Word Processing Syllabus for 2015-2016
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Instructor Information
Instructor
Camille Cargill (Curriculum Vitae)Office Location
R. E. Byrd Business Building 360
Office Hours
By appointment
Course Information
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Course
POFI-2301-002 Word Processing
Prerequisites
Prerequisite: Computer literacy and keyboarding skill of 30 wpm
Course Description
Word processing software focusing on business applications. This course is designed to be repeated multiple times to improve student proficiency.
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Hours
(3 sem hrs; 2 lec, 4 lab)
Class Type
Online Course
Syllabus Information
Textbooks
Signature Series: Microsoft Word 2013 by Rutkosky and Roggenkamp, EMC Paradigm Publishing, Inc., (ISBN 978-0-76385-199-6)
Required: Microsoft Word 2013 is required for this course; it is your choice whether to purchase the Professional version or the Home and Student version. It is also your choice where you purchase the software. You might consider www.JourneyEd.com
(1-800-874-9001) as one of the many online sources. Make sure you ask about student discounts. The AC bookstore does sell the software at a reasonable price, too.
If you choose to use software other than Microsoft Word 2013, you do so at your own risk. The above-referenced textbook and this course are written/designed for Word 2013.
Supplies
- Signature Series: Microsoft Word 2013 by Rutkosky and Roggenkamp, EMC Paradigm Publishing, Inc., (ISBN 978-0-76385-199-6)
- One USB portable storage device with minimum 2 GB capacity (Jump drive, Flash drive, Travel drive, T
Student Performance
OBJECTIVES AND GOALS OF COURSE: Students will learn to prepare, format, and manage documents; create and enhance tables; and create a mail merge using Word 2013.
\ \By the end of the semester, the student will be able to satisfactorily complete all of the Learning Outcomes (Minimum Competencies) with a competency level based on the completion of required examinations administered under the supervision of the instructor and evaluated according to the instructor’s grading scale in the Office Administration Department.
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- Reinforce beginning keyboarding knowledge and skills. \
- Learn, practice, and apply word processing concepts and features. \
- Demonstrate word processing proficiency through assessments and timed production tests \
END-OF-COURSE OUTCOMES: Apply basic and advanced formatting skills and special functions to produce documents.
Students Rights and Responsibilities
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Expected Student Behavior
PLAGIARISM, CHEATING AND INDIVIDUAL WORK ETHIC: The Amarillo College policies and Code of Student Conduct is strictly adhered to when dealing with plagiarism, cheating and duplication of work product. Any evidence of plagiarism, cheating or duplication of work product will result in a zero on the project or test in question.
Grading Criteria
GRADING SCALE: See course schedule. Course grade: 90-100 = A; 80-89 = B; 70-79 = C; 60-69 = D; <60 = F
PRODUCTION TEST GRADING SCALE:
0 errors = 100
1 error = 90
2 errors = 80
3 errors = 70
4 errors = 60
5+ errors = 50
Students are required to adhere to the Online Course Calendar. All deadlines are posted to the calendar and will be strictly adhered to. Changes/deviations from the course schedule will be made by e-mail at least one week prior to the scheduled event. It is the student’s responsibility to stay current, informed, and prom,pt regarding deadlines. Please check your lesson schedule and e-mail often. Weekly chapter exercises and assessments are due before 11:59 p.m. the Sunday after they are assigned unless noted on the schedule.Students will receive a “100” on all assigned homework submitted by the posted deadline if the work is completed satisfactorily. Points will be deducted from this “100” for missing exercises/assessments or for too many errors. Ten points per week will be deducted from the grade for any work submitted after the posted deadline. Students are encouraged to read/apply the instructor’s comments when making corrections to homework to be better prepared for tests. Chapter exercises and/or chapter assessments are to be submitted electronically (as attachments to the designated Drop Box) through Blackboard.
There are no incompletes in this class. There is no “extra credit” to be earned.
