now print copies of it for the board members. To print thedocument, simply click the FileMenu► Print or use the shortcut keyCtrl + P.


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A dialog box for your printer and print settings will appear. The default Destination reads Save as PDF.You can settle with this option if you want to save a unchangeable softcopy of the document.However, since you will be printing copies for your board members, change this to the name of yourprinter. Simply click the Change button, locate your printer then change the number of copies to beprinted depending on the number of readers. Finally, click Print.

Congratulations! You have created and printed your first proposal. You may now submit yourdocument to the boardmembers andwait for their initial evaluation.

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Review

Essay:Answer the following questions with a one-paragraph explanation.

1. Is it important to create a title page in a proposal document? Explain your answer.

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Assignment 2: Idea PresentationThe second assignment will teach you how to visually present ideas and concepts.

Apart from a hardcopy of your proposal, it is also important that you are able to orally present yourideas to the board members. The printed document is merely a reference that they can use. You willhave to deliver an oral presentation with accompanying visual aids to get your point across moreeffectively.

Google Slides is an online presentation app that allows you to build a visual presentation. Here aresome tips in creating an effective presentation:

TIP DETAILSMaintain minimum number ofslides.

Having less slides will keep your audience attentive andinterested in the discussion.

Choose a bigger and readablefont style.

It is recommended to use Sans Serif fonts such as Arial orHelvetica because it helps to get your message across youraudiences. Avoid Serif fonts, such as Times New Roman, andfonts that include fancy edges. Also, choose the right font sizeto be projected on the screen. A letter that is as big as an inchcan be read from 10 feet while a 2-inch letter is readable from20 feet and a 3-inch one from 30 feet.

Keep your texts simple and short. Your slides must only consist of bullets, short phrases orkeywords to prevent the speaker from simply reading them.This way, speakers are encouraged to provide spontaneousexplanations and in turn, the audience will remain engaged inthe lecture. Also, the orientation of some projectors may resultin cropped projections of slides. It is for this reason that slidesmust only contain short phrases.

Use visuals in conveying yourmessage.

Avoid overwhelming the audience by adding too many texton a slide. Instead, incorporate graphics into yourpresentation to help convey your message.

Create great contrast betweenbackground and text.

Choose a template that is both appealing and professional toavoid distractions. Remember to choose background colorsthat contrast the color of the text tomake the latter readable.

Check the contents for spellingand grammar errors.

Always check the spelling and grammar in your presentation.

To start, go to Google Drive and create a visual presentation by clicking Create ► choosePresentation:

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In the presentation, rename the title according to your preference and format the following:

a. Choose a theme

To choose a theme, click the Slide Menu ► Change theme. A Choose a theme pop-upbox will appear that will let you choose a theme for your presentation. Pick one theme foryour presentation according to your preference. In the example below, the chosen themeis Dark Gradient.

b. Select a slide size

In the same pop-up box, change the slide size of your presentation according to yourpreference. In the given example, the size of the slide was set to Widescreen 16:9 whichmeans a wider dimension. This allows users to easily add more elements to the slide.However, if you want the standard slide size, choose Standard 4:3 for your presentation.After choosing, clickOK to see the changesmade.


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A default set of presentation themes are available to simplify the process of creating and designingslides. In these existing themes, elements such as the font style, background, text color and the like arealready set. Apart from this, the slide size may have already been preset as well.

After modifying the slide, create a title slide for your presentation. A title slide in a presentation is similarwith the title page in your document. It contains a catchy design and a title that will describe thewhole presentation. Think of a design that will surely catch your audiences’ attention. Here’s how thesample title page looks like:

To begin, use different shapes in designing your title page. Just click the Shape icon located in theTool bar. Then, select Shapes and choose a shape according to your preference. In the example, thechosen shape to be inserted is the circle.

Press Shift + drag your mouse to create your chosen shape. At this point, your sample title page shouldlook like this:

By default, the fill color of the shape is gray with a black line color. Change the color of your shapeaccording to your preference by clicking the Fill color icon from the Tool bar. Then, choose your

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preferred color. However, if you want to customize you own color, click Custom. A pop-up box willappear where you will input the HEX value of the color.

Once you’re done, put the logo of the proposed product and the title of your presentation inside theslide. There are twoways in inserting an image:

1. Option 1: Click the Insert Menu ► choose Image. An Insert image pop-up box will appear.Make sure that you’re in the Upload section then choose a file and locate your image.

2. Option 2: Click the Image icon from the Tool bar. The same pop-up box will appear. Makesure that you’re in the Upload section then drag your image to the area.


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Once the logo of your proposed product has been added, check if the size of the image is neithertoo small nor too big. If otherwise, you can always resize the image. Remember that the logo shouldbe positioned above the title.

Afterwards, add the title of the presentation to the center of the circle. Notice that the title text box isbehind the shape. To bring it in front of the shape, right click the title text box► chooseOrder► Bringto Front or use the shortcut keyCtrl + Shift + ↑.

Now that the title text box is already in front of the circle, type in the title of your presentation. To putemphasis on your title, user uppercase letters to distinguish it from other element in the slide.. Changethe font of the title according to your preference and resize the text box to fit the texts inside the circle.Move the text box to the center of the slide. After doing this, the sample title slide should look like this:

Make sure the shapes included in your slide have contrasting colors. Hence, below the title, insertanother shape with a bright fill color. Click the Shapes icon from the Tool bar then select a shape. Fillthe chosen shapewith a bright color according to your preference and add a text inside it.

The text to be entered in the shape must be a short description of the presentation to give the boardmembers an idea of what to expect. To add a text inside the shape, simply double click the shapeand enter texts inside it. Apart from this, you can also right click the shape ► choose Edit text► thentype in the texts.

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Change the font and font color of the text according to your preference. Also, play with thealignment and delete the excess text box, if there’s any, to make it look neat and professional.

Enumerate Present Scenarios

Having successfully created the title slide, you may now add the succeeding slides based on thenumber of topics covered in the topic outline. Feel free to design each slide creatively. Thus, the nextstep is to add a topic slide which simply contains the title of the main topic which will be discussedfurther in the next few slides. It is important that topic slides follow a uniform format. To add a slide,simply click the + button from the Tool bar. However, if you want to customize the layout of your slide,click the drop-down arrow of the + button then choose Blank layout.

Remember to create a similar tone among all slides. Hence, design the second slide based on thestyle of the topic slide but with a fewmodifications. Here's a sample topic slide:

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First, insert a shape by clicking the Shape icon from the Tool bar then choose a shape according toyour preference. Change its fill color to a bright color as seen in the example below:

Enter the topic inside the shape then change its font and font size according to your preference.Adjust the shape and text color until you come up with a combination that makes the text readable.Also, remember that only three different fonts can be applied in the presentation to avoidinconsistencies.

Next, add another shape and change its fill color according to your preference. The sample topicslide should now look like this:

Lastly, add the logo of the proposed product to the slide by clicking the Insert Menu then selectImages and drag the image to the area, resizing it if needed.

After the topic slide, add another slide for the presentation of the supporting points of your first maintopic. Just click the drop-down arrow of the + button and choose Title Only layout. Title Only layoutcontains one text box for the title of the slide. To illustrate, see the sample below:

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Here are some guidelines in creating the contents of this slide:a. Present scenarios based on the primary problem you have raised in your proposal.b. Enumerate the causes of this problem.

Aside from changing themes, you can design your slide by changing its background color or image.Just right click the slide then choose Change background. A Background pop-up box will appearwhich will allow you to change the background color, background image, and reset the theme. Inthe example, the design option used is changing the background image of the slide by clicking theChoose button► locate the background image► click Done. The background image usedmust berelated to the topic you are discussing.

However, if you want to change the background color of the slide, simply choose a color from thecolor drop-down arrow then click the Done button.

Once you’re done, you can type the scenario into the title text box. Then, highlight the texts andchange their font and font size according to your preference. Remember to choose a font size largeenough to be seen by everyone in the audience.

Always remember that consistency is essential in designing a slide. In the given example, thearrangement of the slides is also meant to serve as cues to the speaker as he enumerates threereasons why people refuse to leave the house to eat. The gradual revelation of each detail serves tocatch the interest of the boardmembers.

Tomake each detail appear one at a time, the easiest way to do this is to duplicate the previous slide,with each duplicate having a different content. The number of duplicate slides depends on thenumber of details you wish to enumerate. To duplicate a slide, right click on the slide that you want toduplicate then choose Duplicate slide. After doing this, two copies of the slide will appear on the slidepanel as seen in the example below:


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For the duplicated slide, insert a shape and fill it with color according to your preference. Rememberthat this is a professional or corporate presentation so the elements in the slide should still look formaland organized. Enter one of the possible reasons behind the problem inside the shape. Then, modifythe format of the text according to your preference. In this example, the slide duplicate now looks likethis:

Repeat duplication of the current slide until all reasons have been enumerated. Play around the fillcolor of the shapes to create color harmony. In the example, the succeeding slides should look likethe following:

If you have more scenarios, feel free to duplicate as many slides as you want. You may also vary theorganization of the elements in each slide. Remember to follow a consistent slide design. Here's howthe slides for other scenarios may look like:

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As can be seen in the example, the second scenario applies the same enumerating effect as the firstto establish consistency in the design.

Now that you have completed the "attention-getter" slide, you may now proceed to the introductionof your proposed product or at least the solutions to each scenario presented earlier.

Introduce Product

The first step is to create a title slide following the same format as used previously. Just simply duplicatethe existing title slide to save having to repeat the same steps. Afterwards, drag the duplicated slidedown to the end of the list of slides. Modify the fill color and the texts of the title slide according to yourpreference. Here’s a sample of the title slide:

After the title slide, insert a Blank slide layout and design this slide freely. Here’s a sample introductionslide for your proposed product:


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Start designing by changing your slide’s background color. Next, add a shape and modify its fill coloraccording to your preference. There is also an option to modify the opacity of the color by clickingthe shape ► Fill color icon from the Tool bar, choose Custom then adjust opacity by dragging thepointer of the second bar downwards or upwards.

Note: As seen in the illustration above, the first bar is for adjusting the color brightness while the secondis for adjusting color opacity.

Inside the shape you created, type in Introduction and modify its text format according to yourpreference. Remember to adjust the color of the text as well so that it will be readable when laidagainst the colored shape. Here’s how the sample looks like:

Lastly, add your proposed product logo inside the slide. You all have the freedom to arrange theelements included in the slide.

Now that the product has already been introduced in this slide, add a Blank slide layout forenumerating its features. Design the slide with an enumerating effect similar to the previous slides.Here’s what the features slide looks like:

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As illustrated above, the bullets used to introduce each item in the list are specially designed withcolorful shapes. If you wish to do the same, feel free to create your own bullets by choosing your ownshapes and icons.

First, insert shapes inside the slide and change their fill color to your preference. The fill colors used inthe example have reduced opacity; however, you may opt to keep the default opacity as is. Afterinserting your preferred shapes, arrange them whichever way you want. Then, insert your icon byclicking the Image icon from the Tool bar then locate the icon and click Open. Resize the icon andmove it to the center of the shapes you created to make it look like a list.

Note: You can create your own icons using Adobe Photoshop or simply download available icons onwebsites such as The Noun Project (http://thenounproject.com/).

To put a description, add a text box by clicking the Text box icon from the Menu ►then drag yourmouse horizontally to form a text box. Make sure you place it in line with the circles.

Inside the text box, type in the the descriptions or features of your proposed product. Modify its textformat according to your preference and make sure that the slide looks presentable and organized.Having done these steps, the slide should already look like this:


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To create a consistent effect, follow the aforementioned steps for the succeeding details. Add aBlank slide every time you add a new feature. Then, hold Shift as you click the two existing shapes,copy and paste them, and align the duplicated shapes below the original copies. Feel free to modifythe fill color and opacity of the shapes and the descriptions according to your preference.

Visualize Long Term Benefits

Long term benefits are positive outcomes that may ensue if the product was produced. In thisexample, the team brainstormed possible long term benefits such as the following:

1. The company will place ads about our sister company’s products.2. The company will share data with the clients and our sister company’s clients.3. The company will add in-app purchases and other new features overtime.

Brainstormwith your teammates the long term benefits that may affect the company once your planshavematerialized. List down your team's ideas below:

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These long term benefits you have brainstormed will also be discussed in your oral presentation. Sincethis will be a new topic, add another topic slide. Simply duplicate the topic slide used earlier and dragthe copy to the end of the list of slides. Edit the text of the duplicate slide and enter the title of thetopic. The topic slide should look like this:

For the contents of this topic, insert a Title and Body slide layout. In this slide, place one of the threelong term benefits stated above. In the example, the team agreed to the following benefits:

1. Place ads of kitchen appliances of our sister company (Infinity Corporation)2. Share the data we get with our clients and sister company’s clients3. Add in-app purchases and other new features overtime

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Here’s how the benefits are formatted in the slides:

Looking at the examples, typography plays a big role in designing the slides. Typography is the style ortechnique in arranging text type designs. The key is to experiment with the fonts, font size and textcolor to come up with an attractive but formal presentation of the long term benefits.

Once you’ve finished creating your presentation, share it to your team in order for them to review theslides before presenting it to the board members. To avoid unnecessary editing of your presentation,make sure that it can only be accessed and viewed by your members. To share this file, click theShare button on the upper right side of your presentation and type in the email address of each ofyour team member. Then, click the Can edit drop-down arrow and change it to Can view. Click theAddmessage link and type in your message then click Share & save► Done.

The following are the three types of accessibility options users can have:a. Can edit - The person is allowed to edit, view and comment on the file shared to him or her.b. Can comment - The person is only allowed to view and comment on the file shared to him

or her.c. Can view - The person is only allowed to view the file shared to him or her.

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Assignment 3: Development TimelineIn this assignment, you will learn how to create an estimated development timeline of a project.

In creating a project proposal, a development timeline is essential along with the document andpresentation. This will give your team members an idea with regard the time frame or duration inwhich the project will be completed. Estimating this time frame will help the team evaluate thefeasibility of the project. A development timelinemay follow the format as seen below:

To create your development timeline, go to Google Drive, selectCreate then choose Spreadsheet.

Rename its title then change the time zone and locale of your spreadsheet. When you modify boththe time zone and locale of your spreadsheet, it will influence all formatting defaults such as currency,date format, number format, revision history, and many more. Applying such changes allows you tosee the exact same date and time when your spreadsheet was modified despite the user's location.Simply put, this helps track changes in your spreadsheet.

To modify your spreadsheet time zone and locale, click the File Menu ► Spreadsheet settings thenmodify the locale to your country. Change time zone to your location then click Save settings.

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A spreadsheet is a program that is composed of arranged rows and columns that can bemanipulated while a worksheet, or simply a sheet, is a page in the spreadsheet. It is important to labelsheets to clearly distinguish one from the other. To rename your sheet, simply double click the sheettab and type in your preferred sheet name.

After renaming the sheet, you can now start enumerating the tasks during the development phase ofthe proposed product. Brainstorm with your team the stages involved in the development of yourproduct. This process should be able to cover the main aspects such as product idea proposal,product launching and final documentation. With your teammates, decide on the other tasks that willcomprise your product development stages.

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The finished output shows a spreadsheet that is composed of two parts: tasks assigned a specificstarting and ending date on the left side and the visual timeline in weeks on the right side. Format andcreate the contents from left to right.

The first step is to merge the cells in the first couple of rows to accommodate data to be entered intothe left side of the spreadsheet. In this task, highlight A1 to A6 then merge by clicking theMerge cellsicon from the Tool bar.


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To insert the company logo, merge cells E1 to E6 by clicking the Insert Menu ► Image. Drag thecompany logo to the space allotted for it. When the image is already in the spreadsheet, resize theimage to fit themerged cells.

Once the company logo has been inserted, the next step is to merge the cells beside it to createspace for the title. In the given example, cells F1 to AA6 are merged. In these merged cells, the title ofthe spreadsheet with the product name is entered. Choose a bigger font size for the title for emphasis.Feel free to change the text format of the title according to your preference then align it to thecenter.

There may be instances in which you will have to add more columns to your spreadsheet. Forexample, you want to add two more columns to the right, just highlight the last two columns, rightclick anywhere then choose Insert 2 right or vice versa.

Going back to the merged cells, change the fill color of the two merged cells by highlighting both ofthem. Click the Fill color icon from the Tool bar then choose a color according to your preference. Inthe example, the color chosen is light yellow 3.

The contents found on the left side of the spreadsheet should always be visible. Hence, you mustfreeze the columns that contain these contents so that they will remain viewable even when scrollingthe spreadsheet horizontally. To do this, click the ViewMenu then select Freeze columns. Choose onefrom Freeze 1-5 columns. A gray bar will appear in between columns indicating that these columnshave been frozen. Scroll your sheet horizontally to see if this has taken effect.

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Below the merged cells on the left side, create headers for the list of tasks, the start date and enddate. For the column that enumerates different tasks, mergeA7 to B9 and enter the title of the header.MergeC7 toC9 for the start date column header and D7 to D9 for the finish date column header. Thespreadsheet should now look like this:

Having formatted the headers, you may type in the contents on the left side (Task Name, Start andFinish).

Define Tasks

Type in the task names enumerated earlier under the designated column. After this, type in theestimated start and finish dates of each of the tasks. You can modify the text format of the contentsaccording to how you like it. Once done, a similar outcome should now be seen in your spreadsheetas the one below:


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Remember how you formatted the table in the documents and how you applied them to thespreadsheet especially the alignment. It is also advisable to delete the excess rows below your lastrow of data. In the example, the excess rows are from row 21 to 100. Therefore, to delete these rows,highlight rows 21 to 100► right click► choose Delete rows 21-100.

Having entered all the necessary information under the Task Name, Start and Finish columns, you maynow think of how youwill visually represent these details through a slideshow.

Set Timeline Schedule

The timeline schedule that maps the estimated duration of the completion of the project will beorganized on the right side of the spreadsheet which should correspond to information entered in theleft side. The timeline will be represented in weeks because the range of the start date and end dateshould not be less than a week. Hence, each column will be labeled according to week numbers(e.g. Week 1, Week 2 etc.). If you recorded 6/14/2015 as your start date and 6/21/2015 as your enddate, you can shade one cell.

Before you start shading, format the cells similar to a weekly calendar by merging cells. Inside themerged cells, type in the month and year. In the example, cells E7 to H8 are merged and labeled asJune 2015. Under the merged cells, type in the week numbers. Format the texts according to yourpreference but do consider changing the font size of the month and year to a bigger one ascompared to that of the week numbers. Applying these changes will result in the following output:

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Do the same for the followingmonths. Addmore columns if needed. Once done, this how the weeklycalendar looks like:

For every task listed on the left side, give an estimate of the number of weeks it can be accomplishedby applying a fill color to the cells under the weekly calendar. In the example, the Idea Proposaltakes two weeks to finish. Given this, the fill color for Week 1 and Week 2 cells are changed to lightmagenta 2. Do the same for the following tasks. The sample timeline schedule now looks as follows:

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Now that the development timeline is finished, share this file to your team. Give them an access tocomment on your timeline. Click the Share button then input your team members’ email addresses.You may add a message or give instructions on what they should check. Then, change the access toCan comment and finally, Share and save.

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Organize Files into Folders

Now that all your files are for approval, make sure to organize your Google Drive files into a folder sothat you would not have a hard time finding a particular file in the future. To do this, go to yourGoogle Drive, check the respective boxes beside the three files you created in this session which areInitial Proposal, Idea Presentation, and Development Timeline. Afterwards, click the Move to buttonthen click the Create new folder link below► rename the folder to Product Proposal or any suitablefilename then click the newly created folder and finally, clickMove.

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Session 1 ReviewModified True or False: Read each statement carefully. Write T if the statement is correct. Otherwise,underline the word(s) which makes the sentence incorrect and write the correct answer on the blankprovided.

GOOGLE DOCS__________________ 1. The grocery list you created does not look like a list but just a plain text with

commas separating each food item. To fix this, you pressed Enter after everyfood item, highlighted the list, and clicked Bulleted list from the Tool bar.

__________________ 2. Marco is an event organizer. He created a table for recording the programflow of the event. To give emphasis to the table headers, he changed thecell background color of the headers to red under Borders drop-down arrowfrom the Tool bar.

__________________ 3. Your favorite font is not included in the list of the default fonts. Since you wantto use it often, you can add more fonts to the default fonts in Google SlidesandGoogle Sheets.

GOOGLE SLIDES__________________ 4. You just finished creating the marketing plan presentation and will be in a

meeting with the manager in a few hours to present it. Your team suggestedthat you share the final presentation to them in order for them to be ready forlater’s meeting. To share it to the team and avoid unnecessary changes andcomments, you changed the permission toCan edit.

__________________ 5. Emily sent you a bulk of images that will be included in the presentation;however, all the images are in portrait format. To rotate the image withoutusing the rotate handle, right click the image and select Rotate clockwise orcounter-clockwise 180 ͦ.

__________________ 6. Johnson wanted to change the slide size of his presentation. To do that, yousuggested that he access the page setup of his presentation and changethe slide size there.

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press the Tab key.

__________________ 9. After few hours of editing your monthly expenses, you closed thespreadsheet without saving because you knew that it will be automaticallysaved.

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Session 1 Extension ActivityGiven that the proposal was approved and will now proceed to its developing phase, create astrategic plan on how you will market your product as soon as it has been developed. In marketingyour product, you must know your target market in order to communicate with them using thedifferent types of advertising plans or outreach promotions.

A marketing plan commonly contains the objective, media advertising plan, outreach promotionplan, and the estimated expenses. However, it also depends on what your product is and how youwant to advertise your product. Given the idea, create your own outline of topics about marketingyour product and explain how you plan to execute each of them.

Here’s a sample output of a marketing plan:

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SESSION 2PROTOTYPE DEVELOPMENTNow that the idea your team proposed has been approved, you can now startplanning for the next step which will be the prototype development. Indeveloping a prototype, you will need to research about the materials neededand their cost. Apart from this, you will have to provide a detailed productdescription, specifications and functions.

