CHAMBERSBURG AREA SCHOOL DISTRICT
COURSE OF PLANNED INSTRUCTION
SCHOOL CASHS DEPARTMENT Business DATE June 5, 2000
COURSE TITLE Computer Applications IV GRADE 11/12 COURSE LENGTH 1 year
LESSON FREQUENCY (PER WEEK) 5 TIME COURSE REVISED June 5, 2000
COURSE CREDIT 1 COURSE REQUIRED ELECTED
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I. MAJOR COURSE OBJECTIVES AND STUDENT PERFORMANCE INDICATORS
All Students Will:
Be able to utilize the PC to create reproducible typeset quality copy with the software Microsoft Publisher 2000;
Be able to plan and develop well-designed Web sites that include text, hyperlinks, and graphics.
A. Basics
Reading and Writing Standards: 1.1.11 D F G / 1.2.11 A / 1.5.11 E / 1.6.11 A D
Technology Standards: 3.6.10B; 3.7.4D; 3.710CDE; 3.7.12DE
1) Open, close, save, and print a publication
2) Zoom in and out, hide the wizard, edit text placeholders
3) Select, resize, move and delete a frame
4) Place and type inside a new text frame
5) Insert a symbol and check spelling
6) Select text, move or copy text, delete text, and use Undo and Redo
7) Update and insert personal information
8) Insert the current date and time
9) Open a file from another program and insert text from other programs
10) Edit a story in Microsoft Word
B. Working with Fonts and Styles
Reading and Writing Standards: 1.1.11 D F G / 1.2.11 A / 1.5.11 E / 1.6.11 A D
Technology Standards: 3.6.10B; 3.7.4D; 3.710CDE; 3.7.12DE
1) Change the font, size, style, and color
2) Change character spacing
3) AutoFit text to a frame
4) Create a Drop Cap
5) Change a frame’s border, fill color, fill a frame with a pattern or gradient
6) Set tab stops and indents
7) Create bulleted and numbered lists
8) Change line spacing
9) Align text horizontally and vertically and wrap text around other objects
10) Copy text formatting and apply a style
11) Create and manage styles
12) Import styles from other publications
C. Tables
Reading and Writing Standards: 1.1.11 D F G / 1.2.11 A / 1.5.11 E / 1.6.11 A D
Technology Standards: 3.6.10B; 3.7.4D; 3.710CDE; 3.7.12DE
1) Creating a table and typing in a table
2) Selecting cells and ranges and changing table format
3) Inserting or deleting rows and columns
4) Changing cell height and width
5) Merging cells
D. Changing Design and Layout
Reading and Writing Standards: 1.1.11 D F G / 1.2.11 A / 1.5.11 E / 1.6.11 A D
Technology Standards: 3.6.10B; 3.7.4D; 3.710CDE; 3.7.12DE
1) Change design, color scheme, layout, and create new color schemes
2) Use the design checker
3) Insert a design gallery object and customize it
4) Create a design gallery object
5) Choose a publication layout and work with special papers
6) Show/Hide layout guides and place and change layout and ruler guides
7) Work with page background
8) Insert and delete pages
9) Use page numbering
E. Working with Pictures and Word Art
Reading and Writing Standards: 1.1.11 D F G / 1.2.11 A / 1.5.11 E / 1.6.11 A D
Technology Standards: 3.6.10B; 3.7.4D; 3.710CDE; 3.7.12DE
1) Search for, select and insert a clip art image
2) Edit, replace, move or format clip art
3) Download more clips from the Internet
4) Create a new picture frame and insert a picture from a file
5) Crop and change wrapping options for a picture
6) Add a picture to the clip gallery
7) Draw lines, ovals, rectangles and custom shapes
8) Format shape and line borders and fill a shape
9) Group and ungroup objects
10) Create, edit, and format WordArt
11) Align, flip, rotate, and nudge objects
12) Set object layering and send an object to the background
13) Insert objects and existing files, copy data from another program
14) Edit an embedded Object.
