Technical Computer Applications
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Technical Computer Applications
[edit | edit source]Overview
[edit | edit source]This contest evaluates student proficiency in utilizing professional software that is used in most business contexts.
Skills tested
[edit | edit source]- Data management
- Word Processing
- Spreadsheets
- Presentation Software
- Web tools
- Artificial Intelligence
- Computer Scripting
How to prepare
[edit | edit source]- Practice for the IC3 digital literacy exam that will be administered during the contest, the practice test mimics the real exam really well
- Download and sign up for the free trial of the Microsoft office suite (this is provided for you during the contest)
- Learn and play around with Tableau and Microsoft Power BI(these alternate most years at nationals and is commonly the hardest part)
- Know the general basics on how to use ChatGPT(there is an entire module on this)
Software Used
[edit | edit source]- Microsoft Word
- Microsoft Excel
- Microsoft Powerpoint
- Microsoft Publisher
- Microsoft Access
- Tableau
- Microsoft Power BI
- ChatGPT
- Windows (Operating System)
- Ubuntu (Operating System)
- Python
- Flask (Python Library)