Introduction
Course Description:
As a student in this course, you will learn important topics of Microsoft Office Access.
Teaching Methods:
- Assignments: End of chapter activities and online activities will be assigned weekly to reinforce material in the text. These assignments may require the application of various software packages.
- Quizzes: Occasional unannounced quizzes will be given to help ensure students stay up with assigned material.
- Final Exam will be a comprehensive final of Units A-M. On line study guides are available in each unit folder.
- Participation: Student participation will be graded by the level of class.
Course Policies:
Missed Classes: The student is responsible for obtaining material distributed on class days when he/she was absent. This can be done through contacting a classmate who was present or by contacting the instructor.
Assignments: All assignments are due at the beginning of class on the date due. Late submission of assignments will be assessed a penalty of 10% per day. No exceptions are made.
Academic Dishonesty: Plagiarism and cheating are serious offenses and may be punished by failure on exam, paper or project; and or failure of the course. For this class, it is permissible to assist classmates in general discussions of computing techniques. General advice and interaction are encouraged. Each person, however, must develop his or her own solutions to the assigned projects, assignments, and tasks. In other words, students may not "work together" on graded assignments.
Task
Course Outline
Assignment Descriptions:
- Concepts Review – Includes screen identification, multiple choice, and matching questions.
- Skills Review – Provides additional hands-on exercises that mirror the progressive style of the lesson material.
- Independent Challenges 1, 2 and 3 – Case projects that require critical thinking and application of the unit skills. The Independent Challenges increase in difficulty, with the first being the easiest (with the most step-by-step detailed instructions). Independent Challenges 2 and 3 become increasingly more open-ended
- Real Life Independent Challenge – Using a real world focus to apply the unit skills, students create documents that will benefit their every day lives
- Advanced Challenge Exercises – Optional steps that are set within 2 of the 4 Independent Challenges for each unit. They are designed to challenge more advanced students. 2 solution files are provided for easy grading.
- Visual Workshop – a practical, self-graded capstone project that requires independent problem solving.