The Death of Me

In my IS101 class I had to relearn and learn more of Excel. What I had learned prior pales in comparison to when I learned it in high school. To be fair when I learned it in high school, it was definitely just a brief run down because the focus of the class was performing binary code, using excel to make spreadsheets from scratch with formulas, and more. I only had to use PEMDAS, and other math was involved. The class did not require us to use the other millions of formulas that Excel has. I believe I got an A in that class. My least favorite part of that class was ironically, the binary coding. It was made simplified for us using a program for learning it. However, I hated it. This time around with Excel… It was the death of me. I did not hate every second, but I was frustrated to say the least.

In addition to having to do LabSim for Excel, there was complementary assignments to do. A more specific assignment I had to do was called “Spreadsheet Analysis with Trailer.” When doing this assignment, I had a medium difficulty with completing it. Because I did this assignment after going through all of Chapter 5 Excel in LabSim, I was more confident and comfortable completing this assignment.

While completing Chapter 5 in Excel, I enjoyed a section called “Addition and Average.” Because I had that class prior in high school, this section felt like a walk in the park. A recap, if you will. Especially considering I had to complete Excel worksheets by scratch with a prompt. There was no set data that was told to us to use. We were just given a problem and told to figure out what and where we place the data. This section was particularly easy. Even if I was not in a place where I was relearning, it is a pretty easy section.

I do not think I will be using spreadsheets any time soon outside of an educational environment. I might end up using what I learning in this class into other classes or a future job. However, I predict I will not be using what I learned into a future job because I do not want to be in a business or reception environment.

With my next chapter and complementary assignments, I think it will be less straight forward and more enjoyable than the Excel chapter. The main reason being the next chapter is on PowerPoint. It might be a little boring because it is so simple, but still enjoyable nonetheless. I will not be able to express my creativity in the LabSim sections, but with the complementary assignments that is where my creativity will shine. Because it is easy I plan to take it slow and complete it to the best of my abilities. 

Navigating IS101

    Checkpoint! Fellow college students, how are you doing with your coursework? I am currently in the middle term of IS101. The first half of IS101, I was consistently behind on assignments. My discussion posts are okay. I am the type to overexplain myself, but perhaps that helps with writing effectively. In other aspects of IS101, I did decent on a presentation that had tolerant requirements. When making the slides for the presentation, I think struggled understanding how to be dynamic with my ideas. I had taken a COM101 class prior, so I have experience in presenting to an audience. The class was not strict on the presentation slides, so I do not have proper experience making slides interesting opposed to lackluster. The main focus of the communications class was how well you presented orally. Considering that, I think I orally presented decent. I had some slips due to nerves from performance anxiety and moderate social anxiety.

    Going forward, I need to be more punctual with my coursework. I have an extremely bad habit of waiting till the very last minute. Regardless of how easy or hard the class is, I wait till the last minute. As a way to problem-solve, I have gotten a 52-week planner. As much as Canvas is a good tool, it is terrible for my ADHD. Canvas's way of helping to stay on top of schoolwork, does not help at all. Digital forms of a Calander do not help me stay on top of things. Writing things down is better for my memory to stick opposed to just reading a digital automatic due date system. With a planner, I can plan out everything I do before the due dates. Speaking of Canvas, my class has an exam coming up. I am not confident in getting a good grade. I think I will get at least a C. My plan to study for it is revisiting chapters and using the practice tests the learning platform, LabSim, provides.

    A topic introduced in IS101 that I have prior experience in is headers and footers. This topic was featured in chapter "4.11.1 Headers and Footers," Microsoft Word Pro provided by LabSim. In previous education, I was taught to use headers and footers with only page numbers. Typically, on the right column of the header or footer. From this section, I learned that three-columned footers and headers exist. As well as the fact that an automatic feature that inputs the document title is a tool instead of manually typing it, and how to make the title page to not have any headers or footers.

My Hatsune Miku Figurine collection on my PC desk

    I was not kidding about my Hatsune Miku obsession. Do not mind the cup that is holding up my microphone arm. The arm was supposed to be of good quality, but it did not hold up well even though my microphone is not that heavy. Eventually I will replace it with a new one with a whole different microphone.

Gamer Takes IS101

    Hello, my name is Audrey. I like to go by Ven most of the time online. I am in my early 20s. My current interests in life are to play games, livestream, and read/write novels.  I plan to be a radiology technician and possibly a radiologist in my distant future. Finding a school for becoming a radiologist is like finding a needle in a haystack.

    My favorite games at the moment are Valorant, Pirate101, and Costume Quest.  Valorant is a new obsession of mine to play almost every day. Since school has started for me, I have dialed back on how much I play by a lot. Pirate101 and Costume Quest are childhood nostalgic games for me, so I thoroughly enjoy playing them. I play Pirate101 when I feel like playing a grind type of style game. I have not completed the game because it takes a long time to finish, and I do not play the game every day because it is not as engaging as a game like Valorant. I play Costume Quest every Halloween to get into the mood of Halloween. I have completed Costume Quest numerous times; however, I love the game so much I do not care that I know the game front to back. When I livestreamed, myself playing these games, I do so on Twitch. I have earned a bit of money from Twitch.

A Twitch clip of myself playing Apex Legends from my Twitch page

    I always been into creative outputs. With art, I have the most experience in as opposed to writing. However, I love writing. I have written so many drafts of stories. I am currently writing a novel and only eight chapters into it. I would love to be more consistent with my writing, however between no motivation and my busy life I cannot reach that goal yet. I prefer the romance genre in writing and reading.

    My first impression of IS101 was I thought it would be extremely easier than what I am currently at in the course. A main reason why I thought it was going to be much easier than I expected was because I am a gamer, have built my own PC, and I am Generation Z. I have been around computers all my life. It is still an easier course than other classes I have to take. I just did not expect how much more I did not know about IS101. Also, how much more detail it goes into than I expected. For an example, I did not realize you could edit a viewer's ability to edit only certain parts of a document.

    Because I livestream on Twitch, I have experience with tweaking different settings of my livestream. For an example, I have experience in changing my bitrate to give viewers a smoother and clearing watching experience. I also know how to use streaming software on my computer to an extent. I have not altered with every setting, like encoders. I have used the scenes, sources, audio mixers, and scene transitions significantly. I have attempted to separate audio channels; Spotify from my desktop audio. One day, I will get back to reattempting to successfully separate the two channels.