To be organized in your product development stage, you need to create andprovide proper documentation which will include the product concept; delivera presentation which showcases different product prototypes and producefeedback forms which aim to obtain feedback with regard the final prototypechosen and will be tested by the Quality Assurance Team. Preparing thesematerials will not only encourage efficiency in terms of development but willalso hasten efforts to improve the product.

Assignment 4: Product Concept Documentation

Assignment 5: Product Prototype Presentation

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Assignment 4: Product Concept DocumentationThis assignment will teach you how to create documentation for an even more concrete productconcept.

The best thing about proposals is getting them approved by the board members. Now that yourteam’s proposal got approved, the next thing that you need to do is to create a concrete andcrystallized version of the product concept. This way, the board members will get the big picture thatyou and your teamare proposing.

The product concept document should contain the following topics:I. Overview - contains the general summary of your product and its main featureII. Product Specifications - contains the concrete specifications and features of your productIII. Production Materials - contains all materials or manpower needed, as well as costs involved

in developing the product

Come up with a more comprehensive version of your ideas about the product with your teammates.Once you’re done brainstorming, create a three paragraph summary of your concrete ideas. Youcan include the specifications and functions of your product and the production materials needed.List them down inside the box below:

You can use this as a guide in writing the contents of your document.

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Then, create a document in your Google Drive and rename the document. After renaming yourdocument, create a title page that will describe the whole document. Here’s how the title page lookslike:

To start, insert the company logo inside the header of your document. Below the header, type in thetitle of your document, name of your product and its description, name of the person who preparedthe document, and the date when the document is created. Format the texts according to yourpreference. And lastly, insert a footer containing the company name and page number.

In writing the contents of the document, insert a page break after the title page by simply pressingCtrl+ Enter on your keyboard. Same with the previous document, create an ordered list for the outline ofyour document.

Now that you have the outline, press Enter twice and start writing the contents for Overview. Thissection must explain what the product is and its main feature. This way, the readers would have anidea about the product. The sample page looks like as follows:


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Modify the font and font size of the texts according to your preference. Just make sure that the outlineand the contents are distinguishable by just one look.

Define Product Specifications

The product specifications section contains the list of features and functions of the product. Thecontents must explain how each of the features work. To begin, type in the specifications and/orfeatures of your product under Product Specifications or you can use the contents below if youhaven’t decided upon your contents:

Feel free to modify the font and font size of your contents, provided that you choosemore formal andprofessional fonts since you are creating a professional document. Use bullets, list styles and indentionsto distinguish sub-points frommain topics. Here’s how the page looks like:

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Themobile application has the following features:

� SearchSince the main feature of the app is to ask the user for ingredients and generate arecipe for a dish, this also includes a search bar where you can directly search for arecipe. This feature is for users who already have a specific recipe in mind and neednot search for its ingredients.

� Contribute RecipeUsers can contribute by submitting their own recipes, adding to the recipe database.This is to expand the taste preference of the users using the different flavors the worldhas to offer.

� Food RatingsRatings are given to recipes based on how often the recipe is searched and viewedby users. This will serve as reference for users.

� FavoriteUsers are given an option to mark a particular recipe as their favorite. Recipesmarked as favorites will be saved as part of a bookmarked list which users can accessanytime without having to search for them.


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Insert a line break before the new section begins to indicate a continuation that follows.

Research Production Materials

The Production Materials section contains the list of materials and manpower needed in developingyour product. Since this document aims to provide an in-depth look into your team’s productconcept, the contents for this section must be researched first. Hence, you may access GoogleDrive's Research tool by simply clicking the Tools Menu then selecting Research. On the other hand,you may just simply use the shortcut keys Ctrl + Alt + Shift + I. Once pressed, a Research sidebar willappear to your right and you can begin searching for information to meet your objectives.

Since you’ve already listed down the necessary resources in the previous Session, you can alreadyresearch for their prices using the Research Tool. To search for them, type in the first item on your list inthe search bar and press Enter. The search will generate links related to the item which will appear onthe sidebar. Choose and click one of the links to view the contents. In the example, the itemsearched is Programmer’s salary and one of the links is clicked. When the website opens, the averagesalary of a programmer can be seen. According to www.salary.com, the averagemonthly salary of aprogrammer in the United States is $55, 853.


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Use the search bar to find information aboutmanpower as well as the prices of each of your materials.After doing research, compile your findings in tabular form.

Before creating a table, always remember to count the number of columns and rows that you need.Once you've decided on this, you may now create a table by simply clicking the Insert Menu.Choose Table then drag your mouse until you have the number of columns and rows you need. In thisexample, the number of rows and columns is 4 x 6.

However, if your enumerated list of resources is similar to the previous list in the product proposal, youcan simply copy the whole table from the previous proposal document to the current documentsince both of the tables must have the same table properties and text format to establish consistency.Once you have copied the table, make the necessary changes in terms of content. The table youhave created should resemble the one as seen below:

Below each resource, enter a short description stating why it is needed in the project. Includeinformation you have gathered from conducting an online search and if additional information isneeded, use the Research tool whenever necessary. Following these steps will lead to an outputsimilar to the succeeding sample:


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The next step is to enter the quantity and the price of each of the resources -- based on your researchfindings -- into the table. Multiply the quantity and the price to get the total for each of the resources.Then, add the total of each of the resources and input the grand total in the last row. Highlight thegrand total by applying a bold text. The sample table should now look like this:

In this document, prices inputted are far more accurate since they are derived based on researchcompared to those indicated in the proposal document which weremere estimations.

Provide distinctions between rows by filling alternating rows with the lightest gray color. You canhighlight the whole row, press right-click then choose Table properties. Then, change the cellbackground color to light gray then press OK. Do this for the third, fifth, and seventh rows. If you havecopied the table from the previous document, the fill color will automatically be formatted. You just


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have to fill the added rows with the light gray color. Your final table should resemble that of thesample below:

Before sharing this document, add comments to certain parts in order to clarify points or even askinput from your teammates. Your members' suggestions will be valuable in improving the content ofyour document.

To comment, highlight the texts then click the Insert comment icon from the Tool bar or simply use theshortcut keys Ctrl + Alt + M. Type in your comments then click Comment. Here’s what a samplecomment looks like:

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Then, share your document to your team and wait for each member’s reply. As you can recall inSession 1 of this workbook, the steps on how to share a document is by clicking the Share button ►type in your team member’s email addresses ► change the permission to Can comment ► add amessage instruction► click Share & save► Done.

Once they open the document, your team can either reply to the comment or chat with you usingthe Show chat button located beside Comment and Share buttons. Click the Show chat button andstart chatting with your team. The chat window looks like this:

Suppose your team suggested to add one to two more sentences in the Overview section todescribe the product. Your revision depends on your team’s comments and suggestions. Whenreplying to comments, messages are sent and read with a certain delay, since you and yourmembers will only be able to respond in your own time and availability. Whereas, chatting brings the


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group together all at once, conversing with each other simultaneously. It is recommended to usechat to collaborate with your team if you need to have a long discussion about the document.

After revising your document, you can resolve the comments you placed since you’re already donewith revising. To resolve the comment, click the Resolve button on the upper right corner of thecomment box.

Once the revision is done, you can now download a soft copy of the document to your computer.Instead of printing the document, soft copies may be attached in an email. To save a PDF ornon-editable document, simply click the File Menu, select Download as then choose PDF Document.Rename the file according to your preference. Save the file to Desktop.


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Essay:Answer the following questions by providing a one-paragraph explanation.

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Assignment 5: Product Prototype PresentationIn this assignment, you will learn how to analyze and present prototype screens.

The prototype designing of the product has started. The graphic artists decided to create twoprototype designs for the product before developing it to avoid unnecessary changes during thedevelopment stage. It is your job to monitor the development process and report it to the boardmembers.

Given enough time, the graphic artists have finished creating two prototype screen designs. Thesedesigns must be approved by the board members before developing the product. Your job is tocreate a good prototype presentation alongwith your team’s analysis regarding the designs. This way,the board members may understand the comparison between the two prototype designs, which willin turn help them evaluate and eventually choose the final design.

Go to Google Drive and create a Google Slides file. Rename the title of your presentation thenchoose a theme and slide size according to your preference. In the example, the theme and slidesize used are Dark Gradient and Standard 4:3 respectively. Standard 4:3 is the standard size of apresentation; however, if you plan to include more elements in the presentation, you can choose abigger slide size so feel free to choose your desired slide size. Here’s how the sample title slide lookslike:

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Going back to the title slide, insert a title and modify its text format according to your preference.Then, add a line under the title to make it noticeable. To draw a line under the title, click the Line toolfrom the Menu then press Shift while dragging your mouse. Make sure that the line ends right belowthe title’s last letter. In the example, the text format used for the title is Left align, Kreon font, and whitetext color:

Like texts, a line can also be formatted by choosing a line color, line weight, line dash, andarrowheads. Click on the line you have created and decide which line feature to modify. In theexample, the line color is modified to white by clicking the Line color from the Menu then choosingwhite from the color palette.

Then, the line weight is also changed by clicking the Line weight►choose 8px.

And lastly, the line is changed to a broken line by clicking the Line dash from the Menu. Choose thefirst broken line you see.

Note: Design your line according to your preference since this is just an example.

After the title, delete the subtitle text box and create a shape positioned slightly outside the bottom ofyour slide. To do this, click the Shape icon from the Tool bar, choose a shape and press Shift whiledragging your mouse. Modify its format according to how you like it and insert the logo of yourproduct inside the shape. You will have something similar to the example above.


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Now that you have a title slide, the next thing you must create is the topic slide. This slide will containthe topics of your presentation which are the problem overview, prototype design #1, and prototypedesign #2. Here is a sample topic slide:

Before creating your title slide, add a Blank slide layout and start inserting shapes to the slide byclicking Shape icon from the Tool bar then choose among the available shapes. Repeat inserting andformatting shapes until you achieve your intended design for the slide. Inside the shapes, type in thethree topics of your presentation as mentioned above. The sample topic slide should now resemblethe slide below:

Note: If you have something similar with the sample topic slide, make sure that the shapes aredistributed equally by pressing the Shift key + select all shapes. Click the Arrange Menu then selectDistribute. Choose either to distribute Horizontally or Vertically depending on your preferredarrangement.


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Feel free to add more shapes. As can be seen in the example, the number of shapes includedcorrespond to the number of topics specified. This will help both the presenter and audience todetermine the order of topics to be discussed.

Enumerate Problems

Prepare a recap of the previously reported scenarios. However, you need not cover everything. Thegoal is to simply remind your audience about certain details from your previous presentation.

To do this, insert a Blank slide layout for enumerating the problems. Since you are going to enumeratethe same set of problems as the previous presentation, apply the same enumerating effect createdpreviously. The design of this slide must also have the same feel with the previous presentation; hence,the colors that you will use should be the same. Here’s how the sample slides look like:

For this slide, enumerate the first three problems that you’ve discussed in the previous presentation.Use shapes in presenting them. If you’re done, duplicate this slide and enumerate the rest of theproblems you have by using shapes. The following shapes have been formatted as can be seen inthe sample slides above.

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What about cookbooks?

After this, duplicate this slide and insert a text box in the lower left corner. Simply click the Text box iconfrom the Tool bar and create a text box.

Inside the text box, type in SOLVED!Modify the text format according to your preference. This text boxis necessary because it serves as a transition that introduces your product as a solution to the saidproblems.

Present First Prototype Design

Remember that the Graphic Designers have created two prototype designs for your product to givethe board members more options to choose from. Both of the designs were analyzed by your team.To give the board members a visual explanation of how the design works, you need to compare thetwo prototype designs.

First, create a slide that will give the board members an image which compares the two prototypedesigns. Here’s what the sample slide looks like:

To create this slide, add a Blank slide layout and insert the two prototype design images side by side.Simply click the Image icon from the Tool bar then drag image to the area. Once inserted, resize theimage by pressing Shift + drag to fit the slide. Repeat the steps in inserting and resizing the secondimage. Lastly, insert a text box at the center of your slide and type in VS. Format the text according toyour preference andmake sure that it is noticeable.

Moving on to your next slide, insert a Blank slide layout for discussing the overview of your firstprototype design. In the example, the home screen of the first prototype is discussed and designed asfollows:


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The description should contain a positive feature of the prototype design. In the given example, thedescription included the importance of the prototype's color, red, which is explained to beassociated with inducing hunger.

To have consistency in design, add a shape for the number similar to the topic slide. Play around withthe formatting until you achieve your desired design. Then, after the overview slide, it is important tothe prototype’s features. Since there are a lot of features per prototype screen design, apply thesame enumeration effects used in the previous presentation. After applying the effect, the sampleslides should result in the following outcomes:

Slide no. 8 Slide no. 9 Slide no. 10 Slide no. 11

Brainstorm with your team the features of your first prototype design. List the features inside the boxbelow:

To begin, add a Blank slide and insert the image of your first screen. Resize the image to a biggerscale. After this, insert an arrow by clicking the drop-down arrow of the Line icon from the Tool bar.SelectArrow then drag themouse.


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Format the arrow according to your preference just as you did in the title slide. Afterwards, insert a textbox beside the arrow and type in its first feature. Modify the text formatting. In the example, the font,font size, and text color used are Jockey One, 24, and HEX: #FEBA3C respectively. Having appliedthese changes, the sample should look like this:

Now that you have the first feature, duplicate this slide for the next feature then add the same arrowand text box for typing in the following feature which will look similar to the example:

As can be seen in the example, the phrase Search by Dish has been underlined and entered in adifferent font color. This is to indicate that this text will be changed into links which will allow you tojump to a specific slide. Follow the succeeding steps for these features until you finish enumerating allof them.

In the sample prototype design, when users hitthe Search by Dish button, they will be directedto a text box where they can enter the dish namethat they wants to search. Upon searching thedish name, the recipe of the dish will appear onthe screen as illustrated in the given example:

To be consistent with the design of your slides, duplicate the overview slide for the next screen designandmove the duplicated slide to the last available slide. From there, delete the image and replace itwith the next screen design image. Afterwards, change its description. Here’s a modified sampledescription:


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For the contents of this prototype screen, apply the same enumerating effects and steps as you didearlier. Add a Blank slide and insert the screen design image. Next, insert the same arrow and the textbox for the feature. Repeat adding the same arrow and text box for each and every feature. Yourslide should now look like this:

To add the next feature, duplicate this slide.There are instances that you will be needing aclosing square bracket with an arrow pointingto the right. To have this, insert a short brokenline by clicking the Line icon from the Tool barthen click and drag the mouse to the right.While still selected, change the line color andline dash similar to the arrow. Then, copy andpaste the broken line to any area in theworkspace. The sample should now have thefollowing:

To finish the closing square bracket, insert avertical broken line that will connect the twoshort broken lines created earlier. Then, add thesame arrow beside the vertical line. This willresult in the following output:


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Having inserted four lines to create a closing square bracket, it is essential to group these linestogether so that it can be moved as one object within the slide. To group these lines together, simplypress Shift + click the four broken lines, press right then choose Group. You can also use the shortcutkeysCtrl + G.

Now that the lines are grouped together, insert a text box for its description. If you need to create anunordered bullet, just highlight the texts and click the Bulleted list or use the shortcut keysCtrl + Shift + 8.However, if you want to customize the bullets, simply click the Format Menu, find List options, selectMore bullets then choose one from the list. In the example, the list style used is the checkmark.

Applying these changes will yield the following slide design:


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If you have more screens to show, simply repeat the steps to create an overview slide and featuresslide with an enumerating effect.

Since the slides for the first prototype design are now complete, you can add or create links that willjump to a specific slide. Now, go back to the slides with underlined phrases. The next step is to createa link out of thosewords.

Just highlight the underlined texts then click the Insert link icon from the Tool bar or use the shortcutkeys Ctrl + K. Click the drop-down menu Slides in this presentation then choose the slide number towhich you want the texts to be linked. ClickApply.

Note: If the color of the link is changed, it means that you have successfully linked the texts to thechosen slide.

Now that you are finished explaining the features of the first prototype design, compare the secondprototype design with the first one. This way, the board members can understand the design andcreate a list of revisions for themobile app.


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Compare the Two Prototypes

To begin, design the slides that you will use for the comparison of two prototype designs. Make surethat your design is consistent all throughout the comparison. A comparison slide should look like this:

Since the comparison of the two prototype designs is not part of the features slide, you may designthe slide differently but must have the same feel or theme as the other existing slides. In the example,a header is createdwith the use of different shapes in different fill colors.

If you want to replicate the slide as seen in the example, you can start with the inner layer by clickingthe Shape drop-down arrow then choose Flowchart: Document.

Click and drag the mouse from the upper left corner to its opposite corner. While the shape is stillselected, flip the shape horizontally by right clicking the shape select Rotate, then choose Fliphorizontally.


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Change the fill color of the shape according to your preference but in the example, the fill color usedis HEX: #AB9957 as can be seen below:

Then, add the same shape on top of the previous but change its fill color. The fill color used in theexample is HEX: #B35512 looks as follows:

After this, add a triangle to the left side by clicking the Shapes then choose Triangle. Click and dragyour mouse to create a triangle. Change the fill color of the triangle according to your preference orto HEX: #D86615 like in the example. Then, rotate the triangle by right clicking it, select Rotate thenchoose Rotate right 90 .

Make sure to resize the triangle to fit the height of the flowchart: document shape. Once resized,copy and paste the triangle. Then, flip the triangle horizontally and resize its height to smaller. Movethe duplicated triangle to the other corner. Applying these changes will create a header that lookslike this:

Lastly, add a title to your slide by first, changing the layout of your slide then typing in the title. Tochange the layout, Apply layout then choose Title only. Modify the text format of your title accordingto your preference.


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In the example, the font, font size, text color, and alignment used are Bree Serif, 60, white, and Centerrespectively. The slide design should now appear as follows:

However, if you want to customize your own slide, feel free to do so. Once you’re done customizingyour slide, place the image of the first and second prototypes side-by-side in order to see thedifference between the two. The sample slide looks like this:


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Since in the example, there are four different screens per prototype, it would be easier to duplicatethis slide three times and change the images. After this, include new information about the screendesign in the second prototype to avoid repetition of details already discussed previously.

To have consistency in design, insert the same arrow used earlier beside the the new features of yourproduct. Then, add text boxes beside the arrow; type in the features according to the direction of thearrow. In the example, the arrows are placed beside the logo and the slide show dots. The text boxesbeside the arrows contain the following features:

Since this slide has been duplicated for the following screens, just change the images and add thenew features of the second prototype following the same slide format. In the example, the slide forthe next screen follows this design:

Since the only difference between the two screens is the theme, both of the images are placed atthe center of the slide to occupy it. Repeat the same steps until you finished comparing all thescreens. Youmust be able to product the following slides once all comparisons have beenmade:


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After presenting your team’s analysis on screen design, the board members are expected to askquestions in order to clarify some details. Insert a Blank slide layout and design this slide the simplestway possible. See the example below:

Play around with the shape and text format until you achieve your desired output.

Now that the presentation is complete, share this file to your team members and tell them to reviewand edit the slides.


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Since your team can edit the contents in the presentation, editors for each part may not be easilyidentified. To know who revised a particular part, just click the All changes saved in Drive beside thetabs and a sidebar will appear showing the following revisions made:


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Assignment 6: Final Prototype FeedbackIn this assignment, you will learn how to create a feedback form for the prototype.

Since the development of your product is finally completed, the product’s quality needs to be testedby your company’s Quality Assurance (QA) Team. A feedback form from the QA Team is needed inorder to obtain their evaluation and suggestions about the product tested. You have to create a formthat needs to check every function and overall quality of the app. You must be able to create afeedback form that resembles the following sample:

Normally, a feedback form contains different kinds of elements such as the following:� Text - allows one to input short texts such us name, company name, contact number and

the like� Paragraph text - allows one to input paragraph texts such as comments, suggestions, and

the like� Multiple choice - allows one to choose a single item from the given list of choices� Check boxes - allows one to choose one or more items from the given list of choices� Choose from a list - allows one to choose a single item from the given list of choices� Scale - allows one to rate the item from 1 to 5� Grid - allows one to rate the item given the criteria listed on each of the columns' headings� Date - allows one to specify a specific datewhich is commonly used in scheduling tasks� Time - allows one to specify a specific time which is commonly used in scheduling tasks

But since you want to get the feedback and ratings of the QA Team regarding your product, theitems in the form must be measurable using a scale. A scale question type is used to let people rateitems on a scale of 1 to any number of your preference. A text question type is most commonly usedin creating a form since it is used for short text answers such as names, phone number, etc.

Create A Feedback Form

To begin, go to Google Drive, click the Create button then choose Form. Once the form is created, aChoose title and theme pop-up box will appear where you can modify the name of the form andchoose a theme. Rename the form, choose a theme then clickOK.


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After this, tick the progress bar check box to give the QA Team an idea about the length of the formas well as their progress.

A progress bar looks like this:

Again, type in the title of the form and its description to their respective boxes as can be seen in thesucceeding example:

The form description can be something that describes the whole form or your message to the peoplewho will answer the form. In your case, the QA Team must be informed that they need to assess yourproduct. Thus, it is important to include an introductory message that will briefly state your purpose forgathering feedback as well as basic guidelines when answering the form.

After the introduction, add the first field the respondents have to fill in: name. To create an item,modify the first box to the following:


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The Question Title is the question or item that you want to ask the person while the Help Text is like ahelp or clue on how to answer the question or item. The Question Type describes which type ofanswer the itemwill accept. Since you need the name of the person, the question typemust be text.

