Frederick Community College CIS111A ONL – Word Processing (Word 2010) Spring 2011
Class Begins: 1/30/2012	Class Ends:5/18/2012	Last Day to Drop:4/16/2012

You must send your Honors Code Pledge to the instructor. The form is available at http://courses.frederick.edu/_utilities/regform.htm

Instructor Information:
Name:Susan Boyne	Office:C222
E-mail:sboyne@frederick.edu	Phone Number:301-846-2410
Office Hours:see Instructor information in Blackboard	Campus Mail Box #:229

Course Information:
Credits:3
On-campus Meetings:Orientation	On-campus Exams:2
Prerequisites:CIS101 or CIS116D	Co-requisites:None

Course Description:

Covers the basic, intermediate and advanced features of word processing. Students create, edit, format and save personal and business documents. Along with data integration, special features such as mail merge, sorting, styles, columns, footnotes, outlines, table of contents, indexes, and templates are presented.

Core Learning Outcomes:

By the completion of the course students will:

1. Create and edit a Word document.
2. Create a research paper.
3. Create a resume using a Wizard and a cover letter with a table.
4. Create a document with a table, chart, and watermark.
5. Generate form letters, mailing labels, envelopes, and directories.
6. Create a professional newsletter.

Instructional Methods:

Blackboard Website/Discussion Board/Practice Quizzes

Blackboard Required Quizzes

Instructor E-mail support

Software hands-on activities

Reading assignments (text and online)

Authors’ DVD demonstrations

Course organization:

This course is to be taken on the Internet. With the exception of an orientation and two on-campus examinations, all correspondence, class instruction and notes, communication (both with students and instructor), assignments, and examinations are to be completed online using Blackboard (Bb).

Text for Course:

TEXT TITLE: GO with Microsoft Word 2010 Comprehensive

AUTHOR:  Gaskin, Ferrett, Martin

PUBLISHER: Pearson/Prentice Hall

SOFTWARE: Microsoft Office 2010

TEXT WEBSITE: http://www.pearsonhighered.com/go

COURSE WEBSITE: http://www.frederick.blackboard.com
http://www.myitlab.com

Evaluation Methods:	Final Grade Scale
Hands on projects 50% of grade On-line theory quizzes 20% of grade Theory exams 30% of grade	90% & above = A** 80% - 89% = B 70% - 79% = C 60% - 69% = D Below 59% = F
If the graded performance for online assignments differs significantly from the grade average for proctored assignments, the instructor reserves the right to administer additional tests.
**NOTE: It will be necessary to hand in every required Chapter assignment to receive an “A” grade in this course.

Student Services

A variety of services are available to assist students in succeeding at FCC. Students can learn more about these services by visiting the Student Services web page: http://www.frederick.edu/student_services/index.aspx.

Students with disabilities who are in need of accommodations or who have questions related to disabilities services should contact the Services for Students with Disabilities (SSD) office at 301-846-2408. Students can learn more about these services by visiting the Services for Students with Disabilities web page: http://www.frederick.edu/student_services/disability.aspx.

If you currently receive services from the SSD office, please submit your Student Success Plan to me and make an appointment with me to discuss your accommodations and needs in class. I will hold any information you share with me in strict confidence unless you give me permissionto do otherwise.

Attendance/Participation Policy:

Attendance: Attendance on campus is required for the examinations. You will have a week to take the exam in the testing center. You will be required to sign in and provide a photo id at the testing center.

The quizzes will be administered online. You will have an assigned week to log on and take each quiz. Quizzes will be taken at home.

Participation: Students are required to participate in this class through Bb discussions, assignments, quizzes, exams, and e-mails.

