E-LITERACY SYLLABUS

Electronic Literacy (E-Literacy) is a one-semester required freshman course.* The E-Literacy lab is in Room 202.

KEYBOARDING

Touch keyboard with beginning touch-typing skill

MICROSOFT WORD

Save & close a file; Open a Word file & save it with a new name

Enter text in a document; Edit a document

Use spelling and grammar checker

View a document in print view; Print a file

Change font type and size; Change font style; Change alignment

Change margin settings; Set tabs, Use ruler and indents

Create a table; Place borders around text

Insert Word Art; Add Clip Art

Use headers & footers; Insert footnotes

INTERNET SEARCH & RETRIEVAL

Search and retrieve information from Internet using search engines

MICROSOFT EXCEL

Enter numbers and labels; Change column width & row height

Use formulas; Use statistical functions; Edit a worksheet

Change alignment & number format; Change font type and font style

Add borders; Sort rows; Filter data

Preview and print a worksheet

MICROSOFT POWERPOINT

Create a presentation & work with PowerPoint templates

Navigate & edit a presentation by working with PowerPoint views

Format text; Use the drawing toolbar

Add text boxes and work with stacked objects

Design a presentation, change colors

Use Clip Art and other types of pictures

Set preset timing and transitions; Set animation effects

Create speaker’s notes and printed materials

FINAL TRAVEL PROJECT

Students will team up in pairs to research an area to travel. They will make all their virtual arrangements online; prepare an itinerary in Word and a budget with a chart in Excel. If time permits, prepare a PowerPoint presentation of their project.

*Students may waiver this requirement by passing the LADDERS test within the first two weeks of the semester. See the Course Waiver information under the General Information Section.