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Business Computer Applications (BCIS 1305) Online

Credit: 3 semester credit hours (3 hours lecture)

Prerequisite/Co-requisite: Complete the Online Orientation and answer

yes to 7+ questions on the Online Learner Self-Assessment:
http://www.lit.edu/depts/DistanceEd/OnlineOrientation/OOStep2.aspx

Course Description
Students will study computer terminology, hardware, and software related to the business
environment. The focus of this course is on business productivity software applications and
professional behavior in computing, including word processing (as needed), spreadsheets,
databases, presentation graphics, and business-oriented utilization of the Internet. This course is
time-bound, structured, and completed totally online.

Required Textbook and Materials

1. Skills for Success with Microsoft Office 2013 by Kris Townsend, Volume 1, Custom
Edition for Lamar Institute of Technology
bundled with MyITLab student access code.
a. ISBN number is 9781323159736.
2. Access to Word, Excel, Access, and PowerPoint 2013
Please wait and listen to the video on purchasing the book bundle before purchasing it.
The best method is the campus bookstores.

Course Objectives
Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to:
1. Identify Computer Concepts terminology and concepts; basic operating system
functionality and terminology; and internet browsers functionality
2. Apply basic and advanced formatting techniques skills to produce word processing
documents, including Letters and Memos, Business Reports, Flyers, Newsletters.
3. Demonstrate basic skills involving spreadsheet functions; create formulas, charts, and
graphs; manipulate data; and generate reports including AutoFill, Absolute Cell
References, Grouping sheets and linking formulas
4. Develop a database; create and format tables, queries, and reports; and enter and modify
table data.
5. Develop and deliver business presentations using presentation software; Create
presentations using text, visual and/or sound elements; use techniques as slide layout,
themes, transitions and animations, charts and tables.

Course Outline
A. Software
1. Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint B. Getting Started with Computer Concepts
2013 1. The Computer Is a System
2. Blackboard website and navigation 2. Common Operating Systems
3. MyITLab website and navigation 3. Input Devices
4. Pretest 4. Storage Devices