Please submit all work via the Bb Assignments area by the due date. Late assignments will be accepted with points deducted. However, late assignments will NOT be accepted once the Business Running Case for the chapter has been completed. Refer to the Assignments folder for weekly assignments

E-Mail Policy

With the exception of MOL students, all FCC students will receive and are expected to use their FCC email address for correspondence with faculty and staff at the college. Students can establish and access their FCC email accounts at https://myfcc.frederick.edu. Email is an instructional tool essential to student-instructor and student-student communication. In the Blackboard environment by default, your email address is available to all students in this course. However, students are permitted to use email addresses of other students in this course only for the purpose and the duration of this course.

The instructor can be expected to respond to regular student e-mail inquiries (grades, posted assignments, and tests excluded) within the time frame of 24 to 48 hours.

Academic Integrity

Work in this course is subject to the provisions of the FCC Code of Academic Honesty. Plagiarism in any form will not be tolerated. As a student, it is your job to practice academic honesty at ALL times. Make sure that all sources, particularly Internet sources, get proper credit for quotations, paraphrases, and ideas. More information about this and the Student Conduct Code are available athttp://www.frederick.edu/student_services/studentpolicies.aspx

You must send your Honors Code Pledge to the instructor. The form is available at http://courses.frederick.edu/_utilities/regform.htm

Progress Report:

Grades will continually be posted in the Grade Book section of the Bb site. Students can monitor their grades throughout the semester.

By the end of the sixth week of the semester, you will have an opportunity to evaluate your progress in this course and decide if you need to make any adjustments (additional study, tutoring, conference with instructor) to assure your success in this course.

Notes:

1. Within each week, you will be working in a self-paced environment in which you set the pace for reading and practicing the assigned Chapters and completing the assignments by their due dates. You are advised to use your time wisely and efficiently in order to set your work speed, to make decisions and to set priorities in order to meet the weekly Chapter, assignment and quiz deadlines.
2. You must have access to Word 2010 (either at home, work, or make time available to use computer lab).This class and book are geared for Word 2010 using WINDOWS. There are many differences in Word in the PC and MAC environments. If you are using a MAC, it is your responsibility to investigate and resolve any software differences between the book and MAC’s version of Word.
3. Later in the semester, this class will be integrating Word documents with Access, Excel and PowerPoint. It is your responsibility to have access to Office 2010 at home/work or use the computers in FCC computer labs.
4. It is your responsibility to locate the assignments and due dates from the Bb site and adhere to the schedule. You may hand in assignments late; however, points will be deducted. Chapter assignments will NOT be accepted after the business running case for that chapter has been graded.
5. Student data files are on the student CD that accompanies the book or can be downloaded from the text's Web site. There is a link to the text's Web site in Course Documents folder in Bb and the link is also listed in the text. Read the directions on downloading files BEFORE you attempt to download the data files.

6. In order to fully understand the concepts introduced in each chapter, to successfully complete the required projects at the end of the chapter, and to receive the best possible grade in this course, all chapter step-by-step exercises (Projects A and B) must be completed. These exercises must be submitted as part of the hands-on assignment grade. FYI: In the past, students were unsuccessful in this course if they did not read the required chapters and complete the exercises within the chapters.

7. All assignments will be saved as directed in the book. Make sure you save your files with your last name and your first name as the first part of the file name. e.g. Boyne_Susan_Financial_Services.docx
8. You are welcomed (and encouraged) to send your assignments to me as soon as you finish them (as opposed to waiting until the due date). I can then provide immediate feedback and grading, which may help in completing remaining assignments.

9. Some graded assignments will be completed using Excel 2010 and submitted via Bb's Assignment folder; other assignments will be completed using the web site: myitlab.com. It is the student’s responsibility to check Bb for the directions for all assignments.

10. Quizzes: Online theory quizzes must be taken each week. Quizzes are only available in the Assessments folder of Bb during the assigned timeframe. Quizzes will expire and will no longer be accessible after the due date.

