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Roller Coaster TyCoon Capstone Project TCOX 2015-2016 SY

BIM Roller Coaster Tycoon Capstone Project Background Information – ________________________ (Name your amusement Park) is a

fictional amusement park that provides several different services from rides, food, drinks and

employment. It is your responsibility to maintain the park, its rides, employees, concession

stands and finances to be successful. You are also responsible for creating the necessary

business documents in order for your business to run smoothly.

The business is located at 2450 Grand Boulevard in Kansas City, MO 64108. The phone number

is 816-555-2000.

Project List

Logo (To be used on all products)

Business Card/Letterhead/Envelope

Financial Spreadsheet

Staff T-Shirt Design

Park T-Shirt Design to be sold

Concession Stand Signs

Coupon Flyer

Promotional Punch Card

Gift Certificate

Billboard

Brochure

Employment Database

Advertising PowerPoint

Investor PowerPoint Presentation

New Employee Input

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ELEMENTS AND SHAPES THAT

INSPIRE GREAT DESIGN

The shapes and elements on this page can be easily made using the shapes option in your

Microsoft Office products. Experiment with using them in each document throughout this

project.

BURST Double-Line Border Dotted-Line Border

Line Divider Arrows Rounded-Quarter Border

Thought Bubble Banners Half Frame

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When businesses create documents for customers, be it a basic customer welcome letter, or

an elaborate print advertisement, the focus is always on creating an attractive well-

organized, interesting message. The content is just as, if not more important, than its design.

As you create each document for your Amusement Park, pay careful attention to words and

phrases that you choose to include. Your selection of adjectives, language style, and the

meanings of the words should be carefully planned and crafted to fit your businesses

targeted audience and goals.

DAY 1:

In your Student Drive create a folder titled “RCT Capstone Project”. In this folder create sub

folders of: Financial Reports, Business Documents, Concessions, Advertising, and Database.

Load the Roller Coaster Tycoon game and complete the tutorial mode so that you know what

controls are used and what they are used for. Name your Amusement park and start thinking

about what your logo will look like.

DAY 2:

LOGO:

A logo is a name, symbol, emblem or trademark designed for easy and definite recognition.

(Think of NIKE or Under Armour). In short, a logo if one of the most important elements in

defining an image for your business. A logo can contain text, graphics, or a combination of both.

Use the internet to look at some logos to give you some ideas of what your park logo should be.

STRATEGIES AND DESIGN TIPS TO CONSIDER BEFORE CREATING YOUR LOGO:

1. Be sure that your logo is not too complex. The best logos are those that are easy to read

and recognize.

2. Use only one font type in your logo. (If you have text)

3. A logo should look good in size. Keep in mind that your logo will be included in just

about every document throughout this project.

4. Develop more than one logo and seek the opinions of your class mates to help you

select your final version…remember it should be appealing to your customers. Think of

your classmates as your customers.

INSTRUCTIONS:

1. Create your logo to be used on all documents. You must include at a minimum a

clipart, text (Name of the company: ________________________), and a shape of

your choice. It should look professional and fun.

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2. Create a new publisher document, and then go to Other Blank Page Sizes, Custom

Sizes and change the height to 2” and width to 2”.

3. When you are done with your logo you will save it twice. Once as a Publisher File

and Once as a JPEG Image File. Name of document: Amusement Park Name LOGO.

Save into your Business Documents Folder.

To save as a Publisher File and JPEG image file:

1. Go to Save As, when the pop up pane comes up you will change the Save as Type to the

appropriate choice and save your document. MAKE SURE TO SAVE AS BOTH!

DAY 3:

BUSINESS CARD:

A business card is a small card printed or engraved usually containing a person’s name, business

affiliation, job title, address, telephone number, email address and web site address. The

purpose of a business card is to announce one’s identity, presence, and the intention to

conduct business. The business card is perhaps the most widely used mini-document in the

business world. A business card is the handshake you leave behind after meeting someone in

the professional world.

STRATEGIES AND DSEIGN TOPS TO CONSDIER BEFORE CREATING A BUSINESS CARD:

1. Since a business card does not offer much room, it’s important to plan its design

carefully.

2. The overall look and feel of the business card should match the type of job you are

selecting. A business card designed for a lawyer would have a prestigious, professional

look; whereas a comedian’s business card would have a fun, humorous look.

3. Consider using lines or border to help create a balance look and feel on your business

card.

