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Honestly, I enjoyed IS101-3205 and Professor Wu, even though I sometimes felt overwhelmed with certain assignments and discussions. I kept pushing forward because I knew that if I started slacking off, it would have cost me much more of a headache trying to catch up than just maintaining a steady pace of trying to do things a little ahead of schedule. One thing I will say is that everything you learn in that class is for a reason, and I encourage every student to come in early and do the bonus quizzes because the knowledge you get from those quizzes is valuable. For example, getting to class at 7 a.m. is a test of discipline and willpower, plus you have nothing to lose by getting bonus points.

I sincerely enjoyed watching almost everyone do a slideshow presentation. This alone made the class more interesting! Especially seeing the draft and polished version was an eye-opener. Professor Wu is tremendously helpful and dedicated to his students, and it shows. Thus far, I can proudly say this has been one of my favorite courses, and I am happy to have chosen an in-person class and to have the instructor be Professor Wu.

I gained a lot of digital literacy from this course, from understanding how Search Engine Optimization (SEO) works to dissecting a Uniform Resource Locator (URL), and most importantly, I learned about different scamming methods to be aware of. I can confidently say that I now know more than I did when starting this course.

6.7.6 Table and Chart Formatting Tips was one of my favorite topics due to just recently acquiring those skills from Phase 2 in Excel. So, being able to use tables and charts in PowerPoint was exciting and very familiar, and another fundamental skill I learned as well was to either make the table or chart embedded or linked to PowerPoint. I have yet to use this skill, but when I do, it will be incredibly handy when having to use statistics to sell or convince an audience.

Hello world, I am extremely excited to go see two of my favorite music artists perform live, whom I haven’t seen perform in the last 5 years! This weekend in Las Vegas, I will be seeing Curren$y, and the following week in Los Angeles, I will be seeing Corbin. Both artists have a special place in my life, and I can’t wait to enjoy myself because it’s been a while since I’ve had the time to.

Just like that, a few more weeks to go. 𓍊𓋼𓆏𓋼𓍊

Phase 2 was a bit more interesting and exciting than I thought. There were a great number of times when I had to use my critical thinking more often than in phase one. Now looking back, Phase 1 was a cakewalk compared to this, especially the Bonus Quizzes. Now, assignments A4 Fun with Functions, A5 More Fun with Functions, and A6 Spreadsheet Analysis with Trailer are great practice that make you use your brain. From those 3 assignments, I can proudly say they helped me understand the Excel program better by making me use the correct formulas and by giving me a scenario like the one in A6, which helped when taking my MO-210 Excel certification exam.

5.7.5 Logical Functions stood out the most for me because at first logical functions seemed hard to understand due to the function having a range, criteria, and sum range that just confused the living hell out of me, but after a few practices I did understand how to use the IF function, and it became a no-brainer to solve problems that required an IF.

To be honest, in my work, I don’t use Excel, but I know that what I’ve learned in Phase 2 will not be forgotten because of how involved I felt with Excel. Hopefully, soon I will get a job where I can use these skills, or maybe another course that requires these skills.

I will make some extra time to be able to be creative and in Phase 3, as well as start actualizing. Yes, I will try to get the highest score I can within the last weeks of this course. So far, I’ve done good, so I should be able to manage.

Second Blog Post Here We Go!

I honestly believe I did better than I expected. Not that I had any self-doubt about passing phase one, but it was more than I expected it to be. This allowed me to push myself to get the work done because I knew that if I fell behind, I wouldn't have been able to catch up due to my personal life getting in the way. One thing I do want to do differently is the way I study for my bonus quizzes because I only study for 1 hour the night before we have the test, and I feel like I should at least give myself 30 minutes every other day to research and understand what the bonus quiz are asking me to do and then the night before recollect all my notes to make sure I ace the next one.

The skill that stuck with me the most from chapter 4 was 4.5.2 Page and Column Breaks. The reason I chose this one is because of the column breaks. I didn't know that you could properly break columns to make them look proper on a page, and this will be very useful in my PSY101 class for the project I have coming up. Luckily, I already knew how to do a page break from previous experience.

The way I will be preparing myself for the MO-110 Word certification exam will be to restudy the parts I had trouble with in LabSim or that caused me to take longer than I should. Also, I need to figure out what the MO-110 Word certification exam consists of.

My oldest daughter's birthday was on Valentine's Day, and we were able to take her out on Saturday after my class to the aquarium at Mandalay Bay and to go eat at Red Robin, which is the spot she chose to go because she really likes the donuts they serve there with chocolate and caramel dipping. Man, I just can't believe that she is already 6 years old. Time flies by quick. I swear I can remember the first day she was brought into this world like it was yesterday.

Blog 1 (IS101-3205)

Hello, my name is Christian. I am a student who is currently attending the College of Southern Nevada (CSN). This would mark my second semester, and this semester is a little more difficult than the last one due to the classes being a little more complex and instead of taking two classes I am currently taking three. I know it's not much, but it makes a difference when having to be a father of three children, a husband, and a responsible employee. Besides school, work, and being human, I enjoy watching anime, going out to different food spots, and gardening.

My first impression of IS101 was, "Wow, I really don't know how to use my computer properly and the software that is available to me." Honestly, I thought I would be doing only Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint, but I am glad I am learning much more than that.

1.4.11 Encryption and Authentication

(a) I used authentication skills to change a few passwords I had that were similar to each other and made them more secure because I realized that they might have been bad passwords, and I didn't want to make it easy for the cybercriminals. I also now keep a few important passwords in a safe I have with other important documents with only a trusted person to know the combination.

(b) I also learned about sites using HTTPS and how they are encrypted and not to put sensitive information in HTTP because it just sends your information in plain text.