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Week 5 – Wrap Up

Week 5 — Wrap Up | Verify, Quiz, Submit | MO-110
Week 5 of 18 · Wrap Up

Verify, Quiz, Submit

Self-Assessment Rubric

Same five-dimension rubric as Weeks 1–4, applied to Week 5's deliverables. Use this to self-evaluate before submitting.

Dimension Weight What "Proficient" looks like this week
Task Completion & Accuracy 35% 3-5 page report; H1 + 3+ H2's + 3+ H3's all using styles; 3+ footnotes correctly numbered with cited sources; auto-generated TOC at start with 3 levels visible; TOC updated at least once; Quick Check 5/5; structure paragraph 100-150 words; verification checklist honestly completed.
Feature Choice & Method 20% Heading styles applied via gallery (no manual bolding); footnotes inserted via References → Insert Footnote (no manually typed numbers); TOC built via Automatic Table 1 (no manual table); F9/Update Field used for TOC refresh; Show/Hide on throughout build.
Document Design & Accessibility 20% Heading hierarchy is genuinely useful (sections grouped meaningfully); TOC accurately reflects structure; PDF matches .docx (especially TOC and footnote layout); page numbers consistent.
Communication & Purpose 15% Topic is researched (not just summarized from one source); footnotes attribute real sources; structure paragraph defends the chosen organization; report is actually informative to a reader new to the topic.
Professionalism & Efficiency 10% Filenames correct. Document Properties populated. Verification checklist matches actual file with location references. No manual workarounds where features exist (the most common Week-5 manual workaround: manually typing TOC entries instead of using Automatic Table).

Your Week 5 Portfolio Submission

Three files this week. Same naming convention. Same submission process you've used the past four weeks.

📦 Files to Submit This Week

lastname-firstname_week05_research-report.docx
lastname-firstname_week05_research-report.pdf
lastname-firstname_week05_structure-and-checklist.docx

🎯 Where to Submit

  1. Open the Week 5 module in your LMS. Two assignments: Research Report and Structure & Checklist.
  2. Upload to each assignment:
    • Research Report assignment → upload both the .docx and .pdf
    • Structure & Checklist assignment → upload the .docx
  3. Verify filenames after upload. Re-upload anything that doesn't match the convention.
  4. Save backups in your local word-certification-portfolio folder alongside Weeks 1–4.
  5. Read all teacher feedback from Week 4 if you haven't already. The Week 5 work builds directly on heading-style mastery from Week 3 and the structural-feature mindset from Week 4.

Knowledge Check

Five questions to confirm Week 5 mastery. Retake as many times as you like.

1. You added a new heading to your document but the TOC doesn't show it. Why?

2. A document has six bold, large-font "headings" — but only three of them have Heading 1 applied through the Styles gallery. The other three are just bolded and enlarged manually. What does the auto-generated TOC show?

3. You want your TOC to show only Heading 1 and Heading 2 entries — no Heading 3's. Where do you set this?

4. You inserted footnotes throughout a document with the default Continuous numbering. The publisher now requires "Restart each page" numbering. How do you switch?

5. A document has 7 footnotes. The style guide now requires endnotes (at the document end). What's the fastest correct fix?

Troubleshooting — Common Week 5 Problems

  • "My TOC is missing some headings." Click on each missing heading. Look at the Styles gallery — almost certainly says "Normal" instead of "Heading 1/2/3." Apply the correct heading style. Then click in the TOC, press F9, choose "Update entire table." The missing entries appear.
  • "I changed a heading but the TOC still shows the old text." TOCs don't auto-update. Click in the TOC. Press F9. Pick "Update entire table." Click OK. The new text appears.
  • "My footnote numbers restarted at 1 in the middle of the document." Open the Footnote & Endnote dialog (launcher arrow at bottom-right of Footnotes group). Set Numbering back to "Continuous." Click Apply. Numbers re-flow.
  • "I deleted footnote text but the reference mark stayed in the body." You deleted from the wrong place. Always delete the reference mark (the superscript number) in the body — Word removes the note text automatically and renumbers. Find the orphaned reference mark and delete it from the body.
  • "My TOC shows weird formatting — wrong fonts, no dotted leaders." The default formatting may have been overridden. References → Table of Contents → Custom Table of Contents. Confirm "From template" is selected in the Formats dropdown, Tab leader is dotted, Show page numbers and Right align page numbers are checked. Click OK → Yes to replace.
  • "I want the TOC to show 4 levels but it only shows 3." Custom Table of Contents → Show levels → set to 4 (or whatever depth you want). Click OK → Yes to replace. (You'll also need to actually use Heading 4 somewhere in your document for level-4 entries to appear.)
  • "My PDF lost the TOC formatting — it's just plain text in the export." Try File → Export → Create PDF/XPS Document instead of File → Save As → PDF. Some Office installations export TOCs better through Export. If the issue persists, your TOC field codes may have been damaged — re-insert the TOC and re-export.
  • "My footnote text appears at the bottom of a different page than the reference mark." This usually happens when the body content shifted (you added or deleted paragraphs). Word should reposition automatically; if it didn't, click in the body, press F9 to update fields. Otherwise check whether you accidentally inserted a section break that's confining footnotes to the wrong section.

Week 5 Completion Checklist

Confirm every item before considering Week 5 complete.

  • I can apply Heading 1, Heading 2, and Heading 3 styles via the Styles gallery (and via Ctrl+Alt+1/2/3)
  • I understand why manual bolding doesn't make text a "heading" structurally
  • I can insert a footnote at my cursor and type the citation
  • I can change footnote number format and starting number through the Footnote & Endnote dialog
  • I can convert footnotes to endnotes (and vice versa) without re-inserting
  • I can insert an Automatic Table of Contents from the References tab
  • I can customize the TOC — change levels shown and tab leader through Custom Table of Contents
  • I can update the TOC after content changes using F9 and "Update entire table"
  • I built a 3-5 page research report with H1, H2, H3 hierarchy
  • I inserted at least 3 footnotes with real source citations
  • I generated a TOC that accurately reflects my heading structure
  • I updated the TOC at least once after a heading change
  • I exported as PDF and verified the TOC and footnotes carried through
  • I wrote a 100-150 word structure paragraph defending my organization
  • I completed the verification checklist with location references
  • All three files use the course naming convention lastname-firstname_week05_…
  • All three files submitted to the correct LMS assignments
  • I saved backup copies in my local word-certification-portfolio folder
  • I read every comment my teacher left on my Week 4 submissions
🎉 Five weeks in — Domains 1, 2, 3, and most of 4 are now covered (~50%+ of MO-110). Next week (Week 6) brings graphics — your first illustrated document with images, SmartArt, and shapes. Bring your research report; the heading and TOC skills will reappear when you build the Week 14 academic report with bibliography.