4. Stick to using one font type to keep it crisp, clean, and easy to read.

5. Use the internet to look as some business cards to help with some design ideas.

CONTENT AND INFORMATION TO INCLUDE ON YOUR BUSINESS CARD:

1. Open up Publisher. Choose Business Cards. From there you will choose a business

card that is 3.5” X 2” in size.

2. Make sure to include your amusement park logo.

3. The following contact information:

a. Name and Job Title: YOUR NAME, Park Owner/ Operator

b. Address: 2450 Grand Boulevard in Kansas City, MO 64108

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c. Phone Number: 816-555-2000

d. Fax Number: 816-555-2200

e. Web Address: http://www.amusementparkname.com

f. Email Address: first initial last name @amusementparkname.com

i. EX: [email protected]

4. When you are done with your business card you will save it once as a publisher file,

save as: Amusement Park Name Business Card. Save into your Business Documents

Folder.

LETTERHEAD:

A letterhead is a sheet of stationery with the name, address, logo and sometimes other

relevant information of an organization printed at the top, bottom, left or right side. The

standard size of a letterhead is 8.5 X 11 inches. Letterhead is used to send business letter and

other forms of correspondence.

STRATEGIES AND DESIGN TIPS TO CONSIDER BEFORE CREATING YOUR LETTERHEAD:

1. Keep the design of the letterhead professional, clean, and simple. The sole purpose

of letterhead documents is to communicate information. Therefore, the design

should be kept simple and professional looking.

2. Most letterhead designs fall within the first 2.5 inches from the top of the page.

3. Stick to using one font type in the letterhead, exception of the font type used in your

logo.

4. Try to create a balanced, symmetrical look when designing the letterhead. Type

should be kept to a maximum of 10 or 12 point size.

5. Since the logo is the most important element on the letterhead, it should be the

largest item.

6. Try using a thin border line to create separation from the letterhead design and the

rest of the page.

CONTENT AND INFORMATION TO INCLUDE ON YOUR LETTERHEAD:

1. Open up Microsoft Office Word. Page size 8.5” X 11”.

2. Create a Letterhead to match your business card that utilizes the business card

elements at the top and a decorative line with a slogan at the bottom.

3. Include the following contact information:

a. Address: 2450 Grand Boulevard in Kansas City, MO 64108

b. Phone Number: 816-555-2000

c. Fax Number: 816-555-2200

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a. Email Address: first initial last name @amusementparkname.com (EX:

[email protected])

d. Web Address: http://www.amusementparkname.com

4. When you are done with your letterhead you will save it once. Name of

document: Amusement Park Name Letterhead. Save into your Business

Documents Folder.

ENVELOPE:

1. After completing your Letterhead. Use the mailing tab to create an envelope.

a. HINT: There will not be anything but a return address on your envelope.

2. Print your envelope with approval from the teacher.

DAY 4:

Finish any incomplete work from Day 3. Run the Vanilla Hills Simulation- Try and Reach Tycoon

Status. (MAKE SURE TO SAVE YOUR GAME FILE)

DAY 5:

FINANCIAL SPREADSHEET

You need to create a spreadsheet to help record all expenses and revenue that your park is

making. This information will be helpful when trying to convince potential investors that you

need MONEY!!! It also helps you view, where your money is coming from and where it is going!

1. You will update this throughout the project so make sure you SAVE it to the right folder.

2. Open the simulation you ran yesterday.

3. Pause game play.

4. Double Click on your park cash balance.

5. Using the information in the Monthly Summary Report create an identical Excel

Spreadsheet. Save your excel spreadsheet as YourParkName Financial Report. (Example:

Amusement Park Financial Report)

6. For the Title- Use Your Park Name.

7. For the subtitle use- Monthly Summary Report

8. Make sure to include title rows with the months, at a 45 degree angle.

9. Using the information from the spreadsheet in the game: transfer all expenses and

revenue.

10. Create a totals column for each month (be sure to use the SUM function).

11. Create a totals column for each expense/revenue (be sure to use the SUM function).

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12. For each Quarter create a line graph that shows your income. Move the chart to a new

sheet labeled. Quarter 1 Chart. (Jan/Feb/Mar – Quarter 1, Apr/May/Jun – Quarter 2,

Jul/Aug/Sep – Quarter 3, Oct/Nov/Dec – Quarter 4)

13. Save into your Financial Reports Folder.

DAY 6:

STAFF T-SHIRT DESIGN:

Your employee’s have taken it upon themselves to dress how they deem appropriate…you

however do NOT feel the same way about their dress. So, you have decided to design a new

staff polo/shirt for your employee’s to wear as their new uniform. This polo/shirt will be paired

with khaki pants and black tennis shoes.

