COMPUTER APPLICATION I SYLLABUS



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COURSE CONTENT: 2013-2014 Mrs. Erin Glaser

eglaser@

1662. ext. 101

This course is mandatory for all ninth-grade students. It will help students develop and improve their keyboarding skills. The course also introduces computer applications (word processing, spreadsheets, and presentation software) that will be used in other high school courses.

|KEYBOARDING REVIEW |WORD PROCESSING |

|Review basic computer operation, logon procedure, care, program selection, |Margin, tabs, and line spacing changes |

|and terminology. |Paragraph formatting |

|Review proper posture, technique, data input of alphabetic and numeric keys |Basic document formatting |

|Speed and accuracy work |Letters |

|Location and usage of computer software timing program |Unbound, left bound, MLA style reports with textual citations and works |

|Formatting and correcting of timing material |cited page |

| |Outlines |

| |Centering and tabulation |

| |Graphics and picture toolbar |

| |Creation of Reference folder |

| |Columns feature |

| |Tables feature |

| |Symbols, bulleted lists, and numbering |

|PRESENTATION SOFTWARE |SPREADSHEETS |

|Basics: |Document creation, storage, and retrieval |

|Open |Features available |

|Save |Uses of spreadsheets |

|Print Options |Integration with word processing documents |

|Toolbars |Navigation |

|Views |Corrections |

|Slides |Printing |

|Templates |Views |

|Layouts |Toolbars |

|Slide Enhancements |Page setup |

|Backgrounds |Data types—numeric and labels |

|Clipart |Headers and Footers |

|Moving and Deleting Slides |Formatting worksheets |

|Slides in Slide View Sorter View |Column width |

|Using Slide Show Features: animation, transitions and timings options |Vertical Centering |

| |Horizontal Centering |

| |Move and Copy Cells |

| |Inserting and Deleting Columns and Rows |

| |Borders, Shading and Font |

| |Intro to Chart basics through the chart wizard |

| |Selecting the data to Chart |

|WORD WINDOW |CAREER PREPARATION |

|Identify window parts |Read, write, think Career Prep |

|Identify uses of window parts |Personality Assessment |

|Toolbars |Resume |

| |Cover Letter |

| |Interview Prep |

|WORD PROCESSING – FORMATTING BASICS |DOCUMENT FORMATTING FEATURES |

|Document creation, storage and retrieval |Headers/footers |

|Bold, underline, italics and font changes |Change case |

|Alignment changes |Editing |

|Left, right, center, and justify |Tabs |

| |Date/time |

| |Auto Correct Options |

| |Show/Hide |

| |Format Painter |

| |Copy/Paste/Move |

|PUBLISHER |INTEGRATION PROJECT |

|Basic terminology: |Project incorporating all four Microsoft Applications. |

|Slide Layout | |

|Design Template | |

|Font | |

|Font Style | |

|Task Pane | |

|Publications | |

For your first assignment, please sign and return the following by:

September (_______,2013.)

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I understand the student responsibilities Parent Signature:

for Computer Applications I. __________________________

Email:____________________

Student Name:_________________________ Phone:_____________________

Student Signature:______________________

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