College of the Redwoods
CURRICULUM PROPOSAL
1.
Division: Business Technology
2.
Course ID and Number: BT 91
3.
Course Title: Introduction to PowerPoint
4.
Discipline(s) (Select from CCC System Office Minimum Qualification for Faculty [copy following web
address and paste into web browser http://www.cccco.edu/divisions/esed/aa_ir/psmq/min_qual/min_quals%20_revApr406.pdf]
Course may fit more than one discipline; identify all that apply): Computer Information Systems,
Office Technologies, Graphic Arts, Computer Science, Business Education
5.
Check one of the following:
New Course
If curriculum has been offered under a different discipline and/or name, identify the former course: CIS 91
Change to existing course (course discipline and number are not changing)
Should another course be inactivated? No
Title of course to be inactivated: CIS 91
6.
Yes
Inactivation date: May 19, 2008
Is course part of a CR Degree/Certificate Program? (If New is selected above, check No) No
Yes
If yes, specify program code(s). (Codes can be found in Outlook/Public Folders/All Public Folders/
Curriculum/Degree and Certificate Programs/choose appropriate catalog year):
Required course
Restricted elective
7.
Provide explanation and justification for addition/change/deletion:
This change updates the course outline and makes it consistent with new
curriculum guidelines. The course has been expanded from 27 hours to 54 hours to
include more PowerPoint features, provide instruction in integrating files from other
applications into PowerPoint slides and allow time for students to create their own
original presentations.
8. List any special materials, equipment, tools, etc. that students must purchase:
9. Will this course have an instructional materials fee? No
Fee: $
Submitted by:
Martha Racine Taylor Tel. Ext. 2684
Division Chair/Director: Helen Edwards
Yes
Date: 12/05/2007
Review Date: 2/1/08
CURRICULUM COMMITTEE USE ONLY
Approved by Curriculum Committee: No
Board of Trustees Approval Date:
Curriculum Proposal (rev. 3.26.07)
Senate Approved: 09.03.04
Yes
Date: 2/8/08
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SUMMARY OF CURRICULUM CHANGES
FOR AN EXISTING COURSE
FEATURES
OLD
NEW
An introduction in electronic
presentation fundamentals.
Basic features include creating
interactive slides, using text,
graphics, sound, animation,
timing and transitions.
An introduction to electronic
presentations using Microsoft
Powerpoint. Students learn to
create interactive slides using text,
graphics, sound, animation,
timing, and transitions.
Grading Standard
Select
Select
Total Units
0.5
1.0
0.5
1.0
CIS 80 or CIS 1/1L
CIS 100, CIS 80 or CIS 1
Catalog Description
(Please include complete
text of old and new catalog
descriptions.)
Lecture Units
Lab Units
Prerequisites
Corequisites
Recommended
Preparation
Maximum Class Size
Repeatability—
Maximum Enrollments
Other
If any of the listed features have been modified in the new proposal, indicate the “old” (current) information and
proposed changes.
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College of the Redwoods
COURSE OUTLINE
DATE: 12/05/2007
COURSE ID AND NUMBER: BT 91
COURSE TITLE: Introduction to PowerPoint
FIRST TERM NEW OR REVISED COURSE MAY BE OFFERED: Summer 2008
TOTAL UNITS: 1.0
TOTAL HOURS: 54
[Lecture Units: 0
[Lecture Hours: 0
Lab Units: 1.0]
Lab Hours: 54]
MAXIMUM CLASS SIZE: 30
GRADING STANDARD
Letter Grade Only
CR/NC Only
Is this course repeatable for additional credit units: No
Grade-CR/NC Option
Yes
If yes, how many total enrollments?
Is this course to be offered as part of the Honors Program? No
Yes
If yes, explain how honors sections of the course are different from standard sections.
CATALOG DESCRIPTION
The catalog description should clearly state the scope of the course, its level, and what kinds of student goals the
course is designed to fulfill.
An introduction to electronic presentations using Microsoft Powerpoint. Students learn to
create interactive slides using text, graphics, sound, animation, timing, and transitions.