STRATEGIES AND DESIGN TIPS FOR CREATING YOUR STAFF T-SHIRT DESIGN:

1. Be sure that your design is professional looking so that your customers know right away

that this is an employee, and can ask for help.

2. Make sure that your logo is big enough to be seen by customers but not too big that it’s

the only thing they see.

3. You might consider putting STAFF on the back of the shirt so customers can tell that it is

a staff member from behind.

4. Be sure that the message on the T-Shirt is in a block style font to make it easy to read.

INSTRUCTIONS:

5. Open up Publisher. Page size 8.5” X 11”.

6. Create/Design a staff t-shirt for your employees to wear as a uniform to work each day.

7. Using the Insert Online Pictures feature- enter a blank polo/t-shirt.

8. Create a Front- The back is optional for the staff t-shirt.

9. Be sure to include your logo.

10. Be sure to save as a Publisher file and as a JPEG. Save as Amusement Park Name Staff T-

Shirt. Save into your Advertising Folder.




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DAY 7:

PARK T-SHIRT DESIGN:

Your concession stands have been doing GREAT…however your souvenir stand is faltering. You

have come up with a great idea! You are going to start selling T-shirts for your park. It’s a great

way to make more money…PLUS…it’s free advertisement!!! Walking…Talking…Billboards!

STRATEGIES AND DESIGN TIPS FOR CREATING YOUR STAFF T-SHIRT DESIGN:

1. Be sure that your design is fun and appealing to your customer. They want a souvenir to

remember their trip to your park.

2. Make sure that your logo is big enough to be seen by customers but not too big that it’s

the only thing they see.

3. Consider a headline to draw the customer in.

4. Use your imagination….BE CREATIVE.

5. Ask yourself….would I buy and wear this shirt?

6. Be sure that if you write a message on the T-Shirt is in a block style font to make it easy

to read.

INSTRUCTIONS:

1. Open up Publisher. Page Size 8.5” X 11”.

2. Create/Design a t-shirt to be sold in your concession stands at your amusement park.

3. Using the insert Online Pictures feature- enter a blank t-shirt.

4. Create a Front and a Back to your t-shirt. (Hint you will have two blank t-shirt pictures)

5. Be sure to include your logo.

6. Be sure to save as a Publisher file and as a JPEG. Save as Amusement Park Name T-Shirt.

Save into your Concessions Folder.




DAY 8:

Finish any unfinished assignments. Run Vanilla Hills Simulation- try and reach tycoon status.

(MAKE SURE TO SAVE YOUR GAME FILE)

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DAY 9:

CONCESSION/SOUVENIER STAND SIGNS: (Min of 3, Max of 5)

People at your amusement park have reported that they are having trouble determining how

much items at your concession and souvenir stands are. You have decided to make signs to help

with that issue.

1. Open up your last saved game file, and open up your concession stands to see what

items your current are selling and at what price. (Hint: WRITE IT DOWN)

2. Open up Microsoft Word- blank document.

3. Create Concession/Souvenier Stand Signs for ALL of your Concessions stands. (Each

Concession Stand needs their own sign and each sign will have its own page)

4. Make sure to include the item, price, and your logo.

5. Keep in mind that your customer’s will be looking at these…you might want to include a

border or pictures…BE CREATIVE!

6. Save once as a word document. Save as: Amusement Park Name Concession Stand

Signs. Make sure to save into your Concessions Folder.

DAY 10:

Finish up your Concession Stand Signs. Open up the Vanilla Hills Simulation and update your

current quarter financial report. Refer back to Day 5 to answer any questions.

DAY 11/12:

COUPON FLYER:

To encourage patrons to attend your amusement park or to return to your amusement park,

you have deiced to design and create a flyer containing coupons that will be placed in a variety

of areas throughout the park as well as in the local newspaper.

STRATEGIES AND DESIGN TIPS TO CONSIDER BEFORE MAKING YOUR FLYER:

1. Since most readers tend to look at flyers as non-reading documents, keep text to a

minimum. Do, however, provide enough information to keep the reader’s attention.

2. Keep the number of fonts to a MAXIMUM of three.

3. When choosing graphics, it will be more effective to include one or two larger graphics

than to clutter the page with numerous small graphics.

4. When creating the coupons, use a dotted-line border with a small graphic of scissors

placed on the border sides to encourage customers to cut out and use the coupons.

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5. Create a balances and symmetrical look throughout the flyer by using the same size

border for each of the coupons you will be creating.

6. Obtain some samples of coupon flyers from your local newspaper or the INTERNET and

analyze them to help you design your own.

