Course Description: This course has been designed to familiarize students with both the overall computer system as well as the Microsoft Office and Google Suites. To that end, students will learn to effectively produce a variety of personal and professional documents. Emphasis will be placed on keying, formatting, editing, document spacing, margins, page numbering, saving a document, etc. Proofreading for accuracy will be stressed. Moreover, students will learn the tools necessary to both create and use spreadsheets. The use of charts, formulas, and tables will be highlighted as well. In addition, maintaining appropriate digital citizenship will be discussed.
Objectives/Goals/Targets:
Students in this course will be able to…
- Create a new document.
- Open, save, and print a document.
- Edit and format text.
- Change the page layout, background, and borders.
- Accurately set page margins
- Insert headers and footers.
- Insert and edit tables.
- Insert clip art and pictures.
- Work with references
- Perform a mail merge.
- Create, open, and view an Excel workbook.
- Save and print workbooks.
- Enter and edit data.
- Modify an Excel worksheet/workbook.
- Work with cell references.
- Learn to use functions and formulas.
- Create and edit charts and graphics.
- Filter and sort table data.
- Work with pivot tables and charts.
- Import and export data.
- Demonstrate college and career readiness.
- Conduct /analyze qualitative and quantitate research studies.
Scope and Sequence:
- Grade 8: Exploring Business II/Advanced Computer Applications
- Grade 9: Business, Finance, Marketing Essentials