11. Computer problems or failure to connect to the Internet to access Bb/e-mail will not excuse you from completing the course requirements by the due dates. FCC’s computer labs are available during posted hours.
12. Please notify the instructor immediately of any change in phone number(s), e-mail address, or any other means of contact**. Also make these changes in Bb.
    **You are required to use your myfcc email address.
13. If you have any questions or concerns, please notify the instructor by e-mail.

Time Commitment for Academic Success

At Frederick Community College, in all credit courses, students are expected to invest a minimum of two hours completing out-of-class course work for every hour of in-class instructional time. For example, in a 3-credit course, students experience at least 37.5 hours of instructional time and should invest a minimum of 75 hours in out-of-class time preparing for the course and completing assignments. In a traditional 15-week, 3-credit course, this equates to an average minimum of 5 hours per week. For online and hybrid courses, students can expect active instructional time and “out-of-class” course work comparable to face-to-face courses with the same number of credits.

CIS111A Topical Outline LAST day to withdraw: 4/16
Week	Topic	Assessment
Week 1 Week of:1/30/2012	Chapter 1: Common Features of MS Office 2010 Use Windows Explorer to locate files/folders Locate and Start a MS Office 2010 program Enter/edit text in an Office 2010 program Perform Commands from a dialog box Create a folder, save a file, close a program Add document properties and print a file Open an existing file and save it with a new name Explore options for an application Perform commands from the ribbon Apply formatting in Office programs Use MS Office 2010 help Compress files	NO Assignments for this chapter Pay particular attention to: Add document properties Create folders Open/save a file with a different name Use Office 2010 help
	Chapter 1: Creating Documents Create a new document and insert text Insert and format graphics Insert and modify text boxes and shapes Preview and print a document Change document and paragraph layout Create and modify lists Set and modify tab stops Insert a SmartArt graphic	Chapter 1 Projects A-B Chapter 1 CBA Chapter 1 GO Chapter 1 Quiz
Week 2 Week of:2/6/2012	Chapter 2: Using Tables/Templates to Create Resumes/Cover Letters Create, format and add text to a table Create a new document from an existing document Change and reorganize text Use the proofing options Create a document using a template	Chapter 2Projects A-B Chapter 2 CBA Chapter 2 GO Chapter 2 Quiz
	Chapter 3: Creating Research Papers/Newsletters/Merged Mailing Labels Insert page numbers Insert footnotes Create citations and a bibliography Format a multiple-column newsletter Use special character and paragraph formatting Create mailing labels using the mail merge wizard	Chapter 3Projects A-B Chapter 3 CBA Chapter 3 GO Chapter 3 Quiz
Week 3 Week of:2/13/2012	Business Running Case 1: Chapters 1-3 This is the LAST week that projects/quizzes for Chapters 1-3 will be accepted
Week 4 Week of:2/20/2012	Chapter 4: Using Styles and Creating Multilevel Lists/Charts Apply and modify quick styles Create new styles Manage styles Create a multilevel list Change the style set and paragraph spacing of a document Insert a chart and enter data into a chart Change a chart type Format a chart	Chapter 4 Projects Chapter 4 CBA Chapter 4 GO Chapter 4 Quiz
Week 5 Week of:2/27/2012	Chapter 5: Creating Web Pages and Using Advanced Proofing Options Create a Web page from a Word document Insert and modify hyperlinks in a Web page Create a Blog post Locate Word settings to personalize Word 2010 Collect and paste images and text Locate supporting information Use advanced find/replace and proofing options Save in other file formats	Chapter 5 Projects Chapter 5 CBA Chapter 5 GO Chapter 5 Quiz
Week 6 Week of:3/5/2012	Chapter 6: Building Documents from Reusable Content and Revising Documents Using Markup Tools Create building blocks Create and save a theme template Create a document by using building blocks Use comments in a document Track changes in a document View Side by side, compare, and combine documents STUDENT PROGRESS REPORT	Chapter 6 Projects Chapter 6 CBA Chapter 6 GO Chapter 6 Quiz
Week 7 Week of:3/12/2012	Theory Examination 1: Chapters 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 Administered on campus at the testing center from Oct 6 -13
Spring Break March 19 – 23 FCC open (NO classes) March 19-20 FCC closed: March 21-24
Week 8 Week of:3/26/2012	Business Running Case 2: Chapters 4-6 This is the LAST week that projects/quizzes for Chapters 4-6 will be accepted
Week 9 Week of:4/2/2012	Chapter 7: Using Advanced Table Features Create and apply a custom table style Merge/split cells and position text with cells Use advanced tables features: sorting, converting text to a table, resize, use formulas in tables, update formulas fields, add captions to table Modify table properties Draw a freeform table Use nested tables Insert an Excel spreadsheet	Chapter 7 Projects Chapter 7 CBA Chapter 7 GO Chapter 7 Quiz
Week 10 Week of:4/9/2012	Chapter 8: Creating Mass Mailings Merge a data source and a main document Create envelopes Edit/sort a data source Match fields and apply rules Create a data source and a directory	Chapter 8 Projects Chapter 8 CBA Chapter 8 GO Chapter 8 Quiz
Week 11 Week of:4/16/2012	Chapter 9: Creating Standardized Forms & Managing Documents Create a customized form with: plain text content control, date picker content control, drop-down list content controls, combo box content control, check box content control Modify[protect a forms Use a template to complete a form Customize the ribbon Format pictures and text boxes Add a digital signature to a document Prepare a document for distribution APRIL 16 is the LAST day to withdraw from this class	Chapter 9 Projects Chapter 9 CBA Chapter 9 GO Chapter 9 Quiz
Week 12 Week of:4/23/2012	Business Running Case 3:Chapters 7-9 This is the LAST week that projects/quizzes for Chapters 7-9 will be accepted
Week 13 Week of:4/30/2012	Chapter 10: Working with Long Documents Create/manage a master document and subdocuments Navigate and inspect the master document Create an index Create a table of contents Create a table of figures Control the flow and formatting of pages and text	Chapter 10 Projects Chapter 10 CBA Chapter 10 GO Chapter 10 Quiz
Week 14 Week of:5/7/2012	Chapter11: Embedding & Linking Objects & Using Macros Embed objects in a Word document Link objects to a Word document Create/use macros Write a procedure in VBA	Chapter11Projects Chapter 11 CBA Chapter 11 GO Chapter 11 Quiz
	Chapter 12: Integrating Word with PowerPoint and Modifying the Document Layout Integrate Word with PowerPoint Modify a PowerPoint Presentation Modify the document layout Format graphic and text elements	Chapter 12 Projects Chapter 12 CBA Chapter 12 GO Chapter 12 Quiz
Week 15 Week of:5/14/2012	Theory Comprehensive Examination: Chapters 7-12 Administered on campus at the testing center from December 2 -8
Makeup days due to college closing: May 21/22
NOTE: your instructor reserves the right to make changes to this outline as needed.