CONTENT AND INFORMATION TO INCLUDE ON YOUR COUPON FLYER

1. Open up Microsoft Office Word- Blank Document.

2. A simple-to-read headline.

Examples: Thank you for attending (Park Name)

Come Back Soon!

Great Offers for Your Next Visit to (Park Name)

3. Include 4 cut-out style coupons, each containing the headline and subtext on the

indicated coupon number shown below. Add one small graphic image to enhance the

look and appeal of each coupon.

Coupon #1 – Headline: BOGO FREE BEVERAGE

Subtext: Buy one beverage get another beverage free when you

present this coupon to any of our concession stand at the park.

Coupon #2- Headline: FREE KIDS MEAL Subtext: Free Kids meal with the purchase of an adult meal. Present this coupon to any of our concessions stand at the park.

Coupon #3- Headline: FREE ICE CREAM CONE Subtext: Free Ice Cream cone when you present this to any Ice Cream Stand at the park.

Coupon #4- Headline: FREE CHILD ADMISSION Subtext: Free child admissions with the purchase of any adult admission.

4. Using a small type size, add the text “Limit: One coupon per party” tea each of the four coupons show above.

5. Add an expiration date to each of the four coupons. 6. Include your park logo and contact information on the flyer. 7. Include your hours of operation.

a. Mon-Fri- 9AM-9PM b. Sat & Sun- 10AM – 10PM

8. Create a Slogan for your park…Include this slogan in your flyer! 9. Add any additional text or graphic images that will help make the flyer achieve its

objective of getting customers to come to and return to your amusement park. Save your Flyer as Amusement Park Name Flyer. Be sure to save it into your Advertising Folder.

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DAY 13: PROMOTIONAL PUNCH CARD: You have decided to thank your loyal customers by creating a promotional punch card. You have decided to name it the “Tycoon Club” and here’s how it works: The punch card will contain five small symbols (to be selected by you) printed on it. Every _________________ park customer will be given one “Tycoon Club” punch card. Each time a customer visits your park they will receive a hole-punch in their card. When a customer’s five symbols have all been punched out the customer will receive 1 free adult admission. Your punch card will hopefully encourage repeat business and build customer loyalty. STRATEGIES AND DESIGN TIPS TO CONSIDER BEFORE MAKING YOUR PUNCH CARD:

1. Use the internet to help you with some design ideas. 2. Be sure the item you select to be “punched” displays large enough to be seen and

punched. 3. Consider framing in the items to be punched with a bordered box.

CONTENT AND INFORMATION TO INCLUDE ON YOUR PUNCH CARD

1. Open Publisher- consider using a business card size to help with this since you want it to fit into people’s wallets.

2. Select a graphic image that will represent the symbol that will be punched on the cad. This graphic image will be repeated five times on the promotional punch cards. Possibilities need to be relevant to your amusement park and the items that you offer. Arrange those symbols horizontally near the bottom of the card. The distance between each image should be equal.

3. Include your parks logo. 4. Include “Tycoon Club” as your headline. 5. Place the following text just below the headline area:

a. “Get five (the symbol you selected) punched and earn one FREE adult admission in to (your park name) park.

6. Using a smaller type size than you did in Step 5 include the following text just below the area where you placed the text from above.

a. Here’s How the Tycoon Club Works: Each time attend the park, just present this card to the ticket booth employee and get one (the symbol you selected) punched. When all five (your symbol) are punched, return your card for one free adult admission into the park.

7. Add additional text and/or graphic images you feel will make the promotional punch card look creative and professional. Use caution: Space is limited. You already have five graphic images that represent the symbols to be punched out.

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1. Go to Save As, when the pop up pane comes up you will change the Save as Type to

the appropriate choice and save your document. MAKE SURE TO SAVE AS BOTH!

DAY 14:

GIFT CERTIFICATE: Several customers have been asking if you have gift cards that they can purchase. You currently don’t have the really cool plastic gift cards but…for now you can create a paper version, until of course you find a company that can make some credit card like gift cards for your growing park. STRATEGIES AND DESIGN TIPS TO CONSIDER BEFORE CREATING YOUR GIFT CERTIFICATE:

1. Consider using a double-line thin border to add a touch of professionalism to the gift certificate. 2. For the headline of the gift certificate, experiment with the use of a script style font. Script style

fonts give the impression that the words were actually hand-drawn on the document. 3. Limit the use of graphics to one (not including the logo). Any more will make the gift certificate

feel cluttered. CONTENT AND INFORMATION TO INCLUDE ON YOUR GIFT CERTIFICATE:

1. Open Publisher- choose more blank sizes. Choose create new page size. You will create a page size of Height 3” and Width 6”

2. On the top center, place the text “Gift Certificate”. This text should be the largest element on the gift certificate.

