Computer Applications 2

COURSE SYLLABUS

Semester 1	Semester 2
Week 1 (September 4-7)	Week 21 (January 28-February 1)
Week 2 (September 10-14)	Week 22 (February 4-February 8)
Week 3 (September 17-21)	Week 23 (February 11-February 15)
Week 4 (September 24-28)	Week 24 (February 18-February 22)
Week 5 (October 1-5)	Week 25 (February 25-February 29)
Week 6 (October 8-12)	Week 26 (March 3-March 7)
Week 7 (October 15-19)	Week 27 (March 10-March 14)
Week 8 (October 22-26)	Week 28 (March 17-March 21)
Week 9 (October 29-November 2)	Week 29 (March 31-April 4)
Week 10 (November 5-9)	Week 30 (April 7-April 11)
Week 11 (November 12-16)	Week 31 (April 14-April 18)
Week 12 (November 19-23)	Week 32 (April 21-April 25)
Week 13 November 26-30)	Week 33 (April 28-May 2)
Week 14 (December 3-7)	Week 34 (May 5-May 9)
Week 15 (December 10-14)	Week 35 (May 12-May 16)
Week 16 (December 17-21)	Week 36 (May 19-May 23)
Week 17 (December 31-January 4)	Week 37 (May 26-May 30)
Week 18 (January 7-January 11)	Week 38 (June 1-June 6)
Week 19 (January 14-January 18)	Week 39 (June 9-June 10)
Week 20 (January 21-January 25)	Summer Vacation!

ACADEMIC SCHEDULE

First Quarter

Week 1 (September 4-7)
Monday---holiday
Tuesday---freshman and new students only
Wednesday---review rules/regulations/syllabus, get signed onto computers/microtype set up, warmup and assignment folders (separate) in my documents
Thursday---Microtype Lesson 1 (home row)
Friday---Microtype Review 1, Page 4/1F, 1G, 1H (save in assignments folder as page4)

Week 2 (September 10-14)
Monday---Warmup P.4/1F (save in warmups, U drive, as week2) Microtype lesson 2 (H,E) and lesson 3 (I,R)
Tuesday---Warmup P.6/2D (add to week 2 saved in warmups) Microtype lesson 5 (O,T) and lesson 6 (N,G)
Wednesday---Warmup P.8/3E (add to week 2 warmups) Microtype lesson 7 (left shift, period) and lesson 9(U,C)
Thursday---Warmup p.10/4E (add to week 2 warmups) Microtype lesson 10 (W, Right Shift) and lesson 11 (B,Y)
Friday---Warmup p.12/5E (add to week 2 warmups) Microtype lesson 13 (M,X) and lesson 14 (P,V)
*After you finish today's warmups, please present them to me and allow me to give you 25 points (5 for each day).

Week 3 (September 17-21)
Monday---Warmup p.14/6E Microtype Lesson 15 (Q, comma) and lesson 17(Z, colon)
Tuesday---Warmup p.16/7E Microtype Lesson 18 (caps lock, ?) and lesson 19(Tab)
Wednesday---Warmup p.18/8E Finish any lessons (1-19) that you haven't done.
Thursday---Warmup p.19/9B, refresher on powerpoint. Concoct a 12 slide presentation
with the month as the title, a custom background, and at least three
"weird" holidays associated with each month (according to the 2007 calendar).
Please also have a picture with each holiday (3 internet pictures per slide) and fully animate each slide.
helpful holiday web site Friday---Warmup p.20/9C, work on powerpoint show

Week 4 (September 24-28)
Monday---Warmup p.20/9D Work on PowerPoint
Tuesday---Warmup p.21/10B Work on PowerPoint
Wednesday---Warmup p.21/10C Work on PowerPoint
Thursday---Warmup p.22/10D Present PowerPoints
Friday---Warmup p.22/10E Present PowerPoints

Week 5-Progress Reports due October 5 (October 1-5)
Monday---Introduction to advanced powerpoint features
Tuesday---Jeopary game construction in powerpoint
*Slide show should have 51 slides (one game board, 25 answers and 25 questions)
*Each link should have a button to click on for the answer and a link to where the
answer can be found on the web.
Wednesday-late start---Jeopardy
Thursday---Jeopardy
Friday---Jeopardy