If the item is important or must be answered by the person, you must tick the Required Questioncheck box for it to require the respondents to answer the item. The form cannot be submitted if theperson missed an item. After creating your first item, simply click the Done button. The Name fieldshould look like this:

After asking the name of the QA person, start adding a new item box for the next question. This time,you will be using a scale because it’s simpler and easier for the QA team to rate the items using it. Toadd a new item box, simply click the Add item drop-down arrow and choose Scale. Type in aquestion, help text (optional), and rating scale like the following sample:

In scale type, the scale can be customized from 0 to 10. The simpler the scale is, the easier therespondent can rate. As a form creator, you can also customize how you want the respondent tointerpret the numbers in the scale. It is important to define each number to allow the respondents todetermine the lowest and highest rating. In this example, the lowest is 1 and the highest is 5 as can beseen below:


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Finish the scale items by repeating the steps above to the following items:

Question Type Help Text Lowest Rating Highest Rating Required QuestionApplication Speed (none) 1: Poor 5: Excellent ✓

Contents correctnessand Reliability

(e.g. misspelled words,wrong grammar,wrong image)

1: Bad 5: VeryGood ✓

Content alignment (e.g. Images, texts, textboxes, buttons)

1: Not ProperlyAligned

5: ProperlyAligned ✓

Search Functionality (none) 1: NotWorking 5: Excellent ✓

Remove Functionality (none) 1: NotWorking 5: Excellent ✓

Button Functionality

(e.g. Search by Dish,Search by Ingredient,Get Dish, Search,Contribute, Favorite,About Us)

1: NotWorking 5: Excellent ✓

Application Bugs (none) 1: Many Bugs 5: No Bugs At All ✓

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Overall Rating (none) 1: Lowest 5: Highest ✓

However, if you have your own questions, feel free to use them.

For the last item of the feedback form, it is important to ask each of the QA Team members abouttheir comments or suggestions regarding the product. Usually, this item is made optional yetrespondents are encourage to answer it in order to know how to improve the product. Since the lastitem requires a paragraph (or less) of explanation, Paragraph Text question type is appropriate forthis item.

To add a new item box, simply click the Add item drop-down arrow and choose Paragraph text. Typein the following:

Add a comments or suggestions box that serves as the last item in the feedback form. Uncheck therequired question check box since this item is optional. The comments or suggestion box looks like this:


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Once respondents hit the Submit button, they will be redirected to the confirmation page. This pagecontains a default message thanking them for answering the form. However, the confirmationmessage is customizable by replacing the default message as seen in the following sample:

To view the appearance of your feedback form, just click theView live form button from theMenu.

Now that the feedback form is perfect, it’s time to send it to each of the QA Team by clicking theSend form button then adding each of the email addresses of the QA Team. Afterwards, click Send. ASend form pop-up box will appear asking you if you want to create a spreadsheet for recording theresults. Since you only want to view the summary of the results, choose Keep responses only in forms.

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The summary of responses will let you see the number of users who filled out the form and their resultswhich will be shown using a graph or chart. The results page can be seen below:


Since there are three additional files you created for this prototype development, organize these filesin a folder. Go to Google Drive, create a new folder by clicking the Create button, rename the folderthen clickCreate.


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Once the folder has been created, it will appear in the list below. Now, tick the check boxes of thethree files you created in this session and click the Move to icon. Select the folder you just createdthen clickMove.

Congratulations! You have successfully added two folders and arranged your files in your GoogleDrive! These files will serve as future reference for the succeeding Session activities.

Review

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Session 2 ReviewMultiple Choice: Encircle the letter of the correct answer for each of the statements below.

1. What Menu should you click in order to customize the style of your bullet lists?

A. File C. Insert

B. Edit D. Format

2. If you want to download a non-editable file, what option will you choose?

A. Microsoft Word (.docx) C. PDF Document (.pdf)

B. Web Page (.html, zipped) D. Plain Text (.txt)

3. What are the two question types that can be used for rating an item?

A. Text box and Scale C. Paragraph Text andMultiple Choice

B. Scale andGrid D. Multiple Choice and Choose from list

4. If one of your slides has a background image, what button will you click in order for you to restoreit to the default theme background?

A. Background►Choose► Done C. Background► Reset► Done

B. Background►Color ► Apply to all D. Background► Reset► Apply to all

5. What is the question type that lets you input your opinions?

A. Paragraph text C. Choose from list

B. Multiple choice D. Text

Fill in the Blanks. Answer the following question given the following choices inside the word box.

6. What are the steps on how to organize your files into a newly created folder?

Go to Google Drive Tick check boxes of files Rename folder Move button

Create button New folder in My Drive Move to icon Click the folder

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Session 2 Extension ActivityBased on the board members' decision, your product will have minor revisions in terms of its screendesigns. As developers, you are given the freedom to apply these revisions which should beaccomplished as soon as possible in time for the product launch. However, you need to finalize thepricing of the product before the launch.

To arrive at the most reasonable pricing, your teammust research on the pricing and features of yourcompetitors. Based on your findings, create a list of arguments supporting your final price. Rememberthat this will be used by the boardmembers as reference in pricing the product.

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SESSION 3PRE-LAUNCHED DEMONSTRATIONSince your product was already tested by the Quality Assurance Team of thecompany and you already received their feedback, the next step is to create areport for the post-product demonstration then present your analysis regardingtheir feedback. Given this, you will also create an estimated sales for yourproduct including the projected sales.

Assignment 7: Post-product Demonstration Guide

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Assignment 7: Post-product Demonstration GuideIn this assignment, you will learn how to create a product demonstration guide.

After collecting and tallying the QA Team’s feedback, the next step is to report their feedback to theboard members in order for them to create necessary actions. Your job is to create a documentcontaining the product guide during the testing phase, its price, and theQA feedback.

To start, go to Google Drive and create a Google Document. Rename the document and create atitle page for this document. Make sure to format the title page similar to the title page of yourprevious documents to have consistency in design. The title page should look like this:

Notice that there is an added horizontal line before and after the contents of the title page in thegiven image above. This is to separate the contents of the document from the header and footer.Normally, a horizontal line is added to establish this division and is also used in other documents suchas business cards, resumes and even academic essays.

Begin to insert a header for your title page by clicking the Insert Menu. Choose Header. Inside theheader, add the company logo by clicking the Insert Menu. Select Image then drag the companylogo to the area. Below the company logo, add a horizontal line by first pressing the Enter key. Clickthe InsertMenu then choose Horizontal Line.

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Applying these changes will yield the following:

Just as you’ve done in the previous title page, add the title of the document, product name, name ofthe person who prepared the document and date when the document created. Modify the textformat similar to the previous title page created. After this, insert a footer by clicking the Insert Menuthen choose Footer. Repeat the steps to inserting a horizontal line in the header and type the name ofthe company. For the page number, click the InsertMenu, select Page number then choose Bottomof page. The sample footer should look like this:

After the title page, insert a line break by pressing Ctrl + Enter on your keyboard and start writing yourtopic outline. Click the Numbered List drop-downMenu and choose the similar format you used in theprevious document created. Then, type in the topics to be discussed in the document, as can beseen in the following example:

Modify the text format of your outline according to your preference.

Introduce Product

After the first main point in your outline, press Enter twice then type in your introduction. See theexample below:

Remember to apply the same text format as used in the previous documents. Feel free to use textstyles to emphasize on certain details. After you introduce your product, insert a line break by pressingthe Enter key to give space before the next topic.

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Yum Ingredients is a mobile application that people can use to find a foodrecipe either by typing its name directly or typing the ingredients neededtomake it.


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Define Product Specifications and Functions

Product specifications and functions contain the list of features and functions of your product. In thistopic, create a bulleted list for enumerating your product specifications or features and add adescription for each. Youmay use the default contents below if you have not finalized yours:

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Themobile application has the following features:� Splash Screen� Home Screen� Search by Ingredients� Search by Ingredients (Get Dish)� Search by Recipe

After every feature, press Enter twice and enter a description. Here are examples of content perfeature:

� Splash Screen This splash screen will appear while theprogram is loading. This will be neededbecause the mobile app may require timeto load all information due to having arather big memory allocation. The user cansee the name and logo of the app on thelower part of the screen and there will be aloading bar below it to show loadingprogress.

� Home Screen This will be the Home screen of the mobileapp. The user can see the name and logoon the topmost part of the screen. This willbe consistent throughout the screens. Adefault image of a dish will be displayedbelow it then underneath that, two buttonswill be displayed, namely Search by Dishand Search by Ingredient. There are fourbuttons that will be consistent throughoutall screens. These buttons are Search,Contribute Recipe, Favorite and About Us.

� Search by Ingredients The Search by Ingredients screen will beseen once the user clicks on the Search byIngredients button in the Home screen.Below the app name is a text box whereinthe user will type the name of theingredients, each of which isaccompanied by a photo illustration. Onthe top-right part of each image there willbe an ‘x’ mark. This (when clicked) willremove the ingredient from the ingredientlist. Clicking the Get Dish button will takethe user to the Search by Ingredients (GetDish) screen.


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� Search by Ingredients (Get Dish) This screen will display the recommendeddishes that can be made using theingredients the user added to the Searchby Ingredients screen. Clicking on animage will display the complete recipe --ingredients and procedures.

� Search by Recipe The Search by Recipe screen will be seenonce the user clicks on the Search byRecipe button in the Home screen. Belowthe app name is a text box wherein theuser will type the name of the dish then thecomplete recipe including the ingredientslist and procedure on how to make thatdish will be displayed.

Remember to apply the same text format as that of the previous documents and align them exactlybelow the list. Having applied these changes will result in the following format:

After this, you will discuss the estimated price of your product. For easier brainstorming of probableprices, you can research by using the Research Tool in the document.

Estimate Product Price

Based on your team’s research, free mobile apps nowadays were found to be accompanied byadvertisements which help the company gain profit given that the app is free of charge. The moneythat the company will earn will be used to maintain or upgrade the mobile app; however, since theapp is free to use, access of complete features is restricted. Hence, some companies would requirethe user to purchase the app to be able to avail all of its features.

Under PRODUCT PRICE, type in the free to use features of your product. You can use the followingcontents in this example:


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Initially, Mobile Visions has planned to launch the mobile app to the publicas a free app version ($0.00). The company thought that this will be a goodopportunity for the public to appreciate this fairly new app given it’s free ofcost. The features and functions that will be available for this version arethe following:

� Search by Ingredients� Search by Recipe� About Us

The paid version of the product is $1.99. The features and functions that willbe available for this version are the following:

� Favorite� Food Ratings� Contribute Recipe

Advertisements will also be added to the app. These ads will come fromthe company’s investors. The free version will have pop-up advertisementsand ads will be removed in the paid version.

After placing the contents, the sample output should now look like this:

Make sure to apply Bold or use the shortcut keysCtrl + B to the first bullet list. Then, copy the text formatof the first bullet list to the second bullet list by using the Paint format tool. This tool is used to copy theformatting rules of one list to another. The types of formats that you can paint are styles, fonts, numberformats, and conditional formatting (for spreadsheet).

Copy the text format by highlighting the first set of bullets. Click the Paint format tool from the Tool barthen highlight the second set of bullets.


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By doing this, the second bullet list will have the same text format with the first bullet list. The followingexample shows the format of the second bullet list:

Enumerate Feedback

Since the feedback has been analyzed by your team, enumerate the list of positive feedback fromthe QA Team as well as a list of points to improve on. Brainstorm with your team if needed and reportwhat happened during the prototype selection.

Under this topic, elaborate what happened during the prototype testing and the final verdict of theQA Team. Furthermore, it is important that you inform the board members of the date when thetesting was conducted. The content for this topic may be presented this way:

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Last July 20, 2015 - July 24, 2015, The marketing team has presented twoprototypes of the mobile app to the marketing supervisor and they havechosen a final prototype to be checked by theQuality Assurance team.

Here is a list of positive feedback provided by the Quality Assurance team:� The final prototype chosen has a very good design.� Choosing red as a color because it is said to stimulate appetite is a

good strategy.� There are no overlapping of elements, making the arrangement

organized.� The images used are high res. There are no pixelated images.� The text formatting is attractive without affecting readability.� All the buttons and links work very well.

Apart from positive feedback, the Quality Assurance Team has alsoprovided points to improve on:

� Incorporate the banner functionality in the home screen of thediscarded prototype design in the chosen final prototype soimages are not static.

� Incorporate the scroll functionality and arrange the placing of theimages in the Search by Ingredients (Get Dish) screen in the finalprototype. Pattern it from the discarded prototype design.

� Must improve application speed.

If you have not finalized your own content, feel free to use the sample content above. The content ofthe Feedback section of your document should now look like this:


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Now that the document is complete, share this file to your team and ask for their suggestions on howto improve the document. Click the Share button, type in each of your team’s email address ►change the access toCan comment and finally, click Share and save.

Since you will be sharing the document to your team, add comments on the title page, asking foryour members' suggestions. Highlight the title then click Insert comment or simply use the shortcut keysCtrl + Alt + M. Type in your question and tagmembers of your team. Finally, clickComment.

To tag someone in your comment, just press the + sign then type in the email address. Before you cantag users, make sure that the file has been shared to them. Tagged users will receive emailnotifications.

Allow your teammembers to browse through the document for a couple of minutes and wait for theircomments.


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Revise Document

Constantly check the document to see if your members have already commented on it. In theexample, the following comments have been posted by members of your team:

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Based on the comments given, the document is generally good. However, there are still a number ofsuggestions offered that must be taken into consideration in the revisions. For every positive feedbackor comment, select the comment box then click Resolve. The comment box will now disappear fromthe document.

For the second comment, Morgan wants to include the screenshots of the final prototype. Insert eachof the screenshots in their respective labels. Make sure that the images are center aligned to lookpresentable. Having done this will result in the following outcome:


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However,this may result in a cut the flow of the content as seen below:

To avoid unnecessary cuts, insert a page break after each feature. After adding the screenshot foreach feature, enter a reply toMorgan's comment and click Reply.


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Comments already addressed by other team members may be resolved. In the given example, thethird comment has already been answered by Quinn. Simply click the Resolve button and the saidcomment will disappear. Once you have revised the document, your members will be notified viaemail of the changes that have been made. Once your team gave you a go signal, publish thedocument to the web. This allows you to make your Google Docs (also presentation, spreadsheet,and drawing) available to the whole world. Once it is published, you can get the URL and share it toanother person.

To publish this document, click the FileMenu, choose Publish to the web. A Publish to the web pop-upbox will appear then click Start publishing. The pop-up box will expand. Copy the Document Link,click Close ► open a new tab. Open a new tab then paste the URL on the address bar to view theweb page.

The published webpage should look like this:

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Assignment 8: Product Analysis PresentationThis assignment will teach you how to create a product analysis presentation.

It is essential that your team analyzes the QA Team's feedback so that you will be able to identify thetarget market of your product. This will, in turn, help the board members further evaluate the revisionsthat you must consider. Apart from the product demonstration document, you are also expected tocreate a visual presentation which you will present to the board members. This presentation shouldhighlight arguments justifying the QA team's suggested revisions.

Go to Google Drive, create a Google Slideshow and rename the title. The default page setup for thepresentation is Widescreen 16:9; however, you can change it according to your preference. If youwon’t be needing extra spaces in your presentation, choose Standard 4:3 otherwise choose a biggerone. To change the page setup, simply click the File Menu and choose Page setup. A Page setuppop-up box will appear that will let youmodify your slide size. Click the drop-downMenu then chooseamong the sizes. Finally, clickOK.

To establish a consistent design, change the theme of the presentation by clicking the Slide Menu.Select Change theme then choose the same theme used in the previous presentation. Once you'vechosen, click OK. Afterwards, create a title slide for your presentation. The sample title slide can beseen below:


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First, customize the slide designs all throughout your presentation using the Edit Master. For a giventheme, you can edit both themaster slide and individual layouts:

� Master slide - it contains the default text styles used all throughout your presentation. Thedefault background for all slides comprise any shape regardless of their layout. If you have acompany logo that you want to appear on every slide in your presentation, put it on themaster.

� Layout - it determines how the content is arranged in each slide. If you’d like all your titleslides to look a certain way, youmay edit the title layout template.

To edit themaster slide of your presentation, click the SlideMenu then choose Edit master.

Inside edit master, you will see another slide pane that contains the master slide and the six layouts.Click the first layout in the slide pane and it will give you a bigger preview of the slide layout.

To edit the title slide layout, click the first layout in the slide pane and move the subtitle text box to thepreview slide depending on your preference. Feel free to modify the alignment of the text inside theboxes to whichever way you prefer. These changes will result in the following slide template:


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Since the text format is also editable in Edit master, you can design a title slide according to yourpreference. In the example, the title slide design used is typography texts. Typography is the style andappearance of a set of texts. The text format is modified according to how you like it.

To establish an even more formal style, add lines before and after the subtitle. Since the templateused is dark gradient, the line color must be in gray or a lighter shade. Your slide should now look likethis:

After this, click the x button on the upper right corner to go back to the title slide of your presentation.Now that the title slide has been formatted, type in the title of the presentation, name of the personwho created or prepared the presentation, and the date of the actual presentation. Applying thesechanges will give you a slide similar to the following:

In the example, the words PRODUCT and ANALYSIS contain spaces in between. A short descriptionabout the presentation will fill in these spaces, giving the board members a quick preview of thecontent. To add a description, insert a text box in the middle by clicking the Text box icon from theTool bar. Drag your mouse and create a rectangle. Type in the short description. Your slide shouldnow resemble one that looks as follows:


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Modify the text format of the description according to your preference.

Now that you have a title slide, create a topic slide for the target market.

Present Target Market

The target market refers to the customers to whom the company aims to sell its products and services.Marketing efforts are specifically directed towards this group. Identifying the target market is anessential step in developing a marketing plan because not all products and services are meant for alltypes of consumers.

For the topic slide, add a Blank slide layout after the title slide and design a simple yet understandabletopic slide according to how you want it. Then, type in the topic as the title of the slide andmodify thetext format based on your background design. In the example, an image is used as a background ofthe slide. The topic is located below the slide using the title text box and its text format is modified tothe following sample:

In the given example, the slide has a plain white background. Make sure you apply the same color toall topic slides.

To maximize the use of Google Slides, you can add slide transitions and animations to your slides. Slidetransitions are the visual movements as one slide changes to another while animations are helpful inmaking the slides look more dynamic. Animations are also a great way to reveal texts or objects on aslide one at a time. For instance, each bullet in a list can be revealed one after the other usinganimation as triggered by eachmouse click.


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After the title slide is shown, add a slide transition effect to the topic slide by clicking the Transitionbutton from the Tool bar. Then, change the transition type according to your preference. Click thePlay button to play the transition.

Then, add an animation effect for the texts by clicking the title text box. Select Add animation fromthe side bar then choose an animation type. Change the start condition then move the animationduration. Click the Play button to play the animation.

In the example, the animation type, start condition, and duration chosen are Fade in, After previous,and 1.5x. This means that the text will automatically fade in or appear after the execution of theprevious animation or transition (in your case).

For the contents, you can use the research tool to search for the target market of your product. Justclick the ToolsMenu and choose Research or use the shortcut keys Ctrl + Alt + Shift + I. A side bar willappear to let you search.


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Given enough time to research and brainstormwith your team, enumerate the possible target marketof your product and list thembelow:

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Insert a Blank slide layout and design how you will enumerate your own list of target markets. Makesure to relay your message to all boardmembers.

In the example, the list of target markets is portrayed easily by the use of images. The images are usedas a background image to describe the target market of the product. As for the list of target markets,there is rectangle shape below the slide which contains the target market being described. The fillcolor of the rectangle is white and its transparency level is lowered. To illustrate, refer to the sampleslides below:

Modify the text format according to your preference and change the slide transition to Fade. Youcan add animation effects to the description if you want but make sure that it won’t be distracting forthe board members. Fade in or Fade out animation effect is recommended for a formalpresentations.

Once you have finished presenting the list of possible target market groups, you may also want topresent a video about your top competitors for comparison purposes.

Add a Blank slide layout and insert a video by clicking the Insert Menu then choose Video. An Insertvideo pop-up box will appear that will allow you to either search for a video on YouTube or paste aURL.


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If you have the video URL in YouTube, make sure to click URL, paste the URL inside the search box thenclick Select.

The video will automatically be inserted in the slide. However, if you don’t have the URL link of thevideo that you want to present, you can browse videos from YouTube by clicking Video search.Search for the video then select any from the results generated. Finally, click Select.


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Here’s how the slide looks like after inserting the video:

Resize your video to fit the whole slide. Observe uniform transitions; hence, add a transition similar towhat was used previously.

Now that the target market contents are complete, you can now proceed to the next topic which isthe feedback analysis.

Analyze Feedback

Feedback Analysis is comprised of two parts: positive feedback and possible improvements. Since it’sa new topic, create a topic slide by inserting a Title only slide layout. Change the background imageand move the title text box below. Type in the topic inside the text box and modify the text formataccording to your preference. To illustrate further, refer to the image below:

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Since there are two divisions under the feedback analysis, create a subtopic slide for the first divisionby inserting a Blank slide layout. Feel free to format the slide whichever way you want. A formattedsample slide can be seen below:

If you want to create the broken square shape like in the example, first, insert one big rectangle shapein the middle. Inside the shape, enter a short description and change its fill color and line color towhite, if you used a dark theme. Afterwards, insert a bigger rectangle and overlap with the first.Change its fill color Transparent and adjust its line color to white. Also, modify the line dash accordingto your preference.


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However, if you want to design your own slide, feel free to do so. After designing, you can add a slidetransition to the current slide then proceed to adding the contents.

Presenting the positive feedback may be done with the aid of images. Apart from simply stating onefeedback at a time, it is also possible to present an image that supports the text given in the slide.

Once you’re finished with the contents, add slide transitions to these slides similar to the ones usedpreviously.

For the second division, create a subtopic slide similar to the previous one by duplicating the subtopicslide of the first division. Edit the texts and their text format, again, similar to the previous. Also, add aslide transition and animation to this slide. Here’s an example:


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Always observe uniformity in the slides you are creating. It’s easier to duplicate the previous sliderather than to insert the contents and reformat the texts one by one. Hence, duplicate the previouscontent slide andmove the duplicated copy to the last slide available. Edit the slide by replacing theimage and the texts. To illustrate, here are some sample slides:

Once you’re done, add slide transitions and animations to the new slides. To end the presentation,duplicate the title slide and place it below the last available slide.

Finally, your presentation is complete.

