Year 7 Digital Technologies

Word + Cloud Computing

Your OneDrive stores your files in the cloud, so they follow you to any device and survive any laptop disaster. Today you will prove you can drive it: folders, screenshots, cropping, duplicating files, and a puzzle to finish.

Part One

Setting Up Your OneDrive

  1. Check your subject folders

    By now, you should have created folders on your laptop for each of your subjects. Ensure that you have one called Digital Technology.

  2. Create and save a Word document

    Create a Microsoft Word document, and save it into your OneDrive with the filename Computer Skills A, ensuring you are saving it inside the Digital Technology folder.

    File → Save As → OneDrive → Desktop → Digital Technology Screenshot of the Word Save As screen showing OneDrive, Desktop, then the Digital Technology folder
Part Two

Screenshots, Cropping and File Duplication

  1. Take a screenshot of the saved file

    Capture the saved file location in OneDrive via the file explorer (which includes the entire window).

    • Either use the snipping tool, the [prt sc] key, or Windows Key + Shift + S
  2. Paste it into your Word document

    Paste the screenshot into your Computer Skills A document.

  3. Paste it again, then crop and rotate

    Paste it a 2nd time below the first image, this time cropping half of the image out (cropping is in the Picture Format menu, which only appears when an image is selected), and rotating it 90 degrees (look for the circular arrow that appears above your image when it has been selected).

    Screenshot of the Picture Format menu in Word with the Crop tool + The circular rotation arrow that appears above a selected image
  4. Save a second version of the file

    Using File → Save As, save a second version of the file with the filename Computer Skills B.

  5. Screenshot the folder with both files

    Take a screenshot of the OneDrive folder with both files visible in it, and paste this into your Computer Skills B Word document.

CHECK: Your "Computer Skills B" document should now have 3 images in it:
  1. Evidence of your OneDrive folder with the "Computer Skills A" file saved in it
  2. A duplicate of this image, that has been cropped and rotated
  3. Evidence of the file "Computer Skills B" also being saved into your OneDrive, inside the "Digital Technology" folder

Your Word document should look similar to this

Example Word document showing the full screenshot, the cropped and rotated duplicate, and the folder with both files saved
Part Three

The Crest Puzzle

  1. Capture the pieces and rebuild the puzzle

    Using the snipping tool, capture the segments of the puzzle below, and paste into your Computer Skills B Word document (alternatively, copy and paste the entire image, and then use the cropping tool to reduce the image size to one of the pieces). Utilising the ability to rotate an image, as well as Picture Format → Wrap Text → In Front of Text, put the puzzle back together.

    If you find that you need to change the order of your puzzle pieces (i.e. put one behind the other), there is also an option to "send forward" and "send backward".

  2. Save it, then save it again as a PDF

    Once completed, save your document, then save it again as a PDF.

Scrambled pieces of the St Virgil's College crest to be reassembled

The scrambled St Virgil's College crest. Snip the pieces, then rebuild it in your document.

Submission: the PDF file is the one that you need to upload into SIMON.
Assessment

Rubric

Word Skills Developing Consolidating Extending
Word Skills

You have created a word document that shows evidence of using your OneDrive, and has at least one screenshot of your folder. The formatting may not be completed correctly, and you may have omitted the cropped image.

The task has been completed as described in the task, complete with cropping and rotation.

An attempt has been made of the puzzle, but there may be some overlapping white that is blocking some parts of the puzzle.

Your Word document has been exported / saved as a PDF, and the PDF has been submitted for assessment.

The layout of your word document is very neat, with deliberate care taken to arrange the graphics neatly. Any additional skills demonstrated in word formatting will assist you to attain this result (so this is a little open-ended to allow you to show-off a bit!!!).

Examples include:

  • Changing the background colour
  • Including some additional shapes/images, such as arrows and text boxes, to point to particular features with your screenshots

Your puzzle has been solved, and is carefully arranged back into its correct structure. Overlapping white has been minimised.