Term 2- Grade 5 Compiled class notes

ICT & DIGITAL LITERACY

Week beginning (13th September to 9th October)
Ch.6 Introduction to Ms Excel
Textbook Exercises
A. Fill in the blanks:
1. The Formula Bar displays the formula of an active cell.
2. Columns in MS Excel are labelled as A to Z, AA to ZZ and so on.
3. The mouse pointer changes to plus sign on the worksheet.
4. The Auto Fill Feature helps us to generate a data series
5. A cell can be resized using the Row Height/column width option.

B. Give one word for the following:

1. Intersection of a row and column - Cell
2. Extension of an Excel worksheet - .xlsx
3. A Collection of continuous cells - Cell Range
4. First cell address of a worksheet - A1
5. Bar that displays the formula - Formula bar

C. State True or False:

1. You cannot resize the column width. False
2. The Delete dialog box shows three options. False
3. Left, Right and Center are the three types of vertical alignments in MS Excel
2007. False
4. The Auto Fill feature can be used with numbers only. False
5. Editing of the cells can be done using the Cut, Copy and Paste commands.
True

D. Name the following parts of the MS Excel Window:

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1. File menu 4. Name box 7. Column

2. Title bar 5. Cell 8. Insert Worksheet

button

3. Home tab 6. Row 9. Sheet tab

E. Answer the following Questions:

1. What is the Default alignment of data in a worksheet?
Ans: Left Alignment is the default alignment of data in a worksheet.
2. How do you differentiate between a workbook and a worksheet?
Ans: A worksheet is a collection of cells in the form of rows and columns. There
are, by default, three worksheets in a workbook whereas each Excel file is known
as a workbook. It can hold many worksheets. The default name of a workbook is
Book1.
3. Explain the Autofill feature in MS Excel.
Ans: The Auto Fill feature allows you to quickly fill the cells with repetitive or
sequential data such as chronological dates or numbers or repeated text. This
feature is implemented by using the Fill Handle of the selected cell.
4. What are the different options available in the Insert dialog box?
Ans: Different options available in the Insert dialog box are given below.
a. Shift cells right
b. Shift cells down
c. Entire row
d. Entire column

5. How do you resize a cell in MS Excel 2010?

Ans: There are two ways to resize the cell in MS Excel.
a. Row resizing can be done by dragging the lower line of the row label, up or
down.
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b. A selected column can be resized in a similar manner by dragging the line on the right of
the column label, inwards or outwards.
OR
a. Click on the row/column label.
b. Go to Home tab Cells group Format drop-down list Row Height.../Column
Width... option.
c. The Row Height/Column Width dialog box appears. Enter a numerical
value for the height of the row/width of the column. Click on OK.
Week beginning (21st October to 23rd November)

Ch.5 MS PowerPoint: Editing and Formatting the slides

Text Book Exercises

A. Fill in the blanks:

1. Duplicating the text means copying the selected text from one location and
pasting it in another location.

2. Format means to arrange the text according to a chosen pattern

3. A theme is a template with a specific design that can be applied to a slide or to

the entire presentation.

4. Graphics in digital format are available from various sources such as scanned
images, digital camera photographs and illustration software.

5. Clip Art are the files of general-purpose graphics consisting of animations and
cartoons.
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B. Give one word for the following:

1. A feature of MS PowerPoint 2010 that allows the user to arrange the clips on
one’s computer. Microsoft Clip Organiser

2. A feature of MS PowerPoint 2010 allows the user to add graphics to the

presentation grouped under different categories. SmartArt

3. The animated way in which slides appear one after the other in a slideshow.
Slide Transition

4. The alignment where the text is flushed both left and right. Justify
Alignment

C. Match the Following:

1. Copying text a. Ctrl + L [2]

2. Align text left b. Ctrl + I [3]

3. Italics c. Ctrl + A [4]

4. Select all d. Ctrl + V [5]

5. Paste e. Ctrl + C [1]

D. Differentiate between:

1. Superscript and Subscript:

Superscript reduces the size of the text and raises it to the top of the current line.
For example, X2 and 5th where 2 and ‘th’ are superscripts whereas Subscript
reduces the size of the text and lowers it to the bottom of the current line. For
example, H2SO4 and Log10 X where 2, 4 and 10 are subscripts.
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2. Cut, paste options and Copy, Paste options

Cut, Paste options move the selected text that is ‘cutting’ the selected text from
one location of a slide and ‘paste’ on another location in the same slide or another
slide whereas Copy, Paste options duplicate the text that is ‘copying’ the selected
text from one location and ‘pasting’ it in another location.

3. Bold and Italics: Bold is when text is printed darker so that words and
phrases stand out on a page. It is often used for titles and headings whereas Italics
text means that text is slanted and is mostly used for emphasis. It is sometimes
used for headings, for highlighting scientific names, etc.

4. Left and Right Alignments

In the Left alignment, the text is aligned from the left edge and ragged from the
right edge. It is the default alignment whereas in the Right alignment the text is
aligned from the right edge and ragged from the left edge.

5. Adding bullets and adding numbers to a list

Bullets means providing the bullet pointers to a text using different shapes and
numbering means providing the numbers to the text.

