COM 1100 Unit 9 assignment: files and digital tools
A two-part COM 1100 assignment: create a Student_Life folder with Tutorials, Writing Resources and Policies subfolders, sort six downloaded documents into them and evidence the structure with four screenshots, then choose one productivity app and one mindfulness app, explain both choices and link to a training resource for each.
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Last reviewed · August 12, 2026
Why is part one a specification, not advice?
Part one is graded on execution rather than on writing, so read the instructions as a specification and follow them literally. The folder is named Student_Life_YourLastName with your actual surname substituted; the three subfolders are named Tutorials, Writing Resources and Policies exactly as given; and four separate screenshots are required — one of the main folder with its three subfolders visible, then one of each subfolder open showing its contents. The parenthetical note about opening the main folder so the subfolders are visible exists because that is the screenshot students most often get wrong, capturing a collapsed folder that evidences nothing. Sorting the six documents is the only part that needs judgement: the two university policies go to Policies, the paper formatting and literature review examples to Writing Resources, and the getting-started and courseroom navigation guides to Tutorials. If a document could plausibly go in two places, say in one line why you filed it where you did.
Part two is where the marks for reasoning sit, and the pairing is deliberate. One tool is for producing work and one is for the state you are in while producing it, which is the connection the assignment wants you to notice — the competency mentions productivity and digital confidence together. Choose the productivity app for a task you actually have: OneNote if your notes are scattered across three places, Excel if you are tracking something numeric, Planner if you coordinate other people, PowerPoint if a presentation is coming. Choose the mindfulness app the same way, against a specific problem such as sleep, pre-exam anxiety or an inability to stop working in the evening. Explain why you chose each in a short paragraph, as instructed, and a paragraph that names the problem before the app is always stronger than one that lists features you have read on a product page.
The training resource requirement is small but easy to fumble. Find a real tutorial for each tool — a video, an infographic, a manual — and link to it, checking that the link works and points at the resource rather than at a homepage or a search result. Prefer the vendor's own documentation or a well-known free training site, because a resource you can vouch for is part of the point, and a random video with no indication of who made it is exactly the source evaluation problem this course has been teaching. Then assemble the document carefully: insert the four screenshots at a legible size, keep the two parts under their own headings, and check the file once after saving, since an image that looks right in the editor can arrive cropped. Clear organisation is listed in the assignment requirements, so the document's own structure is being marked alongside the folder structure it describes.
Likely learning objectives
Inferred from the brief — check these against your own rubric.
- 01Follow a naming and structure specification exactly.
- 02Produce screenshots that actually evidence what is claimed.
- 03Sort documents into categories by their function.
- 04Choose each app against a named personal problem rather than by features.
- 05Verify that a linked training resource works and points at the resource itself.
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Turn the brief into deliverables
- 01A Student_Life folder with Tutorials, Writing Resources and Policies subfolders.
- 02The six documents sorted into the correct subfolders.
- 03Four screenshots inserted into a Word document.
- 04One productivity app and one mindfulness app, each with a paragraph of justification.
- 05A working link to a training or help resource for each tool.
Why one productivity app and one mindfulness app?
Folder structure
Create and name the folder and subfolders exactly as specified, then file the six documents by function.
Screenshots
Four images: the open main folder with subfolders, then each subfolder's contents.
Productivity tool
Name the app, the task it addresses, and why it beats what you use now.
Mindfulness tool
Name the app and the specific stress or focus problem it is meant to help with.
Training resources
One verified tutorial, manual or video per tool, linked.
What makes a training resource count?
Recommended databases
- Vendor documentation for the chosen apps
- LearnFree
- Course video tutorials on folders and screenshots
Search sequence
- 1.Do the folder work first and screenshot as you go, rather than reconstructing it afterwards.
- 2.Decide what each app is for before you look at any app, so the paragraph writes itself.
- 3.Search for a tutorial by tool name plus tutorial, and open the link to confirm it loads.
- 4.Insert the screenshots last, then reopen the saved document to confirm they survived.
Reference shortlist
These are authoritative starting points, not a ready-made bibliography. A qualified reviewer must confirm that each source fits the assignment and supports the claim beside which it is cited.
Nothing here is cleared for citation until you have read it.
- 01
LearnFree | Free Online Courses and Practical Skills
Goodwill Community Foundation · 2024
Free tutorials for Office and OpenOffice applications — a defensible training resource for the productivity tool.
- 02
Cybersecurity and privacy
National Institute of Standards and Technology · 2024
Worth checking before you install apps and grant them account access on a personal device.
- 03
Online Privacy and Security
Federal Trade Commission · 2024
App permissions and data collection, relevant when choosing a mindfulness app that records personal information.
Review before submission
Common mistakes
- Renaming the folders or omitting your surname from the main folder name.
- Screenshotting a collapsed folder so the subfolders are not visible.
- Supplying fewer than four screenshots.
- Filing the policy documents under Tutorials because they are also instructional.
- Describing app features instead of naming the problem the app solves.
- Linking to a homepage or a search result instead of the actual tutorial.
- Inserting screenshots too small to read.
Submission checklist
- Main folder named Student_Life with your surname appended.
- Three subfolders named exactly as specified.
- All six documents filed, none left in Downloads.
- Four legible screenshots, with the main folder open in the first.
- Two apps chosen, one from each required category.
- A short paragraph of justification per app, problem first.
- Two working links to real training resources.
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