Compose Speaker Notes

Since this presentation will be delivered by your teammembers instead, it is important that you createa guide for them to follow. Google Slides allows you to insert speaker notes which serve as cues for thepresenter. Speaker notes are used as reference points by the presenter because it is a space where aperson can jot down important details that should be covered during the presentation.

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To add a speaker note to your presentation, simply go to the slide where you want to place yournotes. Type in your notes in the speaker notes area. The image above shows where the speaker notesarea is. After adding the speaker notes, the slide should already look like this:

Note: The text format of the speaker notes are customizable depending on how you like it.

Lastly, before you share the presentation to your team, check for grammar and spelling errors. Also,don’t forget to test your presentation. Click the Present drop-down Menu then select Present frombeginning.

If you like to present it with speaker notes, just click Present with speaker notes. By selecting this option,a pop-up windowwill appear which looks like this:


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Make sure that the slide transitions and animations are consistent. Once you’re done checking, sharethe file to your team members by clicking the Share button. Enter each of your team’s email addressthen change the permission toCan edit. Add an instruction or message then click Share & save.

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Assignment 9: Future Product SalesThis assignment will teach you how to predict future product sales usingGoogle Sheets.

Since your product has been revised, you can now create an estimated prediction about its futuresales for the next four years. This way, the board members will be able to consider possible benefitswhichmay help them decide on the approval of the project.

First, go to Google Drive and create a Google Sheets file. Rename the spreadsheet and theworksheet. After this, start formatting your spreadsheet. A sample future sales spreadsheet may looklike this:

Project Estimated Sales

Estimated sales is the projection of achievable sales based on the analysis of the market surveys andtrends. Before entering your estimated sales for your product, design the spreadsheet in order to lookappealing yet professional. First, merge the cells which will be used for the title of your spreadsheet. Inthe example, cells B1 to F1 were highlighted then merged through the Merge cells button. Cell A1was also resized to a bigger scale as can be seen below:

Inside cell A1, insert the company logo using embed image. When embedding an image, there arefour options you can use which are the following:

� =image("URL") or =image("URL", 1): Inserting this formula into a cell will scale the image to fitinside of the selected cell. If the cell is bigger than image you're inserting, the remainder ofthe cell will be white. This formula is commonly used because it prevents having to embed astretched image.


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� =image("URL", 2): Inserting this formula will stretch the image to fit the selected cell. Theaspect ratio (height vs. width) of the imagewon't be preserved.

� =image("URL", 3): This formula will insert the image into the cell at its original size. If the imageis bigger than the cell, a portion of the imagemay be cropped.

� =image("URL", 4, height, width): Inserting this formula allows you to customize the size of theimage by specifying the height and width of the image in pixels. The height and widthparameters are required in this option. Given the example below, the image’s height is 100and width is 150.

The URL in the formula requires the link of the image which means that the image must be uploadedin an image hosting website such as PhotoBucket, Google Picasa, Flickr, and many more. For thisproject, use PhotoBucket to host your images because of its multiple sharing options.

If you don’t have a PhotoBucket account, sign up for one. Otherwise, log into your account andupload your company logo and your final prototype screens which will be used in the spreadsheetlater.


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Click the company logo and this windowwill pop up on the right side of your screen:

Then, click the URL in theDirect box to copy.

Once the link is copied, go back to the spreadsheet and choose one formula out of the fourdiscussed previously. It is advisable to use the first option to avoid distortion of embedded images.Otherwise, you can use other embedding options.

Insert the URL to the formula inside A1 cell then press Enter. Notice that while typing the formula,Google shows a quick guide to the formula you have chosen.

After this, type in the title beside A1 cell. Modify the text format according to your preference. Lastly,change the fill color of these cells to distinguish it from the other cells in the spreadsheet. In theexample, the fill color used is light yellow 3. As an example, refer to the sample header below:

Under the header, create a horizontal line before the contents by highlighting A2 to F2 cells. Click theMerge cells button then change the Fill color according to your preference. Resize this row to asmaller scale until it is reduced to a horizontal line. This line will serve as a divider between the contents


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and the header. Under it, there are two columns which contain the screenshot of your product andthe future sales computation.

To insert the screenshot, merge cells A1 to C25 then insert the PhotoBucket URL of the image into theformula. By default, the image will be inserted and aligned left. Change its alignment to center tooccupy the space in themiddle. By doing this, you will have something similar to the following:

On the right side of the screenshot, place the break down of estimated sales for this year, its total,bank interest rate, and target sales per year.

Enter the labels Quantity, Amount and Total into cells D3 to F3 respectively. Modify the text format ofthe labels according to your preference. To distinguish the labels from the contents, you can modifythe fill color of their cells.

Below these labels, enter the number of downloads and the app amount in cells D4 and E4respectively. If a cell contains an amount, click the cell and change the number format by clickingthe FormatMenu. SelectNumber then choose one from the currency.

Next, compute the total amount that the company will earn, given the number of downloads andthe amount, by multiplying them. Click the F4 cell and type in =D4 * E4. Since the Total column lists an


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amount in which a currency symbol is needed, repeat the steps above to format the number. Thetable below shows the sample break down:

Note: Equal sign ( = ) is needed before typing the formula. The asterisk ( * ) is used as a multiplicationsign in Google Sheets.

Under the break down, create a green horizontal line by merging and then resizing cells D5 to F5.Below it, merge D6 to E6 cells, D7 to E7 cells, and D8 to D9 cells which will be used as labels. Inside themerged cells, type in Total Amount in the 1st year:, Interest:, and Target sales per year: respectively.Lastly, modify the text format and cell fill color according to your preference.

Now that you have the labels, copy the data inside F4 cell and paste it in F6 then type in the bankinterest in percentage format and your target sales per year respectively. Since the total sales is anamount, change it to currency format. To illustrate, refer to the table below:

Below the last row, create another horizontal line by merging D5 to F5 and change its fill coloraccording to your preference. Resize merged cell to a smaller scale to resemble a horizontal line.Enter Year, Total andComments in D10, E10 and F10 respectively. Apply the same text and cell formatas other labels. Under the Year column, enter the current year plus the next four years as seen in theexample:

To compute the estimated total sales for each year, use the Future Value formula. Future Value or FV isused to calculate the future value of an annuity investment based on constant amount paymentsand a constant interest rate. The syntax of FV is the following:

=FV(rate, number_of_periods, payment_per_period, present_value, [end_or_beginning])

Here are the following details about the parameters used in the formula:� Rate: the interest rate� Number_of_periods: the number of payments to bemade� Payment_amount: the amount per period to be paid� Present_value: (optional) the current value of the annuity� End_or_beginning: (optional) The number 0 or 1 indicates when payments are due at the

end (0) or beginning (1) of each period.

Note: The default value of the calculated future value is negative. To make it positive, just insert aminus ( - ) sign before the FV.

Going back to the spreadsheet, copy the total amount in the 1st year and paste it to E11 cell becauseit is the total amount earned in the current year. For next year, calculate the future value by typing = -


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fv(F7, 2, F6) wherein F7 is the interest, 2 is the 2nd year of payments, and F6 is total amount paid. Sincethe bank account does not have an initial deposit, the third parameter, known as the present value,would be 0. Along with this, the company will only deposit the total amount earned at the end of theyear which means that the value for end_or_beginning parameter would be 0. Since both of themare optional, you can refuse to write the values. After computing the total sales for current year andnext year, the sample output should now look like:

Calculate the remaining future value for the following years by entering the same formula usedabove; however, increase the value of number_of_periods parameter because the year from whichthe company initially deposited the amount of money is also increasing.

After computing the value, change the number format to currency. To illustrate this, refer to the tablebelow:

The Comments column contains a description whether the total sales for each year has met thetarget sales per year. To compute it, the If formula will be used for returning a value if a logicalexpression is true or false. The syntax of the formula is as follows:

=IF(logical_expression, value_if_true, value_if_false)

Here are the following details about the parameters of the formula:� Logical_expression: an expression or reference to a cell containing an expression that

represents some logical value (e.g. TRUE or FALSE)� Value_if_true: the value that the function returns if the logical_expression is TRUE� Value_if_false: (optional - blank by default) the value that the function returns if the

logical_expression is FALSE

Note: If the values for value_if_true and value_if_false are words or phrases, they must be enclosedwith quotationmarks; however, if the values are numeric, there’s no need for quotationmarks.

To check if the total sales are higher or lower than the target sales projected, the logical expressionmust be total sales > target sales. If the logical expression is true, the value must be HIGH SALES;however, if the logical expression is false, the value must be LOW SALES. Given this, convert the logicalexpression to the formula for cell F11. The sample output should resemble the table below:


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In the example, the formula used are as follows:

YEAR FORMULA2015 =if(E11>F8,"HIGH SALES", "LOW SALES")2016 =if(E12>F8,"HIGH SALES", "LOW SALES")2017 =if(E13>F8,"HIGH SALES", "LOW SALES")2018 =if(E14>F8,"HIGH SALES", "LOW SALES")2019 =if(E15>F8,"HIGH SALES", "LOW SALES")

Entering the formula into theComments columnwill yield the following results:

To make LOW SALES and HIGH SALES differentiable, fill the cells of LOW SALES a color different fromHIGH SALES. Click Fill color from the Tool bar then choose a color. Applying the fill changes will yieldthe following results:

Below the last row of the given table above, merge cells D16 to F16 and resize it to create anotherhorizontal line. Change the fill color according to your preference. In the next two rows, calculate theaverage (mean) andmiddle value (median) of the estimated total sales per year.

Type in Average (Mean): andMiddle Value (Median): as labels. Format the cells, applying the samestyle as other labels in the table. Your labels should now look like this:

To compute for the average sales, use Average formula to find the arithmetic mean for a list ofnumbers. The syntax of the formula is the following:

=AVERAGE(number_1, number_2, ... number_30)

The number parameters of the formula are the following:� Number_1 - the first value or range to be considered when calculating the average value� Number_1 : number_30 - (optional) additional values or range to consider when calculating

the average value. Themaximum number of entries allowed is 30.

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Going back to the example, to calculate the mean in five years, type in =AVERAGE(E11:E15) in cellF17 then press Enter. The calculated amount is shown as follows:

For calculating the middle value, use Median formula for finding it. The syntax for the formula is thefollowing:

=MEDIAN(number_1, number_2, ... number_30)

The number parameters of the formula are the following:� Number_1 - the first value or range to be considered when calculating themedian value� Number_1 : number_30 - (optional) additional values or range to consider when calculating

themedian value. Themaximum number of entries allowed is 30.

To calculate the median, type in =MEDIAN(E11:E15) in cell F18 then press Enter. The calculatedamount is shown as follows:

Since both the mean and median are monetary values, change the number format to currencysimilar with the previous. Lastly, add cell borders to the break down by highlighting cells of yourcontents, click Borders drop-down Menu then choose the type of borders you prefer. In the example,the border used for the content isAll borders.

The sample output should look as follows:

Your spreadsheet is now complete. Before proceeding, you may want to delete empty rows. Selectthe rows, right click themouse then chooseDelete rows.


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You can insert reminders to cells by leaving a note. Right click the cell, choose Insert note then enteryour reminder. A sample cell with notes is illustrated below:

Now that you have entered and calculated the data, proceed to creating visual representations ofthese data. Divide the data as well as the area where the chart will be inserted. To do this, merge cellsG1 to G25 to create a vertical line. Then, change the fill color according to your preference. Finally,resize the G column to a smaller scale.

Insert Chart Representation

Creating a chart requires you to first think about what you want to show your audience. In this project,the purpose of creating a chart is to show the estimated earnings per year to the boardmembers. It isalso important to analyze the data you have to determine the appropriate chart to use. Each of thechart types can be used for the following common purposes:

� Comparison of data - used for identifying the highs and lows of data (e.g. Bar chart, columnchart)

� Transition of data - applied to time-based data to understand the trend of change (e.g. Linechart, area chart)

� Composition of data - used to understand how data value breaks down to its constituents(e.g. Pie chart, waterfall chart)

Since you’re comparing the sales each year, you can choose a chart for comparison of data. Tocreate a chart, simply click the InsertMenu► chooseChart. AChart editor pop-up box will appear.


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The chart editor box contains three tabs which are the Start tab, the Charts tab, and the Customizetab. The Start tab lets you customize the ranges of data needed and its combination in order tocreate the chart.

TheCharts tab lets you choose from the different chart types available.

And lastly, the Customize tab lets you customize the different elements in the chart such as the title,legend, font, background, axis, columns, andmanymore.


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Begin with the Start tab, assign the data range by clicking the Get data range icon then select cellsD11 to E15 which shows your projected sales per year. Click OK. After assigning the data range, thedatawill appear on the right side of the pop-up box.

Since this tab already recommends some charts to you, you may opt to choose a chart from this tab.In the example, the chosen chart for comparison of data is theColumn chart.

Note: If you do not like the recommended charts, you can change it in theCharts tab later.

Then, tick the boxes Switch rows/columns and Use column D as header which contains the year thatwill be used as a legend for comparing sales.


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After the data of the chart has been set, skip the Charts tab if you have already chosen a chart typeand proceed to the Customize tab. In here, change the title of the chart according to yourpreference. In the example, the title of the chart is Estimated Product Sales from 2015 to 2019.

Modify the text format in the chart according to your preference.

For the Axis, youmay delete the title texts of Horizontal and Vertical Axis to minimize the texts inside thechart.


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The sample chart should now look like this:

Youmay alsomodify the color of the bars in the chart. Simply change the color underColumns.

After modifying the chart, click the Insert button and the chart will appear inside your spreadsheet.Since the chart will be covering the data you created earlier by default, move the chart by clickingand dragging it to the right side of your spreadsheet. Resize the chart to occupy the remaining spacein your spreadsheet. Hide the remaining columns by highlighting them, press right click then chooseHide columns.

Finally, you can share this spreadsheet to your team and manager in order for them to view yourestimated future sales. Click the Share button, enter each of your teamandmanager’s email address,change the permission toCan View then add amessage. Click Share & save button.


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Go to Google Drive and create a new folder where your files will be stored. Once created, move thethree files you created in this session to the folder.


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Fill in the Blanks: Read each statement carefully andwrite your answer on the blank provided.

1. Before Marielle creates a chart for her yearly expenses, she must understand and analyze the_________________ between her data. Once understood, she may choose a chart type for heryearly expenses data.

2. Drake has a Google Sheets file containing all of his employee details. Having too manyemployees, he found it difficult to remember all of them. As a solution, he thought ofembedding their resumé pictures to the spreadsheet. The formula he should use to embed theoriginal size of the image is __________________.

3-4. Kyra created an account on an _________________________ before embedding an image toher Google Sheets. The imagemust be uploaded there before you can get its URL. However, ifthe image is from the _________________, she can get the URL of the image easily.

5-6. Myko wants to create a chart to see his company’s monthly sales. Since he wants to see thesales increase or decrease, the type of chart he should create is a _________________ or_________________.

7-8. Genevieve has lived away from home since college. She created a Google Sheets file whichprovides a summary of her grades that she can share to her mom. Inside the spreadsheet, sheplaced a _________________ to add further details about her quiz scores then she also inserteda _________________ to be used as discussion thread.

9-10. Alexir computed his income for the next 5 years and was surprised to find that it contains anegative value. This is because by default, the formula result of the formula fv is a_________________ value; hence, you need to place a negative sign before the formula tomake the value _________________.


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1. In Google Slides, which slide contains the defaults for text styles used throughout yourpresentation?

A. Master slide C. Layout

B. Edit D. Heading style

2. What specific tool is used to copy the text or conditional formatting you applied to a specificsection to another section or cell?

A. Text box C. Shapes

B. Fill color D. Paint format

3. What tool makes it easy to add information from the web to your documents and presentations?

A. Define tool C. Spelling tool

B. Research tool D. Web tool

4. What is the number of periods in which you will make payments or contributions?

A. NPER C. PMT

B. RATE D. PV

5. What determines the placement or arrangement of the content for each type of slide?

A. Paragraph text C. Choose from list

B. Layouts D. Text

6. Which tool allows one to get feedback from collaborators?

A. Notes tool C. Comment tool

B. Share tool D. Research tool

7. Other than the + sign, what symbol will you use for tagging someone in a comment?

A. $ C. *

B. # D. @

8. What is a great way to reveal text or objects on a slide one at a time?

A. Transition C. Animation pane

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9. What kind of file can not be created in Google Drive?

A. PDF C. Presentation

B. Document D. Drawing

10. Which file format cannot be uploaded as an image?

A. JPEG C. TIF

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Session 3 Extension ActivityHaving the estimated sales of your product, the company plans to deposit the profit to the bank afterthe first four years. Since it’s a time deposit, the bank is giving the company a 2.5% interest rate with afourteen-month bond. Compute the maturity interest of the company’s profit for three terms. Oncecomputed, get themean andmedian then share the file to the boardmembers for approval.



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SESSION 4THE FINAL APPROVALAt this point, you have received impressive feedback from your manager thathe requested for a beta version of your product to be released soon. This willhelp you draw user feedback before officially launching it. To accomplish thisobjective, you must create a feedback form for the users of the beta version.Given the feedback of the users, you will present your analysis about the betaversion of your product and conclude if it is ready for the product launchingevent. If it is ready to be launched, you will proceed to planning and organizingthe big launching event.

Assignment 10: Beta Version Feedback

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Assignment 10: Beta Version FeedbackThis assignment will teach you how to create a user feedback form.

Once the final revisions have been made, your manager has expressed excitement over the results ofyour project. Hence, he has given you the go-signal to produce its beta version in order to drawfeedback from users. Getting users' feedback will help the company decide whether to launch theproduct officially.

To create a users feedback form, go to Google Drive and create a Google Forms file. Type in the titleof your form then choose a theme. Press OK when you’re done. A sample feedback form can beseen below:

First Page Second Page

The sample feedback form contains two pages; the first page asks for basic information from the userswhile the second page is where the questionnaire is found.

Create A Feedback Form

To start, tick the progress bar check box and type in your form description as can be seen in thefollowing sample:

The progress bar lets the users know their progress in answering the form while the form descriptiongives instructions in answering the form. If you want to ask for the first and last name of the user, youcan add text boxes for them. In the example, text boxes are created for asking the name of the user.

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In creating a text box, always remember to change the question type to Text. After creating this,decide whether this question is optional or required. If the question is required, simply tick the requiredquestion check box. Otherwise, unclick it.

If the Help Text is very descriptive and understandable by users, simply leave it blank. Otherwise, youcan add a description. Thus, here’s how the sample looks like:

If you’re done with the first page, create a second page by clicking the Add item drop-down Menuthen choose Page break.

Adding a page break will lead you to a window asking for a new title page and description. Whileoptional, it is also possible to simply type the same title you've entered in the first page. Youmay leavethe description blank. Click theDone button.

Since the user is required to rate your product, you need to choose between a scale and a grid.Earlier in this workbook, you used a scale instead of a grid because each of your questions does notcontain the same labels. The difference between the two is that the labels on the scale may bedifferent for each question while the labels on the grid are consistent all throughout the questions.


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Scale Grid

Before you decide what question type to use in this feedback form, formulate possible questions withyour team. These questions must focus on how effective and convenient your product is. Use layman'slanguage in formulating questions. Avoid using terms that are too technical but instead, formulatequestions that are easy to understand. Questions may be as simple as asking for users' opinions on thecolors of the app, the arrangement of elements, quality of images, and the like.

List your questions inside the box below:

If your list of questions are answerable using the same labels such as Excellent, Very Good, Satisfactory,Bad, and Needs Improvement, use theGrid question type. To create a grid, add a grid by clicking theAdd item drop-downMenu then chooseGrid.

Add a Question Title and Help Text if necessary or needed then type in the list of questions in your gridrows and labels in your columns. In the example, the questions used are as follows:

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Afterwards, customize your column labels for your questions. Usually, the following are used in surveyforms:

Since the purpose of this feedback form is to get user’s input, theymust be able to rate and answer allof the questions in this form. To do this, simply tick the required question check box and click the Donebutton. Here’s how the sample grid looks like:

Like any other feedback form, add a comments and suggestions area for the users by clicking theAdd item drop-downMenu► choose Paragraph text.


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Then, type in a Question Title and Help Texts similar to the following and click the Done button after:

The comment box should look like this:

After the user answered and submitted the form, a response message will be shown. Customize theresponsemessage according to your preference. In the example, here are the responsemessages:

Congratulations! You now have a user feedback form. Make sure to send this form to the people whodownloaded the beta version to get their reviews! You can view the live form by clicking the View liveform button.

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When the users have already responded to or answered the feedback form, you can view theirresponses by clicking the ResponsesMenu then chooseView responses.

This will automatically create a Google Sheets file where their responses will be recorded. Responsescollectedwill be arranged in tabular formwhich you can also customize.

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Assignment 11: Beta Version Feedback AnalysisIn this assignment, you will learn how to analyze the results of the user feedback form.

Given a month for collecting users’ feedback, it is now time to view their responses and create a tallyresult regarding their feedback. With the result, you can conclude if the product is worthy and readyfor the product launching event.

Since a new spreadsheet has been automatically created for storing users’ responses, open theGoogle Sheets file to see the responses colleted. The preview below shows how the data could bearranged in the said file:

Start formatting the texts and cells by highlighting the headers and changing their fill color accordingto your preference. In the example, the fill color, font, and text color of the header used are light redberry 1, Trebuchet MS, and white respectively to create a contrast with one another. Applying thesechanges will create a header that looks as follows:

Format the text and alignment of the responses in whichever way you prefer. To illustrate, refer to thetable below:

Given the user feedback form responses, you can easily browse through each of them one by one.However, if there are too many responses, you may use the Filter tool in order to momentarily hideselected data from view.

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For example, you only want to view Mr. Smith’s assessment in using your product. Click the Last Nameheader then find the Filter tool from the Tool bar. Click the drop-down Menu of the cell then checkonly Smith. ClickOK.

The responses table will only show the following details about Mr. Smith’s feedback regarding yourproduct:

Another feature of spreadsheet is the sort data from A to Z or Z to A. Before sorting, click thedrop-down Menu of Last Name header and check all last names to undo everything then click theOK button. After this, sort the Last Name alphabetically by clicking the drop-down Menu of the LastName header then choose Sort A -> Z or Z->A. In the example, Sort A -> Z is chosen.


