Burbank Adult School

3811 West Allan Avenue

Burbank, CA 91505
(818) 558-4611
Microsoft Office for Business (Course Syllabus)
Spring 2015
Instructor: Dorothy House
F602
Email: DorothyHouse@burbankusd.org
Course No. 064101
Time and Day: Tuesday and Thursday: 9:00 a.m. 12:00 noon

Room:

Microsoft Office Suite (2013) program will be used.

Course Description:
This course is for students who can easily operate computer basics but want to sharpen their
skills in using the computer for business. By taking this class, you increase your proficiency for
business and productivity by developing advanced skills in Microsoft Office 2013 (Word, Excel,
and PowerPoint).
Course Objectives:
Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
1. Create Word Documents such as Name Tags, Business Cards, Flyers, Newspaper Articles,
Reports, and Scholarly Papers
2. Work with Mail Merging, Insert Pictures into Documents and Use Cut, Copy and Paste
3. Create Tables, Use Math Formulas, and Draw on Tables
4. Use Tabs, and Leaders
5. Create Excel Documents and Use Formulas, Cell Ranges
6. Excel: Copy and Prevent Errors in Formulas and Use Functions
7. Excel: Create Professional Worksheets
8. Excel: Learn to Splash Color on a Worksheet
9. Create PowerPoint Presentation,
10. PowerPoint: Draw Shapes, Create Text Boxes, and Add Bullets, Number, Headers, Footers
10. PowerPoint: Add Audio and Animation Presentation
11. Deliver a PowerPoint Presentation
Student Resources: Teacher Handouts

Evaluation: Students must attend a minimum of 80% of the total course hours in addition
to successfully completing all course competencies in order to receive a certificate of
completion. Reviews will be provided.
D. House

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Burbank Adult School

3811 West Allan Avenue
Burbank, CA 91505
(818) 558-4611
Microsoft Office for Business (Course Syllabus) continues
Weekly Schedule Spring 2015
Class Information:
1. Each week, we will meet on Tuesday and Thursday from 9:00 a.m. 12:00 noon
2. Class sessions will not be repeatedunless it is a review.

Week
1

Date
Tuesday

Thursday

Tuesday

2
3

Thursday
Tuesday

3
4
4

Thursday
Tuesday
Thursday

5
5

Tuesday
Thursday

Tuesday

Thursday

7
7
8
8
9
9

Tuesday
Thursday
Tuesday
Thursday
Tuesday
Thursday

10
10
11
11
12

Tuesday
Thursday
Tuesday
Thursday
Tuesday

D. House

Activity/Topic
Surfing the Web: Importing Pictures and Text
Word 2013: Create a Name Tag and Insert/Import
Pictures
Word 2013: Create a Business Card and a Flyer
Create Tables
Word 2013: Create Tables Using Math Formulas,
Using Pictures on Tables, Drawing on Tables
Word 2013: Constructing the Perfect Table
Word 2013: Tabs, Leaders, Reports, and Scholarly
Papers
Word 2013: Creating Newspaper Articles
Word: Mail Merging (Word Review)
Excel 2013: Create a Basic Document and Construct
a Formula
Excel 2013: Use Cell Ranges in Formulas
Excel 2013: Copying and Preventing Errors in
Formulas; Using Functions
Excel 2013: Professional Worksheet: Aligning
Numbers and Text
Excel 2013: Change Column and Row Sizes
Apply Style to Data in Cells
Excel 2013: Splash Color on a Worksheet
Excel 2013: Draw Borders Between Cells and Titles
Excel 2013: Worksheet Fit on Page and Print
PowerPoint 2013: Create a Presentation
Fashioning a Look for your Presentation
Entering Text, Boxes, Shapes, Bullets, Numbers,
Headers and Footers
Make Livelier Presentations: Audio and Animation
Delivering a Presentation (Part 1)
Delivering a Presentation (Part 2)
Capstone Review
Capstone Review
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Notes:

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Thursday

Final Exam

Burbank Adult School

3811 West Allan Avenue
Burbank, CA 91505
(818) 558-4611

School-wide Learner Outcomes (SLOs)

Students will be dedicated learners who:
Develop and implement meaningful educational, career, and personal goals.
Demonstrate persistence, focus and responsibility for successful completion of the
program in which
they are enrolled.
Students will be effective communicators who:
Comprehend, analyze, and respond appropriately to verbal, print and visual media.
Actively participate in their communities as productive and civically-engaged
members.
Students will be lifelong learners who:
Pursue educational: college, career, and/or enrichment pathways and opportunities for
their families
and themselves.
Research and utilize community resources effectively.
Maintain and improve adaptive live and technology skills in a global society.
Students will be critical thinkers and problem solvers who:
Demonstrate the ability to process, evaluate and integrate information from a wide
variety of sources.
Analyze various data effectively in order to increase personal and workplace
productivity.

D. House

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