E. Answer the following questions:

1. What do you mean by slide transition?

Ans: Slide transition is the animated way in which slides appear one after the
other in a slide show. It means how to move from one slide to another during a
presentation.

2. What do you mean by ‘moving’ and ‘copying’ a slide?

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Ans: Moving a slide means the selected slide is ‘cut’ from one location and
‘pasted’ on another location whereas copying is duplicating the selected slide
from one location and ‘pasting’ it in another location.

3. What is meant by text alignment?

Ans: The text alignment refers to the text layout within a paragraph with respect to
document margins. There are four types of alignment:

a. Left alignment: Here the text is aligned from the left edge and ragged
from the right edge. It is the default alignment.

b. Right alignment: Here the text is aligned from the right edge and ragged
from the left edge.

c. Center alignment: Aligns the text centrally and leaves the text ragged at
the right and the left edges.

d. Justified alignment: Here the text is flushed both left and right. Thus,
neither the left nor the right edge of the text appears ragged.

4. Write the steps to use a Format Painter.

Ans: The steps to use Format Painter are given below.

a. Select the text from where the format is to be copied.

b. Click on the Format Painter option in the Clipboard group of the Home tab. The
mouse pointer changes to a brush.

c. Now, select the text on which the format is to be applied and release the left
mouse button.

5. How can you add graphics to a presentation?

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Ans: Graphics can be used to make a presentation more interesting. Depending on

the topic, sometimes graphics can be more informative than words. Graphics in
digital format are available from various sources such as scanned images, digital
camera photographs and illustration software.

6. Give a one-step solution to copy the text format and not the text from one
selection of the text to another.

Ans: To copy the text format and not the text from one part of the text to another
can be used Format Painter. This is a special button that allows the user to copy
the text format and not the text, from one part of the text to another. All formats
like font, size, font colour, etc. can be copied easily using Format Painter.

Week beginning (22nd November to 10th December)

Fun with Podcast

Learning Objective:

Use devices to create increasingly sophisticated digital artefacts, including the use of sound,
video, text and other multimedia.

· What is a Podcast?

A digital audio file made available on the Internet for downloading to a computer or
mobile device, typically available as a series.

· Why is a podcast called a podcast?

A podcast is a digital broadcast made available on the Internet. The word “podcast”
is derived from “pod” as in Apple's iPod, the popular portable audio player, and “cast”
from “broadcast”, meaning “to transmit for general or public use.”

Podcast: Pod-> from Apple iPod

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cast-> from the word broadcast

· Is it similar to a radio show?

Live radio content cannot be edited after it has been broadcast, whereas podcasts are
pre-recorded so they can easily be adjusted after recording.

· Types of Podcast:

1. Interview Podcast – A Podcast in a interview format where the speaker interviews

a person on a particular topic.

2. Monologue Podcast – A Podcast where the speaker creates a series to share the
opinion on a particular topic.

3. Conversational Podcast – A Podcast where the speaker speaks to a person on the

topic to a friend where either of the persons will pose questions to each other.

4. Panel Podcast – A Podcast where the speaker interviews a group of people on a

topic and ensures that every panellist gets to answer a question.

5. Non-Fictional Story Telling Podcast – A Podcast where the speaker narrates a

story about the things that really happened. This also can happen as a series.

· Steps to plan a Podcast:

1. Topic – The topic needs to be decided as the first step of the podcast.

2. Style/Type – The type of podcast needs to be decided based on the topic.

3. Structure and Rehearse – Planning the flow of the podcast will be the third step
along with practicing the script.
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4. Record – Once the planning is done, we need to record the podcast with the tools
available.

5. Edit – In this step, we can edit the podcast by merging the audio clips recorded
and add the background music.

· Sources to produce a podcast:

1. Windows Movie Maker

2. Audio Tool: Audacity

2ND LANG HINDI

Week beginning (13th September to 30th September)

र के रूप (रे फ , पदे न )

र" एक व्यंजन वर्ण है । हिन्दी भाषा में र का प्रयोग विभिन्न रूपों में होता है । कहीं ‘र’ का प्रयोग स्वर के
साथ होता है तो कहीं बिना स्वर के।
आइए दे खते हैं कि "र" के विभिन्न रूप कौन-कौन से हैं।
र, रा, रि, री, रु, रू, रे , रै , रो, रौ !
र + उ = रु। इनसे बने हुए शब्द निम्नलिखित हैं:-
रुद्र,रुचि,रुपये,रुमाल आदि ।
र + ऊ = रू। यहाँ र के साथ दीर्घ ऊ की मात्रा है ।
इनसे बने हुए शब्द हैं :-
रूप,रूठना,अमरूद,डमरू,रूखा आदि।
र का प्रयोग कई रूपों में किया जाता है ।
1 ) सामान्य रूप- "र" के सामान्य रूप में र का प्रयोग शब्द के शरु
ु आत, मध्य या अंत कहीं भी किया जा
सकता है ।
• शब्द की शरु
ु आत में र का प्रयोग- रमन, रखवाला, रजनी आदि।