Learning Plan 7

The document scanning assessment was easy for me, because I already have to scan documents and edit them in Microsoft Word. I did like learning about taking text from a pdf file and copying it to a Word document. It is a very beneficial tool to use, and you only have to do some editing. It was very easy to use the OCR tool in Adobe Acrobat. Also, to be able to scan a form into Adobe and add fields when necessary would save time on creating a new form. I had a little trouble figuring out how to submit my filled out form back to my classmate, but I just misread one of the steps and was ablet to figure it out.


Using the dragon naturally speaking took a little bit to get used to. It took me some patience to configure my voice. I also had trouble with it recongizing what I was saying and certain commands.

Learning Plan 6

I struggled with certain tasks in this learning plan. For the voice technologies, I had a lot of trouble operating the microphone on my computer. I ended up redoing the assessment a couple times, because I lost my files and than the microphone somehow got disabled even though I didn't change anything. If I changed settings I had to restart my computer in order for the program to work. However, I did find it very easy to narrate a PowerPoint.

For the video technologies I was able to use a video camera very well, because I use one almost everyday anyway. I had a lot of problems with getting the right file format. I still don't know why everything worked on my home computer and not the school computer, even though the programs used to play the video were the exact same programs on both computers. I also couldn't figure out how to save a .MOV file to a .AVI or .WMA using Windows Movie Maker. When I go to save it the only option it gave me was to save it as a Movie Maker file. So I could never change the format of my videos.

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Learning Plan 5

This learning plan was a little difficult for me at first, because I was not in class when we went over Adobe Photoshop Elements. I was able to figure out most of the features I had to use by looking at my other classmates job aids and researching on the internet. One strength was that I can be a fast learner. Using some of the tools was a little difficult, because it took some digging to find out more about them. I have trouble with feathering a picture when you type in the pixels, because you can only type in a certain number or it won't work. Using the lasso tool can be very time consuming and frustrating. For my job aid I used the marquee tool, and I liked that a lot. I feel it could be beneficial to edit a picture using this for a company. I love that you can blur the background of a picture so only the important part of the image stands out.