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TITLE
Excel
TEXTBOOK
None. All materials for this class were developed by Shirley Montgomery and are
photocopied for student use. The materials are revised with each change in
software. The latest edition was compiled during 2000-2001.
DESCRIPTION
This one-semester class is an elective with no prerequisite (but Beginning
Computer Applications is recommended). Using the Microsoft Office Excel software
program for spreadsheets, the students will learn the basic capabilities of this
Microsoft program. They will develop spreadsheets from both arranged and
unarranged material and will learn what types of applications are best suited to
this software. The “integration” of the Excel programs with Word and Access will
also be explored, along with the integration of this program with the Internet.
COURSE OBJECTIVES
1. Students will develop spreadsheets by entering, editing, formatting, and
printing information from arranged and unarranged originals.
2. Students will create charts from spreadsheet information.
3. Students will integrate the Excel program with Word and Access.
4. Students will integrate graphics (from clip art and from the Internet) into
Excel documents.
5. Students will be able to behave properly and follow school rules as related
to use of computer equipment and access of Internet.
WRITING ACTIVITIES
1. As the entire class relates to information that is communicated within a
business or personal office, the writing activities include learning the
appropriate format for business communications of many kinds.
2. Integrated throughout the course is the skill of editing and proofreading.
3. A few of the 40 projects to be completed in this class are assignments that
the students must compose and design by themselves.
MULTICULTURE ACTIVITIES
1. The Internet, through its basic structure, is a multicultural medium and
introduces the students to an extremely large variety of backgrounds, opinions,
and resources.
2. A couple of the spreadsheets that the students must develop for this class
include information related to multicultural issues.
