Elgin Community College

Course Outline

 

Effective Date : 8/2/2007
Instructional Area: Office Administration Technology
Course Prefix & Number :

OAT 126
Course Title: Word Processing Applications l
Course Credits : 1.5 Contact Hours: Lecture 1.5/Lab 0 Ratio: PCS Code : 1.2 ( variable credit courses require outlines for each increment)
Does this course meet an ECC/ Illinois Articulation Initiative (IAI) :
General Education Requirement? : No
Pre-major Requirement? : No
Catalog Description :  
 This course provides practical application experience and beginner instruction for the particular word processing software chosen. See current schedule for listing of word processing software. Course is repeatable to a maximum of 4.5 credit hours.
Prerequisites : Keyboarding skills highly recommended or concurrent enrollment in OTS 100 or OAT 101.
Textbooks/Other readings/supplies/resources : *Recommended ** Required
** Microsoft Office Word 2013: Comprehensive, Jill Murphy, Labryinth Publications 2014
Additional exercises created by instructor 
Individual student computers and computer projection device 
Learning Outcomes of Course :  
 A. Student will demonstrate ability to apply all software features covered in class by completing hands-on assignments with at least 70% accuracy for a minimum passing grade.
 B. Students will demonstrate knowledge of software shortcuts by completing an objective test with at least 70% accuracy for a minimum passing grade.
 C. Students will demonstrate ability to apply all software features covered in class by completing final projects with at least 70% accuracy for a minimum passing grade.
General Education Outcomes : ( the following apply)

1. Communications

2. Computer

3. Thinking

4. Global awareness

 		  
Topical Outline Summary :  
1. Creating and Editing Business Letters

2. Creating a Memorandum and a Press Release

3. Creating a Simple Report

4. Working with Tables & Forms

5. Creating a Newsletter

6. Creating a Manual & Using Mail Merge

Methods for Evaluating Students' Performance : i.e., essay exams, written projects, research paper(s), criterion-referenced or lab performance competenceies, as well as other forms of evaluation. 
 Daily homework computer activities, in-class activities, major computer projects, and quizzes.
   
Course : Word Processing Applications l, OAT 126
Instructor: Roger Ramey  
Office: HBT 112D, (847) 214-7905  
E-mail: rramey@elgin.edu  
Methods of Presentation:  

1. Lectures

2. Discussion

3. Hands-on Activities

  
Expectations & Methods of Evaluation:  
Absences are strongly discouraged. If you are absent more than 3 times you may, at the instructors discretion, be dropped from the class. If the student knows that he or she will be absent from the class, it is the student's responsibility to notify the instructor and turn in all assignments.
 Pagers and cell phones must be turned off while in class.
 Assignments will recieve an A, B, C, D, or E grade. Grades will be weighted according to the difficulty of the assignments.
 The following will be used:

90 -100 A

80 - 89 B

70 - 79 C

60 - 69 D

  
General Information Regarding Files & Disks 
When you save a file that you open from the data files, you'll have to save it to drive A and give it a different filename. Always remember to select, File..... Save As. Then change the Save in list box to the location of your storage device. Type the new name in the File Name list box and click on Save Your textbook will tell you what filename to give each assignment. ( Please Note: If you forget to change to the location of your storage device when you save a file, you will be reminded that the file is read-only.)
To open Student data files from the network:  

File...Open...Instructors on 'Student3' (I:)....OAT-Files....2013 Data Files...OAT 126 & 127 2010 Data Files.

Or you may download the files from the instructors Web site.

 

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