Prince William Sound Community College
567S Introduction to Word ProcessingCourse Syllabus
Credits: 1 Instructor: Melissa Reese, 835-3066
melissa_reese@valdez.ccDate: March 2, 2007 Cost $125.00 Course Description:
This course is tailored to educational uses of Microsoft Word. MS Word for Education explores practical word processing applications encountered by teachers. Students will learn advanced features of MS Word to maximize their productivity and to manage student data.
Student Learning Outcomes:
Students will use problem solving skills and acquired MS Word knowledge to determine the best formats and layouts for educational documents. Format considerations include font, paragraph and documents settings. Page layout considerations include tables, column text, graphic elements, and hypermedia. Students will demonstrate usage of the MS Word menu bar, ruler, and button bars.
Student Learning Outcomes
Link to PWSCC General Education Outcomes**
Assessment Methods
Upon successful course completion, the student will:
Contributes to student achievement of the following General Education Outcome(s):
This Outcome will be assessed by one or more of the following:
Create and format text.
Outcome 6a
Projects
Format paragraphs.
Outcome 6a
Projects
Format documents.
Outcome 6a
Projects
Use tables.
Outcome 6a
Projects
Create and insert objects.
Outcome 6a
Projects
Design classroom project
Outcome 6a
Project
Course Text, Required and Suggested Materials:
Teacher handouts
Evaluation and Grade Determination:
Lab Activities 50%
Project for Students 25%
Final Teacher Project 25%Content Outline:
· Create and format text
· Format paragraphs and documents
· Use tables
· Create and insert objects
· Import and export data
· Design a student project
· Design a teacher project
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