MICROSOFT WORD 2013
CRN 10430
SOLANO COMMUNITY COLLEGE
Spring 2015
Instructor: Marylou Fracisco
CRITICAL DATES
Start Date: 12-JAN-2015
End Date: 20-MAY-2015
Last Date to add class: 01-FEB-2015
Last Date to drop with a refund: 25-JAN-2015
Last Date to drop without a "W": 01-FEB-2015
Last Date to drop with a "W": 29-MAR-2015
Census Date: 02-FEB-2015
Add Auth Expiration: 01-FEB-2015
Pass/No Pass Option Deadline: See Adm and Records
FINAL: Monday May 18 1:30 - 3:30 pm
Class Meets:
Dates:
Classroom:
Office:
Office Hours:
Lab
Phone:
E-mail:
Monday/Wednesday 1:00 p.m. – 2:15 p.m.
January 13-May 18
Room 501
Room 524
TBA
TBA
(707) 864-7000 ext. 4373
marylou.fracisco@solano.edu (note: no “N” in fracisco)
WELCOME TO MICROSOFT WORD 2013! In today’s world of computers, word processing is
an essential tool in almost everyone’s life. This course will provide you with the tools to
efficiently create professional and impressive documents. Best of all, it’s really fun! I think
you’ll be amazed at how many incredible tasks WORD can do, many times automatically. It
certainly is a lot more than just typing a letter.
I sincerely wish to make the time you spend taking this class, productive time, time well spent. I
learn best when learning is fun. Your participation in class and keeping up with the work goes a
long way in making our time productive and enjoyable.
The class requires commitment and a lot of work on both our parts. As long as you attend class,
read the text, and do all the homework, you will be successful. In return, I will be prepared for
each day’s lesson, be available to help you, and will return your corrected homework promptly.
STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOME:
Create professional-looking documents using: tables, charts, diagrams, columns (tabular and
newspaper) using advanced formatting features, desktop publishing features that add a variety of
graphic elements, styles and macros in an efficient and error free manner.
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COURSE GOALS:
The goal of this course is to familiarize the student with the various tools and features of
Microsoft Word 2013. At the conclusion of the course, the student should be able to produce
professional appearing documents (formatting tools) in an error free (proofreading tools) and
time efficient (shortcuts and tools) manner.
COURSE ADVISORIES:
CIS 1 with a “C” or “CR” or better and Keyboarding at 30 wpm or better. Solano Community
College minimum English and math standards.
COURSE DESCRIPTION:
Provides an in-depth look at the tools and features of Microsoft Word 2013. The class format
will be a combination of demonstrations, lectures, and hands-on practice of each Word feature.
Assigned homework will directly relate to that day’s discussion. The following is a synopsis of
features covered:
Printing and Editing Docs
Formatting Characters
Using Help & Assistant
Formatting Docs & Paragraphs
Formatting Sections
Columns
Headers & Footers
Mail Merge
Borders and Clip Art
Bookmarks, Drop Caps,
Inserting pictures
Sorting Text & Records
Managing Lists
Sharing Documents
Labels & Envelopes
Spelling, Grammar, Thesaurus
Find and Replace
Tabs
Cutting & Pasting
Templates
Footnotes & Endnotes
Tables
Shapes & WordArt
Quick Parts
Styles
Outlines
Themes and Styles
Table of Contents & Indexes
CREDITS:
3 units
If a student cannot complete the course, it is the student’s responsibility to drop the
course. Any student remaining on the roster at the end of the semester, who has not
completed the course satisfactorily, will receive an “F.” The instructor reserves the right
to drop a student who has not complied with the attendance or homework policy, but it is
not the responsibility of the instructor to do so.
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Critical dates to remember for dropping:
January 31
Last day to drop the class and receive a “W” for withdrawing.
Failure to drop may result in letter grade “F”
Strictly enforced!
March 28
Drop without “W” First two weeks of class (see SCC
schedule) Credit/No Credit option
LABS:
COMPUTER LABS ARE AVAILABLE FOR ALL WORD STUDENTS
SNAP QUIZZES are required for every chapter and can be done on a computer with Office
2013 or can be done in the school computer labs: Room 504 or Room 507 are student labs that
are free to Word students. SNAP is already set up in the labs. Students may also use the labs to
get help from either instructors (the instructors’ hours and their specialty will be listed next to
each lab room.)
