CMSY 116 PowerPoint (Online)This course is designed to give students basic to advanced PowerPoint skills and includes creating, modifying, customizing, and enhancing presentations and charts. After successful completion of this course, the student will be able to design and prepare PowerPoint presentations using slide view, outline view, clip art, charts, drawing tools, and templates.
| Credits | 1 |
| Prerequisites | None |
| Fees | This course has fees totaling $10.00. |
| Instructor | Cathy Sutton |
| Office Technology Classroom | ELB-301 |
| Phone | (410) 772-4876 |
| Email | csutton@howardcc.edu |
Registered Students | Overall Course Objectives | Major Course Topics | Course Format | Orientation | Course Requirements | Materials | Exams
Registered Students
Immediately after enrolling, send Cathy Sutton an e-mail at csutton@howardcc.edu; include your name, the semester, the course and section. You will receive specific course instructions the week classes start.
Overall Course Objectives This course is for two types of students – those who have no knowledge of PowerPoint and those who have used PowerPoint but only know the basics (creating a simple presentation). PowerPoint is usually not a good course to take as a first computer course; CMSY-102 Beginning Word Processing is a better choice.
Once you have completed this course you will be able to:
- Prepare a PowerPoint presentation.
- Modify a presentation and use Help.
- Format slides.
- Add visual appeal and animation to presentations.
- Add visual elements to a presentation.
- Share and connect data.
- Link and embed objects and files.
- Share presentations.
- This course includes all of the skills needed to prepare you to take the Microsoft Office Specialist Certification Exam at the Specialist skill level for PowerPoint 2003.
Major Course Topics - Preparing and modifying a PowerPoint presentation and using Help
- Formatting slides
- Adding objects, images, animation, and transitions
- Adding WordArt, charts, and tables
- Sharing data by copying, pasting, and importing
- Linking and embedding objects and files
- Sending a presentation for review, inserting comments and saving a presentation as a Web page
Course Format This course:
- Is not self-paced. However, you may accelerate your pace so that you may finish the course in fewer than 14 weeks.
- Does not require on-campus meetings. However, this course does require on-campus attendance for tests. Tests may be taken during any open hours in the Office Technology classroom. Please note, however, that all CMSY-116 online students are welcome to come to the Office Technology classroom to do classwork and/or to get personal help from an instructor.
- Does not require real-time chats.
- Uses email for communication.
Orientation This course does not have a face-to-face orientation. You will receive detailed course information the week classes start.
Course Requirements - Review the “Checklist for Registered Students” section of the Distance Learning Homepage.
- Although there are no prerequisites for the course, having knowledge of Microsoft Word or another software program will make PowerPoint easier to learn as you will understand the basic concepts of using Windows.
- Install Microsoft PowerPoint 2003 on your computer.
- Come to the college periodically to take both written and computer tests, which have deadlines for completion.
- Complete three homework assignments.
Materials
Required:
Rutkosky, Nita. Microsoft PowerPoint 2003, Specialist, Benchmark Series. EMCParadigm, 2004.
• Buy your textbooks from our online Bookstore, or visit our Bookstore. (Maps)
Technical Requirements:
Review the Technical Requirements link above. The course requires:
- Internet Explorer or
- Netscape
Exams For purposes of verification and assessing learning outcomes, this course has six exams, which have deadlines for completion. The exams must be taken at the college during any open hours in the Office Technology classroom. There are three theory exams (written) and three production exams (taken on the computer).