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After sorting the data, the responses table should look like this:

The Last Name column is arranged alphabetically.

Tally Responses

Below the responses, skip one row and create a table for tallying the scores per label by selecting 6horizontal cells and merging them. Inside the merged cell, type in Results then modify its text and cellformat according to your preference. Make sure to emphasize the title.

Under this row, type in the table headers which are your question or criteria and column headers inthe feedback form you created. The table headers must have the same font, text color, style, andalignment with Results but you can change the vertical alignment, font size, and fill color according toyour preference. The header should look like the sample below:

Under the criteria column, enter the questions as seen in the following output:

After this, count how many times a specific label is chosen for each of the criteria. To tally, use theCOUNTIF formula to count up the number of cells in a selected range that meets specific criteria. Thesyntax for this formula is the following:

=COUNTIF(Range, Criteria)

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The Range is the group of cells selected or the formula used to search while Criteria determineswhether the cell is to be counted or not. The output of the formula will be in numbers.

Going back to the spreadsheet, count the number of people by clicking on the cell below the labeland type in the formula. In the example, the formula used is =countif(D2:D8, “Excellent”) where itreturned number 3 to the cell. After this, check the returned output and the number of responsesabove to see if it’s correct.

Results Table Responses

Based on the example above, it’s confirmed that there are three respondents who voted for Excellentin the responses table. Compute the number of respondents who chose a specific label.

After computing for each of them, make sure to modify the cell and text formatting. Lastly, addborders if you like to make it look like a table. Simply highlight the cells, click on Border drop-downMenu then chooseAll borders.

Having done these changes, the results table should resemble the following sample:


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Conclude Product Launch

Before deciding whether your product is ready for launching, create a pivot table report for easyanalysis of data. A pivot table is a data summarization tool that is used to query, organize, andsummarize data. It is useful when analyzing a large amount of data, as it allows you to apply specificcriteria to summarize, organize, and reorganize data into tables and create reports. Here’s how asample pivot table report looks like:

To create a pivot table report, click the Data Menu then choose Pivot table report. Decide whichdata youwish to create a report -- in this case, the whole user respondents -- then click theOK button.

A newworksheet as can be seen in the sample belowwill appear which you can rename:

On the right side, there is a Report Editor which will be used to display values according to theassigned rows and columns which can be determined once you add a field for each of thecategories.

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Note: Do not add the same field to multiple categories of your pivot table report because it wouldcreate duplicate calculations in the table.

Since you need the total number of positive and negative feedback, use the Report Editor to assignthe rows and columns of your pivot table report. The positive feedback must be higher than thenegative feedback in order to conclude that your product is ready for the product launch.

In the example, the field added for row is Last Name which is done by clicking the Add field underRows then choose Last Name. Applying this will display a list of last names in a row such as thefollowing:

Report Editor Pivot Table

For the column, the field added is Overall interface design, since you must check the overallassessment regarding the product. This can be done by clicking the Add field under the Columns.Then, chooseOverall interface design. The pivot table should now contain the following:

Report Editor Pivot Table

Youmay add your own data to your rows and columns in your pivot table report.

In the given example, both columns displayed in the overall interface design shows positive feedbackonly, suggesting a possible official launch for the product. However, continue creating the pivot tablereport.


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To count the number of respondents who voted for each column in the overall interface design, usethe COUNTA formula to count up the number of cells in a selected range that contains numbers, errorvalues, dates, formulas, texts, and Boolean values. The syntax of this formula is the following:

=COUNTA(value_1, value_2,... value_30)

However, in your case, you will not be typing in the formula. Instead, you will use the Report Editorsidebar to assign the values of the pivot table. To do this, add the field under Values and change itsSummarized by to COUNTA. In the example, the field added and to be summarized by COUNTA is[Overall interface design].

Report Editor Final Pivot Table

Apply pivot table report to your own data and see if your product is ready for the product launch. Ifyour product is worthy and ready to be launched, share the file to your manager and your team forfurther approval. Simply click the Share button and type in each of your team and your manager’semail addresses. Change the permission to Can comment then add a short message instructing themto check the file. Finally, click Share & save. Otherwise, improve your product and get user’s feedbackagain until it is good for launching.

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Review


1. Based on your understanding, when can you use the Filter tool? Cite examples.

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Assignment 12: Product Launch Event PlanningThis assignment will teach you how to document plans for the product launching event.

Once you have obtained your desired feedback results, you may now proceed to planning theproduct launching event. Gather your team and think of a possible concept for the biggest event ofthe year. It is vital to plan well through proper documentation which will be reviewed and approvedby themanager.

To start, go to Google Drive and create a Google Docs file then rename its title. Here’s how a sampleevent planning proposal document looks like:

Organize Event

First, create a title page similar to the previous documents you have created. Just change the titleand date of your document. For the next page, create an outline of topics that you will discuss allthroughout the document. The event proposal document usually contains your plans for the eventsuch as the purpose of the event, its theme, venue, food, program flow, and estimated expenses. Theimage below shows a sample outline:

Modify the text format of your outline to the same font, font size and text style as your previousdocuments. In this document, you are to useOswald, 16 and Boldwhich looks like this:

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Now that you have the topic outline, start writing the document.

The purpose of this event, according to what was agreed upon, is to launch the newest product.Apart from this, the event also aims to gather possible investors that can possibly serve as sponsors thatcan shoulder expenses in developing the product. Hence, it is important to write a short backgroundon the product, describing in detail how it came to be.

Investors are people who are willing to allocate their capital with the expectation of a financial return.State a few reasons as to why they are needed in the development and include their benefits orfinancial return in investing in the product.

To begin, enter the purpose of your event as your first topic, introducing your initial plans. Modify thetext format based on that of the previous documents. If you haven't finalized your content, you mayuse the following sample:

EVEN

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This event is a product launching event. During the second half of the year,the company assigned a team of developers to create a new asset for thecompany. The team came up with the idea of creating the company’sfirst ever mobile application. The app is called Yum Ingredients. YumIngredients is a mobile application that people can use to find a foodrecipe either by typing its name directly or typing the ingredients neededto make it.

Another purpose of this event is to gather investors for the mobile app.Having a lot of clients investing in the app is a good thing for the companyas they are willing to share expenses and in turn have rights to the app.That way, both the investors and the company will gain benefits from eachother.

At the end of this part, insert a line break by pressing the Enter key then proceed to your next topic.Since the following topics need brainstorming with your team, use the Research tool and come upwith a theme, venue, food, program flow, and estimated expenses for the event. List down all yourideas inside the boxes below:

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Given enough time to brainstorm with your team, jot down the final details you have agreed upon.Otherwise, youmay simply use the sample content.

Based on the example, the color motif chosen is purple and black to represent a futuristic mood.Adhering to a futuristic theme may also symbolize the company's innovation to step into the mobileindustry through the development of mobile apps. Apart from this, you may also insert an image intothe document to give your readers a preview of what to expect. Here's the following content for theevent theme:

VENUE

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The venue motif will come with a futuristic feel. The main colors for theevent is black and purple. The title of the event will be “Jumping into theFuture”. This symbolizes the company’s big leap into the world of mobileapplications. Below is an image illustrating the potential them for the event:

A nice venue must be set for the event. Discuss the final venue that your team has agreed upon.Include a map on how to get to the venue. Otherwise, use the following contents for the eventvenue:

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The event will be held in a private resort owned by our sister company,Infinity Corporation. To maximize the amenities of the resort, clients will begiven the option to stay overnight. The address of this resort is 455 GoldenGate Resort, San Francisco, CA. For quick reference, the map is locatedbelow:

Aside from the theme and venue, you must also plan the food which will be served to the guests. It isbest to list down different catering services and let your manager choose. You may also choose tosettle for the default sample list given:


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EVEN

TFOOD

The catering services for the event will be provided by Mack’s CateringServices and Concessions. This catering service would provide buffet forour guests including the set up of tables and chairs, decoration, andglasswares. The buffet is good for 100 people estimately. The list of foodpackages and their prices are the following:

Traditional Party BuffetA. Hot Entrées (included in any buffet package chosen)� Penne Pasta� Roasted Chicken� Sausage with Onions� Peppers & Mushrooms� Kielbasa with Sauerkraut

B. Delicatessen Platter - $ 1,700.00� Roast Beef� Turkey Breast� Baked Ham� Genoa Salami & Cheese Selection� Fresh Garden Saladwith Dressing� Macaroni Salad� Potato Salad� Bread� Rolls� Condiments� Dessert & Coffee

C. Wright’s Style Chicken Dinner - $1,399.00� Roasted Chicken served with Shells & Sauce� Roasted Potatoes� Garden Salad� Fresh Rolls & Butter� Turkey Buffet - $1,499.00� Fresh Roasted Turkey� Mashed Potato� Bread Stuffing� Fresh Seasonal Vegetable� Garden Salad� Jellied Cranberry Sauce� Gravy� Rolls & Butter

D. Turkey & HamDinner - $1,699.00� Fresh Roasted Turkey� Baked Ham� Mashed Potatoes� Fresh Vegetable� Garden Salad� Jellied Cranberry Sauce� Gravy� Rolls & Butter

F. ExtrasChoose 3 items from each column. $18.00 per person.

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In the example, the Extras contains the list of food that are excluded in the buffet set menus in whichan additional payment of $18.00 per person is charged. The person can choose up to three fooditems each from the entrées and the side orders. To list down the food, create two columns for theentrées and side orders in order to save space in the document. Youmay create a table similar to thesample below:

Now that you have a table, type in the table headers which are Entrées and Side Orders. Modify thetext format according to your preference. The sample table should look like this:

Add more rows if needed by right clicking the table then choose Insert row below. Enter the followingfood list inside their respective columns:

Still, the food items are not formatted in two columns because table borders are visible. If the tableborders are invisible, the food items will look like they are formatted in two columns. To delete theborders, right click the table► Table properties►change the table border width to 0 pt ► clickOK.


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Applying these changes will result in the following table format:

Under these, write your team’s decision regarding the buffet chosen and state why it is chosen.Otherwise, you can use the following contents for justifying what you and your teampicked:

EVEN

TFOOD

Since the venue of this event is free of any cost, the team decided tospend generously on food. It is a must to keep the clients satisfied that iswhy the teamchose the Delicatessen Platter.

After this, pressCtrl + Enter to insert a page break before the next topic.

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List Down Program Flow

In this topic, write a brief summary on the registration and how the investors will be ushered to theirtables. You can use the following contents below for the program flow summary if you haven’tcreated one:

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Before the event starts, the clients will proceed to the registration booth fortheir attendance in this event. There will be ushers and usherettes who willescort the clients to their respective seats. While waiting for the program tostart, the client will be given a program flow to browse through it. The flowof the programwill be as follows:

Below this, insert a line break and create a program flow table that will contain the time and activitiesduring the event. It is recommended to use a table in organizing the time and activity flow of theevent. Click the TableMenu then choose Insert table► drag your mouse until you get the number ofrows and columns you need. Once you have the table, insert the table headers which are Time andActivity. Modify the text and cell format similar to the previous documents to create great contrast.The table should look like the following:

Since you’ve already listed down the program flow earlier in this assignment, all you have to do isarrange and type them inside their respective columns. For the Time column, resize it to a smallerscale by dragging the column border to the left since the time did not occupy the whole cell. Here’show the sample program flow table looks like:


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And lastly, create a noticeable effect per row by filling in cell background color to alternating rows. Todo this, highlight row► right click ► choose Table properties► change cell background color to lightgray► clickOK.

Repeat the steps in filling cell background color to alternating cells. Having applied these changes,your table should look like this:

You can resize the Activity column to a smaller scale and modify the alignment of its texts to occupythe space needed. The alignment of the table can also be changed by right clicking the table andchoosing Table properties►change the table alignment toCenter.

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The program flow is completed. PressCtrl + Enter to insert a page break for the next section.

Breakdown of Expenses

For the last topic, estimate or research on the amount of expenses based on your breakdown list ofmaterials and other things you listed earlier in this assignment. But first, enter a brief introduction to yourbreakdown list of expenses.

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The expense table contains the breakdown list of estimated expenses forthis event. Below is the estimated breakdown of expenses:

After the introduction, create a table for the breakdown list of expenses and fill in your data. Click theTableMenu, Insert table then drag the mouse until you get the number of rows and columns that youneed. Then, enter the table headers and data inside the table. Establish consistency in terms of textand cell format by following a design similar to the program flow table. At this point, the sampleexpense table should look like this:

Add the total cost of the subtotal in the last row and change the cell background color of the excesscells to dark gray. After this, create a contrast between the cell background and total cost texts. Thesample should look like this:


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Tomake the table border lines invisible, change their color to one that is similar to the cell backgroundcolor. Right click the table then choose Table properties. Change table border then clickOK.

Finally, create the same noticeable effect by filling in cell background color to alternating rows.Highlight row, right click then choose Table properties. Change cell background color to light gray.ClickOK. Repeat the steps to the alternating rows. Lastly, resize the columns that do not occupy a bigspace to a smaller scale and make sure to align the table to the center. The sample expenses tableshould now look like the table seen below:

Congratulations! The document plan for the event is now finished. Publish this document to the web,adjusting the visibility access to Public. To make it public, click the Share button, select Change thenclick the Public on the web radio button. Check if the access is set to Can View (if not, change it toCan View). Click the Save button.

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After changing the access, you can now publish this file to the web. Click the File menu then chosePublish to the Web. A Publish to web pop-up box will appear. Simply click the Start publishing button,copy or simply highlight the link and press the shortcut keysCtrl + C the link then click theClose button.

Paste the link to your browser’s URL to test and see the document as a webpage.


Go to Google Drive and create a new folder where your files for this Session will be stored. Click theCreate button, choose Folder, rename the new folder then clickCreate. Tick the check boxes of threenew files then click theMove to icon. Select the newly created folder then clickMove.


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1. In your own words, explain the steps in formatting the following table:

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2. In your own words, explain the steps on how the sample is created using a table:

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1. Brooke created a table for recording his grades; however, he wants to change the table bordersinto color green. What table property should he modify?

A. Table border color C. Cell background color

B. Fill color D. Table border width

2. Lerman is currently creating a feedback form regarding the program flow of the event whichconsists of questions about the program pace and remarks such as very fast, fast, average, andslow. What question type is suitable for the feedback form?

A. Scale C. Grid

B. Multiple choice D. Date

3. Mandy is creating a book summary comparison for her English subject. She created atwo-column table for each book and wrote down the summary below their respectivecolumns. However, she wants to delete the table border in order to create a two-columneffect. What table property should shemodify?

A. Table border color C. Cell vertical alignment

B. Table alignment D. Table border width

4. Ciara has a personal record of her classmates; however, she only wants to see Logan’spersonal details. What tool should she use in order to find Logan’s personal details?

A. Filter tool C. Functions tool

B. Chart tool D. Insert comment tool

5. Codi sends his form to his classmates; however, they told him that the form is no longeraccepting responses. What button should he click in order for the form to accept responsesfrom his classmates?

A. Not accepting responses C. View responses

B. Accepting responses D. View live form

6. Desiree created a pivot table report which displays the list of people who answered hersurvey form; to count the total number of people who answered the comments andsuggestions area, what category should she change?

A. Rows C. Columns

B. Filter D. Values

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7. Zachary created a form that invites people to go to his birthday party and sent them to allof his friends. After a few days, he viewed the responses. To count how many peopleagreed to go to the party, what formula should he use in counting?

A. COUNTA C. COUNTIF

B. AVERAGE D. SUM

8. Mel listed down his errands for today in a document; however, he wanted to format thebullet list to make it look more appropriate (e.g. check boxes). What option should he selectin order to change the bullet list?

A. Numbered list C. Bulleted list

B. List option D. Line spacing

9. Amber wanted to create a two-page form.What item should she add in order to do so?

A. Section header C. Page break

B. Choose from a list D. Paragraph text

10. Dominic created a multiplication table in his document; however, he noticed that the cellcontents are aligned at the bottom. To change the alignment to center, what tableproperty should hemodify?

A. Cell background color C. Table border color

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Session 4 Extension ActivityThe event planning document must be seen and approved by the manager before your team canproceed to the next step. Ask everyone’s opinions and suggestions about the event by creating afeedback form and share it to your department. These people must rate the document honestly sothat you can count how many people are satisfied and dissatisfied with it. Afterwards, create a pivottable report for each respondent’s responses.

If majority people were satisfied with the document, you can submit it to your manager. Otherwise,revise the document until it satisfies the people.


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SESSION 5THE BIG LAUNCHThe big launching event is where the company focuses on marketing theproduct to the investors. The goal is to encourage them to invest in the productso both sides will gain benefits. In this session, you will prepare the necessarymaterials to be used before and during the event such as the event invitationform, the presentation kits, and the presentation itself.

Assignment 13: Event Invitation Form

Assignment 14: Event Documentation

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Assignment 13: Event Invitation FormIn this assignment, you will learn how to create an event invitation form that will be used to formallyinvite guests to you event.

The big launching event must be the grandest event of the year. This event will be graced withbountiful food, engaging presentations, and insightful discussions. The purpose of this event is togather investors who can help the company with regard expenses.

The manager has already given you the list of potential investors who you can invite to the biglaunching event. Now, it is time to create a three-page invitation to determine the number of peoplewhowill attend the event. The invitation should also include an optional pick up place and time.

Create An Invitation Form

Go to Google Drive and create a Google Forms file. Rename the title of the form and choose atheme according to your preference then pressOKwhen you’re done.

In the example, the theme chosen is Birthday Balloons since the form will be used to invite people tothe product launch event. To give you an idea of the final output, refer to the images below:

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The first page of the form aims to ask personal details of the guests such as their first name, last nameand company. This is also the page where they get to confirm whether they will attend the event ornot. If the guest confirms his or her attendance, he/shemust proceed to the second pagewherein hewill be offered a free pick up by a shuttle. Otherwise, the form will end as soon as the guest declinesthe invitation to grace the event. After this, if the guest has decided to be picked up by a shuttle, heor she must proceed to the third pagewherein he will be asked for the place and time of the pick up.Otherwise, the formwill end as soon as the guest chooses to go to the event on his own.

To start, the form has two form titles wherein the first form title is not visible to the invitees while thesecond form title is visible; therefore, change the second form title to Product Launch Invitation. In theform description, enter a short summary of the event as well as its purpose. And lastly, tick the progressbar check box to let the guests see their progress in answering the form. At this point your invitationshould resemble the sample below:

Since you’re going to ask the personal details of the potential guests, add a Text Question Type andinput the Question Title. Tick the Required question check box in order to require them to answer thefollowing questions. To give a preview of what the page looks like, refer to the image below:

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Add a Multiple choice item, asking whether the guest will attend the event or not. The image belowillustrates this:

Make sure to tick the Go to page based on answer check box and assign the page to which theguest will be directed after choosing one of the options. Here’s how the first page of the sample formlooks like:

After this, add a Page break to create the second page of the form. When the invitee proceeds tothis page, it means that they are going to the event. Offer them an optional free pick up. Type in thepage title and add a short description about the free pick up and the pick up time. Adding thesedetails will yield this output:

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Then, add aMultiple choice item on free pick up service from your company. A sample item can beseen below:

Like the Multiple choice item in the first page, tick the Go to page based on answer check box andassign the page to which guests will be directed after choosing from either option. Identify the pageto proceed for each of the choices. To illustrate further, refer to the given sample:

After this, add another page by clicking the Add item drop-down Menu then choose Page break.Type in Pick Up: Place & Time as a page title and leave the description blank then press the Donebutton. Then, add a Choose from a list item which enumerates a list of places where guests can bepicked up. A sample item can be seen as follows:


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Lastly, add a Time item, asking for the guests’ preferred pick up time. A sample item is shown below:

The Help Text is needed as a reminder to guests about the available pick up time and the start ofregistration. The Help Textwritten in the example is as follows:

Please note that the time available isbetween 1:00PM to 3:00PM since theregistration for the event will start at4:00 PM.

A sample third page can be seen below:

Finally, customize the confirmation or responsemessage of your form as illustrated below:

Congratulations! The invitation form is now finished! It’s time to send this form to the list of possibleinvestors.

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Viewing Results using Spreadsheet

After gathering responses, click the Accepting responses button to disable the form. Modify themessage as follows:

Click the View the responses button to see the names of those who have confirmed their attendance.Change the title of the responses spreadsheet and its worksheet according to your preference. Asample responses spreadsheet can be seen below:

Before you count the number of people who will go to the event, format the spreadsheet to make itlook neat and presentable. Change the fill color of the headers by highlighting the cells. Then,change the fill color according to your preference. Also, change the text format to create greatcontrast with the fill color. Next, adjust the columns until the texts occupy only two lines similar to thegiven example:

After this, modify the responses’ text format whichever way you prefer. In the example, the font,horizontal align, and vertical align used are Trebuchet MS, Center, and Middle, respectively. Thespreadsheet should now look like this:


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Then, create a vertical divider by filling it with a color. Click the last column then change its fill coloraccording to your preference. On its right side, create a Results table which tallies the number ofguests who have confirmed and declined attendance to the event. This table also shows the numberof confirmed attendees whowish to be pick up per location.

Merge the cells and create a table header for the results. Modify its text and cell format according toyour preference. Beneath this, type in Description and Number of People inside the cells. Highlightboth cells and change their fill color similar to the responses headers. The intended output can beseen as follows:

Below Description, enter the category description and the pick up location. Use the following sampleas a guide:

To compute the number of people, insert theCOUNTIF formula in which the syntax is as follows:

=COUNTIF(Range, Criteria)

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The following formula is used in the example to count the number per given criteria:

Number of people whowill goto the event =COUNTIF(E2:E100, “Yes, I am.”)

Number of people whowill NOTgo to the event =COUNTIF(E2:E100, “No, I can’t.”)

