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Technology - Computer Applications 2 (Computer Skill Development 2)

District Course #0202

Course Description

Open to: 7, 8, 9
Prerequisite: Computer Applications 1 (Computer Skill Development 1 with a passing grade)

Students will learn how to create a variety of publications using Microsoft Publisher. Student will learn how to manipulate number data and create charts within Microsoft Excel. Students will continue exploring advanced features of Microsoft PowerPoint. Students will be given the opportunity to integrate the various components that make up the Microsoft Office Suite.

Adopted Materials

Title: Microsoft Office 2003 Introductory Course
Author: Pasewark and Pasewark
Publisher: Thomson Learning/South-Western

Copyright Resources

Course Scope & Sequence

Unit 1 Microsoft Publisher 20 Days
Unit 2 Microsoft Excel 30 Days
Unit 3 Microsoft PowerPoint 20-25 Days
Unit 4 Microsoft Office Integration 5-7 Days
Unit 5 Focus Project/EOC 15 Days

Assessment Correlation acronyms key

Unit 1

Microsoft Publisher

20 days

Instructional Objective

0202.01 Lesson - 1 Publisher Basics

Standard Reference
1.1a, 1.1b, 1.2a, 1.2b, 3.1a

No.

Performance Objective

Resource Reference

Assessment Correlation

0

Define Desktop Publishing - Introduction to Publisher

Page 3

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1

Start Microsoft Publisher
Starting Publisher

Page 4: Step-by-Step 1.1

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2

Identify parts of the Publisher screen.
MS Publisher opening screen
MS Publisher screen

Page 4: Figure 1-1
Page 5: Figure 1-2

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3

Create a project using a wizard.
Starting a Project
Using Task Panes
New from a Design
New
Open

Page 4
Page 5
Page 5
Page 6
Page 6

TO
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4

Create a personal information set.
Personal Information Sets

 
Page 6
Page 7 Step by Step 1.2

TO
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5

Save a publication.
Saving a Publication

Page 9
Page 10 Step by Step 1.3

TO
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6

Modify a logo.
Adding a Logo

Page 10
Page 10 Step by Step 1.4

TO
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7

Print a publication.
Printing a Publication
Closing a Publication

Page 11
Page 12
Page 12 Step by Step 1.5

TO
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8

Create a project using the Design Sets option.
Design Sets
Editing a Publication from a Design Set

Page 12
Page 12 Step by Step 1.6
Page 13

TO
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9

Insert clip art into a project.

Page 14-16 Step by Step 1.7

TO

Other Types of Publications
Summary
Define: Vocabulary Review
Review Questions

Page 16
Page 16 Step by Step 1.8
Page 18
Page 19
Page 19

TO
TMA

10

Open and edit an existing Publisher project.
Project 1-1 Card1
Project 1-2 Flyer1

Page 20
Page 21

TO
TMA

11

Create your own Publisher project.
Critical Thinking
Activity 1-1
Activity 1-2
Activity 1-3

 
Page 21
Page 22
Page 23

TA

Instructional Objective

0202.02. Lesson 2 Enhancing Publisher Documents

Standard Reference
1.1a, 1.1b, 1.2a, 1.2b, 3.1a

No.

Performance Objective

Resource Reference

Assessment Correlation

1

Enter text into a project.
Enhancing Your Publisher Documents
Beginning a Brochure
Entering Text

Page 23
Page 24-25 Step-by-Step 2.1
Page 25
Page 26-28 Step-by-Step 2.2

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2

Add Design Gallery objects to a project.
Adding Design Gallery Objects and Adding Color

Page 28
Page 28-31 Step-by-Step 2.3

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3

Add color and pictures to a project.
Inserting Pictures

 
Page 31
Page 31-33 Step-by-Step 2.4

TO

4

Create a brochure and a newsletter.
Creating a Newsletter

Page 33
Page 33-37 Step-by-Step 2.5

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5

Insert text from a Word document into Publisher project.
Inserting Text from a Word Document

Page 37
Page 37-39 Step-by-Step 2.6

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Summary
Define: Vocabulary Review
Review Questions

Page 40
Page 40
Page 40-41

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Projects
Project 2-1
Make a postcard using Publisher
Project 2-2
Use Publisher to create an advertisement

Page 41-42
Page 42-43

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Critical Thinking
ACTIVITY 2-1
Using the wizards and graphics
ACTIVITY 2-2
About adding objects
ACTIVITY 2-3
Create and print project from Publications for Print task pane

Page 43
Page 43
Page 43

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Unit Review Microsoft Publisher
Review Questions
Projects
Project 1
Create a business card using the Bars Business Card template.
Project 2
Create a thank you card using the Greeting Cards wizard.
Simulation
Create a postcard mailer

Page 45
Page 45-46
 
 
Page 46-47
 
Page 47
 
 
Page 48

TA

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Unit 2

Microsoft Excel

30 days

Instructional Objective

0202.10 Perform the tasks necessary to create and save a basic Excel workbook.

Standard Reference
3.1b

No.

