GFPCS001 –Computing Skills

Group Activity and PowerPoint Assignment

Topic: Information Security
You should cover all the following points:

4.1 Risks of Network Computing,

4.2 Electronic Mails,
4.3 Personal and Organizational Data
4.4 Encryption and Decryption
4.5 Viruses and anti-viruses
4.6 Privacy Issues, Good Passwords and Access Rights
4.7 Backup and Data Recovery
4.8 Omani Data Protection Legislation

In this assignment you are expected to search & collect the information on the above topics from
Internet and prepare your own PowerPoint presentation.

Using MS PowerPoint 2016, create a presentation and save it as .pptx file.

The following are the requirements:

1. Page Setup:
1) Slide size: Standard (4:3).
2) Slide Orientation: Landscape.

2. Slides:
3) Create Master Slide with Text “UTAS-Nizwa” on the top right of the slide.
4) Maximum number of slide should not be more than 10 slides.
5) Use the same slide design for all slides.
6) Use different animations in each slide.
7) Use different slide transitions in each slide.
8) Use appropriate Text formatting for each slide.
9) Add an appropriate Chart using statistical data.
10) Insert a picture in the slide and apply text formatting.
11) Insert SmartArt in the slide.
12) Insert WordArt at the slide.
13) Insert related sound file.

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14) Set your presentation to Run automatically.

15) Add header and footer to all slides as follows.
 Display slide number
 Footer should be your Student ID - Student Name - Level and Group Number.
Example: S22J123 – Loay Said Al Busaidi – Level 4 Group 15

Instructions:
1. Softcopy should be submitted(.PPTX) on or before One (1) week after Assignment
Announcement via E-Learning Portal.
2. 0.5 mark deduction if you submitted through flash (Applicable only inside the college campus).
3. 0.5 mark deduction per day if you submitted late.
4. Copy & pasting the contents from Students Handout will not be accepted.
5. Copied assignment from other students or other group will be reported for Disciplinary Action
and will automatically get Zero (0) Mark.

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Assignment Marks Distribution

CONTENT Marks
Layout 0.25
Page Setup 0.25
Number of Slides 0.50
Images/Charts 0.50
Header and Footer 0.25
Shapes/Symbols 0.25
Master Slide (image/text formatting) 0.50
Animation 1.00
Slide Design 0.50
Slide Transition 0.50
Sound 0.25
Run Automatically 0.25
Total Marks 5.00

Assignment (Group) 5.0

Presentation - Individual 5.0
Group Activity (Group) 5.0
Total Marks 15.0

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Group Activity
Topics Marks
Relevance of Topic/Sub Topic 1

Content Appropriateness and Organization 1

Correctness of Grammar and Spelling 1

Overall Formatting 1

Appropriate Referencing 1

Total 5

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