Word is a SKILLS-BASED course which means: the more time you spend working in Word applying the new concepts to different documents, the more familiar and proficient you will become with this software. Below is a list of the required weekly work and the estimated time it will take to complete this work:
Week	Read/Complete step-by-step chapter projects (A/B)	Chapter Content Based Assignments (CBA)	Chapter GO Assignments	BRC	Instructor Review Assessments	Quiz Preparation & Completion & Review	Test Preparation & Completion	APPROXIMATE WEEKLY HOURS
1	80-100 min	60-180 min	60-90 min			45-60 min		4-7
2	80-100 min	60-180 min	90-120 min			45-60 min		5-8
3				60-180 min	90-120 min			3-5
4	40-100 min	60-180 min	60-90 min			45-60 min		3-7
5	40-100 min	60-180 min	60-90 min			45-60 min		3-7
6	40-100 min	60-180 min	60-90 min			45-60 min		3-7
7							120-180 min	2-3
8				60-180 min	90-120 min			3-5
9	90-120 min	60-180 min	60-90 min			45-60 min		4-8
10	90-120 min	60-180 min	60-90 min			45-60 min		4-8
11	90-120 min	60-180 min	60-90 min			45-60 min		4-8
12				60-180 min	90-120 min			3-5
13	90-120 min	60-180 min	60-90 min			45-60 min		4-8
14	90-120 min	60-180 min	60-90 min			45-60 min		4-8
15							120-180 min	2-3
APPROXIMATE HOURS spent on this course the entire semester:								52-95 HOURS