F. Advanced Publications
Reading and Writing Standards: 1.1.11 D F G / 1.2.11 A / 1.5.11 E / 1.6.11 A D
Technology Standards: 3.6.10B; 3.7.4D; 3.710CDE; 3.7.12DE
1) Use flyer wizard, create tear-offs, forms, and logos
2) Use Newsletter wizard, link text frames and move among linked frames
3) Break a frame link, add a “continued” notation and turn off hyphenation
4) Create mailing labels, set up a mail merge
5) Create an address list in Publisher
6) Insert field codes
7) Preview and print merge results
8) Use Postcard wizard
9) Merge addresses from Outlook and external files
10) Create a brochure
G. Employ correct Internet terminology:
Reading/Writing Standards: 1.1.11ADFGH; 1.2.11AB; 1.4.11B; 1.5.11ABCE; 1.6.11ACDEF
Technology Standards: 3.7.4D; 3.710CDE; 3.7.12DE; 3.7.10 E
H. Demonstrate the ability to utilize the Internet for web page preview
Reading/Writing Standards: 1.1.11ADFGH; 1.2.11AB; 1.4.11B; 1.5.11ABCE; 1.6.11ACDEF
Technology Standards: 3.7.4D; 3.710CDE; 3.7.12DE; 3.7.10 E
1) URL
2) Browser screen parts
3) Links
4) Bookmarks
5) On-line research for web page definitions
6) On-line research for legal registrations
7) On-line research for effective web design
8) On-line research for analysis of student design
9) On-line research describing HTML coding
10) Searching
11) Printing
I. Basics of Web Documents
Reading/Writing Standards: 1.1.11ADFGH; 1.2.11AB; 1.4.11B; 1.5.11ABCE; 1.6.11ACDEF
Technology Standards: 3.7.4D; 3.710CDE; 3.7.12DE; 3.7.10 E
1) Basic Structure of a Home Page
2) Web Page Design Considerations
J. Hypertext Markup Language
Reading/Writing Standards: 1.1.11ADFGH; 1.2.11AB; 1.4.11B; 1.5.11ABCE; 1.6.11ACDEF
Technology Standards: 3.7.4D; 3.710CDE; 3.7.12DE; 3.7.10 E
1) Basic HTML Coding
2) Styles
3) Entering New Text in a Web Page
4) Align and Organize Your Text
5) Adding Hyperlinks
6) Creating Tables
K. Design
Reading/Writing Standards: 1.1.11ADFGH; 1.2.11AB; 1.4.11B; 1.5.11ABCE; 1.6.11ACDEF
Technology Standards: 3.7.4D; 3.710CDE; 3.7.12DE; 3.7.10 E
1) Apply a theme
2) Change Character Formats
3) Adjust Paragraph Formats
4) Styles
5) Insert Bulleted and Numbered lists
L. Creating Hyperlinks
Reading/Writing Standards: 1.1.11ADFGH; 1.2.11AB; 1.4.11B; 1.5.11ABCE; 1.6.11ACDEF
Technology Standards: 3.7.4D; 3.710CDE; 3.7.12DE; 3.7.10 E
1) Insert and edit hyperlinks
2) Copy and paste hyperlinks
M. Creating Frame Pages
Reading/Writing Standards: 1.1.11ADFGH; 1.2.11AB; 1.4.11B; 1.5.11ABCE; 1.6.11ACDEF
Technology Standards: 3.7.4D; 3.710CDE; 3.7.12DE; 3.7.10 E
1) Insert documents in frames
2) Add a background to frame
3) Change frame properties
4) Insert a hyperlink on a frame page
N. Using Web tools to create a form
Reading/Writing Standards: 1.1.11ADFGH; 1.2.11AB; 1.4.11B; 1.5.11ABCE; 1.6.11ACDEF
Technology Standards: 3.7.4D; 3.710CDE; 3.7.12DE; 3.7.10 E
1) Work in design mode
2) Insert controls in forms
3) Modify controls and control properties
O. Utilize various graphic images and insertion files
Reading/Writing Standards: 1.1.11ADFGH; 1.2.11AB; 1.4.11B; 1.5.11ABCE; 1.6.11ACDEF
Technology Standards: 3.7.4D; 3.710CDE; 3.7.12DE; 3.7.10 E
1) Insert graphic files
2) Use the clip art
3) Use Internet clip art
4) Graphic animation
5) Sound clips
6) Video clips
P. Utilize various pieces of equipment
Reading/Writing Standards: 1.1.11ADFGH; 1.2.11AB; 1.4.11B; 1.5.11ABCE; 1.6.11ACDEF
Technology Standards: 3.7.4D; 3.710CDE; 3.7.12DE; 3.7.10 E
1) Digital camera
2) Scanner
3) Video camera
Q. Utilize advanced web concepts in a web page
Reading/Writing Standards: 1.1.11ADFGH; 1.2.11AB; 1.4.11B; 1.5.11ABCE; 1.6.11ACDEF
