Chabot College
Fall 2011
Course Outline for Computer Application Systems 55
MICROSOFT OFFICE INTEGRATION
Catalog Description:
55 –Microsoft Office Integration
(May be repeated 2 times)
3 units
Develop a beginning/intermediate level of skills using the Microsoft Office features of Word, Excel,
Access, and PowerPoint to design, produce and integrate: documents, worksheets, databases and
professional presentations. Course emphasizes workplace communications and information
processing skills and standards. Students will complete integrated projects that apply technology to
business tasks and represent what is required in an actual business environment using the
components of Microsoft Office. Prerequisites: Computer Application Systems 50 or Computer
Application System 54A and 88A or Computer Application Systems 72D, 72E, 72F, and 72G.
(Combined credit for Computer Application Systems 55, 61, and 88A may not exceed 12 units.) 2
hours lecture, 2 hours laboratory.
[Typical contact hours: lecture 35, laboratory 35]
Prerequisite Skills:
Before entering the course the student should be able to:
1. describe basic computer hardware components;
2. identify applications such as word processors, spreadsheets, databases, and graphics packages;
3. Word
a. use basic commands in Windows or other operating system;
b. open, save, print, and close Microsoft Word;
c. identify and use the Microsoft Word menus and toolbars;
d. edit, spell check, format documents and manage files;
e. create tables in a document;
f. insert graphics in a document;
g. change fonts, patterns and colors in a document;
h. use move and copy features;
4. Excel
a. open, save, print, and close Microsoft Excel files;
b. identify and use the MS Excel menus and toolbars;
c. design a worksheet, enter labels and values, enter formulas, edit cells;
5. Access
a. identify and use MS Access views, menus and toolbars;
b. open, save, print, and close MS Access files;
c. create and print MS Access reports;
d. create MS Access queries;
6. PowerPoint
a. open, save, print, and close Microsoft PowerPoint files;
b. design and format PowerPoint presentations;
c. identify and use the MS PowerPoint menus and toolbars;
d. insert graphics in a presentation.
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Fall 2011
Expected Outcomes for Students:
Upon completion of the course the student should be able to:
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prepare marketing and administrative documents;
create personnel documents;
create agendas and minutes;
create printed forms;
create three-column advertising brochures;
create newsletters;
create presentation slides and handouts;
create payroll worksheets;
create expense reports;
create equipment management forms;
create graphical charts;
create, customize, and query databases;
create, send and reply to email messages,
create Office attachments and send them electronically,
integrate Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Access to create a final project.
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Marketing and administrative documents
Personnel documents
Promotion materials
Desktop publishing
Training presentations
Managing payroll records
Managing budgets
Spreadsheets and graphical charts
Travel and conference documents
Database creations and queries
Collaboration strategies
Social media in the business world
Technological changes in Office Administration
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Hands-on concepts assessments
Tutorials simulated troubleshooting
Hands-on group projects
Laboratory assignments
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Lecture
Discussion
Demonstration
Hands-on practice
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Assignments and Methods of Evaluating Student Progress:
1. Typical Assignments
a. use Word to produce a business document that includes an Excel chart
b. use PowerPoint to create a slide presentation containing an Excel worksheet
c. use Excel to create a database to be used in a Word mail merge
d. use PowerPoint and Word to create an advertising brochure
e. use Excel, Access, Word and PowerPoint to create a final project integrating all of these
programs
f. use email and the internet to send assignments electronically.
2. Methods of Evaluating Student Progress
a. weekly projects
b. hands-on exercises
c. mid-term project
d. final project
Textbook(s) (Typical):
Office 2007 Integrated Projects, Gaskin, Hain, Prentice Hall, 2008
Special Student Materials:
USB Drive
MD Oct10
C:\Chabot\Spring 2011\Outline CAS 55 Revised Curric proposal 1010.docx
CAS 55 Revised