Mobile Visions Office (pickup) =COUNTIF(G2:G100, “Mobile Visions Main Office”)Westfield San Francisco Centre

(pickup)=COUNTIF(G2:G100, “Westfield San FranciscoCentre”)

Union Square (pickup) =COUNTIF(G2:G100, “Union Square”)

Here’s how the sample output looks like:

Modify the text and cell format according to how you like it. Delete excess rows and columns.Applying the necessary changes should yield a spreadsheet similar to the given sample:

Congratulations! You can now organize the product launch event. It is important that you coordinatewith the person-in-charge of the free pick up service and inform them of the number of confirmedguests.


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Review

Identification: Given the box below, identify the appropriate question type for each given scenario.

Text Paragraph text GridScale Multiple choice Choose from a listDate Time Check boxes

__________________1. As a student-teacher representative, Melly will create a spelling exam formfor grade 4 students to help them study for their actual exam next week.

__________________2. Andi has a restaurant inside the mall and wants to survey the age of thepeople who go to her restaurant.

__________________3. Devaughn wanted to organize a private party; however, he does not knowwhen his friends are available.

__________________4. John is helping his sister in writing her essay; however, he wants to test hersister’s essay writing skill first before giving out some tips by creating an essayform.

__________________5. JB will be cooking dishes for his parents’ anniversary next week so he createdfew samples and sent them to his friends’ houses. He also created a surveyform that will ask his friends’ ratings about the dishes.

__________________6. Ms. Roberts will be giving the 4th year students a review for the collegeentrance exam. To give the students a feel of what to expect in a collegeentrance exam, she created an online assessment form which serves as amock exam.

__________________7. Jet is very happy upon hearing that his wife is pregnant. Being his friend, youplanned a surprise baby shower for Jet. A final date has already been set;however, you decided to create a form to ask his group of friends’availability time during the said date.

__________________8. Cyrus was assigned to create a grading rubric for his English class. The rubricshould be able to grade the flexibility of students in developing or writing theirown storybook content.

__________________9. Alexa wanted to know how people heard about the opening of herboutique. To know this, she created an online survey form and listed downthe possibilities on how people learned about the opening of her boutique:through advertisement, TV, newspapers, friends/family, and the like. Beforethe people can leave her boutique, she planned to let them answer thesurvey form.

_________________10. Howard is a web designer who creates websites for big companies. Throughthe years, he has been able to capture the interests of each individual visitorsof his websites because of the survey form he created. The form typically askswhat people think about his website.

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Assignment 14: Event DocumentationThis assignment will teach you how to create a presentation kit for the product launching event.

Knowing the estimated number of guests who will attend the event will also help you determine thenumber of presentation kits that need to be produced. The presentation kit is used to guide thepeople during the discussion of the presentation. It usually contains the answers to the FrequentlyAskedQuestions (FAQs).

It is essential that the presentation kit is presentable and attractive so as to entice everyone to read it.Hence, you'll have to use a template for this document. A document template contains layout andstyles. Start creating your presentation kit throughGoogle Drive.

Choose A Template

In Google Drive, there is a software application used for getting different templates for yourdocument, presentation, spreadsheet, forms, and drawing. This software application is called DriveTemplate Gallery. In order to use the templates in this application, you will have to connect thetemplate gallery app to your Google Drive.

To do this, click the Create button then chooseConnect more apps. AConnect apps to Drive pop-upbox will appear that will let you choose or search what apps to connect to your Drive. Type intemplate in the search box since you want to connect a template app then press the Enter key. A listof apps will appear below. Simply find Drive Template Gallery and click the Connect button. Apop-up confirmation box will then appear saying that the app is connected to your Google Drive.Just click theOK button.

To choose a template for your presentation kit, simply click the Create button and choose Fromtemplate.

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A new window tab will appear that will request permission to obtain personal information and viewyour email address, simply click theAccept button.

Once clicked, a webpagewill appear that willlet you search for a template. On the leftsidebar, you can sort and narrow down thetemplates by type and by category.

UnderNarrow by type, just click on Documents-- since you’re searching for a template foryour presentation kit -- to lessen the list oftemplate choices to be shown.


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After this, search for the kind of template you’re looking for and type it inside the search box. Makesure that the template looks professional and related to your presentation kit. The search will yield a listof templates you can choose from. Simply choose one from the list and click the Use this templatebutton. In the example, the template chosen is Project proposal - Studio.

The chosen template will be saved in your Google Drive. Along with this, the document template willbe opened in a new browser tab. If you’ve chosen the template in the example, your documentshould look like this:

Otherwise, your document depends on your chosen template. Meanwhile, rename the documenttitle and start formatting the document according to how you like it.

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Create A Presentation Kit

To format the document, click on the header and insert your company logo. Resize the logo to asmaller scale. To give a preview, refer to the sample below:

Below the header, create the title page with a similar format as the previous document.

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For the second page, delete all of the contents under each title in your template and modify thetopic titles according to what will be discussed in you presentation kit. The topics used in the exampleare the following:

Modify the text format according to your preference but make sure that it will complement to thetemplate. You can simply use the Paint format tool in copying the text format to the rest of thecontent.

Once the text format of the titles have been changed, insert a horizontal line after each of the titlesascan be seen in the given example:

After this, create and type in the contents under each of your topics. Otherwise, you can use thefollowing contents in the example:

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ABO

UTTHECOMPA

NY

Mobile Visions is the manufacturer and distributor of Digital Television orDigiTel across the world that caters to entertain people in their designatedlocations. DigiTel TVs have been winning awards since their release in theyear 2002. These awards include Most Sleek TV (2004), International TVAward (2006), and others. The company has worked successfully workedwith top tier publishers since 2005. The staff include trained professionals intheir own fields.

Throughout the successful years, we’ve been planning to expand ourbusiness. This year, that vision will be realized through the development ofmobile applications. Delving into mobile development is taking anotherstep further towards innovative means to entertain people across theglobe.

A. VisionOur vision is to be the premier provider of the best entertainment forpeople across the globe.

B. MissionOur mission is to consistently provide fun and entertainment to peopleacross the world through our premier products and services.

Modify the text formatting according to your preference but make sure to match the intensity of thecolors used in the document. Press the Enter key twice to give space before the next topic. To giveyou an idea of the format, refer to the sample below:


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The contents of the following topics are specified below:

PRESEN

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ARIOS

There are days when people are too lazy to go out of the house and eatoutside. This may be due to reasons such as bad weather, the hassle ofdressing up or basically not being in the mood to interact with others.Thinking about staying at home and cooking their own dinner is not apleasant option as well. The bother of looking up the available stock ofingredients in their food cabinet and thinking of ways to combine theseingredients annoy them to the point of not wanting to go through thewhole process of eating dinner anymore. For them, it is very timeconsuming to think about a recipe to cook at home. They may have allthe ingredients but they don’t know what to do with them. Now if youthink about it, a cookbook can cut their thinking time. But howmuch doesa cookbook cost these days? Does buying a cookbook guarantee thatthey can cook all the recipes written there? It does not even guaranteethat you will like 100% of the ingredients listed.

Luckily, in the modern age of mobile computing, knowledge is a privilege.In a simple click of a button, all information that they want to know will beavailable at their fingertips. This is what Yum Ingredients is all about. Itgenerates the recipe of a dish that the user can make given theingredients that they provided. They will be able to search the recipe giventhe name of the dish as well. That user, along with users from all over theworld, could also contribute to the growling list of recipes, giving everyonea taste of food variations across the globe.

The next main point requires you to give a short background about the product. This will give theinvestors an idea about the product and how it works. Insert the screenshot image and type in thecontents under the image:

ABO

UTTHEAPP

Yum Ingredients is a mobile application that people can use to find a foodrecipe either by typing its name directly or typing the ingredients neededto make it. Furthermore, more features of the app such as contribute arecipe, favorite a recipe, and rate a recipe will be accessible for the paidversion of the app and pop-up ads will not appear in the screen to let theusers enjoy andmaximize the usage of the app.

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After introducing the product, the features must be discussed next. Since it has been decided to haveboth the free and paid apps, discuss the features included for each of them. Type in the features inbulleted format similar to the given sample:

FEATURES

A. Features available for the free version

The mobile application has the following features available for its freeversion:

� Search

Since the main feature of the app is to ask the user for ingredientsand generate a recipe for a dish, this also includes a search barwhere you can directly search for a recipe. This feature is for userswhich already have a specific recipe in mind and need notsearch for its ingredients.

B. Features available for the paid version

The mobile application has the following features available for its paidversion:

� Contribute Recipe (for paid users)Users can contribute by submitting their own recipes, adding tothe recipe database. This is to expand the taste preference of theusers using the different flavors the world has to offer.

� Food Ratings (for paid users)Ratings are given to recipes based on how often the recipe issearched and viewed by users. This will serve as reference forusers.

� Favorite (for paid users)Users are given an option wherein they can mark a particularrecipe as their favorite. This will serve as a bookmark for userswherein the recipe can be accessed anytime without having tosearch for it.

As for the target market of the product, specify who can use the product. Type in the followingcontents with the same text format with the previous:

TARG

ETMARK

ET

The target market of our mobile app are people who cook, want to cook,and want to learn how to cook.

Next, describe how user-friendly the product is and include a brief tutorial on how to use it. For thetutorial, you can insert tutorial images if you have. Otherwise, you can just insert images and adddescriptions. The contents used are as follows:


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HOWTO

USE

Yum Ingredients mobile application has a user-friendly interface thatanyone can easily operate. Here’s a brief tutorial on how to use themobileapp and identify its specifications.

To enlighten the investors, discuss their benefits in order for them to understand why the companyneeds them. You can type in the following benefits as seen below:

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BENEFITFO

RINVE

STORS

Investors are essential in this project since the company needs capital indeveloping this project. In line with this, investors will have the followingbenefits:

� GET 1% SHAREOF OWNERSHIPEach investor will get 1% share of ownership of the mobileapplication.

� FREE ADVERTISMENT

This entitles the company of the investor a free advertisementin the app. Advertising will be in the form of pop-upadvertisement. Note that advertisements will not appear inpaid apps. Since most users do not upgrade to the paidversion immediately (or not at all) the advertisements postedwill surely be popular given the amount of time.

� GET A PERCENTAGEOF THE PROFIT

Given the amount of time the users will upgrade to the paidversion while others do not upgrade at all, a lot of users mayhave seen the ads by then. Since some users update to the fullversion of the app, having no pop up ads in the paid app isnot a drawback for investors. The profit that our companyearns for the paid apps will be divided accordingly, meaningthe investor will get a percentage of the profit the companyearns depending on howmuch one invests.

Having discussed the benefits for investors, discuss the estimated break down of sales per year in orderfor them to imagine the profit that they will get. Here are the following contents:

ESTIM

ATEDSA

LES

Our estimated sales for themobile app can be seen in the following table:

Our company needs investors not only for getting capital to develop thisapplication but also to boost its popularity among the people. The moreprofit the app gets, the more money the investors get. Below is ourprojected sales in the future:

Given this, the investors also have to know the actual expenses of the company in order to developthe product. Add a short description to the break down of resources. Create the followingintroduction and table for the break down:


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ACTUALB

UDGET

In developing the mobile app, we need resources such as programmers,graphic designers, mobile platform, mobile phones, and computers. Belowis the breakdown of our actual expenses and their descriptions, in order forus to produce themobile app:

Lastly, discuss the estimated timeline in developing the product. Break down the activities in a tableand specify howmany weeks are needed for each of the activities. Type in the following contents:

ESTIM

ATEDTIM

ELINE

To add a finishing touch, you can customize the page color of your presentation kit by clicking the FileMenu then choose Page setup. A Page setup pop-up box will appear that will let you modify theorientation, paper size, margins, and page color of your document. Feel free to modify anything butmake sure the page color you choosewould not create any conflict with the contents.

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Congratulations! Your presentation kit is finally done. To print a number of copies of the presentationkit, click the File Menu then choose Print or use the shortcut keys Ctrl + P. Don’t forget to change thedestination to your printer and specify the number of copies to be printed before clicking the Printbutton.

If you want to create your own template, you can format the document and texts according to yourpreference then save the document. After this, go to Google Drive and search for your document.Once you found it, select the document, click More drop-down Menu then choose Submit totemplate gallery.


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A new browser tab will open that allows you to enter a description, select categories, and select alanguage. Answer the following and click the Submit template button to submit it to the TemplateDriveGallery.

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Assignment 15: Product Launch PresentationIn this assignment, you will learn how to create a product launch presentation that aims to catch theinterest of investors.

Since the presentation kits will be placed on each of the tables, they will be reviewed by the guestswhile waiting for the others to finish their registration. Once they have reviewed the presentation kit,they will have an idea about the event in which they will be expecting a presentation to be shownlater on.

As the main focus of the event, create a product launch presentation that will entice the investors toinvest in your product. Hence, the presentation must contain everything they should know: a briefbackground on the product, reasons why people need it and benefits they can gain from it.

To create an attention-grabbing presentation, apply a theme or template for it. However, in choosinga template for your presentation, make sure to select a template that is related to the topic that you’llbe discussing during the product launch event. You can download an appropriate presentationtemplate by going to www.fppt.com or to any other website that allows you to downloadpresentation templates for free (unless you want to pay for it). See the preview of thewebsite below:

If you want to search for a template, just click the Categories icon above and choose a category orsimply search for it in the search bar. Since the product is a mobile app, the template searched isMobile because it is related to the product being presented. The search will yield results which youcan simple choose from.

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Once you have chosen, you will be redirected to a newwebpage as previewed below:

To download the template, simply click on the download link below as seen in the sample imageabove. A Save as pop-up window will appear that allows you to rename the file and choose a filedestination.

Once downloaded, the default file type of the file is .rar which requires you to extract the presentationtemplate. Simply right click on the file then choose Extract Here. This will extract all the files inside theRAR file to the folder where it is saved.


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After extracting, go to Google Drive and create a Google Slides file. Rename the title and changethe slide size to a smaller scale since the templates from the website are by default in standard size.Click the Filemenu, change the slide size to Standard 4:3 then clickOK.

Once changed, import the downloaded template to the presentation by clicking the Insert Menuthen choose Import slides. Click the Upload tab then drag the downloaded template from its locationto the area. Then, select the slide layouts you want to use in your presentation and click the Importslide button. In the example, the only slide selected is the title slide whichmeans that only the title slidewill be imported to the presentation.

After importing, delete the blank title slide before the imported slide because Google Slidesautomatically adds the imported slides under the existing slides. Inside the imported slide, you caninsert the company logo image and design your title slide according to your preference. In thefollowing example, the company logo is positioned inside themobile device:

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Then, insert a presentation title and add a subtitle to the title slide. For the subtitle text box, you canadd the name of presenter, his position, and company name. Modify the text format according toyour preference. In the example, the font, font size, and text color used is Squada One, 65, andHEX:#ECECEC respectively. Refer to the following sample title slide:

Present Current Scenario

Once you’re done with your title slide, insert a slide after the title slide. In this slide, present orenumerate the present scenarios used in the previous presentations. However, design the slideaccording to how you like it as long as the design will complement the presentation template thatyou’re using. Use the succeeding samples as a guide:


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As you may notice, the enumerating effect used in the example is applied through animation insteadof creating three separate slides. First, add an animation to the title text box by clicking the title textbox then find the InsertMenu. Then, choose Animation. An Animations sidebar will appear where youcan add animation. In the example, the start condition applied is After previous.

For the three circles, add a Fade in animation withOn click as their start condition since the presentershould have the control in enumerating the three scenarios.

If you have more than three scenarios and you want to add them to the same slide, feel free to do sobut make sure to apply animations to have the same enumerating effect. A preview of the sampleslides can be seen as follows:

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In the example above, notice that the title is different but the slide is still the same. Animations helpcreate a dynamic slide. As you can see below, the first title has a Fade out animation while the sameanimation is applied for the three circles. Here’s how the sidebar looks like:

After enumerating the scenarios, insert a new slide and introduce your product. Customize the slideaccording to your preference. Add the logo of your product to the center by clicking the Image iconfrom the tool bar. Drag the image to the area. It is advisable to stretch the logo until it occupies theentire slide. Refer to the following sample slide:

To give your product name a pop-out effect, add a rectangle shape for covering the name of yourproduct. Make sure that the fill color of the shape is similar to background color in order to cover it.Then, add a Fade out animation effect to the shape and modify the start condition and the durationaccording to your preference. Play the animation if you want to see the effect.


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Define Target Market

After introducing your product, define the target market in the following slides. But first, add a slidelayout for the target market topic slide. Remember to format this slide similar to the topic slides youcreated before. A preview of the sample slide can be seen below:

Since you have created the target market contents in the previous presentation, just copy the slidesfrom the previous presentation to this presentation to save time and effort. Go to Google Drive, findthe folder where the previous presentation is stored, then click to open the file. From there, hold theShift key and click the slides you want to copy. Once selected, press Ctrl + C to copy the selectedslides. Then, go to your current presentation and paste the copied slides to the left side pane.

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Product Analysis Presentation Product Launch Presentation

Note: When copying and pasting slides, the animations and speaker notes of the slides are alsocopied.

Enumerate Features

Upon knowing the target market, the investors would want to know the features and specifications ofyour product. First, create a topic slide for enumerating the features and format it similar to theprevious topic slides. To save time and effort, you can copy and paste the previous topic slide, retainthe format but simply change the content. A preview of a sample topic slide can be seen below:

For the contents of this topic, add a slide layout and format the slide according to your preference. Itis recommended to format the contents side-by-side since you need to show the image of yourproduct plus its features. You can also define the features by using the enumerating effect animation.The slide should now look like this:


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However, in order to enumerate everything in one slide, the actual slide should look as follows:

All you have to do is play around with the Fade In and Fade Out animation effect of each of theelements. In order to add animations easily, you can group your text boxes with your icons togetherthen add animation effect for each list. To group them together, select both of the items, right clickthen chooseGroup or use the shortcut keysCtrl + G.

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In the example, the final animation sidebar should look as follows:

After this, create another topic slide for the workaround of your product. Duplicate the topic slideearlier and move it to the last slide available. Modify the contents of your slide. The topic slide shouldnow look like this:

In explaining how to use your product, it’s better to give brief descriptions so that the investors willhave an idea as to how the product works. Refer to the sample slides given:


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Format your slides and contents according to your preference. Do not forget to add animations toyour slides. In the example, the contents are enumerated using a Fade in animation with an On clickstart condition to give the presenter a control over the slides. Once animations have been added,the animation sidebar should look as follows:

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Repeat this to the succeeding slides to achieve desired outcome. After providing brief backgroundon the product to your investors, it is now time to convince them to invest in the product!

List Down Potential Benefits to Investors

Before listing down the benefits, explain why the company needs investors in developing yourproduct. This way, the investors will have a comprehensive understandingwhy they are needed.

Create a topic slide by duplicating the previous topic slide and changing its contents. Refer to thesample slide given:

After the topic slide, insert a slide layout for explaining why the investors are needed. In the examplebelow, the following images are added and duplicated inside the slide to represent the investors:

Looking at the following screenshot, a Fade in animation effect is applied for each of the image insidethe circle while the images outside the circle remain static. After this, add speaker notes if needed.


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At this point, the animation sidebar should look like this:

Click the Play button to check if the animation works well.

Once done, duplicate the previous topic slide for the investor benefits and format the contents insidethe slide. Refer to the following sample slide for the intended outcome:

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If you want something similar to the example, just insert a magnifying glass icon at the center of yourslide. Then, add a text box and enter BENEFITS. Adjust the font size of the middle letters to establish amagnifying effect. Your image should now resemble the sample below:

Make sure the text is sent to the back of the magnifying glass image by pressing Ctrl + Shift + ↓ whichcan be seen below:

For enumerating the benefits, add a slide layout and format the slide according to your preference.You can use icons similar to the previous slides to create a similar feel. In the given example on thenext page, diamonds are used as the background shape for each icon which serves as bullets forevery benefit enumerated. These bullets are aligned vertically and are positioned to the left of eachdetail.


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You are not limited to only three details as seen in the sample. If your team has brainstormed morepossible benefits, then indicate them into your slide.

After adding, group the icons and the diamonds together by selecting them, press right click thenchoose Group or use the shortcut keys Ctrl + G. Repeat this step until all icons have been groupedtogether. Next, insert text boxes beside each diamond icon and enter each benefit. Refer to thesample output below:

Design each bullet based on the sample above. The final list should now look like this:

Add an animation effect to each of your benefits. The animation sidebar should look as follows:

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Apart from the probable benefits investors may gain, you should also present your estimated sales as itwould show how confident your company is in selling the product. To make it efficient, simply copyand paste the previous topic slide and move the duplicated copy to the last slide available. Changethe contents of the slide. The given example below shows the intended format for this topic slide:

The sales must be good in order to convince the potential investors to invest in your product. Hence,use symbols that represent progress such as an arrow going up as seen in the example. Below thesymbol, type in SALES. For added effect, change the font size of each letter to the following:

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Applying these changes will result in the following outcome:

However, youmay design your topic slide according to your preference.