Performance Objective

Resource Reference

Assessment Correlation

01

Open a new or existing spreadsheet file (workbook).

Lesson 1 Page 6

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02

Identify the elements of the Excel window including the menu bar, the tool bars, and the status bar.

Lesson 1 Page 5

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03

Move to various cells using the mouse, arrow keys, Page up, Page down, Home and End keys, as well as using the Go to command.

Lesson 1 Page 7

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04

Using the mouse and keyboard combinations, select individual cells, ranges of cells, rows, columns, and the entire sheet.

Lesson 1 Page 8

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05

Select and name sheets, move sheets, insert and delete sheets.

Lesson 7 Page 141

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06

Insert text, numbers and formulas into cells.

Lesson 1 Page 9

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07

Save and close workbooks.

Lesson 1 Page 14

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Instructional Objective

0202.11 Modify and print existing workbooks.

Standard Reference
3.1a

No.

Performance Objective

Resource Reference

Assessment Correlation

01

Delete the contents of a cell.

Lesson 1 Page 11

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02

Revise text, numbers and formulas.

Lesson 2 Page 10

03

Rotate and indent text.

Lesson 2 Page 24

04

Use absolute and relative references to copy and move data.

Lesson 3 Page 43

05

Insert, resize, and delete rows and columns.

Lesson 2 Page 21
Lesson 3 Page 50

06

Preview and print worksheets, use Fit to Page, and print headers and footers.

Lesson 1 Page 14
Lesson 3 Page 54-55

Instructional Objective

0202.12 Format cells and worksheets.

Standard Reference
3.1.a

No.

Performance Objective

Resource Reference

Assessment Correlation

01

Modify cell size and alignment.

Lesson 2 Page 21

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02

Use cell borders and fill color.

Lesson 2 Page 30

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03

Format text using fonts, font sizes and font colors.

Lesson 2 Page 27

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04

Format numbers to percents, currency, and general number format, and increase and decrease decimal places, formulas.

Lesson 2 Page 32

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Instructional Objective

0202.13 Use Functions.

Standard Reference
3.1b, 6.1.a

No.

Performance Objective

Resource Reference

Assessment Correlation

01

Use the SUM, AVERAGE, MAX, MIN, COUNT, and Calculator functions.

Lesson 5 Page 89-93

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02

Use AutoSum to quickly find the total of a range of cells.

Lesson 4 Page 74

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03

Use the Function Wizard to search for, modify and insert a function.

Lesson 5 Page 88

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Instructional Objective

0202.14 Create, format, and modify charts.

Standard Reference
3.1a, 3.1b, 3.1c

No.

Performance Objective

Resource Reference

Assessment Correlation

01

Use the Chart Wizard to create various charts such as column, line and pie charts.

Lesson 8 Page 159

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02

Modify charts by changing the patterns, fonts, and properties of various elements within the chart.

Lesson 8 Page 171

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03

Adjust the range of the Y-axis to better display chart data.

Lesson 8 Page 170

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04

Add chart and axis titles, as well as data labels to a chart.

Lesson 8 Page 162

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05

Preview and print charts.

Lesson 8 Page 165

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Instructional Objective

0202.15 Use spreadsheets to develop a solution to a problem.

Standard Reference
6.1a, 3.1b, 3.1d

No.

Performance Objective

Resource Reference

Assessment Correlation

01

Analyze a problem in order to break it down into its parts.

Unit Review Pages 183-192

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02

Organize data and devise a plan by experimenting using trial and error and asking "what if" questions.

Teacher Guided

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03

Gather experimental data and look for a pattern or eliminate possibilities.

Teacher Guided

TMA

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Unit 3

Microsoft PowerPoint

20 - 25 days

Instructional Objective

0201.07 Create, Save, and Print a Presentation

Standard Reference
1.1a, 1.1b, 1.1c, 1.2a, 3.1c, 4.1b

No.

Performance Objective

Resource Reference

Assessment Correlation

01

Create a blank presentation, select a slide design Task Pane, and add text to the placeholders.

Lesson 1 Pages 9-10
Lesson 2 Pages 21-22

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02

Add slides to a presentation.

Lesson 2 Pages 29 & 43-49

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03

Demonstrate how to move, copy, duplicate, and delete slides.

