Intro to Computer Course Outline (ESL & SHELTERED)

Poway High School

Mr. Kaechele

I. Keyboarding Basics

1. Technique

2. Speed Development

II. Windows Operating System and Office 2000 Basics

A. Logging in to the Network

B. MS Explorer

C. Saving files to the network, C drive, Floppy Drive, and other storage devices

D. Office Concepts

E. Accessing Internet

F. Using e-mail

III. Word Processing

A. Word Basics

1. Create, view, navigate, save and print

2. Menus, toolbars and office assistant

3. Text selection, backspace, delete, overtype, undo, copy, cut, and paste

4. Fonts, alignment, click and type, and copy format

B. Additional Word Features

1. Indents, spacing, margins, tabs, bullets and numbering

2. Auto features, spelling and grammar check, thesaurus, find and replace

3. Headers, footers

4. Desktop publishing features

a. Textboxes, borders and shading

b. Draw, clipart, and wordart

IV. Presentation Software

A. PowerPoint Basics

1. Create, save, navigate, view, print and close

2. Menus, toolbars, design templates, layouts, and clipart

3. Adding/deleting slides, alignment, spacing, case, tabs and bullets

B. Additional Features

1. Slide master, transitions, animations and outlines

2. Organizational charts, graphs, tables, shapes, objects, textboxes, and hyperlinks

3. Integrating with Word and publishing to Web

C. Delivering a Presentation

V. Spreadsheet

A. Excel Basics

1. Define terms and identify components

2. Select and edit cells, enter data, navigate, save and print

3. Change column and cells with width, fonts, style, colors and borders

4. Wrap, rotate, indent and align text

5. Copy, move, paste, insert/delete columns/rows, and print

B. Formulas

1. Enter, edit and display

2. Function Formulas and AutoSum button

C. Charts

1. Purposes and types

2. Creating, saving, renaming, switching, previewing, and printing

3. Editing and changing

VI. Basic Computer Terms

A. Operating Systems

B. Terminology

C. Hardware, software, input/output devices and peripherals

D. Safety/equipment protection procedures

E. Preventive Maintenance/minor troubleshooting

VII. Integration of Research, Reading, Writing, and Speaking Skills

Throughout the class, projects are assigned that require students to perform Internet research, utilize technical reading skills, prepare well-written and correctly formatted papers and letters, and deliver a 3-minute oral presentation with PowerPoint.

VIII. Computer Ethics

A. Copyrighted material

B. Plagiarism

C. Illegal copying and use of software