Chapter Exercises 5 percent
Chapter/Unit Assessments 15 percent
Production Tests (5): (4 Production Tests + 80 percent
1 Comprehensive Final)
Semester Grade 100 percentThere are five production tests (including the comprehensive final)
Attendance
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Calendar
POFI 2301, WORD PROCESSING, COURSE SCHEDULE
Online
Spring 2016*(NP = Nothing to Print)
WEEK 1:
Jan. 20
Assignment:Jan. 21 – 24
Course Syllabus
Getting Started (pp. xv-xxvii)Read Chapter 1
Chapter 1 Exercises: 1.1A(NP)*, 1.1B, 1.2A(NP), 1.2B, 1.3A-B(NP), 1.4, 1.5, 1.6A-B(NP)
Chapter 1 Assessments: 1.1, 1.2, 1.3
WEEK 2:
Jan. 25 – 31
Chapter 2 Exercises: 2.1A-C(NP), 2.1D, 2.2A, 2.2B, 2.2C
Chapter 2 Assessments: 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4
WEEK 3:
Feb. 1 – 7
Chapter 3 Exercises: 3.1A-E(NP), 3.1F, 3.2A-C(NP), 3.2D, 3.3A(NP), 3.3B
Chapter 3 Assessments: 3.1, 3.2 2 printouts), 3.3, 3.4
WEEK 4:
Feb. 8 – 14
Chapter 4 Exercises: 4.1A(NP), 4.1B, 4.2A-B(NP), 4.2C, 4.3A-D(NP), 4.3E, 4.4A-B(NP), 4.4C, 4.5A(NP), 4.5B, 4.6A(NP), 4.6B
Chapter 4 Assessments: 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 4.4
WEEK 5:
Feb. 15 – 21
Chapter 5 Exercises: 5.1, 5.2A(NP), 5.2B, 5.2C(NP), 5.3A, 5.3B-C(NP), 5.3D, 5.4A
Chapter 5 Assessments: 5.1, 5.2, 5.3
Preview Production Test #1 (Chapters 1-5)
Unit 1 Performance Assessments U1.1, U1.2, U1.3, U1.4, U1.5, U1.6, U1.7, U1.8
WEEK 6:
Feb. 21 – 23
Feb. 24 – 28
Production Test #1 (Chapters 1-5)
Chapter 6 Exercises: 6.1A-C(NP), 6.1D, 6.2A, 6.2B(NP), 6.2C, 6.3A, 6.3B-C(NP), 6.3D, 6.4A(NP), 6.4B, 6.4C
Chapter 6 Assessments: 6.1, 6.2, 6.3, 6.4, 6.5, 6.6
WEEK 7:
Feb. 29 – March 6
Chapter 7 Exercises: 7.1A-B(NP), 7.1C, 7.2A, 7.2B, 7.2C, 7.3A-B(NP), 7.3C, 7.4A(NP), 7.4B
Chapter 7 Assessments: 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4
WEEK 8:
March 7 – 13
March 14 – 20
Chapter 8 Exercises: 8.1A-B(NP), 8.1C, 8.1D, 8.2A-D(NP), 8.2E
Chapter 8 Assessments: 8.1, 8.2
SPRING BREAK
WEEK 9:
March 21 – 27
Chapter 9 Exercises: 9.1A, 9.1B-C(NP), 9.1D, 9.1E, 9.1F(NP), 9.1G, 9.2A-B(NP), 9.2C, 9.3
Chapter 9 Assessments: 9.1, 9.2, 9.3
WEEK 10:
March 28 – April 3
Chapter 10 Exercises: 10.1A-G(NP), 10.1H, 10.2, 10.3A, 10.3B, 10.4, 10.5
Chapter 10 Assessments: 10.1, 10.2, 10.3
Preview Production Test #2 (Chapters 6-10)
Unit 2 Performance Assessments U2.1, U2.2, U2.3, U2.4, U2.5, U2.6, U2.7, U2.8 (Chapters 6-10)
WEEK 11:
April 3 --5
April 4 – 10
Production Test #2 (Chapters 6-10)
Chapter 13 Exercises: 13.1A-B(NP) 13.1C, 13.2A, 13.2B, 13.3, 13.4, 13.5
Chapter 13 Assessments: 13.1, 13.2, 13.3, 13.4, 13.5
WEEK 12:
April 11 --1 7
Chapter 14 Exercises: 14.1A-C(NP), 14.1D, 14.2A-C(NP), 14.2D, 14.3A(NP), 14.3B, 14.4A, 14.4B
Chapter 14 Assessments: 14.1, 14.2, 14.3, 14.4, 14.5
Preview Production Test #3 (Chapters 13-14)
Unit 3 Performance Assessments U3.7, U3.8, U3.9, U3.10
WEEK 13:
April 17 --19
April 20 --24
Production Test #3 (Chapters 13-14)
Chapter 16 Exercises: 16.1A-B(NP), 16.1C, 16.2, 16.3, 16.4, 16.5, 16.6, 16.7, 16.8, 16.9, 16.10, 16.11(NP), 16.12
WEEK 14:
April 25 – May 1
Mail Merge – Continued
Chapter 16 Assessments: 16.1, 16.2, 16.3, 16.4, 16.5Unit 4 Performance Assessments U4.1, U4.2, U4.3, U4.4, U4.5
WEEK 15:
May 2 --4
May 5 --7
Production Test #4 (Chapter 16)
Preview Comprehensive Final (Chapters 1-10, 13, 14, 16)
Review Units 1-4 Performance AssessmentsWEEK 16:
May 7 – 9
Comprehensive Final Examination; must be submitted before 11 p.m.
Additional Information
IMPORTANT DATES: Dates for lessons and examinations are on the course schedule. Specific 2016SP Amarillo College dates are as follows:
January 19, 2016—Classes Begin
March 14—20, 2016—Spring Break
April 11, 2016—Summer 2016 Registration Begins
April 21, 2016—Last Day to Drop or Withdraw
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