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Course Outline
ABE 066
Beginning Computer Skills
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Clock Hours per Quarter: 100
AA Discipline:
Lecture Hours:80
Lab Hours:20
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Description
This course is designed for adult basic education students at all levels of literacy competency. This e-learning course familiarizes beginners with the basic operation and navigation of the computer, utilizes office programs for college writing and occupational applications, enhances basic communication skills using e-mail, helps students gain basic keyboarding skills, and become competent using work-related computer forms. Students will be prepared to use the computer as a tool to continue their education and obtain, or retain employment. |
Intended Learning Outcomes
Read with understanding forms, invoices, billings, logs and paperwork generated within their unique work environment.
Solve basic math problems unique to their work environment such as ratios, proportions and weight conversions.
Communicate more effectively in the work environment using basic computer technology.
Develop stronger critical thinking skills to solve work related problems.
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Course Topics
Literacy:occupation specific reading, writing and spelling skills for completing paper work including:
Forms
Invoices
Billings
Logs
Time cards
Communication:communication in work environments to enhance the ability in:
Using appropriate language for greeting and communicating with clients, sales representatives, and co-workers
Understand directions
Using e-mail; writing and sending messages
Using email calendar to make appointments
Technology Skills:development of basic office skills and computer operations:
Using company programs for inputting data
Navigate within Microsoft programs
Perform basic work processing tasks
Open Microsoft EXCEL and enter data into a table
Familiarity with INTERNET through receiving and sending e-mail using Outlook
Perform INTERNET searches for equipment parts and maps (map quest)
Basic keyboarding skills
Mathematics:enhance math skills within a work environment:
Basic operations such as adding, subtracting, multiplying, dividing and choosing the correct operation
Understand ratios, proportions, and measuring units that would be used in various work environments (e.g. agricultural environment where knowledge is necessary for mixing chemicals, fertilizers, watering, or load weights.)
Special Topics:as needed to address within specific work environments (e.g. safety in the workplace).
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Syllabi
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Instructor |
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| ABE 066 |
Spring 2013 |
A665 |
Sonja Sanders |
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| ABE 066 |
Spring 2013 |
A066 |
Jan Tegtmeier |
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| ABE 066 |
Winter 2013 |
A066 |
Jan Tegtmeier |
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| ABE 066 |
Fall 2012 |
A066 |
Jan Tegtmeier |
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| ABE 066 |
Spring 2012 |
A066 |
Jan Tegtmeier |
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Two Year Projected Schedule
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Mini |
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*If fall quarter starts on an odd year (2003, 2005, etc.), it's Year One.
**If fall quarter starts on an even year (2002, 2004, etc.), it's Year Two.
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