Students may use the labs in building 500 on the main campus or at Vallejo or Vacaville. Lab
hours are posted on all labs.
REQUIRED MATERIALS:
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A flash drive (storage medium to store work and download files or One Drive or other
cloud account)
Word 2013 (home, work or use SCC labs)
NOTE: This course is designed to teach Word 2013.
Word 2003 looks very different from earlier versions of Word and will not work.
If you use version 2007 or 2010, you do so at your own risk. It can’t be used as an
excuse for required work. Not recommended. Use the computer labs!
SNAP will only work with Word 2013.
See the offer with bundled Textbook to get free 180 day version of Word 2013.
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Acrobat Reader (to view homework examples) (Can be downloaded for free from
internet)
Internet Access (home, work or use SCC labs)
MATERIALS NEEDED FOR THIS COURSE:
You have many choices how to buy the materials for this course,
You must have access to the 1) internet, 2) a textbook, 3) a SNAP code, and 4) Word 2013
program.
You can buy these materials through our Solano Community College bookstore, or direct from
the publisher, shop online, or buy from former students. The SNAP code must be new unless you
have one from last semester from my PowerPoint 2013 class. It will only work with Word 2013.
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You must have Word 2013 or you can get the web based SNAP 365 version of Word 2013 free
at this site: http://blogs.office.com/2014/09/22/students-teachers-may-eligible-get-office-free/
You can buy the textbook used or new.
Word 2013 (Signature Series) by Nita Rutkosky, Audrey Rutkosky Roggenkamp, Publisher:
EmcParadigm (many ways to get it!) ISBN #978-0-76385-195-8
You can buy the “bundle” from the Solano Community College Bookstore:
This is will include the textbook, the SNAP code and 180 day free trial of Word 2013
OR you can buy a used book by looking online using “Word 2013 Rutkosky” be sure it is the
Signature series and looks like this:
Check www.bigwords.com
www.chegg.com
www.amazon.com
OR, you can purchase a used book directly from one of my past students. Students from last
semester gave me their email addresses so I could share them with you. You may contact them
directly and negotiate a fair price to buy their books:
amn514@gmail.com or 707-373-0828 (Anjuli)
mkpapke@yahoo.com (Maile)
dellachadwich1594@gmail.com (Della)
Flor_echeverria15@yahoo.com (Flor)
reinabrooks3@gmail.com (Reina)
ribarra1@students.solano.edu (Rory)
JuliusSmith34@netzero.com (Julius)
keffer182@SBCglobal.net (Joseph)
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You must purchase a new unique SNAP code-only one per student. Used ones won’t work!
One code is good for both Word and PowerPoint 2013. (see below for lower price offer)
1) You can buy the SNAP code balone at the bookstore (you may need to ask someone to get it
for you from the ehind the counter)
2) Or you can buy it a little cheaper (I negotiated a better price) by going direct to the Publisher
by following the directions below:
The SNAP 2013 code via email is ready for your students to order directly from
Paradigm.
Please share this link with them to get them to the product page, and the discount code
SOLANO_14, which they should apply once they have chosen the product (by typing the
quantity then need) and clicking Add to Cart:
http://paradigm.emcp.com/computer-technology/snap-training-and-assessment-2013.html
Use this discount code: SOLANO_14 and click the Apply Coupon button.
Once you fill out state and zip code information, you can expect to see the following
pricing: $63.95
The code will be delivered via email following payment information.
If you are waiting for financial aid, my wonderful publisher will allow you to use SNAP free for
17 days. (Wait until school starts to launch this)
You can also use SNAP for 17 days free by going to
https://snap2013.emcp.com (Links to an external site.)
Click on Student Registration, click on Trial version.
Your enrollment key is your CRN 10430
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Along the same lines, the publisher has given us a pdf version of the first three chapters of our
textbook so you can start working right away, even if your funds are not here yet.
http://response.emcp.com/ebooks/sigword2013-chapters1-3/ (Links to an external site.)
