Office Application handling and Multimedia editing skills (especially Word Processing, Spreadsheet, Presentation & Image Editing) are a MUST for nowadays people no matter at study or at work. In NSS ICT, knowing Office Application Handling Skills and Multimedia editing is also a MUST as is included in the C&A Guide.
In order to let arouse students interest and knowledge in Office Application handling and Multimedia Skills, and to let students participate more so as to enhance their ability. AiTLE & Welkin will launch “The 6th Microsoft Office / Adobe Creative Cloud Skills Competition 2019”
Below is the detail of the competition this year :
- Competition Categories
- Microsoft Office Skill ~ Word Processing
- Microsoft Office Skill ~ Spreadsheet
- Microsoft Office Skill ~ Presentation
- Multimedia Skill ~ Image Editing
- Participants Eligibility
- Local secondary school students
- each student can only join only 1 individual competition category
- Local secondary school students
- Competition Workflow
- The competition has First Round and Final Round
- First Round Competition
- Date : 2019-04-06 (SAT)
- Time : 0900-1600
- Venue : can be at home or at school (depends on school teachers’ need)
- Depends on school’s design, invigilation is not a must
- School can send unlimited student to join.
- Schools are encouraged to held and take the First Round competition as a school event, or can allow students to do the test at home.
- The result will be recorded by systems and the organizer will shortlist candidate to Final Competition.
- Best 2 students (and mark over threshold) of each category will be accepted to join the Final Competition
- Final number of accepted students for final will depends on total number of eligible finalists and also capacity of venue
- An online portal will open for a computer base exam competition/ project submission.
- For Word Processing, Spreadsheet & Presentation
- A web based quiz platform in MC, Fill in blanks, T/F, Matching Questions.
- For Image Editing
- A Project submission, fulfill a clear skills guideline
- Artistic performance is not count in the final marks
- A Project submission, fulfill a clear skills guideline
- Final Round Competition
- Date : 2019-05-15 (WED)
- Time :
- Final for “MOS PowerPoint & ACA PhotoShop”
- 1800-1930
- Final for “MOS Word & MOS Excel”
- 1930-2100
- Final for “MOS PowerPoint & ACA PhotoShop”
- Venue : Welkin Computer Training Centre (Mong Kok) : 7/F Righteous Centre, 585 Nathan Road, Mongkok, Kowloon
- With invigilator supervision for the competition
- Question setting, format, duration and all others is same as MOS & ACA Certification Exam
- Best 2 students (and mark over threshold) of each category from First Round will be accepted to join the Final Competition
- Final number of accepted students for final will depends on total number of eligible finalists and also capacity of venue
- Final competition participant will award a MOS/ACA at no charge
- First Round Competition
- The competition has First Round and Final Round
- Software Version for Competition
- Microsoft Office Skills Stream/ MOS Exam Version
- Microsoft Office 2016
- Will have Chinese traditional/ English to choose.
- Multimedia Skills Stream/ ACA Exam Version
- Adobe Photoshop CC
- Will have Chinese traditional/ English to choose.
- Software:
- can visit here to download trial version or
- can visit here to see purchase student Adobe CC information
- Adobe Photoshop CC
- Microsoft Office Skills Stream/ MOS Exam Version
- Scope
- Microsoft Office Skills Stream
- Microsoft Office Specialist Exam Objective
- Exam Objective reference: Click here
- Word 2016 : Click here
- Excel 2016 : Click here
- PowerPoint 2016 : Click here
- Microsoft Office Specialist Exam Objective
- Multimedia Skills Stream
- Adobe Certified Associate Exam Objective
- Exam Objective reference: Click here
- PhotoShop CC : Click here
- Adobe Certified Associate Exam Objective
- Microsoft Office Skills Stream
- Suggestion for competition
- In order to let students to have good experience on actual MOS / ACA Certification exam (also Final Competition), schools are advised to provide real experience to students through providing MOS / ACA Certification Voucher and/or Gmetrix for those students that will join the competition.
（* purchase of exam voucher and Gmetrix is not a must for joining the competition, just an advice so as to provide more support by school for students）- MOS / ACA Certification Voucher :
- Can be purchased through Welkin : HKD 450 / voucher
- @ Voucher can only be used once
- MOS / ACA Gmetrix (Single Subject License)
- Can be purchased through Welkin : HKD 550 / Gmetrix
- @ Gmetrix can for 50 times trial
- can be shared among students
- MOS / ACA Certification Voucher :
- In order to let students to have good experience on actual MOS / ACA Certification exam (also Final Competition), schools are advised to provide real experience to students through providing MOS / ACA Certification Voucher and/or Gmetrix for those students that will join the competition.
- Awards
- For participants that eligible to join the Final Competition and can get enough mark for the certification, the certification will be awarded to the related students
- Welkin is generous to offer the following additional award (invite to the MOS/ACA world championship 2019) if school has match the following criteria
- Have student got Champion of the competition
- Champion of “Microsoft Office Skill ~ Word Processing”
- Champion of “Microsoft Office Skill ~ Spreadsheet”
- Champion of “Microsoft Office Skill ~ Presentation”
- Champion of “Multimedia Skill ~ Image Editing”
- Purchased exam voucher & Gmetrix for students to use for this competition
- 1 exam voucher + 1 Gmetrix + 1 winning position ==> 1 student eligible to join the MOS/ACA world championship 2019
- The student related has not join related category in the MOS/ACA world championship before
- Have student got Champion of the competition