Week 6 (October 8-12)
Monday---No School
Tuesday---Jeopardy
Wednesday---Jeopardy
Thursday---Jeopardy
Friday---No School

Week 7 (October 15-19)
Monday---Jeopardy (if finished, work on "numeric keyboarding" in microtype)
Tuesday---Jeopardy (numeric keyboarding)
Wednesday---PRESENT JEOPARDY GAMES(numeric keyboarding)
Thursday---PRESENT JEOPARDY GAMES (numeric keyboarding)
Friday---PRESENT JEOPARDY GAMES (numeric keyboarding)

Week 8 (October 22-26)
*In order to grant college credit, we have to learn the alpha-numberic keys on the top of the keyboard.
*These consist of both the numbers and the characters. *It's your job this week to finish as many lessons of MicroType Numeric Keyboarding as possible.
*There are 16 lessons and they don't take as long as the letter-introduction lessons
*So, if you've already presented your Jeopardy presentation, happy typing!
*It's important you learn these alpha-numeric keys by touch, so no peeksies!!
*Have Schafer mark off your lessons as you go.
Monday---Finish presenting Jeopardy games
Tuesday---Lesson 1,2,3
Wednesday---Lesson 4,5,6
Thursday---Lesson 7,8,9
Friday---Lesson 10,11,12

Week 9 (October 29-November 2)
Monday---Lesson 13,14,15
Tuesday---Lesson 16 (finish any left)
Wednesday---FALL DRAWING CONTEST (prizes and candy and 25 points for each drawing)
Thursday---CHOOSE PARTNER/INDIVIDUAL and decide on restaurant (including food type)
Work on logo/mantra
*Each group should have no more than 2 people
Friday---Questionnaire--10 multiple-choice questions-- (at least 4 choices per question)
This questionnaire will be filled out by members of the public to guide you in your business choices.
Example.......hours of operation.....music....environment.....location...etc.

Week 10-1st Quarter Grades (due November 9)
Monday---Finish questionnaire. E-mail to Schafer (matt_schafer@rsd.k12.or.us)
*remember, 10 questions, with check-off boxes, at least 4 options per question (40 points total)
*introduce micorosoft word "floor plan" requirments and demonstration.
Tuesday---Work on floor plan
Wednesday-Late Start---Work on floor plan
Thursday---Work on parking lot
Friday---No school!

Second Quarter

Week 11 (November 12-16)
Monday---No school--Veteran's day
Tuesday---Finish and submit floor plan and parking lot
Wednesday---coupon in Publisher (to redeem when the questionnaire is brought back)
Thursday---business cards in Publisher
Friday---Begin menu in publisher (in-restraunt edition)
*Menus must not be copied and must consist of original entrees with "vivid" descriptions and prices.
They should be organized as follows:
Appetizers (5 different) with detailed descriptions and prices
Main Entrees (3 categories consisting of 5 dishes each) Total: 15 dishes with detailed, delicious descriptions and prices
IE category 1--soups (with 5 different) category 2--salads (with 5 different) catory 3--meats (5 different)
Dessert (5 different) with detailed descriptions and prices
Drinks (5 different non-alcoholic) with prices and descriptions *pop is one drink, not 5!

Week 12 (November 19-23)
Monday---Create menu (see requirements for menu on Friday, Nov. 16)
Tuesday---work on menu Conferences (4:30-8:00)
Wednesday---Conferences (9-12:00)
Thursday---Thanksgiving Break
Friday---Thanksgiving Break

Week 13 (November 26-30)
Monday---Work on menus (Due Friday latest) worth 150 points (see below for point allottments
*Menus must not be copied and must consist of original entrees with "vivid" descriptions and prices.
They should be organized as follows:

Appetizers (5 different) with detailed descriptions and prices
25 points

Main Entrees (3 categories consisting of 5 dishes each) Total: 15 dishes with detailed, delicious descriptions and prices
75 points
EXAMPLE:

category 1--soups (with 5 different)

category 2--salads (with 5 different)

category 3--meats (5 different)
Dessert (5 different) with detailed descriptions and prices
25 points
Drinks (5 different non-alcoholic) with prices and descriptions *pop is one drink, not 5!
25 points
Tuesday---menus
Wednesday---menus
Thursday---menus
Friday---print/hand in menus for display on "wall of fame"

