CPT 307

  In this week’s assignment, I was instructed to uses three different software applications to document my day in my life. The three software programs were Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. All three applications serve a different purpose, which is apparent after this week’s assignment. Word is an excellent application for writing out the text. Excel is great for inputting data and charts into a spreadsheet. PowerPoint is used to create a presentation a slide at a time, and it has a wide range of tools to help you do so. I believe it is essential to understand which application to choose to complete your task effectively.                     The advantages of Word are that it is practically universal and can be used to transcribe text quickly. It is an easy way to save text for later, and your document can provide easy travel via email or the cloud service. Excel is a great application ...

My experience building in the Scratch program was difficult at first. I had to watch multiple tutorials to understand basic operations. My goal was to try to utilize different code lines to learn as much as possible while creating a unique program. I had trouble with figuring out what function performed what operation. Specifically, I had difficulty with incorporating sound. I tried timing it right with my characters' dialogue, but the sound did not start when I  wanted it to begin. Eventually, I figured it out by using the wait function. I learned quickly what everything did after playing around with the different functions. I feel with more time and exploring the various functions; I could have made a better product. There is still a lot for me to learn in Scratch. I enjoyed learning about the different types of coding languages within the course text. Python seems to be the easiest for me to understand, and Machine Learning was the hardest to grasp. However, Machine Language w...