Digital Content Creation PDF

5. Digital Content Creation 5. Digital Content Creation Digital content creation involves producing various types of content for digital platforms, such as websites, social media, and more. You can create various kinds of contents such as: Documents such as Word and PDF. Websit...

5. Digital Content Creation 5. Digital Content Creation Digital content creation involves producing various types of content for digital platforms, such as websites, social media, and more. You can create various kinds of contents such as: Documents such as Word and PDF. Websites Videos Audio Images When creating content, it is important to note all the copyright, plagiarism or other issues that can arise when creating or publishing documents. There are various applications for digital content creation and one of the most popular is Microsoft Office package. 3  5.1 Microsoft office Package Microsoft Office is a collection of software and program that can create and manage different kind of files and content. Some of the most common applications are: 1. Microsoft Word- is used to create, edit and format written documents such as personal and formal letters, resumes, coversheets and assignments. 2. Microsoft Excel- uses spreadsheets to organize numbers and data with formulas and functions. Excel analysis is ubiquitous around the world and used by businesses of all sizes to perform financial analysis. A spreadsheet is divided into rows and columns. 3. Microsoft PowerPoint - a powerful presentation software which allows the user to create slides with recordings, narrations, transitions and other features in order to present information. 4  Microsoft office Package Continued 4. Microsoft Outlook - a personal information manager used mainly as an email application, it also includes a calendar, task manager, contact manager, note taking, journal, and web browsing 5. OneNote makes it easy to create and organize different types of content in a single notebook, including text, images, audio recordings, and even hand- drawn sketches. OneNote is built for collaboration and makes it easy to share notebooks 6. Microsoft Publisher is a desktop publishing application from Microsoft, differing from Microsoft Word in that the emphasis is placed on page layout and graphic design rather than text composition and proofreading. 7. Microsoft Access a popular database application for Windows. Access allows users to create custom databases that store information in an organized structure. Also provides a visual interface for creating custom forms, tables, and SQL queries. 5 5.2 Text and Document Creation Digital documents such as text files, word documents, spreadsheets are the most basic types of digital content users can make. You can make simple documents like resumes, letters, reports, or even informal things like a diary using Microsoft Word. There are also other kinds of tools to make different kind of documents, such as using Microsoft Excel to make a spreadsheet file which can make tables and graphs. These documents can be shared and sent to other using Email. It is important to know how to make these basic documents. 6 Video –Intro to Microsoft Word https://drive.google.com/file/d/1wgAntcBMw6R7ZNs1QbfdHfI 2kayDrU5o/view?usp=drive_link 7 Video –Intro to Microsoft Excel https://drive.google.com/file/d/1YvzZ-mq2bY17u0H6d4I- z2haa7pW_yUR/view?usp=drive_link 8 5.3 Presentations and Publishing Another important aspect is to present and publish digital contents to others. There are various applications and online tools specialized in making presentations such as Microsoft PowerPoint and Canva. You can also make your own websites such as blogs to publish your own content on the internet using Web authoring tools. When Presenting or publishing digital content, various things needs to be done carefully such as: Plagiarism or copyright. Target audience Factual content Appropriate language and grammar. And more 9 Video –Intro to Microsoft PowerPoint https://drive.google.com/file/d/1lDmqC2KCUc_ieoSNl4Sn0kISb Xn3K-Ow/view?usp=drive_link 10 Video –Web Authoring Tools https://drive.google.com/file/d/1KEfWKe31YDnx_24OZ_NQrIk Via_SVScz/view?usp=drive_link 11