3. Include your amusement park logo and the following contact information on the gift certificate:

a. Address: 2450 Grand Boulevard in Kansas City, MO 64108

b. Phone number: 816-555-2000

c. Web Site Address: http://www.amusementparkname.com 4. Include your slogan for your park. 5. Create an area that allows for the following information to be filled in. You may need to use the

internet to give you some ideas on how to format this. a. To: b. From: c. Date: d. Amount:

6. Add additional text or graphic images you feel will make the gift certificates look creative, professional, and welcoming to the recipient.




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DAY 15:

Finish any unfinished assignments. Run Box Office or Fright Night Simulation- try and reach tycoon status. (MAKE SURE TO SAVE YOUR GAME FILE)

DAY 16/17:

BILLBOARD ADVERTISEMENT: Your park is doing great! However, you think it could do much better. You have decided to do a few

advertisements. One of which, is a billboard advertisement. A billboard is a great way to advertise your

business. Depending on its location, it can reach thousands of people a day. You have chosen a busy

highway that is in the vicinity of your amusement park. You have talked to the advertising company and

they have asked you to create a design for your billboard.

STRATEGIES AND DESIGN TIPS TO CONSIDER BEFORE MAKING YOUR BILLBOARD:

1. Since most readers tend to look at billboards as non-reading documents, keep text to a

minimum. Do, however, provide enough information to keep the reader’s attention.

2. Consider this: Your target audience will be driving from 60-80mph…make sure they

don’t have to read much…get your point across in as little as a sentence. It would be

terrible if they didn’t know your message or they crashed trying to read your billboard.

3. Keep the number of fonts to a MAXIMUM of three.

4. When choosing graphics, it will be more effective to include one or two larger graphics

than to clutter the billboard with numerous small graphics.

5. Use the internet to help give you some design ideas for your billboard.

6. Consider your placement of information when putting this together. People read from

left to right…finding the most important information on the left hand side and ending

with the most significant…such as starting with your headline and ending with your logo.

CONTENT AND INFORMATION TO INCLUDE ON YOUR BILLBOARD:

1. Open up Publisher- Choose more blank sizes- Choose Legal Landscape (14 X 8.5).

2. You Billboard must contain 5 important parts:

Headline: (Come up with something that will attract the reader’s and get them to your

park)

Copy: (A brief description of the product or service that you offer)

Illustration: (An Image that represents your product/service)

Signature: (Your Logo)

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Slogan: (Your slogan/catchphrase that represents your business)

3. Be aware of your white space. Don’t leave too much blank space on your billboard making

it look dull and unappealing.

4. Make sure to include pertinent information such as: Phone number, web address or how

to purchase tickets.

5. Consider this: You can take a picture of your park with the photo feature in the Roller

Coaster Tycoon game.

6. When you think you are done…take a step back from your computer…look at your

billboard…is this something you would see on the side of the highway for Six Flags? If not,

re-evaluate and try something else! As a classmate what they think.

Be sure to save as a Publisher file and as a JPEG. Save as Amusement Park Name Billboard. Save

into your Advertising Folder.




Day 18-22:

TRI-FOLD BROCHURE:

You will be creating a tri-fold brochure about your amusement park. This brochure will be

located at your information booths, your ticket booths as well as the information center’s located

on major highways for state visitors. The purpose of a brochure is to inform the reader of what

you have to offer, interesting facts and enticing graphics that will make the person reading it,

visit your park.

STRATEGIES AND DESIGN TIPS TO CONSIDER BEFORE MAKING YOUR BROCHURE:

1. Pay careful attention not to clutter the brochure. The design should have a consistent

systematic flow that moves the reader from the outside from cover through the inside

right panel.

2. Consider using a thin-line border on the inside three panels of your brochure to “frame”

the information contained on them.

3. Make sure to pay special attention to how the brochure is folded, as to where things will

be located and how the reader will receive that information. Pay attention to which panel

is your front and which one will be your back.

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CONTENT AND INFORMATION TO INCLUDE ON YOUR BILLBOARD:

1. Open up Publisher- Use the built-in brochure templates to help guide you in your

construction of this brochure.

2. The Outside Right panel of the brochure will be the first panel that is seen…it is also the

most important: Make sure that you have a headline that will entice the reader to pick

up your brochure and read its contents.

