Computer Technology Applications Capstone
Description
This course will study how organizations incorporate and automate computer applications, web applications and web services. Students will create a capstone project and a training module for an organization focusing on the use of current emerging computer and web application technologies as well as support and communication tools.
Textbook
Shelly, Vermaat, & Cashman, Microsoft Office 2007: Post-Advanced Concepts and Techniques, Course Technology, 2008, 9781418843342
Course Outcomes
- Apply knowledge gained using computer and web applications to produce a capstone project for the virtual workplace (CIT 1)
- Understand the importance of the Internet as a support and communication tool in the virtual workplace (CIT 7)
- Research, present findings, and predict the future in order to learn new skills and transfer knowledge to new tools (CIT 9)
- Successfully train others to be productive computer users (CIT 2)
- Use collaborative tools to build virtual workplace solutions (CIT 9)
- Create more sophisticated procedures to automate application software (CIT 2)
- Recognize the role of speech and handwriting recognition software (CIT 3)
- Integrate applications to build virtual workplace solutions (CIT 3)
- Use application software to publish to the web as part of the virtual workplace (CIT 9)
- Recognize and incorporate rules regarding the difference between designing documents for paper and designing for the web (CIT 1)
- Use application software document design techniques (CIT 1)
- Make use of blogs, RSS feeds, Software on Demand (CIT 9)
- Apply other emerging technologies (CIT 9)
- Identify and explain the role of web services in the virtual workplace (CIT 7)
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Principles of Undergraduate Learning (What are Principles of Undergraduate Learning?)
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Topics
- Advanced topics in Word
- Advanced Topics in Excel
- Advanced Topics in PowerPoint
- Advanced Topics in Access
Assessment
- Assignments (17-20)
- Tests (2)
- Projects (4)