Business Education

BUSINESS EDUCATION

NJ Core Curriculum Content Standards:

Standard 8.1 Educational Technology: All learners will use digital tools to access, manage, evaluate, and synthesize information in order to solve problems individually and collaboratively and to create and communicate knowledge.

Grade 7: Computer Applications: Level I
This marking period course continues with the second year of a three-year sequence of instruction in keyboarding and Microsoft Office skills.  These skills align with the New Jersey Core Curriculum Content Standard 8.1.  Learners will use their touch-typing skills to increase their speed and accuracy within word processing applications.  Learners will also be introduced to the Microsoft Excel spreadsheet program. 

In Microsoft Word, learners will be able to:

1. Work to develop typing speed, while maintaining accuracy.
2. Use Microsoft Word to create, modify, and save text in a network environment.
3. Know the functions of the following keys: Control, Alt, Enter, Escape, Arrows, Delete, Number Lock, Cap Lock, and Backspace.
4. Use formatting to control the appearance of text on a page.
5. Know how to set margins.
6. Incorporate graphic images in a word processing document via pasting from clipart, using a digital scanner, or uploading from a digital camera.
7. Proofread text and use spell check and thesaurus options to edit text.
8. Move, cut, copy, and paste text and graphics, such as clipart, camera and scanned images.
9. Know how to format a business letter and envelope.
10. Format multi-page reports with bibliography, endnotes, and the title page.

In Microsoft Excel, learners will be able to:

1. Open an existing workbook and navigate in a worksheet.
2. Enter and edit data in the cells.
3. Preview and print worksheets.
4. Format cells and adjust column widths and row heights.
5. Copy and move data.
6. Enter and copy formulas in a worksheet.
7. Use functions and edit formulas.
8. Create a chart based on worksheet data.
9. Modify a chart.
10. Save and close a workbook.
    

Grade 8: Computer Applications: Level II
This marking period course culminates the last year of a three-year sequence of instruction in keyboarding and Microsoft Office skills. These skills align with the New Jersey Core Curriculum Content Standard 8.1. Learners will strengthen their typing skills immersed in a project-based research activity using Microsoft PowerPoint, enhancing their knowledge of the world of work. The project covers such concepts as communication, exploration of career interests and aptitude assessments.  Learners will also advance their skills and knowledge of Microsoft Excel with the advanced features in Excel to create a database and sort and filter the contents of the workbook.  The final unit, Microsoft Publisher, will introduce the capability of creating various publications, with emphasis on using templates to create newsletters and brochures utilizing career data previously used for a PowerPoint project.

 In Microsoft PowerPoint, learners will be able to:

1. Review samples of PowerPoint presentations.
2. Identify and use each tool on the tool palette.
3. Create, name, and save a slide show.
4. Add, delete, relocate and hide slides.
5. Incorporate patterns, borders, and background into a slide show.
6. Print a slide show.
7. Use graphics and color palettes.
8. Edit buttons, text fields, and graphics.
9. Apply transitions and effects to slides.
10. Participate in a multimedia presentation.
    

In Microsoft Publisher, learners will be able to:

1. Review samples of Publisher publications.
2. Use templates to create newsletters and brochures.
3. Plan and manipulate publications to manage information on a career-related topic.
4. Enter and format text in a publication.
5. Insert graphics in a publication.
6. Preview and print a publication.
7. Save and close a publication.

 In Microsoft Excel, learners will be able to:

1. Review samples of large data files that simulate a database.
2. Sort data files in various formats such as numerical and alphabetical.
3. Filter data in a spreadsheet to extract data based on certain criteria.
4. Create a Pivot table report using the Wizard.  They can be used to summarize, analyze, explore and present your data.