4. Must be in a clear (I must be able to read it clearly) font type, size 12 only!!! No double

spacing, NO SPACING option must be used.

5. Must have ATLEAST 3 pictures that are relevant to your amusement park.

6. Must include a table that shows prices of attractions in your park/ maybe admission

prices????

7. Must include ATLEAST 5 attractions that your park offers.

8. Must include a brief history of your park…how did it get started, who started it? What

makes it so special? Does the land it sit on have any special story?

9. Must include a persuasive paragraph explaining why this is such a great place to visit

versus other amusement parks.

10. Must include contact information. (Address/PH/FAX/EMAIL/WEBSITE)

11. Must include 3 interesting facts about your park.

12. Must include your park logo.

13. Keep your font types to a minimum.

14. Consider this: Creating a small map of your park to let visitors know where information

booths, bathrooms, concession/souvenir stands and rides are located within your park.

Be sure to save as a Publisher file, save as Amusement Park Name Brochure. Save into your

Advertising Folder.

DAY 23-24:

EMPLOYMENT DATABASE:

You park is growing so rapidly that you have decided that it would be best to create a database

of your employees. This will make it easier to get paycheck information together, as well as sent

out holiday cards, thank you cards and most importantly know the birthdays of your

employees. As a boss you want your employees to love their job, showing that you care about

your workers makes their work environment more pleasurable….you as a boss get in return

harder working employees and better work outcome.

CREATING A DATABASE IN ACCESS:

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1. Open up Access- Name your database: Amusement Park Name Employee Database:

Make sure you save it into your Database Folder. (SAVE FIRST)

2. Create a new table, name it Employees. In Design view create the following fields:

Field Name Data Type FieldSize Description

ID AutoNumber Long Interger Employee ID #

LastName Short Text 15 Last Name

FirstName Short Text 12 First Name

Address Short Text 20 Address

City Short Text 20 City

State Short Text 2 State (Two-Character Abbreviation)

ZipCode Short Text 5 Zip Code (Five Character Version)

PhoneNumber Short Text 12 Telephone Number (999-999-999 Version)

Birthday Short Text 10 Birthday (09/99/9999)

Position Short Text 10 Job Title

Hourly Wage Currency Wage

Hrs/Week Number 2 Hours Worked Weekly

InsuranceProvided Yes/No Do we provide them insurance?

3. In Datasheet view insert the following records:

Employee # 1 Name: Harry Adolf Address: 151 Hall Lane Kansas City, MO 64108 Phone: 817-773-7777 Birthday: 01/14/1953 Position: Mechanic Wage: $15.00 Weekly Hours: 22 Ins: No Employee #2 Name: Mary Addomatis Address: 713 Main Street Kansas City, MO 64108 Phone: 817-771-1772 Birthday: 09/04/1957 Position: Concession Worker Wage: $7.25 Weekly Hours: 18 Ins: No

Employee #3 Name: Carrie Agatha Address: 214 31st Street Kansas City, MO 64108 Phone: 817-773-7940 Birthday: 05/22/1987 Position: Ticket Booth Wage: $7.50 Weekly Hours: 35 Ins: No Employee #4 Name: Derek Baker Address: 917 Ivanhoe Kansas City, MO 64108 Phone: 817-771-1234 Birthday: 04/17/1965 Position: Head Mechanic Wage: $20.00 Weekly Hours: 40 Ins: Yes

Employee #5 Name: Abby Jacob Address: 824 South First St. Kansas City, MO 64108 Phone: 817-774-3456 Birthday: 03/31/1984 Position: Custodian Wage: $8.25 Weekly Hours: 38 Ins: Yes

Employee #6

Name: Marvin Polaski Address: 171 Palm Rd. Kansas City, MO 64108

Phone: 817-643-7210 Birthday: 04/08/1988 Position: Entertainer Wage: $9.50 Weekly Hours: 20 Ins: No

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Employee #7 Name: Harriet French Address: 721 Dirt Rd. Kansas City, MO 64108 Phone: 817-773-6140 Birthday: 02/15/1975 Position: Head Custodian Wage: $12.00 Weekly Hours: 40 Ins: Yes Employee #8 Name: Ellen Erickson Address: 2140 Mart Lane Kansas City, MO 64108 Phone: 817-938-1516 Birthday: 06/13/1985 Position: Head Concession Worker Wage: $11.00 Weekly Hours: 40 Ins: Yes Employee #9 Name: Bob Dade Address: 612 Carpet Street Kansas City, MO 64108 Phone: 817-914-2117 Birthday: 07/13/1989 Position: Head Souvenir Worker Wage: $10.00 Weekly Hours: 40 Ins: Yes