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user name: paradigm
password: sigword2013
HOMEWORK AND LATE POLICY:
Homework is designed to reinforce the class lecture. To learn the material, I highly recommend
reading assigned chapters prior to the class lecture and then practicing the concepts in the handson homework after the lecture. Reading the chapter is helpful to do at a computer in order to
“walk” through the step-by-step examples given. Each assignment uses techniques used in
previous assignments and builds. Therefore, keeping up to date on all homework is essential.
Each chapter homework consists of two parts:
1. SNAP 2013 Quizzes online (both concepts and skill quiz for each chapter) (about 25% of
class points)
a. You may take the quizzes up to 5 times to improve your score. Review the report
after you complete your first attempt. Note the questions missed and the page
number in your textbook where the correct answer can be found. Take the quiz
again. No attempts after the beginning of the next class will be counted.
b. Questions on the Unit Exams are taken from the quizzes.
2. “Applying Your Skills” End of chapter assessments (about 25% of your class points)
a. Selected assignments require your production of a particular document.
b. Some are typed from scratch
c. Most are text files copied from the text’s CD, saved, and then formatted by the
student.
HOMEWORK GRADING:
“SNAP 2013 Quizzes” will receive the points based on the number of questions
answered correctly for that chapter. These points add up fast, and failure to do the
questions will negatively affect your grade. bout 25% of the points earned for the
course)
“Applying Your Skills” assignments will receive a maximum of 10 points each. Points
will be deducted for typos, spacing errors, formatting errors, spelling errors etc. (another
25% of the class points)
Examples of how the finished document should look upon completion are available in
on the school computers at H:\mfracisc\CIS 66\homework solutions.
Additional Performance Assessments exercises are assigned at the end of each unit.
(After each 5 chapters) and are also given 10 points each.
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NO CREDIT WILL BE GIVEN IF:
 Work is late
 Not properly labeled (Assessment number (C1-A3 means Chapter 1 Assessment 3
and your name
 Neatly placed in order and stapled in upper left corner
 Work is not your own, or your work was shared with another student (this WILL
have serious consequences)
Students who get behind do not catch up and require too much instructor time. Therefore,
NO LATE HOMEWORK WILL BE ACCEPTED –NO EXTRA CREDIT!
Homework is due the day after the chapter has been discussed in class (see tentative
assignment schedule).
Because “life” happens, each student will be allowed to turn in homework late TWO times if
it is turned it at the next class meeting.
If, at the sole discretion of the instructor (please meet me in my office to discuss) additional
late work may be accepted but will receive a maximum of 5 points each.
If late homework, or missing/tardiness to class becomes a problem you should drop the class
and take it again when you can devote the time needed.
This class requires considerable time outside of class. Students should plan accordingly.
Homework scores will be posted and shown on the spreadsheet each day of class. It is the
student’s responsibility to check their scores frequently and report any errors immediately. Errors
not reported within 1 week will not be corrected. Students should save their homework until
they see correct score posted.
COMMON COURTESY
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No homework may be done during class
No printing during class
Keep noise and conversations to a minimum
Don’t get stuck in details during demonstration and lecture –follow and keep up
Be on time, most announcements will be given at the beginning of class.
Help each other, share contact information
ACADEMIC HONESTY:
Students are encouraged to help each other and work together outside of class. However, cheating
(turning in someone else’s work as your own) is NOT TOLERATED may result in being dropped
from the class and will be reported to appropriate college officials. Digital copies of homework may
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be requested to accompany homework assignments for verification. Be sure and bring your USB
drive to class with you.
ATTENDANCE and PUNCTUALITY
Students are required to attend every class. Material will be covered that is not in the text; test dates,
revised assignments schedules, and extra credit may be announced during class and all students are
responsible for that information.
Punctuality is required as respect and courtesy to the other students and the instructor. Class starts on
time! There is a great deal of material to cover and time management is an important aspect of this
class. Important announcements are generally given at the beginning of class. The instructor will not
repeat the information.
Missed Classes: The student is responsible for obtaining material distributed on class days when
he/she was absent and any announcements, or changes of schedule that the instructor verbally gave to
the class. This can be done through contacting a classmate who was present – it’s a good idea to
exchange phone numbers or e-mail addresses now! Homework must be turned the next class
meeting or it will not be accepted.
Absence from more than 3 classes, or repeated tardiness, may result in being dropped from the class
by the instructor.