Word is a SKILLS-BASED course which means: the more time you spend working in Word applying the new concepts to different documents, the more familiar and proficient you will become with this software. Below is a list of the required weekly work and the estimated time it will take to complete this work:
Week	Read/Complete step-by-step chapter projects (A/B)	Chapter Content Based Assignments (CBA)	Chapter GO Assignments	BRC	Instructor Review Assessments	Quiz Preparation/ Completion/ Review	Test Preparation/ Completion	TOTAL MIN
1	80-100 min	60-180 min	60-90 min			45-60 min		245-430 min
2	80-100 min	60-180 min	90-120 min			45-60 min		275-430 min
3				60-180 min	90-120 min			150-300 min
4	40-100 min	60-180 min	60-90 min			45-60 min		205-430 min
5	40-100 min	60-180 min	60-90 min			45-60 min		205-431 min
6	40-100 min	60-180 min	60-90 min			45-60 min		205-432min
7							120-180 min	120-180 min
8				60-180 min	90-120 min			150-300 min
9	90-120 min	60-180 min	60-90 min			45-60 min		255-450 min
10	90-120 min	60-180 min	60-90 min			45-60 min		255-451 min
11	90-120 min	60-180 min	60-90 min			45-60 min		255-452 min
12				60-180 min	90-120 min			150-300 min
13	90-120 min	60-180 min	60-90 min			45-60 min		255-452 min
14	90-120 min	60-180 min	60-90 min			45-60 min		255-452 min
15							120-180 min	120-180 min
						APPROXIMATE HOURS spent on this course the entire semester:		52-95 HOURS

Word is a SKILLS-BASED course which means: the more time you spend working in Word applying the new concepts to different documents, the more familiar and proficient you will become with this software. Below is a list of the required weekly work and the estimated time it will take to complete this work:
Week	Read/Complete step-by-step chapter projects (A/B)	Chapter Content Based Assignments (CBA)	Chapter GO Assignments	BRC	Instructor Review Assessments	Quiz Preparation/ Completion/ Review	Test Preparation/ Completion	TOTAL MINUTES
1	80-100 minutes	60-180 minutes	60-90 minutes			45-60 minutes		245-430
2	80-100 minutes	60-180 minutes	90-120 minutes			45-60 minutes		275-430
3				60-180 minutes	90-120 minutes			150-300
4	40-100 minutes	60-180 minutes	60-90 minutes			45-60 minutes		205-430
5	40-100 minutes	60-180 minutes	60-90 minutes			45-60 minutes		205-431
6	40-100 minutes	60-180 minutes	60-90 minutes			45-60 minutes		205-432
7							120-180 minutes	120-180
8				60-180 minutes	90-120 minutes			150-300
9	90-120 minutes	60-180 minutes	60-90 minutes			45-60 minutes		255-450
10	90-120 minutes	60-180 minutes	60-90 minutes			45-60 minutes		255-451
11	90-120 minutes	60-180 minutes	60-90 minutes			45-60 minutes		255-452
12				60-180 minutes	90-120 minutes			150-300
13	90-120 minutes	60-180 minutes	60-90 minutes			45-60 minutes		255-452
14	90-120 minutes	60-180 minutes	60-90 minutes			45-60 minutes		255-452
15							120-180 minutes	120-180
							APPROXIMATE HOURS spent on this course the entire semester:	52-95 HOURS