Nicole Cook	CS 60.11A	Section # 1315
Fall 2014	Course Syllabus	Office Maggini #2941
email: Ncook@santarosa.edu	Wednesday 5:30 pm - 8:50 pm	Phone: 527-4999 x5221
	Maggini 2806

This class is designed to teach someone with no word processor experience the basics of how to use Word Processing Software. This class will give students the introductory experience needed for more advanced word processing classes.

Week	Topic	Reading Assignment	Quiz	Lab Assignment
Week 1	Windows 7 -(8), Microsoft Office, Basic Word Navigation, File Management, The Ribbon	Reading Assignment 1	Quiz 1	Lab 1
Week 2	Basic Word Processor Data Entry, Basic Formatting, Paragraphs, Headers, Footers, Bullets.	Reading Assignment 2	Quiz 2	Lab 2
Week 3	Document Formatting, Tables, Find & Replace Using the Spell Checker.	Reading Assignment 3	Quiz 3	Lab 3
Week 4	Sub Sections, Format Themes, Grammer Check, Thesaurus.	Reading Assignment 4	Quiz 4	Lab 4
Week 5	Bibliography, Footnotes, Watermarks, and some basic Mail Merge	Reading Assignment 5	Quiz 5	Lab 5
Week 7	Using Larger Documents, Indexing, Table of Contents, Hyperlinks.	Reading Assignment 6	Quiz 6	Lab 6
Week 8	Hierarchial Outlines - Creating a Busness Sytle Requirements Document	Reading Assignment 7	Quiz 7	Lab 7
Week 9	All You Have Learned	None		Final Project

The Book

There will be no required book for this class. If you feel you need a book, talk to me on the first day of class and we will set you up with a book that works with your budget. I have located several free on-line resources for you to use in place of the book for this class.

Grading Policy:

1. The computer lab assignments make up 60.0% of the course grade.

2. The quizzes make up 20.0% of the course grade.

3. The Final Project makes up 20.0% of the course grade.

4. All labs are due 1 week after they are assigned.

5. Reading assignments should be completed before the class they are listed on.

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