To prepare students for entry level jobs or additional education in the business industry.
Benchmark 1
Use Proper Keyboarding Techniques
Indicator 1
The students will demonstrate correct keyboarding posture.
Indicator 2
The students will demonstrate appropriate hand and arm position.
Indicator 3
The students will apply touch alphabetic keyboarding skills.
Indicator 4
The students will apply touch numeric/symbol keyboarding skills.
Indicator 5
The students will apply touch numeric keypad skills.
Indicator 6
The students will demonstrate improvement in speed and accuracy of keyboarding.
Benchmark 2
Operating Systems
Indicator 1
The students will perform power-up and power-down procedures.
Indicator 2
The students will demonstrate use of equipment components (e.g., input, processing, and output devices).
Indicator 3
The students will demonstrate use of the operating system (e.g., login, opening software applications, logoff).
Indicator 4
The students will demonstrate use of program interface (e.g., menu items, toolbars, dialog boxes).
Indicator 5
The students will perform the formatting of diskettes.
Indicator 6
The students will find files located on storage devices.
Indicator 7
The students will renaming or delete files.
Indicator 8
The students will determine appropriate software applications for tasks.
Benchmark 3
Word Processing Applications
Indicator 1
The students will demonstrate correct use of word processing terminology.
Indicator 2
The students will launch a word processing program.
Indicator 3
The students will create a new word processing document, and enter text from a specified source.
Indicator 4
The students will use correct spacing for punctuation.
Indicator 5
The students will save a word processing document.
Indicator 6
The students will print a word processing document.
Indicator 7
The students will open a saved word processing document for revision.
Indicator 8
The students will check for spelling errors using the word processing spell check.
Indicator 9
The students will check for grammatical errors using the word processing grammar check.
Indicator 10
The students will proofread copy.
Indicator 11
The students will change margins of a word processing document.
Indicator 12
The students will apply font changes (e.g., fonts, sizes, styles, and special styles.
Indicator 13
The students will demonstrate vertical alignment.
Indicator 14
The students will demonstrate horizontal alignments.
Indicator 15
The students will change line spacing.
Indicator 16
The students will insert page numbers.
Indicator 17
The students will insert and manipulate graphics into a word processing document.
Indicator 18
The students will create documents using templates.
Indicator 19
The students will produce a mailable business letter.
Indicator 20
The students will produce a report in acceptable style.
Benchmark 4
Spreadsheet Applications
Indicator 1
The students will demonstrate correct use of spreadsheet terminology.
Indicator 2
The students will launch a spreadsheet program.
Indicator 3
The students will create a new spreadsheet.
Indicator 4
The students will edit a spreadsheet using the spreadsheet spell check.
Indicator 5
The students will open a saved spreadsheet for revision .
Indicator 6
The students will save a spreadsheet.
Indicator 7
The students will print a spreadsheet.
Indicator 8
The students will format cell contents (e.g., font, color, alignment, sizes, styles).
Indicator 9
The students will format column widths and row heights.
Indicator 10
The students will change cell number attributes (e.g., currency, accounting, percentage).
Indicator 11
The students will create basic formulas with addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division.
Indicator 12
The students will use basic functions in a formula.
Indicator 13
The students will use names cell ranges in formulas.
Indicator 14
The students will insert/delete columns and/or rows into/from a spreadsheet.
Indicator 15
The students will copy a formula from one cell and paste it into another cell.
Indicator 16
The students will create a chart from data in a spreadsheet.
Indicator 17
The students will sort data alphabetically and numerically in a spreadsheet column.
Indicator 18
The students will print a chart.
Benchmark 5
Presentation Applications
Indicator 1
The students will demonstrate correct use of presentation software terminology.
Indicator 2
The students will launch a presentation program.
Indicator 3
The students will produce a presentation using text, graphics, and charts.
Indicator 4
The students will open a saved presentation for revision.
Indicator 5
The students will save a presentation.
Indicator 6
The students will increase indent and decrease indent used on slides.
Indicator 7
The students will manipulate graphics on slides.
Indicator 8
The students will apply design and layout principles to presentations.
Indicator 9
The students will edit presentations by using the presentation spell check .
Indicator 10
The students will demonstrate moving slides for different ordering.
Indicator 11
The students will enhance presentations by using slide transition and text animation.
Indicator 12
The student will apply speaker's notes to slides.
Indicator 13
The student will demonstrate ways to view a completed slide show.
Indicator 14
The students will print presentation slides by setting print specifications for outline, slides, overhead, etc.
Benchmark 6
Internet Skills Applications
Indicator 1
The students will demonstrate correct use of Internet terminology.
Indicator 2
The students will demonstrate principal usages of the Internet (e.g., search, locating URLs).
Indicator 3
The students will evaluate Internet websites and resources,
Indicator 4
The students will use informational tools on Internet (e.g., on-line dictionaries, on-line encyclopedias).
Indicator 5
The students will follow rules and procedures of the network or systems used as stated in the student handbook's Computer Usage and Internet Agreement.
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