Competition Briefing Slides for the 2010 Singapore Microsoft Office Academic Skills Challenge for National School.

1. 2010 Microsoft® OfficeAcademic Skill Challenge For National Schools Organised by: Venue Sponsor: Supported by: Official Partner:

4. How Students Sign up

6. Background Information Organised by and Official partner and organised by Supported by Microsoft® Singapore Inaugurated in 2004 2004: 30 participants 2005: 350 participants 2006: 650 participants 2007: 750 participants 2008: 900 participants 2009: 1000 participants

7. Objective Promote use of Information Technology (IT) in daily work Give recognition and provide the best IT certification

10. Competition Flow: Students Preliminary Round (Specialist) Microsoft® Office Word / Excel / PowerPoint 2003 National Finals (Expert) Microsoft® Office Word / Excel 2003 World Championships @ Park City, Utah, United States of America

12. Secondary

13. JC / CI

14. PolytechnicsWHERE Nanyang Polytechnic HOW 50 min session; Schools to reserve on a first-come, first-serve basis Competition Flow: Students

15. Preliminary Round (Specialist) Zone Championship (3 Categories, 4 Zones, 2 Levels) Overall Championship (3 Categories, 2 Levels) ANA-LYSE… Competition Flow: Students

17. Secondary

18. JC / CI

19. PolytechnicsWHERE Pre-tertiary: Nanyang Poly Tertiary:To be announced HOW 50 min session; Schools will be informed of their timeslot Competition Flow: Students

21. Tertiary (Word, Excel)WHERE Park City, Utah, United States of America HOW Results will be announced by ACP Computer Training School Competition Flow: Students

22. Competition Flow: Teachers

23. Registration

24. Competition Fees U.P: $136.96 Competition Price: $70.00(price is exclusive of GST) Payment Method: The student may choose to do so with either cash, cheque or Edusave funds. Purchase orders issued from Institutions of study are also acceptable.

25. How to sign up Online Registration http://www.acpcomputer.edu.sg/mos2010/register/by 12 noon, 15 May 2010 IMPORTANT! Your school may need to issue consent forms to students. Please check with your respective schools.

26. How to sign up

27. Competition Preparations

28. (1) Sample questions Create a presentation by completing the following tasks: Create a Web Presentation with the title Product Analysis using the AutoContent Wizard, based on the Brainstorming Session template in the General category. (Note: Accept all other default settings) Save the presentation as a Web page, with the file name Product 1, in the My Document folder.

30. Exam Preparation Tips

31. Exam Taking Tips

32. Exam Controls Available

33. Question types (2) Schools can purchase the authorised MOS courseware at a special price of $12.00 incl. GST (usual retail at $32.10) during this competition period. Many training centers have been using the courseware and they find the content really useful. Titles suitable for Pre-Tertiary Competition: MOS 2003 Word Specialist MOS 2003 Excel Specialist MOS 2003 Powerpoint Specialist MOS 2003 Word Expert MOS 2003 Excel Expert *Note that the courseware is about 300-400+ pages, comprehensive with step-by-step instructions and practice files.

34. (2) For MOE staff who signed up for the competition Free training will be provided Based on first-come, first-serve basis Limited seats Date: 20 May, Thursday (To be confirmed) Time: 2.30 – 5.30 pm Venue: ACP office 3 Lim Teck Road, Singapore Technologies Building, #08-02, Singapore 088934

35. Competition Website http://www.certiport.com.sg/challenge2010/

36. For enquiries, please contact: Mary Yeo maryyeo@acpcomputer.edu.sg 6227 7996

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