NEED FOR ASSISTANCE:
If you have any condition, such as a physical or learning disability, which will make it difficult for
you to carry out the work as I have outlined it, or which will require academic accommodations,
please notify me as soon as possible. Free tutoring is available to students who need it. Talk to your
instructor for a recommendation for tutoring.
GRADING POLICY AND SCALE
Homework & Quizzes:
Average of Unit Exams & Final
Attendance & Participation
Percentage of Final Grade
45%
50%
5%
(affects border-line grade -up or down)
100%
Scale:
90% - 100%
80% - 89%
70% - 79%
60% - 69%
59% or below
A
B
C
D
F
NOTE: Grades are no longer mailed to your home. Your final grades will be available online at
www.solano.edu at My Solano.
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SCC Institutional Learning Outcomes (ILOs)
• Use tables, graphs, charts, and diagrams
to explain concepts
• Use basic geometrical shapes
Upon completion of Solano Community
College’s General Education program,
a student will demonstrate competency
in the following areas:
C. Research – demonstrated by the ability to:
• State a research question, problem, or
issue
• Use discipline appropriate information
tools to locate and retrieve relevant
information efficiently
• Analyze and evaluate information for
appropriateness, relevance, and accuracy
• Synthesize, evaluate, and communicate
information using a variety of information
technologies
• Recognize the ethical and legal issues
surrounding information and information
technologies • Demonstrate understanding
of academic integrity and honesty
I. Communication
Students will communicate effectively, which
means the ability to:
A. Read – Students will be able to
comprehend and interpret: various types of
written information in (1) expository prose and
imaginative literature (including essays, short
fiction and novels), (2) documentation such as
manuals, reports, and graphs.
B. Write – Students demonstrate the ability to:
• Communicate thoughts, ideas,
information, and messages in writing
• Compose and create documents such as
manuals and graphs as well as formal
academic essays, observing rules of
grammar, punctuation and spelling, and
using the language, style, and format
appropriate to academic and professional
settings
• Check, edit, and revise written work for
correct information, appropriate emphasis,
form, style, and grammar
C. Listen – Students will be able to receive,
attend to, interpret, and respond appropriately
to (1) verbal, and/or (2) nonverbal messages
D. Speak and Converse – Students have the
ability to:
• Organize ideas and communicate verbal
or non-verbal messages appropriate to the
audience and the situation
• Participate in conversations, discussions,
and group activities
• Speak clearly and ask appropriate
questions
D. Problem Solving –demonstrated by the
ability to:
• Recognize whether a problem exists
• Identify components of the problem or
issue
• Create a plan of action to respond to
and/or resolve the issue appropriately
• Monitor, evaluate, and revise as
necessary
III. Global Awareness
Students will demonstrate a measurable
understanding and
appreciation of the world including its:
II. Critical Thinking and Information
Competency
Thinking critically is characterized by the ability to
perform:
A. Analysis – demonstrated by the ability to:
• Apply appropriate rules and principles to
new situations
• Discover rules and apply them in the
problem solving process
• Draw logical conclusions based on close
observation and analysis of information
• Differentiate among facts, influences,
opinions, assumptions, and conclusions
B. Computation – demonstrated by the ability
to:
• Use basic numerical concepts
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A. Scientific Complexities – Students
demonstrate an understanding of:
• The scientific method and its application in
experiments
• How experiments work
• The major differences between social,
natural and physical sciences
B. Social Diversity and Civics – Students
demonstrate ability to:
• Communicate with people from a variety
of backgrounds
• Understand different cultural beliefs and
behaviors
• Recognize important social and political
issues in their own community
C. Artistic Variety – Students have been
exposed to:
• The visual and performing arts of one or
more cultures
• Analytical techniques for understanding
the meaning in the arts, and/or
• Hands-on experience with creative
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IV. Personal Responsibility & Professional
Development
A. Self-Management and Self-Awareness –
The student is able to:
• Accurately assess his/her own knowledge,
skills, and abilities
• Motivate self and set realistic short and
long-term goals
• Accept that assessment is important to
success
• Respond appropriately to challenging
situations
B. Social and Physical Wellness – Students
make an appropriate effort to:
• Manage personal health and well being
• Demonstrate appropriate social skills in
group settings
C. Workplace Skills – Students understand
how to:
• Be dependable, reliable, and accountable
• Meet deadlines and complex tasks
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