| Day |
Topic |
| 8/22 |
Your Future and Computer Competency (Chapter
1 of the Computing Essentials book)
Windows 98 Basic Skills (Chapter 1 of the Windows 98 book) |
| 8/24 |
Assignment 1 - Using the Keyboard and the Mouse |
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| 8/29 |
Application Software (Chapter 2 of the Computing Essentials book)
Organizing your work (Chapter 2 of the Windows 98 book) |
| 8/31 |
Assignment 2 - Working with Files and Folders |
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| 9/5 |
System Software (Chapter 3 of the Computing
Essentials book)
Introduction to the Internet and Electronic Mail |
| 9/7 |
Assignment 3 - Creating and using an e-mail
account |
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| 9/12 |
The System Unit (Chapter 4 of the Computing
Essentials book)
Creating and Editing a Document (Chapter 1 of the Word
section of the Office 2000 book) |
| 9/14 |
Assignment 4 -
Creating and editing a Document (Hands-On Exercises 1 & 4, pp. WD1-61,
WD1-64) |
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| 9/19 |
Input / Output and Secondary Storage (Chapters
5 & 6 of the Computing Essentials book)
Revising and Refining a Document (Chapter 2 of the Word
section of the Office 2000 book) |
| 9/21 |
Assignment 5 -
Revising and Refining a Document (Hands-On Exercises 1,2 & 5, pp.
WD2-55, WD2-58) |
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| 9/26 |
Communications and Connectivity (Chapter 7
of the Computing Essentials book)
Creating Reports and Tables (Chapter 3 of the Word
section of the Office 2000 book) |
| 9/28 |
Assignment 6 - Creating Reports and Tables (Hands-On Exercises
3,4 & 5, pp. WD3-65 thru WD3-69) |
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| 10/3 |
Test 1 - Chapters 1 thru 5 of the Computing Essentials Textbook
Creating and Editing a Worksheet (Chapter 1 of the Excel
section of the Office 2000 book) |
| 10/5 |
Assignment 7 - Creating and Editing a Worksheet (Hands-On
Exercises 2, 3 & 4, pp. EX1-73 thru EX1-75) |
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| 10/10 |
The Internet and the Web (Chapter 8 of the
Computing Essentials book)
Charting Worksheet Data (Chapter 2 of the Excel section
of the Office 2000 book) |
| 10/12 |
Assignment 8 - Charting Worksheet Data (Hands-On Exercises 1,2 &
4 pp. EX2-55 thru EX2-58) |
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| 10/17 |
Multimedia, Web Authoring, and More (Chapter
9 of the Computing Essentials book)
Managing and Analyzing a Workbook (Chapter 3 of the Excel
section of the Office 2000 book) |
| 10/19 |
Assignment 9 - Managing & Analyzing Workbook (Hands-On
Exercises 1,2 & 3 pp. EX3-53 thru EX3-55) |
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| 10/24 |
Privacy, Security, Ergonomics, and the Environment (Chapter
10 of the Computing Essentials book)
Creating a Presentation (Chapter 1 of the PowerPoint
section of the Office 2000 book) |
| 10/26 |
Assignment 10 - Creating a Presentation (Hands-On Exercises 1
& 3 pp. PP1-57, PP1-59) |
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|
| 10/31 |
Databases (Chapter 11 of the Computing
Essentials book)
Modifying and Refining a Presentation (Chapter 2 of the PowerPoint
section of the Office 2000 book) |
| 11/2 |
Assignment 11 - Modifying and Refining a Presentation
(Hands-On Exercise 1,2,3 pp. PP2-59 thru PP2-63) |
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| 11/7 |
Test 2 - Chapters 6 thru 10 of the Computing Essentials Textbook
Creating a Database (Chapter 1 of the Access section of
the Office 2000 book) |
| 11/9 |
Assignment 12 - Creating a Database (Hands-On Exercises 1
& 2 pp. AC1-55 thru AC1-56) |
| |
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| 11/14 |
Information Systems (Chapter 12 of the Computing
Essentials book)
Modifying a Table and Creating a Form (Chapter 2 of the Access
section of the Office 2000 book) |
| 11/16 |
Assignment 13 - Modifying a Table and Creating a Form
(Hands-On Exercises 1,4,5 pp. AC2-41, AC2-46) |
| |
|
| 11/21 |
Systems Analysis and Design (Chapter 13
of the Computing Essentials book)
Analyzing Tables and Creating Reports (Chapter 3 of the Access
section of the Office 2000 book) |
| 11/23 |
Holiday - No Classes |
| |
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| 11/28 |
Programming and Languages (Chapter 14 of
the Computing Essentials book)
Working Together: Copying and Linking Between Word, Excel, and
PowerPoint |
| 11/30 |
Assignment 14 - Analyzing Tables and Creating Reports (Hands-On
Exercises 1 & 4 pp. AC3-52, AC3-55) |
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| 12/5 |
Your Future and Information Technology (Chapter
15 of the Computing Essentials book)
Review |
| 12/7 |
Optional Assignment |
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| 12/12 |
All Labs Due |
| 12/14 |
Final (from 4:00 to 6:00 pm) - Chapters 11 thru 15 of the Computing Essentials Textbook |