CMSY127 Microsoft Outlook (Online)After successful completion of this course, students will be able to use Microsoft® Outlook to send and receive e-mails, organize schedules and events, and maintain contact lists, to-do- lists, and notes. All of the work (except tests) may be done outside of class if student has compatible software.
| Credits | 1 |
| Prerequisites | None |
| Fees | This course has fees totaling $10.00 |
| Instructor | Joanne Kearns |
| Office Technology Classroom | ELB-301 |
| Phone | (410) 772-4876 |
| Email | jkearns@howardcc.edu |
Registered Students | Overall Course Objectives | Major Course Topics | Course Format | Orientation | Course Requirements | Materials | Exams
Registered Students
Immediately after enrolling, send Joanne Kearns an e-mail at jkearns@howardcc.edu; include your name, the semester, the course and section. You will receive specific course instructions the week classes start.
Overall Course Objectives
Once you have completed this course you will be able to:
- Create, send, reply, forward, and print e-mail messages.
- Schedule, edit, and move appointments.
- Schedule events and meetings.
- Change calendar options; customize calendar view.
- Add, edit, delete, find, sort, filter, and print contacts.
- Add, update, delete, assign and accept tasks.
- Create and edit notes.
- Integrate Outlook with other Office programs and the Internet.
- Customize rules, menus, toolbars, and the Navigation Pane.
Major Course Topics
- E-Mail
- Creating, sending, reading, deleting, and replying to messages
- Creating a new entry in an address book
- Creating a signature
- Filtering, finding, and sorting messages
- Organizing messages into folders
- Changing message options
- Managing attachments
- Tasks and schedules
- Scheduling appointments and recurring appointments
- Changing calendar options and view
- Editing and moving appointments
- Scheduling events and meetings
- Creating and editing notes
- Creating and assigning tasks
- Contacts
- Adding, editing, deleting, finding, sorting, and printing contacts
- Creating and using a Contacts folder
- Integration and the Internet
- Importing and exporting files
- Viewing Web pages
- Customize
- Customizing, testing, and publishing forms
- Using templates
- Configuring Outlook options
- Customizing the Navigation Pane
- Customizing the To-Do Bar, menus and toolbars
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-127 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 Online Students section of the Distance Learning Homepage.
- There are no formal prerequisites for the course. To be successful in this course, however, you should be familiar with the Windows environment and file management (creating, saving, copying, etc., files).
- Install Microsoft Outlook 2007 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:
Microsoft Office Outlook 2007, Exam 77-604. Wiley, 2008.
• Buy your textbooks from our online Bookstore, or visit our Bookstore.
Technical Requirements for Online Students:
Review the Technical Requirements link above. The course requires
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).