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 5. Apps and Applications 10. Save Documents as PDF Files
6. Networks
7. Cloud Computing F. Create Business Reports
8. Share Files with Others 1. Find and Replace Text
9. Office 365 2. Insert and Modify Footnotes
10. Buying a Computer 3. Add Sources
4. Insert Citations and Bibliographies
C. Windows 8 Chapter 2 5. Format Bulleted and Numbered
1. Sign In to Windows 8 Lists
2. Work with Store Apps 6. Set Paragraph Indents
3. Create and Save Documents 7. Modify Line and Paragraph Spacing
4. Search for Applications, Files, and 8. Set Line and Page Break Options
Settings and Modify Styles
5. Download and Unzip Student Data 9. View Multiple Pages and Set
Files Margins
6. View Files in File Explorer 10. Create Custom Headers and Footers
7. Search for and Copy Files
8. Move, Rename, and Delete Files G. Create Flyers
9. Personalize the Desktop and Create 1. Insert Text and Pictures from Files
Snips 2. Resize and Align Pictures
10. Print, Restore Settings, and Sign 3. Apply Picture Styles and Artistic
Out Effects
4. Set Tab Stops
D. Internet Explorer Chapter 3 5. Type Tabbed Lists
1. Browse from the Start Screen 6. Apply Table Styles
2. Browse from the Desktop and Add 7. Create Tables
Favorites 8. Delete and Add Table Rows and
3. Navigate and Search Websites Columns
4. Use Accelerators and Search 9. Format Text in Table Cells
Providers 10. Format Tables
5. Manage Browser Tabs
6. Organize Favorites H. Create Newsletters and Mail Merge
7. Print and Save Web Pages Documents
8. View and Delete Browsing History 1. Modify Themes and Create
9. Protect Online Privacy Columns
10. Manage Pop-ups and Check 2. Modify Margins and Columns
Website Safety 3. Apply Text Effects
4. Create Styles
E. Create Letters and Memos 5. Add Borders and Shading to
1. Type Letter Text Paragraphs and Pages
2. Apply Styles and Set Grammar and 6. Insert and Adjust Online Pictures
Spelling Options 7. Insert SmartArt
3. Select and Insert Text 8. Format SmartArt
4. Copy, Cut, and Paste Text 9. Create Labels Using Mail Merge
5. Check Spelling and Grammar 10. Preview and Print Mail Merge
6. Check Writing Style and Insert Documents
Synonyms
7. Use Format Painter I. Create Workbooks with Excel 2013
8. Apply Advanced Font Settings 1. Create and Save Workbooks
9. Create Document Footers
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 2. Enter Data and Merge and Center 5. Relate Tables
Titles 6. Enter Data in Related Tables
3. Construct Addition and Subtraction 7. Import Data into Tables
Formulas 8. Filter and Sort Datasheets
4. Construct Multiplication and 9. Format Datasheets
Division Formulas 10. Preview and Print Datasheets
5. Adjust Column Widths and Apply
Cell Styles M. Create Reports
6. Insert the SUM Function 1. Build Queries for Reports
7. AutoFill Formulas and Data 2. Use Report Tool to Create Reports
8. Format, Edit, and Check Spelling 3. Format Reports
9. Insert Footers and Adjust Page 4. Add Totals to Reports
Settings 5. Preview and Print Reports
10. Display Formulas and Print 6. Use Blank Report Tool to Create
Worksheets Reports
7. Group and Sort Reports
J. Insert Summary Functions and Create 8. Modify Report Layouts
Charts 9. Filter Reports
1. Align and Wrap Text 10. Create Label Reports
2. Apply Absolute Cell References
3. Format Numbers N. Getting Started with PowerPoint 2013
4. Insert the AVERAGE Function 1. Open, View, and Save Presentations
5. Insert the MIN and MAX Functions 2. Edit and Replace Text
6. Create Column Charts 3. Format Slide Text
7. Format Column Charts 4. Check Spelling and Use the
8. Create and Format Pie Charts Thesaurus
9. Update Charts and Insert WordArt 5. Insert Slides and Modify Slide
10. Preview and Print Multiple Layouts
Worksheets 6. Insert and Format Pictures
7. Organize Slides in Slide Sorter
K. Manage Multiple Worksheets View
1. Organize Worksheet Tabs 8. Apply Slide Transitions and View
2. Enter and Format Dates Slide Shows
3. Clear Cell Contents and Formats 9. Insert Headers and Footers and Print
4. Move Cell Contents and Use Paste Handouts
Options 10. Add Notes Pages and Use Presenter
5. Enter Data in Grouped Worksheets View
6. Insert Multiple Math Operators in
Formulas O. Format a Presentation
7. Format Grouped Worksheets 1. Create New Presentations
8. Insert, Hide, Delete, and Move 2. Change Themes and Variants
Worksheets 3. Change Font Colors and Effects
9. Create Summary Worksheets 4. Format Slide Backgrounds with Fill
10. Create Clustered Bar Charts 5. Add Pictures and Textures to Slide
Backgrounds
L. Create Database Tables 6. Format Text with WordArt
1. Create Databases 7. Change Character Spacing
2. Create Tables in Datasheet View 8. Modify Bulleted and Numbered
3. Enter Data in Datasheets Lists
4. Create Tables in Design View 9. Move and Copy Text and Objects
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 10. Use Format Painter and Clear All 10. Apply Video Styles and Adjust
Formatting Videos

P. Enhance Presentations with Graphics Q. Present Data Using Tables, Charts, and
1. Insert Slides from Other Animation
Presentations 1. Insert Tables
2. Insert, Size, and Move Online 2. Modify Table Layouts
Pictures 3. Apply Table Styles
3. Modify Picture Shapes, Borders, 4. Insert Column Charts
and Effects 5. Edit and Format Charts
4. Insert, Size, and Move Shapes 6. Insert Pie Charts
5. Add Text to Shapes and Insert Text 7. Apply Animation Entrance and
Boxes Change Duration
6. Apply Gradient Fills and Group and 8. Modify Animation Timing and Use
Align Graphics Animation Painter
7. Convert Text to SmartArt Graphics 9. Delay or Remove Animation
and Add Shapes 10. Navigate Slide Shows
8. Modify SmartArt Layouts, Colors,
and Styles
9. Insert Video Files
Grade Scale
90 – 100 A
80 – 89 B
70 – 79 C
60 – 69 D
0 – 59 F

Course Evaluation
Final grades will be calculated according to the following criteria:
1. Daily work 50%
2. Applications Exams 25%
3. Final (Comprehensive) 25%

Course Requirements
1. Purchase required materials including MyITLab access code and book material.
2. Submit assignments by the due date and time posted in the website.
3. Create and submit files in Word, Excel, Access, and PowerPoint 2013.
4. Use MyITLab to submit all assignments.

