BA125 Syllabus

Course Description: 

Learn the most efficient methods of creating, editing, formatting, and printing professional business documents faster and easier. Beginners as well as experienced Word users will benefit from learning proper file setup and shortcuts using current business standards. Students will master basic skills and learn advanced features and techniques to produce a wide variety of documents including resumes, newsletters, and brochures. This course will prepare the student for the Microsoft Office Specialist (MOS) exam to earn an industry recognized certification.

Textbook Information: 

Microsoft Word 2016 Step by Step by Joan Lambert.

ISBN: 978-0-7356-9777-5

Student Learning Outcomes

• Demonstrate use of word processing software to produce professional-quality business or personal documents utilizing the essential features and functions of Microsoft Word.

Course Objectives:

• Demonstrate business technology skills using Word for creating, editing and formatting professional business documents and export to PDF format
• Demonstrate efficiency using Word based on current business standards and guidelines
• Customize the interface and use the ribbon efficiently
• Customize templates, tables, page layouts, and styles
• Insert images, video, graphics, objects, and smart objects
  Meet Your Instructor:  Debra Crowley

My name is Debra Crowley. You may call me Debbie. I graduated from Cal State Long Beach in 1977. I started working with computers in 1981 as a mainframe programmer. In the mid 80's I started programming in the PC environment. In 1990 I moved to PC technical support position, which led me to the world of corporate training. After a few years of this I started teaching in the Community College environment in 1993. I have written numerous Computer Based Training products in the area of Networking.

I’ve been teaching part time at Santa Ana College since 1995. Some of the classes I've taught here are, GIS (Geographical Information Systems), Computer Science 100, Microsoft Office Applications, Photoshop, and Digital Photography. I also have been teaching at Coastline Community College since 1993. Some of the courses I’ve taught there are GIS, Computer Network Administration, Computer Information Systems 100 and MS Office Suite

As for my personal information, I was born on Wright-Patterson AFB. My father was in the Air Force, so I moved approximately every 4 years until he retired after 30 years of service as a full Colonel, in Southern California. After having moved around so much as a child, I planted my roots in Southern California and never wanted to leave. I've been married over 31 years and we have one beautiful daughter and a very cute dog.

Course Syllabus:  Syllabus

I have not completed building the course so the Syllabus will have some additions and maybe some changes. So please be aware that this Syllabus that you downloaded is a work in progress. Whenever I make a change, I will notify you via Announcements here in Canvas!

Read our course syllabus carefully. It provides you with everything you need to be successful in this course.

Included in this syllabus is the Course Outline or Assignments List that shows you a week by week account of the course content, including the topics covered, listing of all assignments and their start and due dates. You can download and print just the Assignment List by clicking on this Course Assignments List link.

This outline may change as we progress through this course to accommodate any unforeseen occurrences. I'll be sure to post an announcement when I make any changes. You can always tell if you printout is the latest version of the outline by looking at the Modified Date at the bottom of the document and by the Updated Date listed below. If it doesn't match the date found on the Syllabus that you see here, you know yours is outdated.

Updated: 9/18/2018