Lesson 1 Pages 11-14

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04

Demonstrate how to change slide layout and apply a template.

Lesson 2 Pages 25-26

 

05

Open an existing presentation and show the various slide views: slide, outline, note pages, slide show, and slide sorter.

Lesson 1 Pages 8 ,11,& 47

TO

06

Demonstrate how to navigate from slide to slide within a presentation.

Lesson 1 Page 7 Lesson 2 Pages 26, 29, & 45

TO

07

Save a presentation to a disk or to the server.

Lesson 1 Pages 7-8

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08

Print a presentation using slides and handout options.

Lesson 1 Page 15
Lesson 2 Page 37

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Instructional Objective

0201.08 Enhance slides and work with text and objects.

Standard Reference
1.1a, 1.2a, 2.2b, 2.2c, 5.1a, 6.1a

No.

Performance Objective

Resource Reference

Assessment Correlation

01

Enhance the appearance of text on a slide by changing the font style, size, case, and alignment.

Lesson 2 Pages 34-36
Lesson 4 Pages 116-118

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02

Demonstrate how to change a slide’s color scheme.

Lesson 2 Page 27-33

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03

Demonstrate how to copy text formatting by using Format Painter.

Lesson 4 Pages 115-116, & 118

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04

Demonstrate how to move and size placeholders.

Lesson 2 Page 45

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05

Demonstrate how to place and copy text into a shape.

Lesson 3 Page 87
Lesson 4 Page 131

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06

Demonstrate paragraph formatting by increasing and decreasing paragraph spacing.

Lesson 5 Pages 80,82,83,86,96,98
Lesson 6 Pages 107,125

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07

Demonstrate how to place items such as slide numbers, date, time, and footers using slide and title master.

Lesson 4 Pages 45
Lesson 3 Pages 95-96

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08

Demonstrate how to add graphics, format text, and format bullets using slide and title master.

Lesson 2 Pages 29-31, & 49

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09

Demonstrate how to work with graphic images using the drawing objects.

Lesson 3 Page 74
Lesson 2 Page 33

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10

Demonstrate how to group, ungroup, and layer drawing objects.

Lesson 3 Pages 74-77, 88

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11

Create a chart, table, and an organization chart slide.

Lesson 3 Pages 61-73

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12

Insert an Excel worksheet into a presentation.

Lesson 4 Page 105

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Instructional Objective

0201.09 Work with slide shows.

Standard Reference
1.1a, 1.1b, 1.2a, 3.1c, 4.1b

No.

Performance Objective

Resource Reference

Assessment Correlation

01

Create a slide show from a presentation adding transitions, animation effects, sounds, and timings, Video, and MP3 or WAV files.

Lesson 2 Pages 53-56

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02

Animate test and objects.

Lesson 2 Page 28 & 51

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03

Create a continuously running slide show.

Lesson 1-2 Pages 34-35
Lesson 4 Pages 121-123

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04

Deliver presentation

Projects 3 and 4 Pages 142-143

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Unit 4

Microsoft Office Integration

5 - 7 days

Instructional Objective

0202.25 Microsoft Office Program Integration

Standard Reference
1.2a, 1.2b, 2.1b, 2.2b, 2.2c, 3.1a, 3.1b, 3.1c, 3.1d, 4.1b, 5.1a, 5.2a, 6.1a

No.

Performance Objective

Resource Reference

Assessment Correlation

01

Sending presentation to MS Word

Lesson 4 Page 110

TMA

01

Use Windows files from different applications simultaneously
Integrate an Excel worksheet and a word document

DDC Learning
Exercise 1,2
Pages 448, 452

TMA

02

Object linking and embedding
Link files
Edit a linked file
Embed a file
Office links

DDC Learning
Exercise 3
Pages 458

TMA

03

Integrate an Excel chart and a Word document
Embed Chart
Link a chart
Edit a chart

DDC Learning
Exercise 4
Pages 463

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04

Hyperlinks
Link an Excel worksheet
Create Hyperlinks in Word

DDC Learning
Exercise 7,8
Pages 475, 478

TMA

05

Export a PowerPoint slide or file into a Word document
Import a PowerPoint Presentation into a Word Document

DDC Learning
Exercise 9
Pages 486

TMA

06

Link a Word table in PowerPoint
Link an Excel Chart in PowerPoint

Google Search: Publisher 2003 Tutorial
http://www.microsoft.com/
education/?ID=modelpd

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Unit 5

Focus Project/EOC

15 days

Project Options

  • Front Page
  • Access
  • Graphics
  • Visual Basic
  • Logo Writer
  • Teacher discretion/Reviews

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