Employee #10 Name: Carolyn Colbert Address: 818 Cactus Cove Kansas City, MO 64108 Phone: 817-771-1963 Birthday: 08/09/1956 Position: Information Booth Wage: $7.25 Weekly Hours: 35 Ins: No Employee #11 Name: Dustin Kaufmann Address: 111 Rain Tree Kansas City, MO 64108 Phone: 817-777-777 Birthday: 09/15/1992 Position: Ticket Booth Wage: $7.50 Weekly Hours: 40 Ins: Yes Employee #12 Name: Melanie Grithiff Address: 707 Working Road Kansas City, MO 64108 Phone: 817-542-7173 Birthday: 10/13/1995 Position: Concession Worker Wage: $7.25 Weekly Hours: 35 Ins: No

Employee #13 Name: Glen Far Address: 912 Fatal Valley Kansas City, MO 64108 Phone: 817-770-0121 Birthday: 11/30/1977 Position: Mechanic Wage: 15.00 Weekly Hours: 38 Ins: Yes Employee #14 Name: Meryl Strip Address: 555 Hollywood Lane Kansas City, MO 64108 Phone: 817-770-1919 Birthday: 12/24/1989 Position: Information Booth Wage: $7.25 Weekly Hours: 35 Ins: No Employee #15 Name: Roger Rabbit Address: 913 Floppy Rd. Kansas City, MO 64108 Phone: 817-773-7751 Birthday: 01/28/1982 Position: Souvenir Worker Wage: $7.25 Weekly Hours: 30 Ins: No

4. Create a Simple Form for the Employee’s Table. Name it Employee Form. 5. Create a Report using the Report Wizard that includes ONLY the fields: First Name, Last Name,

Position, Wage, Weekly Hours. Name the Report: Payroll Report 6. Create a Query using the Design View: Use the Employee table.

a. Use the fields: Last Name, First Name, Position, Weekly Hours, and Insurance Provided. b. In the Insurance Provided field only show me workers who are provided insurance. c. Run it, Save it and close it.

7. Create a Query using the Design view: Use the Employee table. a. Use the fields: Last Name, First Name, Address, City, State, ZipCode, Birthday. b. In the Birthday field only show me workers who have a birthday in April or May. c. Run it, Save it and close it.

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Be sure to save any objects that may be open. Compact and Repair your database. (Ensure it is saved in your Database folder)

Day 25:

Finish any unfinished assignments. Open up the Box Office or Fright Night Simulation that you have been playing and update your

current quarter financial report. (Note: You will need to create a new worksheet for the new

simulation.

Refer back to Day 5 to answer any questions.

When you have updated your financial report- try and reach tycoon status. (MAKE SURE TO SAVE YOUR GAME FILE)

Day 26-30:

ADVERTISING / INVESTOR POWERPOINT:

Your park has grown so much that you are considering opening up another location. One small

problem….you don’t have enough money to open up another location on your own. You have

set up a meeting with some “Big Wigs” that are interested in helping your finance this second

location, but want to see proof of how they will get a return on their investment, how you plan

on making this second location as financially sound as the first. The meeting is in 5 days….you

have to put together an AMAZING presentation for your possible investors. You have decided

that since you are a “wiz” with the computer, you will put together a PowerPoint presentation.

STRATEGIES AND DESIGN TIPS TO CONSIDER BEFORE MAKING YOUR POWERPOINT:

1. Pictures, Not Words. Use as many visuals (images, clip art, photographs) to tell your story as you can. Why? Because we humans “digest” images faster than text. Reading text requires the brain to work through a soft of decoding process. Because of how we’re wired, visuals can bypass the decoding and analysis.

2. Insert an Occasional “Question” Slide. By anticipating your audience’s questions, you can hold their interest while demonstrating that you understand their concerns. Oh—and it keeps them from drifting off, too (probably a throwback to their second-grade teachers jolting them awake by calling on them unexpectedly).

3. Color Is Significant. As much as possible, choose your background colors for their subliminal effect. Industrial psychologists, the people who study what makes advertising effective, offer these guidelines: RED: Excitement, intensity BLUE: Truth, trust, justice ORANGE: Action, optimism

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GREEN: Expansion, growth YELLOW: Confidence, wisdom PURPLE: Royalty, sophistication WHITE: : Professionalism, newness, innocence BLACK: Authority, strength GRAY: Integrity, maturity

4. 6X6 Rule: No more than 6 Bullets per slide…no more than 6 Words per Bullet. 5. Remember that transitions and animation are nice…but subtle is KEY!