Technology Standards: 3.7.4D; 3.710CDE; 3.7.12DE; 3.7.10 E
1) Navigation bars
2) Create and edit borders
3) Create a page banner
4) Add a hit counter
R. Develop a user input form in a web page
Reading/Writing Standards: 1.1.11ADFGH; 1.2.11AB; 1.4.11B; 1.5.11ABCE; 1.6.11ACDEF
Technology Standards: 3.7.4D; 3.710CDE; 3.7.12DE; 3.7.10 E
1) Creating user input forms
2) Adding radio buttons
3) Validating form fields
4) Check boxes
5) Push buttons
S. Preparing your web site
Reading/Writing Standards: 1.1.11ADFGH; 1.2.11AB; 1.4.11B; 1.5.11ABCE; 1.6.11ACDEF
Technology Standards: 3.7.4D; 3.710CDE; 3.7.12DE; 3.7.10 E
1) First draft
2) Editing your text
3) Final draft
T. Publish the creating web page
Reading/Writing Standards: 1.1.11ADFGH; 1.2.11AB; 1.4.11B; 1.5.11ABCE; 1.6.11ACDEF
Technology Standards: 3.7.4D; 3.710CDE; 3.7.12DE; 3.7.10 E
II. CONTENT OUTLINE AND TIME ALLOCATION
A. Learning basic and advanced features of Microsoft Publisher 2000 – 8 weeks
B. Applying learned methods to create documents for real-life publishing for district employees and schools: Sports programs and booklets including reproducing advertising logos, Parent’s Night Programs,
All Night Party advertising, Newsletters, and Brochures – 8 weeks
C. Utilize the Internet for web page preview – 2 weeks
D. Basics of Web Documents -- 2 week
E. Hypertext Markup Language – 2 weeks
F. Design – 1 week
G. Creating Hyperlinks – 1 week
H. Creating Frame Pages – 1 week
I. Use Web tools to create a form – 1 week
J. Utilize various graphic images and insertion files/Utilize various pieces of equipment – 2 weeks
K. Utilize advanced web concepts in a web page -- 2 weeks
L. Develop a user input form in a web page – 1 week
M. Web Page Design (draft, editing, and final draft) and Presentation – 3 weeks
III. TEXTS, MATERIALS, AND MAJOR RESOURCES
Microsoft Publisher 2000, Complete Concepts and Techniques; Shelly Cashman Series; Thomson Learning
Exploring Desktop Publishing, A Projects Approach, Scott D. Korb; South-Western
Microsoft Front Page; Shelly Cashman Series; Thomson Learning
The Internet, by South-Western, 1999, author: Bruce J. McLaren
Web Design, by South-Western, 2000, author: Stubbs, Barksdale, Crispen
HTML 4.0 Intermediate, by DDC Publishing, 1999, Author: C. Robbins
Software: FrontPage & Netscape Browser
Fireworks
IV. PROCEDURES FOR ASSESSMENT OF PA ACADEMIC STANDARDS
Unit Evaluation and Quizzes
Daily Assignments – class work and assignments, class participation
Vocabulary Evaluation
Observation of students
Desktop Publishing Projects
Web Page Design Presentation
V. SPECIAL CONDITIONS OR PREREQUISITES
Students must have successfully completed one of the following courses:
Computer Keyboarding Applications or Computer Applications II
VI. COURSE EVALUATION PROCEDURE
All planned courses will be monitored by the Assistant Superintendent for Curriculum and Instruction, administrators, and the department chair and revised according to designated revision cycle.
VII. ACCOMMODATIONS (Describe methods of assistance to students needing additional learning opportunities and/or enrichment activities for students who are capable of advanced work)
CORRECTIVES ENRICHMENTS
Supplemental Activities and Exercises Supplemental Activities & Exercises
Visual Presentations Computer Applications
Peer Assistance Added responsibilities such as Editor
Cooperative Learning Activities Advanced Projects
Extended Time
Break down tasks into smaller units
Worksheets and journal to reinforce lessons
Teacher tutoring
Computer Applications
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