Productivity and Collaboration Tools for Learning and Work

Assignment Brief
As part of the formal assessment for the programme you are required to submit a
Productivity and Collaboration Tools for Learning and Work assignment. Please
refer to your Student Handbook for full details of the programme assessment scheme
and general information on preparing and submitting assignments.
Learning Outcomes:
After completing the module, you should be able to:
1. Identify the key features of common tools found in learning and workplace settings
that can improve productivity e.g. word processing, spreadsheets, presentation
tools and collaborative tools.
2. Identify the appropriate tools to use to solve specific problems e.g. analysing data,
making a sales pitch or presenting findings
3. Develop competence in using a range of tools that can be used to support study
and workplace skills and enhance employability.
Graduate Attribute
4. Effective Communication: Communicate effectively both, verbally and in writing,
using a range of media widely used in relevant professional context. Be IT, digitally
and information literate.
Guidance
Your assignment should consist of 3 separate files (Word, Excel and Powerpoint),
each named with your Student Number.
Your submission portal should allow you to submit multiple files via single upload link.
Your assignment files should include: a title page containing your student number, the
module name, the submission deadline and the exact word count (For Task 1 only) of
your submitted document; the appendices if relevant; and a reference list in AU
Harvard system(s). You should address all the elements of the assignment tasks listed
below. Please note that tutors will use the assessment criteria set out below in
assessing your work.
Please note the following:
Students are required to indicate the exact word count on the title page of the
assessment.
The word count includes everything in the main body of the assessment (including in
text citations and references). The word count excludes numerical data in tables,
figures, diagrams, footnotes, reference list and appendices. ALL other printed
words ARE included in the word count.
Please note that exceeding the word count by over 10% will result in a 10-
percentage point deduction.
Assignment Task
Task 1
You have joined the technical support team at a small firm (100 employees) with plans
for rapid expansion. The company has been overly reliant on paper based systems
up to now. There are a core team of staff who are IT literate but the majority of staff
has significant gaps in their skills and knowledge of the benefits of productivity tools.
Prepare a report for the employees of the company explaining the benefits of using
Microsoft Office tools, using references to relevant literature and reports that highlight
the need for skills in these applications. This literature may highlight the skills required
by learners (e.g. undergraduate students developing employability skills) as well as
those already working in industry.
Use Microsoft Word to produce your report, using relevant features of the application
to format and present your writing such as Table of Contents (TOC) with auto Page
Numbers, Headings, Tables, Figures, creation and use of References by Manage
Sources etc. The report should be error free.
Submit your completed Word report to the submission portal, name the file with your
student number not your name.
(Equivalent to 900 words)
(30 marks)
(LOs: 1, 2, 3, 4)
Task 2
Having explained the benefits of using productivity tools, you have been asked to
analyse some sales data held by the company. This data will be unique to you
(provided to you by Tutor) and will not be the same as any other. This data is not in
an easily usable format for analysis, being comprised or a series of pages. In total
there are details of 20 sales.
Create a spreadsheet that presents this data. You should utilise the features of a
spreadsheet that allow you to present this data in a logical and accessible way e.g.
formatting of text and numbers (where appropriate format as currency for example),
use of headings, adjusting column widths where necessary, naming of worksheet
tabs, creation of a cover page
Perform the following calculations on the data:
Add a new column called Profit and calculate the profit on each sale.
If the selling price of each product was increased by 10% what would the profit have
been? Create a new column called Predicted Profit 10% and calculate for each sale
the profit that would have been generated if this increase had been made.
Calculate the total profit generated across all sales, format and label this data
appropriately
How many instances of the London district are there in your data? There may be
none. Use a COUNTIF function for this and label the data appropriately.
How many instances of the Envelopes product are there in your data? There may be
none. Use a COUNTIF function for this and label the data appropriately.
Create and format charts for each of the following in new worksheet tabs in
your spreadsheet, name each tab to show which chart it holds:
Sum of quantities sold per salesperson
Sum of quantities sold per district
Sum of quantities sold per product
Submit your completed spreadsheet to the submission portal, name the file with
your student number not your name.
Note: you will receive your Sales Data Sets by the end of Week-1 from your tutor, if
you do not receive, then please contact your tutor.
(Spreadsheet submitted should be equivalent to 1200 words)
(40 marks)
(LOs: 2, 3, 4)
Task 3
Create a PowerPoint presentation for managers at the company that shows them the
charts you have created in Task 2. In the presentation, include content that explains
each of the charts such that the managers can understand what decisions they need
to make in terms of sales (e.g. best/worst performing products in terms of profit, best
worst performing salesperson, best/worst performing region). In total, including a title
slide and a summary slide you should aim for at least 8 slides in your presentation. In
creating the presentation, you should demonstrate your ability to use features of the
application that enable you to communicate effectively with the intended audience.
Due consideration should be given to use of slide design, use of colour, typefaces,
media elements etc.
Submit your completed PowerPoint presentation to the submission portal, name the
file with your student number not your name.
(equivalent to 900 words)
(30 marks)
(LOs: 2, 3, 4