Course Policies
1. Students should turn assignments in by the posted due date and time. For Word
chapters late submissions will have no penalty points deducted. For Excel, Access
and PowerPoint chapters’ late submission will have 12 points deducted.
2. If you wish to drop a course, the student is responsible for initiating and
completing the drop process. If you stop coming to class and fail to drop the
course, you will earn an ‘F’ in the course.

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 3. Exams will be closed book/note and will test information in assigned chapters and
material discussed in class. Exams are timed. Be sure to have enough time to
complete an exam before starting it.
4. Grades will be posted under the Grades/Custom View icon on the MyITLab class
web site.
5. If you need to contact the instructor, you may leave a voice mail or e-mail in
Blackboard, MyITLab (preferred) or the instructor’s LIT e-mail. Your call or e-
mail will be answered within 24 hours Monday – Thursday and within 72 hours
Friday - Sunday. If leaving a voice mail, be sure to leave a phone number that can
be understood.
6. All assignments will be completed using either MyITLab. Assignment may NOT
be submitted via email. All due dates will be posted on the MyITLab websites.
7. The MyITLab access code is mandatory. A student not acquiring these mandatory
materials will not be able to PASS this course because 100 % of the material
MUST be completed in MyITLab.
8. Data files can be located in MyITLab or on the publisher’s resource website.
9. Additional class policies as defined by the individual course instructor.

Technical Requirements
The latest technical requirements, including hardware, compatible browsers, operating
systems, software, Java, etc. can be found online at:
http://kb.blackboard.com/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=25368512
A functional broadband internet connection, such as DSL, cable, or WiFi is necessary to
maximize the use of the online technology and resources.

Disabilities Statement
The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1992 and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of
1973 are federal anti-discrimination statutes that provide comprehensive civil rights for
persons with disabilities. Among other things, these statutes require that all students with
documented disabilities be guaranteed a learning environment that provides for
reasonable accommodations for their disabilities. If you believe you have a disability
requiring an accommodation, please contact the Special Populations Coordinator at (409)
880-1737 or visit the office in Student Services, Cecil Beeson Building.

Course Schedule (Refer to MyITlab for actual assignments and due dates)
Week Topic Reference
1 Course introduction and policies
Pre Test, MyITLab, Blackboard
Review each type of assignment
2 Technology Fundamentals: pp. 2-22
 Chapter 1: Getting Started with Computer Concepts pp. 30-50
 Chapter 2: Getting Started with Windows 8
3 Technology Fundamentals: Chapter 3: Browse with Internet pp. 58-78
Explorer
Technology Fundamentals Exam

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Week Topic Reference
Word Chapter 1: Create Letters and Memos pp. 116-136
4 Word Chapter 2: Create Business Reports pp. 150-170
5 Word Chapter 3: Create Flyers pp. 184-204
6 Word Chapter 4: Create Newsletters and Mail Merge pp. 218-238
Documents
Word Application Exam
7 Excel Chapter 1: Create Workbooks with Excel 2013 pp. 272-292
8 Excel Chapter 2: Insert Summary Functions Create Charts pp. 306-326
9 Excel Chapter 3: Manage Multiple Worksheets pp. 340-360
Excel Applications Exam
10 Access Chapter 1: Create Databases Tables pp. 430-450
11 Access Chapter 4: Create Reports pp. 532-552
Access Applications Exam
12 PowerPoint Chapter 1: Getting Started with PowerPoint 2013 pp. 584-604
13 PowerPoint Chapter 2: Format a Presentation pp. 618-638
14 PowerPoint Chapter 3: Enhance Presentations with Graphics pp. 652-672
15 PowerPoint Chapter 4 – Present Data Using Tables, Charts and
Animation pp. 686-706
16 Final Exam

Contact Information Varies by Instructor

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