Special notes or advisories:
PREREQUISITES
No
Yes
Course(s):
Rationale for Prerequisite:
Describe representative skills without which the student would be highly unlikely to succeed .
COREQUISITES
No
Yes
Rationale for Corequisite:
Course(s):
RECOMMENDED PREPARATION
No
Yes
Course(s): CIS 100 or CIS 80 or CIS 1
Rationale for Recommended Preparation:
Students should be computer literate and familiar with the Windows operating system
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COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES
What should the student be able to do as a result of taking this course? State some of the objectives in terms of
specific, measurable student accomplishments.
1. Create, edit, store, and retrieve electronic presentation files.
2. Incorporate simple digital media elements including images, audio, text, animation,
and interactivity into electronic presentations.
3. Use slide design and layout templates to enhance slides.
4. Select and use PowerPoint features to create visually and rhetorically effective
electronic presentations.
COURSE CONTENT
Themes: What themes, if any, are threaded throughout the learning experiences in this course?
1. Simplicity in slide design is important for an effective presentation.
2. An effective slide presentation uses text and graphics sparingly to present the main
points of a topic.
3. Slide transitions must be carefully chosen to enhance the flow of the presentation.
Concepts: What concepts do students need to understand to demonstrate course outcomes?
1. Slide size.
2. Animation and slide tranistions.
3. Slide timing.
4. Imbedded digital images and audio files.
5. Simple and effective slide design.
Issues: What primary issues or problems, if any, must students understand to achieve course outcomes (including
such issues as gender, diversity, multi-culturalism, and class)?
PowerPoint slides should not be cluttered with unnecessary text and graphics. Slides
should contain only the main talking points and graphics essential to understanding the
topic.
Skills: What skills must students master to demonstrate course outcomes?
1. Identify and use application interface elements.
2. Create slides that present information in simple, easy-to-read format.
3. Integrate text and images from other Microsoft Office applications into PowerPoint
slides.
4. Develop multi-slide presentations that effectively use text, graphics, animations, and
slide transitions
REPRESENTATIVE LEARNING ACTIVITIES
What will students be doing (e.g., listening to lectures, participating in discussions and/or group activities, attending
a field trip)? Relate the activities directly to the Course Learning Outcomes.
1. Completing step-by-step tutorials, review exercises and projects in a lab setting
ASSESSMENT TASKS
How will students show evidence of achieving the Course Learning Outcomes? Indicate which assessments (if any)
are required for all sections.
Representative assessment tasks:
1. Hands-on, practicum exams that demonstrate software competencies.
2. Lab assignments based on spreadsheet exercises.
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Required assessments for all sections – to include but not limited to:
EXAMPLES OF APPROPRIATE TEXTS OR OTHER READINGS
Author, Title, and Date Fields are required
Author Pasewark
& Pasewark
Title
Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2003: Complete Tutorial
Date
2005
Author Nita
Rutkosky
Title
Author Beverly
Benchmark Microsoft PowerPoint 2003: Specialist
Zimmerman, S. Scott Zimmerman
PowerPoint 2007, Introductory Date 2007
Author Nita
Title
Date
2004
New Perspectives on Microsoft Office
Rutkosky & Audrey Rutkosky Roggenkamp
PowerPoint 2007 - Windows XP Version Date 2008
Title
Benchmark Series: Microsoft
Other Appropriate Readings:
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PROPOSED TRANSFERABILITY:
CSU
UC
If CSU transferability is proposed (courses numbered
1-99), indicate whether general elective credit or specific
course equivalent credit is proposed.
If specific course equivalent credit is proposed, give
course numbers/ titles of at least two comparable lower
division courses from a UC, CSU, or equivalent
institution.
None
General elective credit
Specific course equivalent
1.
,
(Campus)
2.