For the contents of the projected sales, place the computations for the first year and succeedingyears in a table. This will make your data easy to understand. Refer to the sample below:

If you have a design in mind, feel free to execute it; however, if you want something similar to theexample, insert a Blank slide layout and change its background color according to your preference.Create a banner similar to the previous presentation. First, click the Shapes icon from the toolbar ►Shapes then choose Flowchart: Document. Click and drag the mouse from the left corner to the rightcorner to form the following:

Change its fill color then copy and paste the shape and place it on top of the original shape. Flip theduplicated shape horizontally and change its fill color. You will now have the following:

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Select the duplicated shape and place it below the original shape by pressingCtrl + Shift + ↓. This way,the slide will have a similar feel as the theme. After this, add a text box on the upper left corner andtype in the number 1. Format the text according to your preference but make sure to change its fontsize to a bigger scale. The sample below shows the intended output for the slide banner:

Add another text box beside the number 1. Type in ST for the first line and press the Enter key to createa line break. On the second line, type in YEAR. Modify the text format according to how you like it.You will now have the following:

Now that you have customized the title and banner of your slide, create a table for the contents. Thetable must show the break down of sales, your product price, and the total. Identify how many rowsand columns you need then click the Insert Menu, choose Table then select your table dimension.Once the table is created, move it to the center and type in your table headers:

You can be creative and format your table properties according to your preference. After formatting,you can type in the contents for your table. The sample table should look as follows:

Modify the text format of your contents based on how you like it. Once you’re done, duplicate thisslide for the projected sales in the succeeding years and change the title to the following:


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Delete the table and replace it with a new table dimension according to your data. Move the tableto the center and type in the table headers. Your table should now resemble the sample below:

Change the text format and table properties similar to the previous table to have consistency indesign then type in your contents. Here’s how the sample table looks like:

Lastly, resize the table width to a smaller scale until all contents fit by clicking and dragging the sides.Add a light gray fill color to have easier row distinction. The final table should look as follows:

Now that you specified the projected sales in your presentation, the investors may start thinkingwhether they would invest or not. So to push them, conclude the presentation with a tagline similar toas follows:

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Think of how you can persuade the investors to invest by creating a tagline. It is also possible to use thesample tagline above but design it differently. To replicate the sample above, insert a Rectangularcallout to the center of the slide. Enter the texts used in separate text boxes. Place the words the atthe center of the callout. Modify the font and font size to the following:

WORD FONT FONT SIZE TEXT COLORthe Lobster 72 Dark gray 2

BIGGER PassionOne 150 BlackTHE SALES/YOU EARN PassionOne 72 Dark red 1

Insert black horizontal lines before the the wordsto fill the spaces. Beside THE SALES, insert thegraph and money bag image beside the phraseYOU EARN. Since there are two money bagimages in the example above, copy and pastethe first money bag and place the duplicatedimage beside it.

Lastly, add Fade in animations to the quotation.Click the word the then Add animation, chooseFade in and apply it On click. Make sure thatwhen it appears, the lines will also appear soselect the line and Add animation. Choose Fadein then apply animation With previous. Do thesame animation with the other the’s and lines.

For the other text elements, add Fade inanimations with After previous as start condition.The Animations sidebar will contain the followinganimations:

Finally, you can add another slide for the Q&A portion after the presentation. The purpose of this slideis to display while Q&A is on going. Design this slide with a similar feel. The sample below shows apossible Q&A slide output:

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To organize the files created in this Session, go to Google Drive and create a folder. Once the folder iscreated, tick the check boxes of the files you need to place in the folder.

In this session, there are only three files created which are form, document, and presentation;however, there are two additional files inside your Google Drive which are the responses spreadsheetand the template used in the product launch presentation. Since the additional files are used andpart of the product launching event, theymust be placed in the same folder with the other files.

To move the files to the newly created folder, click the Move to button ► choose Product LaunchingEvent folder ► clickMove.

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1. In your own words, explain the steps in creating this one-click animation inside a slide:

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2. In your own words, explain the steps in designing this table:

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Session 5 ReviewFill in the Blanks: Read and understand the given scenario then fill in the blanks with the correctanswer.

1. Bella wanted to create and customize her own holiday gift tags using Google Slides. She knewthat she can get a beautiful template using the Template Gallery App in Google. To search forholiday tags template easily, she narrowed down the __________________ to Presentation sinceshewill be customizing it usingGoogle Slides.

2. After narrowing it down, only presentation templates will be shown as a result. Then, she againnarrowed it down by __________________ and chose Holiday to show all holiday-themedpresentation.

3. Bella has chosen a template and clicked the __________________ button. A new tab appearedand the template was saved in Google Drive. All she has to do is customize the template chosento her style.

4. Now that the customization of holiday gift tags are done, she wanted to create a two-pageonline survey form and post the link in her blog. The reason why she wants to do this is becauseshe wants the public to assess her work. In the first page of her form, the questions she wants toask are the name (optional), age, and job position so she used __________________ as questiontypes.

5. In the second page of her form, there will be two items which will ask the people’s design ratingsand their comments/suggestions. For the design ratings, the question type she used is__________________.

6. Since she wanted her blog followers to respond freely, she used __________________ as a questiontype for the comments/suggestions item. Then, she embedded the link to her blog and publishedit.

7. After few days, she wanted to check the responses and count the number of people who likedand disliked her design. To do this, she used the __________________ formula to count.

8. Once counted, she will create a document that contains a table to record and tally the numberof responses given different age groups. This way, she will have a reference in assessing her work.To change the thickness of the table border, she went to the Table properties and modified the_________________________ to 2.25pt then entered the table contents.

9. Bella believed that the table needs a little bit of tweaking to make it attractive. Under tableproperties, she modified the ____________________ to dark gray to lessen the border intensity and__________________ to center to occupy the center of the page.

10. Lastly, she wrote down the list of revisions she needed in order to make her holiday gift tagsperfect. Then, she highlighted the list and formatted the list style using the __________________from the FormatMenu.

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Session 5 Extension ActivityThe product launch event was a success and because of this, the product gained a number ofinvestors. The manager asked for a written report for the board members that aims to assess theoutcome of the event. Using the report, it will also benefit the future events of the company.

Create a post-event report which documents what transpired during the event -- the registration,program flow and event presentation. Enumerate and discuss the collateral materials used in theevent such as invitation forms, presentation kits, and the like. You can also include the possibleimprovements you can make for the next event which will be about the theme, venue, food, andprogram flow. And lastly, it is important to create a break down list of expenses during the event. Thisdocument will allow boardmembers to review the expenses as well as the general details concerningthe event.


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SESSION 6THE PRODUCT OF THE FUTURECongratulations on getting investors! However, your team can’t stop until thisproject is polished. In this session, you will create a product handbook that willcontain the finalized product specifications, functions, and its price. Then, youwill compare the current data and the data produced in the earlier stage ofdevelopment in terms of earnings (projected and actual), budget (estimatedand actual), and timeline (estimated and actual). Lastly, you will generate asummary of the user’s feedback to help improve or polish the product.

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Assignment 16: Product HandbookThis assignment will teach you how to create a product handbook.

The manager and board members are happy about the outcome of this project because thecompany gathered a good number of investors during the product launching event. The boardmembers have also decided to officially release the product in the market as soon as the producthandbook is created. Like any other handbook, it contains the final specifications and functions ofthe product, its price, and a complete guide to using it.

To start, create a Google Docs file and rename the title. Our product handbook will have a differentyet professional design in its title page since it is not a proposal or a report but a final handbook. Here’show the sample title page looks like:

It is always better if you have your own design for your product handbook. Otherwise, you can createas the example.

First, insert the company logo then press the Enter key a number of times to give space beforeinserting your product’s logo. Once the logo is inserted, press the Enter key a number of times thentype in the title of the document, which is Product Handbook. Below the title, type in the month andyear the handbook is created inside the parenthesis. Make sure to emphasize the title and modify thetext format according to your preference. Lastly, insert footer and page number similar to the previousdocument created.

PressCtrl + Enter to insert page break after the title page. For the second page, it will contain the tableof contents of the product handbook to give the users an easy navigation throughout the handbook.Each item in the table of contents links to the titled sections of your document that use the headingstyles.

Note: The table of contents must be created last, after the handbook contents have been finished.

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Given the information above, the handbook contents will start on the third page. Again, insert a pagebreak. Once you’re on the third page, start organizing the outline of the handbook by creating a list.Type in the following outline for your product handbook:

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Modify the text format of your outline according to your preference. Since these are the topics thatwill be discussed in the handbook, this means that these topics must appear in the table of contents.To add them to the table of contents, assign them as Heading 1 because heading styles are used togenerate the table. The text format of the heading styles can also be set to have consistency in style.

To customize the text format of Heading 1 similar to the text format you used for the topic outline,highlight the topics then click the Styles drop-down arrow. Choose Heading 1 drop-down arrow thenselect Update ‘Heading 1’ to match. Given this, any text you apply as Heading 1 will have the sametext format with the topics.

Once it’s set, you can proceed to writing the contents for each of the topic.

Define Product Overview

The product overview describes the product and its master feature. Since you already created aproduct overview in the previous assignments, you can just open the file then copy and paste theproduct overview to the current document under this section. Otherwise, type in the followingcontents:

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Also, be mindful of the spacing. Refer to the sample below:

Enumerate Final Product Specifications and Functions

For this topic, enumerate the final product specifications and functions of your product. Use bulletedor numbered list if necessary. You can use the following contents:

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Themobile application has the following features:

� Splash Screen� Home Screen� Search by Ingredients� Search by Ingredients (Get Dish)� Search by Recipe

Once you have entered the content, your document should now look like the given sample:

The list will be the subtopic under Specifications and Functions which will be seen in the table ofcontents later. To place it under the topic, which was set as Heading 1 earlier, click the Stylesdrop-down Menu, select Heading 2 then choose Update ‘Heading 2’ to match. This will set thefollowing texts to Heading 2. Along with this, all texts set to Heading 2 will have the same text format asthis.


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For every screenshot, provide a description of each feature as can be seen in the given example:

Make sure to bold the important texts similar to the image above. Do this for the following descriptionsas well. Type in the following contents under their respective screens:

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This will be the Home screen of the mobile app. The user cansee the name and logo on the top part of the screen. This willbe consistent throughout the screens. A default image of adish will be displayed below the name and logo then belowthat, two buttons will be displayed, namely Search by Dishand Search by Ingredient. There are four buttons that will beconsistent throughout all screens: Search, Contribute Recipe,Favorite and About Us.

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The Search by Ingredients screen will be seen once the userclicks on the Search by Ingredients button in the Homescreen. Below the app name is a text box wherein the user willtype the name of the ingredients then an image of thatingredient will appear. On the upper-right part of each imagethere will be an ‘x’ mark. This (when clicked) will remove theingredient from the ingredients list. Clicking the Get Dishbutton will take the user to the Search by Ingredients (GetDish) screen.

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This screen will display the recommended dishes that can bemade using the ingredients the user added on the Search byIngredients screen. Clicking on an image will display thecomplete ingredients list for that dish and the procedure onhow tomake it.


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After enumerating the final specifications and functions of the product, discuss how you and yourteamcame up with the product price.

Product Price

In this section, explain that the company wanted to release a free version of the product to introduceto the public. Once the product gains enough exposure, the company will release a paid version ofthe product which has more features compared to the free version. Also, enumerate the features foreach of the versions.

To start with the free version, type in the following:PRODU

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Initially, Mobile Visions has planned to launch the mobileapp to the public as a free app version. ($0.00) Thecompany thought that this will be a good opportunity forthe public to appreciate this fairly new app given that it’sfree. The features and functions that will be available forthis version are the following:

� Search by Ingredients� Search by Recipe� About Us

Make sure to modify the text format similar to the previous. At this point, your content for this sectionshould resemble the given example:

Also, remember to highlight the lists and apply Heading 2 in order for these to show in the table ofcontents. After describing the free version and enumerating its features, you can type in the followingabout the paid version of the product and apply Heading 2:

PRODU

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RICE The paid version of the product is $1.99. The features and

functions that will be available for this version are thefollowing:

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The sample below shows the intended output for this section:


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Below this, create a paragraph describing the advertisement inside the product. Otherwise, simplytype in the following contents:

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Advertisements will also be added to the app. These adswill come from the company’s investors. The free versionwill have pop-up advertisements and ads will be removedin the paid version. When a client invests in the app, he willgain 1% share of ownership of the app and is free toinclude advertisements in the app. Not all users upgradeto full version right away or not upgrade at all, givingenough time to spread the popularity of the ads placed inthe free version. As mentioned, purchasing the paidversion of the appwill remove all the ads.

How to Use

Since the product handbook must also have instructions on how to operate the product, insert animage and describe each of the functions. You can browse through your previous presentation sinceyou already created it before. Produce a screenshot for each of the screens and upload it under thistopic. Otherwise, upload the following screenshots:

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Your company should also specify the terms and conditions in using the product, allowing two partiesto have an agreement with regard legal rights to the use of the product. Brainstorm with your teamand create the following terms and conditions. Once finished, enumerate them under this topic andexplain each further to help the users understand them.

To enumerate the terms and conditions, type in your list and insert a line break after each item thenapply Heading 2. Otherwise, you can use the following terms and conditions in the example below:

For the first condition, explain that the company will never use the recipes owned and uploaded bythe users. Enter the following under the first condition:


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Contributing recipes to Yum Ingredients does not give thecompany the right to claim users’ own recipes. MobileVisions promises not to use these recipes to serve its ownpurpose.

The sample output for this section is seen below:

Under the second condition, state that a user who contributes a recipe to the database must sharehis or her own. Recipes copied from others will not be tolerated. Also, there is a possibility that theproduct might have a server meltdown and lose some recipes; therefore, the user must have abackup copy of the recipe. Type in the following under the second condition:

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Mobile Visions must point out the fact that the right toretain full ownership of the recipes a user contributes onlyapplies if the recipe are his or hers in the first place. If theuser contributes anything that belongs to someone else —especially to a major corporation — the user shouldexpect to have that recipe deleted.

It’s possible that Yum Ingredients might have a servermeltdown, losing some of the recipes. Luckily, MobileVisions always has a backup. But just to be safe, thecompany makes it clear that users should always keep abackup of their recipes as well.

The privacy policy of the app contains what the product needs to access or collect from a person.You should be able to explain that the product is in the business of storing user recipes and state thelist of information that themobile app needs. Type in the following under the third condition:


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Because Yum Ingredients is in the business of storing itsusers’ recipes, the company’s privacy policy is aparticularly important one to understand. Here’s what youneed to know.

What Mobile Visions collects from youSimply using Yum Ingredients means that Mobile Visionshas certain information about you. This information iscollected in a number of ways. Here is the complete list ofinformation the company will obtain from you:

� Name� Email address� Credit card number (if you pay for service)� Billing address (if you pay for service)� IP address� Location data� Mobile device type� Wireless carrier information� Date and time of transactions� All recipes you have contributed

A sample output is shown below:

For the Odds and Ends or general limitation, state that the person must be thirteen years old andabove before using the product. The account will be deleted when the company finds out that theperson is not of age. Type in the following under Odds & Ends:

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Lastly, give a conclusion which states that everyone should live by the rule and they must not use theproduct for illegal purposes. Type in the following:

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Now that the contents are properly written, go back to the second page to create a table ofcontents.

Create Table of Contents

The table of contents will contain links to the titled sections of your document, using the heading styles.This will give them easy navigation throughout the handbook. Before creating the table of contents,type inContents as the title of the page. Modify the text format

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Once inserted, this page will look similar to as follows:

Congratulations! The product handbook has been finished. Test the links for final inspection beforesending the file.

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Assignment 17: Data ComparisonIn this assignment, you will learn how to compare estimated data from actual data.

Now that the product and product handbook are released to the public, give them time to explorethe new product. Your next task is to compare the previous data with actual data for evaluationpurposes. Comparison will be done in terms of earnings, budget and timeline. This will help thecompany with regard resources if in case plans of creating another project transpires.

To start, go to Google Drive and create a Google Sheets file. Rename the title and add two moresheets for the Estimated Timeline vs. Actual Timeline, Estimated Budget vs. Actual Budget, andEstimated Sales vs. Actual Sales. These sheets will be used to store and compare the estimated andactual timeline, budget, and sales.

Estimated Timeline vs Actual Timeline

The first sheet is for comparing the estimated and actual development timeline from the earlier stageto the latter stage. The sample sheet is shown below:

Based on the sample, the sheet is divided into two: tasks with an estimated and actual start and finishdates (left side) and the visual timeline in weeks (right side). Start formatting the left side by mergingA1 to F6 cells and changing the fill color of themerged cells according to your preference. Then, typein the title which is Estimated Timeline vs. Actual Timeline and change the horizontal and verticalalignment toCenter andMiddle. Alongwith this, apply Bold to the title andmodify its text format.

Below the title, merge A7 to B9 cells and change the fill color of the merged cells according to yourpreference. Inside it, type in Task Name and modify its text format. You should now have a similaroutput as the following sample:

Under the task name, merge the A10 and B10 cells and type in the task names. Otherwise, you canuse the following task names below:


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Note: The task name and projected timeline can be copied in the previous file, which is in Session 1.

Beside the task name, create projected and actual timeline columns by merging C7 to D8 and E7 toF8 cells. Then, type in Projected and Actual inside the merged cells respectively. Under each mergedcell, type in Start and Finish. Once typed, modify the text format according to your preference.

To distinguish the two columns, put a different fill color for each column by applying conditionalformatting to the cells which changes the text or background colors if they meet certain conditions,for example, the cells contain certain words or number. To apply conditional formatting to cells,highlight cells C7 to F9, press right click then choose Conditional formatting. A Conditional formattingpop-up box will appear that will let you add specific rules. Type in Projected and change thebackground based on what color you like. Add another rule similar to the condition earlier then typein Actual and change to a different background color. Here are the conditions used in the example:

Once you click Save rules, the fill color for Projected and Actualwill be changed. However, apply thesame fill color for the start and finish cells to yield the following output:


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After this, highlight C10 to F20 cells and add a data validation since the contents in this area will onlybe the start and finish dates. Once highlighted, right click then choose Data validation. A Datavalidation pop-up box will appear which lets you choose a criteria. Validate the contents bymodifying the criteria to Date and is valid date then click Save.

Note: If the data or content entered is an invalid date then, a warning will appear. You may chooseto modify this setting to Reject input. Along with this, you can show a help text by ticking the Showhelp check box and adding a guide text.

To start entering the data, copy the start and finish date from the previous spreadsheet. The sampledata looks like the following:


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While for the actual timeline, compute and add the actual dates for each of the tasks. Refer to thesample data seen below:

Make sure to follow the text format and style of the projected timeline to have consistency in yourSheet. Afterwards, create the visual timeline on the right side. The visual timeline is the visualrepresentation or equivalent of the actual timeline found on the left side. The actual timeline will havea visual timeline since the projected timeline has already been created in the previous Session.

Beside the title, merge G1 to G6 cells in which the company logo will be embedded. To embed thelogo, sign into your PhotoBucket account and find the logo. Copy its direct URL and go back to theGoogle Sheets file. Inside themerged cells, type in the formula containing the URL.

Once the company logo has been inserted, add more columns by highlighting the last columns, rightclick the mouse then choose Insert right. After this, merge H1 to AC6 cells and type in ProjectDevelopment Timeline as the title. Modify the text format similar to the left side title. At this point, youroutput should resemble the given sample:

Below this, mergeG7 to J8 cells and type in themonth and year when the project started. Then belowthis, type in the week numbers. Modify the text and cell formatting according to your preference.Refer to the sample output as can be seen below:

Do the same for the followingmonths. After doing this, the output should resemble the given sample:

Consider the number of weeks it takes to create a specific task and change the fill color of the cellsaccording to your preference. Here’s how the sample visual timeline looks like:


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Once you’re done with the comparison for the timeline, hide the remaining or unused rows. Highlightthe unused rows, press right click then choose Hide rows. Also, check if your data are correct. If thereare some changes, you can easily find and replace the data by clicking the EditMenu then choose


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Find and replace. A Find and replace pop-up box will appear that will let you find a word or item andreplace it.

There are four options in searching and these are the following:� Match case - used to make your search case-sensitive� Match entire cell contents - used to search for cells that match the key word searched

exactly. With this option checked, searching for "do," for example, will not return a cell in yourspreadsheet containing "dog."

� Search all sheets - used to search across all the sheets you're using, not just the sheet you'recurrently on.

� Search using regular expressions - used for advanced searching options, allowing you tosearch for cells that match a pattern.

Regular expressions provide a way to search for strings of text, including particular characters,numbers, words, or patterns of characters. Regular expressions are particularly useful in patternmatching, as these searches are not restricted to a specific search term. Instead, searches returnpatterns thatmatch the expression specified.

Estimated Budget vs Actual Budget

The estimated budget you created before can be seen in the previous document while the actualbudget is the actual amount that the company has paid for in order to develop the product. Tocompare the estimated and actual budget, go to the next sheet and format the sheet similar to thesample final output below:


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First, embed the company logo to cell A1 and merge B1 to I1 cells then type in the title of the sheetwhich is Estimated Budget vs. Actual Budget. Modify the text and cell format similar to your previoussheet. Your header should now look like the following sample header:

Make sure to resize the rows and columns of A1 cell to get the same output as above. Below this,merge the whole row no. 2 and resize the height of this row to a smaller scale. Along with this, changeits fill color according to your preference tomake it look like a horizontal line as can be seen below:

Notice that the sample sheet is divided into two; the left side is for the estimated budget while theright side is for the actual budget. Start formatting the left side for the contents of the estimatedbudget. Begin with adding the headers under the line by typing in Description, Quantity, Price, andTotal. Change the text format according to your preference. Under the headers, create anotherhorizontal line and your output will be similar to as follows:

The list of resources needed in order to develop the product can be seen in the previous document.Simply open the document and copy the list of resources under Description. The sample list can beseen below:

Modify the text and cell format according to your preference. Then, copy its quantity, price, and totalfrom the previous document and insert them under their respective columns. After listing each of theresources, create a horizontal line under them similar to as follows:


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But make sure that the fill color of the line is different from the color you used earlier for the tableheaders. Refer to the sample table below:

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Now that the left side is complete, add a horizontal line dividing the two sides. The fill color of thehorizontal line should be the same as the one sued for dividing resources. To do this, resize Column E toa smaller scale, merge cells vertically, and fill in color to the cells. Then, type in the same headersfound on the right side and insert the actual quantity, price, and total. Applying these changes willyield the sample output:

You can opt to write the descriptions under each resource since explanations are given on the rightside. Lastly, hide all excess or unused columns and rows to make your data look clean.