CONTENT AND INFORMATION TO INCLUDE IN YOUR POWERPOINT:

1. Open up PowerPoint- Choose a theme that best fits what you are trying to do.

2. Make sure to include your logo in your PowerPoint.

3. Make sure you have a cover slide.

4. Make sure you keep transitions and animations to a minimum. (Must have some)

5. Make sure you answer the following questions:

a. Who is your audience? What does your audience want to know from you?

b. What are you presenting and what will you use to enhance your topic?

c. What do your investor’s want to see?

i. How much money do you make now?

ii. How much money do you plan to make with 2 locations?

iii. What types of advertising will you be doing?

1. What will those advertisements look like?

iv. How much money do they need to invest?

v. How much can they expect in return?

d. Know that when people invest in your company they will want a percentage in

return. How much of the return are you willing to offer each one? (You will have

5 investors at your meeting).

e. Where will this new location be? What makes the new location so special? How

is the new location an advantage?

f. When do your investors need to make a decision? How many of the investors

will you be accepting an offer from? (You do not have to have all 5 investors

share in your profits)

6. Keep sounds to a minimum and only used when absolutely necessary.

7. Be sure to include financial information that you have gathered throughout your stint of

playing the simulations.

8. Be sure to include any advertising you have done…as well as create some new ideas!

9. Will you be on social media? Which ones? Why?

10. Have a conclusion slide.

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You should have roughly 20+ Slides total. Save your PowerPoint into your Advertising Folder as

Amusement Park Name Investor Presentation.

DAY 31:



simulation.



DAY 32-33:

NEW EMPLOYEE INPUT:

Congratulations! Your investor’s loved your presentation and have decided to help you with

your venture! The Park is underway and you have decided you are going to hire more

employees to get them trained and ready for the new park. Enter your new employees into the

employee table in your Employee Database.

Employee #16 Name: Felicia Fellows Address: 10152 Puppy Lane Kansas City, MO 64108 Phone: 979-444-4444 Birthday: 01/02/1984 Position: Souvenir Worker Wage: $7.25 Weekly Hours: 15 Ins: No Employee #17 Name: Ashleigh Venderveer Address: 717 Longhaired Ct. Kansas City, MO 64108 Phone: 817-555-5555 Birthday: 03/12/1992 Position: Concession Worker Wage: $7.25 Weekly Hours: 30 Ins: No

Employee #18 Name: Polly Purina Address: 934 Chocolate Blvd. Kansas City, MO 64108 Phone: 713-777-8888 Birthday: 06/13/1994 Position: Ticket Booth Wage: $7.50 Weekly Hours: 36 Ins: No Employee #19 Name: Bob Marley Address: 90 Hollywood Blvd. Kansas City, MO 64108 Phone: 512-999-6666 Birthday: 08/14/1993 Position: Custodian Wage: $ 8.25 Weekly Hours: 38 Ins: Yes

Employee #20 Name: Markey Hill Address: P.O. Box 445 Kansas City, MO 64108 Phone: 214-444-4444 Birthday: 10/22/1989 Position: Mechanic Wage: $ 15.00 Weekly Hours: 39 Ins: Yes Employee #21 Name: Channing Taylor Address: 83 Barkey Lane Kansas City, MO 64108 Phone: 325-555-1111 Birthday: 12/23/1964 Position: Mechanic Wage: $ 15.00 Weekly Hours: 35 Ins: No

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Employee #22 Name: Tino Garcia Address: 52 South Jefferson Kansas City, MO 64108 Phone: 432-555-2121 Birthday: 07/17/1986 Position: Custodian Wage: $ 8.25 Weekly Hours: 30 Ins: No

Employee #25 Name: Ariel Sebastian Address: 954 Hunky Avenue Kansas City, MO 64108 Phone: 254-939-7777 Birthday: 08/24/1980 Position: Information Booth Wage: $ 7.25 Weekly Hours: 24 Ins: No

Employee #23

Name: Cindra Bullock Address: 75 Miller Range Kansas City, MO 64108 Phone: 214-433-5321 Birthday: 02/29/1974 Position: Information Booth Wage: $ 7.25 Weekly Hours: 22 Ins: No

Employee #24

Name: White Snow Address: 7 Dwarfs Lane Kansas City, MO 64108 Phone: 254-938-2929 Birthday: 05/13/1981 Position: Concessions Worker Wage: $7.25 Weekly Hours:18 Ins: No

Day 34:



simulation.



Day 35:

Choose any simulation- try and reach tycoon status!!!

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