,
(Campus)
CURRENTLY APPROVED GENERAL EDUCATION
CR
CSU
IGETC
CR GE Category:
CSU GE Category:
IGETC Category:
PROPOSED CR GENERAL EDUCATION
Rationale for CR General Education approval (including category designation):
Natural Science
Social Science
Humanities
Language and Rationality
Writing
Oral Communications
Analytical Thinking
PROPOSED CSU GENERAL EDUCATION BREADTH (CSU GE)
A. Communications and Critical Thinking
A1 – Oral Communication
A2 – Written Communication
A3 – Critical Thinking
C. Arts, Literature, Philosophy, and Foreign
Language
C1 – Arts (Art, Dance, Music, Theater)
C2 – Humanities (Literature,
Philosophy, Foreign Language)
E. Lifelong Understanding and SelfDevelopment
E1 – Lifelong Understanding
E2 – Self-Development
B. Science and Math
B1 – Physical Science
B2 – Life Science
B3 – Laboratory Activity
B4 – Mathematics/Quantitative Reasoning
D. Social, Political, and Economic Institutions
D0 – Sociology and Criminology
D1 – Anthropology and Archeology
D2 – Economics
D3 – Ethnic Studies
D5 – Geography
D6 – History
D7 – Interdisciplinary Social or Behavioral
Science
D8 – Political Science, Government and Legal Institutions
D9 – Psychology
Rationale for inclusion in this General Education category: Same as above
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Proposed Intersegmental General Education Transfer Curriculum (IGETC)
1A – English Composition
1B – Critical Thinking-English Composition
1C – Oral Communication (CSU requirement only)
2A – Math
3A – Arts
3B – Humanities
4A – Anthropology and Archaeology
4B – Economics
4E – Geography
4F – History
4G – Interdisciplinary, Social & Behavioral Sciences
4H – Political Science, Government & Legal Institutions
4I – Psychology
4J – Sociology & Criminology
5A – Physical Science
5B – Biological Science
6A – Languages Other Than English
Rationale for inclusion in this General Education category:
Curriculum Proposal (rev. 3.26.07)
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FOR VPAA USE ONLY
PROGRAM AND COURSE NUMBER BT-91
TECHNICAL INFORMATION
1. Department: INFSC Information Science
16. CoRequisite Course: None
2. Subject: Bus Tech
17. Recommended Prep: CIS-100, CIS-80, or CIS-1
Course No: 91
3. Credit Type: D Credit Degree Applicable
18. Maximum Class Size: 30
4. Min/Maximum Units: 1.0 to
19. Repeat/Retake: NR No repeats
variable units
5. Course Level: D Possibly Occupational
20. Count Retakes for Credit:
yes
no
6. Academic Level: UG Undergraduate
21. Only Pass/No Pass:
yes
no
7. Grade Scheme: UG Undergraduate
22. Allow Pass/No Pass:
yes
no
8. Short Title: Intro to PowerPoint
23. VATEA Funded Course:
yes
no
9. Long Title: Introduction to PowerPoint
24. Accounting Method: W Weekly Census
10. National ID
11. Local ID
(CIP):
(TOPS):
11.0601
070210
12. Course Types:
 Level One Basic Skills: NBS Not Basic Skills
25. Disability Status: N Not a Special Class
26. Billing Method: T-Term
27. Billing Period: R-Reporting Term
28. Billing Credits: 1.0

Level Two Work Experience:


NWE Not Coop Work Experience
29. Purpose: I Occupational Ed
Level Three:
30. Articulation No.
Placeholder for GE OR
(CAN):
DOES NOT APPLY
31. Articulation Seq.
Level Four: If GE : Choose One:
32. Transfer Status: B Transfers to CSU only
13. Instructional Method:
(CAN):
33. Equates to another course?
(course number).
Lab Laboratory/Studio/Activity
14. Lec TLUs:
Contact Hours:
Lab TLUs: 3.0 Contact Hours: 54
Lecture/Lab TLUs:
Contact Hours:
34. The addition of this course will inactive CIS-91 (course
number). Inactive at end of Spring 08 term.
15. Prerequisite: None
Particular Comments for Printed Catalog.
.
Curriculum Approval Date: 2/8/08
Curriculum Proposal (rev. 3.26.07)
Senate Approved: 09.03.04
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