Projected Earnings vs Actual Earnings

To compare projected and actual earnings, go to the next sheet and format the sheet similar toprevious spreadsheet for computing the future sales. Refer to the sample output below:


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To do this, resize A1 cell like a square box and embed the company logo. Once embedded, mergeB1 to F1 cells and type in the title which is Estimated Sales vs. Actual Sales. Apply a fill color by selectingboth cells then change the fill color according to your preference. Make sure that the text and cellformat are similar to the previous sheet. Your header should now resemble the sample output given:

Under this, create a horizontal line by merging the cells in row no. 2 then change the fill coloraccording to your preference. Once you have a divider, merge A3 to C29 cells and embed therevised screenshot of your product. Make sure to align the image to the center to occupy themerged cells. The output should now look like this:

For the projected sales, merge D3 to F3 cells and type in Projected. Under this, type in Quantity,Amount, and Total as table header of your contents. Then, type in your projected sales underneaththe table headers. Modify the text format according to your preference. Your output should resemblethe sample table given:

Click the total amount and change its number format to your currency. If your currency is not foundamong the choices, hover your mouse toMore currencies then choose your currency.


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Below the data, merge D6 to F6 cells and create a horizontal line then resize the row to a smaller scale.Under the line, merge D7 to E7, D8 to E8, and D9 to E9 cells then type in the following labels:

After this, insert your projected data under these labels.

Now that the projected sales data is done, create another horizontal line to separate the projectedsales data from the actual sales data. Then, merge cells type in Actual. Use the Paint format tool tocopy the text format in Projected. Below this, copy and paste the same table header with previousand enter the actual data. Your output should look like the following:

Under this, create another horizontal line andmerge the cells under it similar to the previous. Also, typein the labels created above in the merged cells and enter the actual data. Use the Paint format toolas needed and your output will look like as follows:


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The completed table should resemble the sample table given:

Looking at the example above, the projected and actual data may not be differentiable at firstglance. You need to put some colors and borders to make it look like a table. Right click theProjected cell, choose Conditional formatting, type in Projected then change the background coloraccording to your preference. Click Add another rule, type in Actual then change the backgroundcolor. Finally, click Save rules button.

This will add fill color to the cell range if the text contains the given criteria. Add more rules as you likeand repeat the steps for theActual cell. Your output should be similar to the given table:


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You can add borders to your cells if you like to make it look like a table. Simply select all the data andadd a border by clicking Borders drop-down arrow then choose one from the choices. In theexample, the type of borders chosen isAll borders.

Applying borders will make the cells look as follows:

You can now analyze and compare the projected and actual sales of your product. Based on theexample given above, there are more people who downloaded the product which almost reachedthe target revenue per year. This is a truly promising finding.

After analyzing the data, share this file to your teammembers, manager, and boardmembers. Simplyclick the Share button, type in their email addresses, change the permission to Can edit then add abrief message. Click Save and share button.

Once shared, they can edit, view, and leave comments; however, use protect sheet for each userbecause not everyone is tasked to edit all the sheets. Protect sheet restricts your collaborators fromediting specific sheets of your spreadsheet. To do this, click the drop-down arrow of your first sheetthen choose Protect sheet.


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A Protect sheet pop-up box will appear that will let you select one of the following options:� Anyone invited as a collaborator (no protection)� Only me� Me, and the collaborators selected below

Since not everyone is entitled to edit this sheet, choose the third option and tick the check boxes ofbeside the email addresses of thosewho are allowed to edit the sheet. Finally, click Done.

Note: Your collaborators and viewers will still be able to view the data on the protected sheet but,they won't be able to make any changes or delete a protected sheet.

Repeat the steps in protecting sheets to the two remaining sheets. Determine specific users who areentitled to editing the data per sheet. Once you finished protecting sheets, the sheet tabs shouldresemble the given sample:

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Assignment 18: User’s FeedbackThis assignment will teach you how to create a user’s feedback form.

Developing products require constant updates and improvements. To determine areas that needimprovement, the company may find it helpful to obtain suggestions and feedback from users. Yournext task is to collate users’ feedback about the product. This way, the company will be able toaddress its weaknesses and improve them later on.

Create A User Feedback Form

To begin, go to Google Drive and create a Google Forms file. Type in a title for the feedback formand choose a theme. The user feedback form contains more pages than the previous forms youcreated since the company needs the user’s information and more user-friendly questions about theproduct which are comprised of a scale, grid and paragraph texts. A sample first page of the users’feedback form can be seen below:

First, tick the progress bar check box to show the users their progress in answering the form. Add agreeting and thank you message in the form description. If you haven’t created one, you canrephrase the following description to fit your product:

Since this is the first page of the feedback form, ask the name of the user but it is recommended tomake it optional because some users want to remain anonymous.


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If you wish to make this optional, uncheck the Required question check box. Simple questions such ashow users heard about the product can be considered. In the example, the Question Type used isCheckboxes which can be seen in the sample:

Use a Multiple choice question type to ask users about the version of the product they opted to use:the trial or full version. A sample item can be seen below:

When the user chooses the trial version, provide questions relating to the features of the trial versionand remember to do the same for the full version. To do this, tick the Go to page based on answercheckbox and assign the page number for each of the answers. For the trial version, direct the user topage no. 3 while for the full version, direct the user to page no. 2.


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As can be seen in the example, the users will be directed to the next page for both trial and fullversion choices. A third page does not exist given that the form ends on the second.

Note: Remember to change this option to page no. 3 as soon as you finish creating the form.

Now that you’re done with the first page of the form, create a second page by clicking the Add itemdrop-down arrow then choose Page break. Type in a page title and click Done. After this, think ofquestions related to the free version. In the example, a grid question type is used for rating the trialversion. Here are the sample questions and ratings used in the example:

Make sure to tick the Required question checkbox and click Done. This will only be the contents in thesecond page of the form. Add another page break after this and proceed to creating the third pageof the form.

In the third page, type in a page title and description. Since the third page has been created, goback to the first page of the form andmodify the following:

After this, go back to the third page and think of questions related to the full version of the product. Inthe example, a scale question type is used for easier rating. Here’s how the sample scale questionlooks like:


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The output of this scale should be similar to the given sample:

Repeat the steps in creating scale question types for your questions. Otherwise, if you want to use thesample questions, you can use the following:

Question Type Help Text Lowest Rating Highest Rating Required QuestionApplication Speed (lagging doesn't occur

when you use theapp)

1: Poor 5: Excellent ✓

Contents correctnessand Reliability

(the informationprovided are correct) 1: Bad 5: VeryGood ✓

Content alignment (no overlapwithinimages, texts, buttons)

1: Not ProperlyAligned

5: ProperlyAligned ✓

Search Functionality (the app searches theright recipe) 1: NotWorking 5: Working ✓

Remove Functionality (the ingredients beingremoved are correct) 1: NotWorking 5: Working ✓

Button Functionality (the buttons areworking properly) 1: NotWorking 5: Working ✓

Application Bugs (everythingworks fine) 1: Many Bugs 5: No Bugs At All ✓

Convenience (cooking is easier withthe app)

1: NotConvenient

5: VeryConvenient ✓

The third page is done. Proceed to the fourth or last page which will be for the comments and/orsuggestions from the users. Most survey or feedback forms leave the comments and suggestions fieldas an optional item. However, the company's purpose is to elicit input from respondents; hence, it isimportant that while the item is optional, you can include a help text which tells the users that theircomments and suggestions are being heard. With this, it is possible that respondents will provideanswers.

But first, add a page break and type in a page title for the last page. Then, add a paragraph textQuestion Type and enter a help text. The sample item can be seen as follows:


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Make sure that the Required question checkbox is unchecked because it is optional. Finally, send theform to the list of users that your manager gave you.

Viewing Summary of Responses

Given enough time, you can view the summary of the users’ responses by clicking the ResponsesMenu then choose Summary of responses. A new window tab will open, showing the summary usinga graph. Here’s a sample summary of responses:

Congratulations in finishing theworkbook! You are now a certified employee.


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After finishing this session, your Google Drive will have four additional files that should be stored in afolder. Create a folder then tick the four new files to be saved in it.

Once selected, click the Move to icon, click the newly created folder then click Move. After movingthe files, your Google Drive will only show the folders you created throughout the workbook. Here’s asample screenshot of the folders in Google Drive:


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Session 6 ReviewModified True or False: Read each statement carefully. Write T if the statement is correct. Otherwise,underline the word(s) whichmakes the sentence incorrect andwrite the correct answer on the blank.

__________________ 1. Normal text is the default text style of your document.

__________________ 2. If you want to change the text of the table of contents, edit the headings inthe document body rather than in the table of contents.

__________________ 3. In conditional formatting, you can apply three rules for a given cell or range.

__________________ 4. If you copy and paste from a cell or range that has formatting rules, theserules will be applied when you paste the copied data.

__________________ 5. In protecting sheets, both owner and collaborators can set editingpermissions for individual sheets.

__________________ 6. If there is a word “Jaguar” in your Google Sheet and you want to search for“jaguar”, you should check the Match entire cell contents option to returnthe cell which contains theword Jaguar.

__________________ 7. Once you update the table of contents by clicking the Refresh button, anymanual edits youmade in the table of contents will be cleared.

__________________ 8. When you finished creating a form, the only way to check the physicaloutput is by clicking theAccepting responses button.

__________________ 9. To see the responses of your form, you must click Responses then chooseSummary of responses.

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Session 6 Extension ActivityYour product has been very successful within the country. The board members have decided toexpand the market by promoting the product to different countries. It is for this reason that theyalso encourage the team to visit other countries to introduce the product. In light of this trip,create a spreadsheet that will contain the schedule of the events and the expenses table duringthe trip.

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APPENDICESRefer to the appendices in this section to see a complete list of the softwareapplications needed to complete this project, a list of terminology and theirdefinitions introduced in this project and how to contact TechnoKids.

� Appendix A – Software Application Tools� Appendix B – Terminology List� Appendix C – Glossary� Appendix D – Contact Information

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Appendix A: Software Application Tools

Google Docs ToolsPrint Use Print to print the document.

Undo UseUndo to undo or erase the changesmade.

Redo Use Redo to redo the changesmade.

Paint format Use the Paint format to copy the formatting applied toa specific section of text to another section. Select thetext that you want to copy then click the paint rollericon in your toolbar, and select the text to which youwant to apply the formatting.

Zoom Use Zoom to adjust the zoom setting of a document tomake it appear larger or smaller within your browserwindow which is useful when you need help readingsmall text, or to zoom out to see how a whole pagelooks. Click the drop-down arrow and select a zoomlevel. Choosing “Fit” will make your document just aswide as your browser window, even if you resize yourwindow.

Styles Use Styles to quickly customize the look of text in aGoogle document. Highlight a selection of text thenclick the drop-down arrow select select a heading style.

Font Use the Font to select a different font. Initially, the defaultfont is Arial. Highlight the text and select the desired fontfrom the font drop-downMenu in the toolbar.

Font size Use Font Size to select a different font size. Initially, fontsize is 11pt. Select the text and click the text-sizedrop-down arrow in the toolbar.

BoldItalic Underline

Use Bold, Italic, or Underline to emphasize the texts.Select the texts and click one of the three emphasis.

Text color Use Text color to select a different text color. Initially, thedefault text color is black. Highlight the text and selectthe desired text color from the font drop-down Menu inthe toolbar.

Insert link Use Insert link to insert a link in the document. Highlightthe texts then click the chain icon and type in the link.

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Insert comment Use Insert comment to insert a comment in thedocument. Click the speech bubble and type in yourcomment.

Left alignMiddle alignRight alignJustify align

Use Left align to align the selected texts to the leftmargin. Middle align to align the selected texts anequal distance from right and left margins. Use Rightalign to align the selected texts to the right margin. UseJustify align to align the selected texts equally on bothsides and line them up equally to the right and leftmargins.

Line spacing Use Line spacing to change the line spacing in thedocument or add a space before or after theparagraph. Click the line spacing drop-down arrow andselect an option from the Menu. You can also specify acustom value for spacing.

Numbered list Use Numbered list to create a numerical oralphabetical list. Click the drop-down arrow and choosefrom a number of different styles with one click.

Bulleted list Use Bulleted list to create a bulleted list. Click thedrop-down arrow and choose from a number ofdifferent styles with one click.

Decrease indent Use Decrease indent to decrease the indent byincrements of ½ inch.

Increase indent Use Increase indent to increase the indent by incrementsof ½ inch.

Clear formatting Use Clear formatting to clear away formatting.

Google Slides ToolsNew slide UseNew slide to insert a new slide in the presentation. By

default, the new slide will have a 'Title and Body' layout.Click the drop-down arrow to change the layout of thenew slide.

Undo UseUndo to undo or erase the changesmade.


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Zoom to fit Use Zoom to fit to zoom back out to a slide size that fitsyour screen.

Text box Use Text box to insert text box in the presentation. Clickand drag the mouse to the part where you want to adda text box.

Image Use Image to insert a photo in the presentation. Click theicon and drag an image from your computer to thearea to upload the photo.

Shape Use Shape to insert shapes in the presentation. Clickdrop-down arrow to choose from different kinds ofshapes then click and drag your mouse to insert thechosen shape.

Line Use Line to draw a line in the presentation. Click thedrop-down arrow to choose from different kinds of linesthe click and drag your mouse to insert the chosen line.

Insert comment Use Insert comment to insert a comment in thepresentation. Click the speech bubble and type in yourcomment.

Changebackground

Use Background to customize the background color,background image, or reset the theme of the slide in thepresentation.

Apply layout Use Layout to customize the layout of the slide in thepresentation.

Change theme Use Theme to customize the theme of the slide in thepresentation.

Change transition Use Transition to apply a slide transition and add ananimation in the presentation.

Present Use Present to open full screen and present the slidesstarting from the slide you were viewing. Click thedrop-down arrow and select “Present from beginning”to start your presentation from the beginning. However,click the drop-down arrow next to the "Present" buttonand select “Present in new window” to view thepresentation in a new browser window instead offull-screen.

Google Sheets ToolsPrint Use Print to print the spreadsheet.

Undo UseUndo to undo or erase the changes made.

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Paint format Use the Paint format to copy the formatting applied toa specific cell to another cell. Select the cell that youwant to copy the text format then click the paint rollericon in your toolbar, and select the cell to which youwant to apply the formatting.

Format as currency Use Format as currency to apply currency format to thecell. By default, the currency is in dollar format with twodecimal places.

Format aspercentage

Use Format as percentage to apply percentage formatto the cell. By default, the percentage has two decimalplaces.

More formats Use More formats to customize the number format tothe cell. Click the drop-down arrow and choose fromdifferent kinds of number formats.

Font Use the Font to select a different font. Initially, thedefault font is Arial. Highlight the text and select thedesired font from the font drop-down Menu in thetoolbar.

Font size Use Font Size to select a different font size. Initially, fontsize is 11pt. Select the text and click the text-sizedrop-down arrow in the toolbar.

BoldItalicStrikethrough

Use Bold, Italic, or Strikethrough to emphasize the textinside the cell. Select the cell and click one of the threeemphasis.

Text color Use Text color to select a different text color. Initially, thedefault text color is black. Click the cell and select thedesired text color from the font drop-down Menu in thetoolbar.

Fill color Use Fill color to fill in the cells with color. Select cells thenclick the drop-down arrow and choose from differentkinds of colors.

Borders Use Borders to add borders or modify the border colorof the cells in the spreadsheet. Select cells then click thedrop-down arrow and choose from different kinds ofborders.

Merge cells UseMerge cells to merge selected range of cells in thespreadsheet. Click the icon and drag an image fromyour computer to the area to upload the photo.


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Horizontal align Use Horizontal align to modify the horizontal alignmentof the text inside a cell. By default, the horizontalalignment is left. Click the drop-down arrow and choosefrom left, center, or right alignment.

Vertical align Use Vertical align to modify the vertical alignment of thetext inside a cell. By default, the vertical alignment isbottom. Click the drop-down arrow and choose fromtop, middle, or bottomalignment.

Wrap text Use Wrap text to automatically format the texts onmultiple lines within a single cell. It is a handy formattingfeature that allows you to control the look of labels andheadings in your spreadsheet.

Insert comment Use Insert comment to insert a comment in thespreadsheet. Click the speech bubble and type in yourcomment.

Insert chart Use Insert chart to insert chart to display data in thespreadsheet. It includes a variety of charts and graphssuch as line, bar, andmap charts.

Filter Use Filter to filter the data in the spreadsheet in order tomake it easier to analyze and view the data. It hides thedata temporarily based on your selection. You candisable the filter tomake your data visible again.

Functions Use Functions to compute the data inside thespreadsheet. Click the drop-down arrow to choose froma variety of functions available in the spreadsheet.

Google Forms ToolsUndo UseUndo to undo or erase the changes made.


Theme Use Theme to personalize the form or tailor it to itsintended audience. By default, the theme is plain butyou can choose from the variety of themes provided.

View responses Use View responses to view and manage formresponses in a spreadsheet. It automatically generatesand create a spreadsheet where all responses arerecorded.

Acceptingresponses

Use Accepting responses to open or close the form tonew responses.

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Appendix B: Terminology List

AAnimation................................................................112AVERAGE()..............................................................129

CCan comment.........................................................38Can edit....................................................................38Can view................................................................. 38Chart........................................................................131Check boxes............................................................84Choose froma list....................................................84Conditional formatting.........................................246COUNTA()...............................................................157COUNTIF()...............................................................185

DData validation......................................................247Date...........................................................................84Drive Template Gallery.........................................189

EEdit master..............................................................110

FFV()...........................................................................127

GGrid.............................................................................84Google Drive..............................................................4

HHelp text....................................................................86Horizontal line...........................................................97

IIF().............................................................................128IMAGE()..................................................................123

LLayout......................................................................110

MMaster slide.............................................................110Match case............................................................250Match entire cell contents...................................250MEDIAN().................................................................130Multiple choice........................................................84

NNote.........................................................................131

PPage setup.............................................................199Paint format............................................................101Paragraph text........................................................84Pivot table...............................................................155Presentation theme................................................27Protect sheet..........................................................257Publish to the web................................................170

QQuestion title.............................................................84Question type...........................................................84

RRequired question...................................................84

SScale..........................................................................84Search all sheets....................................................250Search using regular expressions........................250Sheet..........................................................................42Slide pane...............................................................110Slide transition.........................................................112Speaker notes........................................................119Spreadsheet.............................................................42Summary of responses............................................88

TTable of contents...................................................231Targetmarket.........................................................112Text.............................................................................84Time............................................................................84Title page....................................................................5Title slide.....................................................................27Typography..............................................................38

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Appendix C: Glossary

TERM DEFINITIONAnimation Used tomake the slides lookmore dynamic

AVEREAGE() Returns the numerical average value in a dataset,ignoring text

Can comment Allows the file to be commented and to viewed

Can edit Allows the file to be edited, to viewed, and tocommented

Can view Allows the file to be viewed only

Chart A graphical representation of data

Check boxes Allows one to choose one or more from the given list ofchoices

Choose from a list Allows one to choose a single item from the given list ofchoices

Conditional formatting Used to get a visual summary of complex or changingdata

COUNTA() Used to count up the number of cells in a selected rangethat contains numbers, error values, dates, formulas,texts, and Boolean values

COUNTIF() Returns a conditional count across a range

Data validation Used to check and restrict the values of the cells andprevents people from entering invalid data

Date Allows one to specify a specific date which is commonlyused in scheduling tasks

Drive Template Gallery A gallery in which one can use a template to createdocuments, presentations, and spreadsheet

Edit master Allows one to use custom slide designs such as themesand layouts throughout the presentation

FV() Calculates the future value of an annuity investmentbased on constant-amount periodic payments and aconstant interest rate

Grid Allows one to rate the item given the criteria listed oneach of the columns' headings

Google Drive A cloud storage that lets you store and access filesanywhere on the web, on the hard drive, or on the go

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Help text A help or clue on how to answer the question or item

Horizontal line Used to have a tasteful effect on the document to gain avisual response by your audience

IF() Returns one value if a logical expression is ‘TRUE’ andanother if it is ‘FALSE’

IMAGE() Inserts or embeds image to a cell

Layout Determines how content is arranged on each type ofslide

Master slide Contain the defaults for text styles used throughout yourpresentation

Match case Used to make search case-sensitive

Match entire cell contents Used to search for cells that match one’s search termexactly. With this option checked, searching for "do," forexample, will not return a cell in your spreadsheetcontaining "dog”

MEDIAN() Returns themedian value in a numeric dataset

Multiple choice Allows one to choose a single item from the given list ofchoices

Note A handy way of adding notes to your documents,spreadsheets, and presentations that are visible toviewers and collaborators

Page setup An option where one can modify the margins, indents,and tab stops

Paint format Used to copy the formatting applied to a specific sectionof text to another section

Paragraph text Allows one to input paragraph texts such as comments,suggestions, and the like

Pivot table A dynamic table that lets you interpret data in differentways without ever having to enter a formula

Presentation theme Used to simplify the process of creating and designing apresentation with the same elements such as the fontstyle, background, text color, andmanymore

Protect sheet Used to restrict your collaborators from editing specificsheets of the spreadsheet

Publish to theweb Allows one to make his Google documents,spreadsheets, presentations, and drawings available tothe whole world


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Question title The question or item that youwant to ask to the person

Question type Describes which type of answer will the item accept

Required question A question that is required to answer

Scale Allows one to rate the item from 1 to 5

Search all sheets Used to search across all the sheets, not just the sheetyou're currently on

Search using regular expressions Used to use advanced searching capabilities, allowingone to search for cells that match a pattern

Sheet A page in the spreadsheet

Slide pane The area of the window showing miniature versions of allslides created so far in your presentation

Slide transition The visual movements as one slide changes to another

Speaker notes A space where a person can jot down important pointsthat should be covered during the presentation

Spreadsheet A program that is composed of arranged rows andcolumns that can bemanipulated

Summary of responses Used to see how many users filled out the form and toview their responses

Table of contents Used to quickly navigate to a section of your document

Target market A group of customers that the business has decided toaim its marketing efforts

Text Allows one to input short texts such us name, companyname, contact number and the like

Time Allows one to specify a specific time which is commonlyused in scheduling tasks

Title page The first page of your document in which it describes thedocument as a whole

Title slide The first slide of the presentation that providesplaceholders for a title and a subtitle for a presentation

Typography The style or technique in arranging text type designs

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Appendix D: Contact Information

techno essentials

Documents

big idea

idea presentation

idea proposal

development timeline

prototype development

timeline schedule

product concept

table of contentssession