Week 14 (December 3-7)
Monday---Brainstorm ideas for grand opening
*put together a flyer (including coupon), with your name, logo, address, motto,
picture of some sort, description of grand opening event (including dates, times, prizes)
and a map if possible. It should be nicely, interestingly, and tantalizingly arranged.
*You may use Word, PowerPoint, or any other program available to you.
*It should be ready to put under someone's windshield wiper by tomorrow!
Tuesday---Finish flyer
Wednesday---Late Start--Share grand opening ideas with your group
Thursday---Write a 1-page (single-spaced)2-column article in Word about your business opening.
*It should be in 3rd person, and should be written as if for a newspaper. You can decide which.
*It should have an extremely catchy title, and an author of note.
*It should be a full page.
*It should quote all owners as to their excitement and intent for the business.
Friday---web page basics on tripod.com
The names are rainiergroup1, rainiergroup2, rainiergroup3, etc. (up to group 12)
The password is columbians
You'll want to click first on the file manager.
Next, click on the white box next to the index.html file and click on edit.
Next, highlight everything in the box and delete it.
Next, Write the name of your restaurant at the top of the page
Remember, any of the common text commands must be used before and after the text to turn it on and off.
common text commands ***If you are having trouble going forward with your web site, make sure you are caught up with everything you need. Andrea, this list if for you: *logo design *floor plan *parking lot *menu *flyer *gift certificate *newspaper article

Week 15-Progress Reports Due (December 10-14)
Monday---Work on your web site and perfect your menu
Tuesday---Menu tables need only have 3 entries (from your group) from each category.
*first thing today we're going to link our main page to our menu page.
Wednesday---Work on table in web page
Thursday---Work on table in web page
Friday---Present to class

Week 16 (December 17-21)
Monday---AS I'm gone, I'd like you to add one more thing to your website:
*please add a page (and a link to it) discussing your grand opening activities and festivities.
*I'd like everything from a description, to times and dates, why it's going to be exciting,
pictures, etc. Make it look good!
Finally, make sure all your added pages have links back to your main page.
Tuesday---Work on web page
Wednesday---grade grand opening page
Thursday---break
Friday---break

Week 17 (December 31-January 4)
Monday---break
Tuesday---break
Wednesday---Learning Microsoft Access. Handout 1 (part A) (do together)
Thursday---Access, handout 1 (part B) (do together)
Friday---Access, handout 2

Week 18 (January 7-11)
Monday---Warmup-page 1/paragraph 1 2 5-minute timings
Tuesday---Warmup-page 1/paragraph 2 Merging addresses from excel into Word
Wednesday---Warmup-page 2/paragraph 1 Finish merging
Thursday---Warmup-page 2/paragraph 2
*today, we're creating a database in Access dealing with information about pac-10 schools.
*please include the following fields:
school name
cost in state
cost out of state
enrollment
average GPA of incoming freshman
entrance difficulty
campus housing available
private or public
student/faculty ratio
date founded
campus size
number of faculty
aid application deadline
application fee
percentage freshman in top 10%
Friday---Warmup-page 2/paragraph 3
*show schafer warmups and finish access assignment from yesterday!

PACIFIC-10 COLLEGES:

University of Washington (UW)

Washington State University (WSU)

Oregon State University (OSU)

University of Oregon (UO)

Arizona State University (ASU)

University of Arizona (UA)

Stanford University (SU)

University of California Los Angeles (UCLA)

University of Southern California (USC)

University of California at Berkley (UC)

Week 19 (January 14-18)
Monday---Warmup-choose a job, paragraph 1 Demonstration of access project (queries)
*begin word and excel integration project (

Linked invoices and Letters for Reel Catering).
Tuesday---Snow Day!
Wednesday---Snow Day!
Thursday---Warmup-choose a job (1 paragraph)
*Use college project from Access and perform stated queries (8)
Friday---continue Linked invoices and Letters for Reel Catering

Week 20-2nd Quarter/1st Semester grades due 1/25(January 21-25)
Monday---MLK day-no school
Tuesday---Finish/submit

Linked invoices and Letters for Reel Catering

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Wednesday---Begin Guest Survey Results for Silver Hills Resort

Thursday---Finish/submit

Guest Survey Results for Silver Hills Resort

Friday---End of Semester grade day-no school

END OF SEMESTER

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