AiTLE + Welkin : The 6th Microsoft Office / Adobe Creative Cloud Skills Competition 2019 – Final Round

Dates: 05/15/2019 Times: 18:00 - 21:00 Location: Welkin Computer Training Centre (Mong Kok) : 7/F Righteous Centre, 585 Nathan Road, Mongkok, Kowloon

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
  • 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
      • 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
        • 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
  • 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
  • Scope
    • Microsoft Office Skills Stream
    • Multimedia Skills Stream
      • Adobe Certified Associate Exam Objective
  • 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
  • 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