COURSE: 071 COMPUTER APPLICATIONS Unit: Keyboarding Subject(s): Computer Applications Days: 8 Hours Basic Keyboarding Functions Computer C21 Keyboarding and Information Processing Word C21 Keyboarding Program What is proper keyboarding, accuracy, and speed important in the real world? 15.4.12.D 15.4.12.D 15.4.12.D What is the proper technique when keyboarding? Additional Info: When using the QWERTY keyboard, what fingers are responsible for the home row? Home Row How do you compose at the keyboard? Composing Rough Draft Students will perform proper Keyboarding techniques with 80% accuracy. 1
COURSE: 071 COMPUTER APPLICATIONS Unit: Microsoft PowerPoint Subjects: Computer Applications Days: 13 Hours Basic Microsoft PowerPoint Functions Computers Microsoft Office 2010: Intro Book Worksheets Microsoft Office 2010 software What types of applications can Microsoft PowerPoint be used for in multimedia presentations? What are the commonly used tools associated with Microsoft PowerPoint? Title Bar Status Bar Task Bar Outline Pane Normal View Outline View Slide View Slide Sorter View Slide Show View Notes Pane Slide Pane Zoom Slider Scroll Bars Quick Access Toolbar Ribbon Tabs Groups Icons Slide Indicator How can Microsoft PowerPoint be used to create and edit a presentation with clip art? Document Theme Placeholders Slide Promote Demote Layout Clip Art Sizing Handles Drag and Drop Animation Transition How can you use Microsoft PowerPoint to enhance a presentation with pictures, shapes, and WordArt? Color Scheme Fill Transparency Format Painter Shadow WordArt Outline Effect Weight 2
How can you use Microsoft PowerPoint to revise a presentation and add media? Color Saturation Color Tone Grayscale Sepia Staking Order Ungroup Trim Video Windows Wave Form (.wav) Additional Info: Students will match vocabulary definitions with 80% accuracy. Students will label the Microsoft Word window with 80% accuracy. Students will create and edit presentations with clip art with 80% accuracy. Students will enhance a presentation with pictures, shapes, and WordArt with 80% accuracy. Students will revise a presentation and add media with 80% accuracy. At the end of the unit, students will complete a cumulative project including chapters 1-3 with 80% accuracy. At the end of the 5 units, students will complete a cumulative project including what they have learned from the Internet, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and keyboarding units with 80% accuracy. 3
COURSE: 071 COMPUTER APPLICATIONS Unit: Microsoft Excel Subjects: Computer Applications Days: 13 Hours Basic Microsoft Excel Functions What type of functions can Microsoft Excel be used for when creating spreadsheets? Computers Microsoft Office 2010 Introductory Book Work Sheets Microsoft Office 2010 Software What are the commonly used tools associated with Microsoft Excel? Title Bar Formula Bar Name Box Scroll Bars Status Bar Task Bar Row Headings Column Headings Cells Zoom Slider Tab Ribbon Quick Access Bar Work Book Worksheet. How can you use Excel to create a work sheet and an embedded chart? Embedded Chart Fill Handle Legend Merging Cell Range Splitting Sum Functions Theme X-axis Y- axis Landscape. How are formulas and functions created within Microsoft Excel? Formulas Order of Evaluation Average Function Maximum Minimum Additional Info: Students will match vocabulary definitions with 80% accuracy. Students will label the Microsoft Excel window with 80% accuracy. Students will insert and format spreadsheet data with 80% accuracy. Students will develop a chart from inserted data with 80% accuracy. Students will perform spreadsheet calculations using formulas with 80% accuracy. Students will use spreadsheet functions with 80% accuracy. At the end of the unit students will complete a cumulative project including Chapters 1 and 2 with 80% accuracy. 4
COURSE: 071 COMPUTER APPLICATIONS Unit: Microsoft Word Days: 16 Hours Subjects: Computer Applications Basic Microsoft Word Functions Computers Microsoft Office 2010: Intro Book Worksheets Microsoft Office 2010 software What types of real-world applications can Microsoft Word be used for? What are the commonly used tools associated with Microsoft Word? Title Bar Scroll Bars Status Bar Task Bar Ribbon Tabs Groups Icons Ruler Quick Access Toolbar Zoom Slider What steps are needed to open, create, and save Microsoft Word documents to a new folder? Open New Save Print Backstage View H:/ drives How do you create, format, and edit a Word document with pictures. Spell Check Invisible Characters Font Point Bulleted List Numbered List Bold Italic Underline Right Align Left Align Center Align Justify Format Hard Copy Sizing Handles Word-Wrap 5
How can you use Microsoft Word to create a research paper with citations and references? Spell Check Autocorrect Antonym Soft Page Break Hard Page Break Cut Copy Paste Field First-Line Indent Footer Footnote Header Line Spacing Normal Style Office Clipboard Synonym Style MLA Thesaurus How can you use Microsoft Word to create a business letter with a letterhead and table? Adjustment Handle Cell Clear Formatting Clip Art Drawing Object Letterhead Rotate Handle Tab Character Tab Stop Table Additional Info: Students will match vocabulary definitions with 80% accuracy. Students will label the Microsoft Word window with 80% accuracy. Students will open, save, and create new documents with 80% accuracy. Students will produce a flyer with 80% accuracy. Students will format a research paper according to proper MLA guidelines with 80% accuracy. Students will create a letter including a letterhead and table with 80% accuracy. At the end of the unit, students will complete a cumulative project including chapters 1-3 with 80% accuracy. 6
COURSE: 071 Computer Applications Unit: Searching the Internet Subjects: Computer Applications Days: 10 Hours Advanced searching techniques, plagiarism, Internet safety, and ethical computer use. Computer DVD Articles Work Sheet What components make up the Internet? 15.4.12.A How the internet was developed? Internet World Wide Web Network Server Client Web Browser Search Engine Home Page HTML Web Page Web Site http Arpanet 15.6.12.L 15.3.12.E What are the advantages of using advanced search techniques within search engines? Internet Advance Search Sites (AND, OR, NOT, +, - ) Search Engine 15.6.12.L 15.3.12.M 15.3.12.T What role do plagiarism, ethics and internet safety have in Internet usage? Plagiarism Citations Facebook Ethics Copyright laws Science and 3.7.10.D What are the characteristics of a good web site? Author Current Date Wikipedia 7
Additional Info: Students will match vocabulary terms to their definitions with 80% accuracy. Students will summarize ethical practices and internet safety procedures after watching a DVD with 80% accuracy. Students will be able to identify good web sites to use for academic purposes with 80% accuracy. Students will perform Internet searches using advanced techniques with 80% accuracy, 8