Course Syllabus

Summer 2025 | CIS-1041-VO06F - Computer Applications

Flex Class

FLEX courses are online courses with flexible assignment submission, allowing students to manage their completion pace during the semester. FLEX courses remain open for enrollment throughout the first half of the semester. Flex course enrollment for Summer 2025 ends on July 3.

Faculty

Theresa Strong
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Hiring Coordinator for this course: Deb Grant

General Education Requirements

VSCS Digital and Technical Literacy

Note

Many degree programs have specific general education recommendations. In order to avoid taking unnecessary classes, please consult with additional resources like your program evaluation, your academic program catalog year page, and your academic advisor.

Courses may only be used to meet one General Education Requirement.

Course Description

This course provides a hands-on introduction to office application software designed for computers and mobile devices. Topics include cloud applications, presentations, word processing, and spreadsheets. Basic computer and internet skills are required.

Essential Objectives

1. Demonstrate the ability to create resources and set appropriate permissions for cloud-based files and applications and apply file management principles on local and remote networks.
2. Explain the function and the primary features of a word processing program and create documents appropriate for academic and business environments.
3. Design and build a spreadsheet using professional formatting, names, labels, tables, values, formulas, functions, and absolute and relative references.
4. Use spreadsheet software to present and analyze quantitative information, draw conclusions, and evaluate the reliability of those conclusions.
5. Use presentation software to demonstrate proficiency in using text, graphs, organizational charts, tables, artwork, drawing tools, animation, and multimedia.
6. Demonstrate effective, safe, and ethical searching, evaluating, communicating, and citing of digital information.
7. Discuss academic, legal, and ethical issues related to computers, artificial intelligence, and information processing, including fair use standards, academic integrity, and user accessibility.
8. Discuss how digital media perpetuates or disrupts systems of inequality.
9. Determine the appropriate devices and software for a variety of tasks and how to accurately convey information, thoughts, and ideas.
10. Demonstrate appropriate prompt engineering when working with generative AI applications for text and media.

Required Technology

Students in this course will need access to Microsoft 365. This software is available on CCV lab computers at CCV academic centers and to CCV students free of charge through a download of Microsoft 365. Information on how to download Microsoft 365 can be found HERE.

Microsoft 365 can be installed on Windows 10/11 PC and Macintosh computers and laptops. It cannot be installed on a Chromebook. Microsoft 365 on a Macintosh computer does not include all of the features supported by Windows and there are significant menu differences.

If you have difficulty in acquiring or accessing this resource for your course, please contact your advisor or financial aid counselor.

More information on general computer and internet recommendations is available on the CCV computer recommendations Support page.

Please see CCV's Digital Equity Statement (pg. 45) to learn more about CCV's commitment to supporting all students access the technology they need to successfully finish their courses.

Required Textbooks and Resources

*** This is a no cost textbook or resource class. ***

This course only uses free Open Educational Resources (OER) and/or library materials. For details, see the Canvas Site for this class.

Methods

Your final grade will be based on the following assessments:

Grade Table

Assignment Category	Grade Weight Percentage
Demonstrate Your Learning Forums & Assignments	35%
Quizzes	30%
Projects	25%
Self-Assessments	10%
Total	100%

Evaluation Criteria

This is a self-paced asynchronous course which means that students will be starting and progressing at different rates throughout the term. Once you feel like you have a strong handle on the material, and you have completed all of the assignments for the module, you should feel comfortable moving on, regardless of the pace, as long as you complete the course within the semester timeframe. If you are starting at the beginning of the term, you could spend one week on each module to successfully complete the course within the term. If you are starting 7 weeks into the course, you could spend one week covering two modules so that you complete the course successfully within the term.

This course has a total of 15 modules. It is essential that you make a plan at the beginning of the semester about how you will approach this course. Make a calendar and decide when you will complete each module. Click the syllabus button in our canvas courseto better understand which modules you may need to spend more time on, and which modules you can pair together in a single week. You may find that you need to change your original plan as you progress throughout the semester and that is ok--just be sure to update your plan as you go to ensure you finish all assignments before the end of the semester.

• Module 1: OneDrive and Intro to Cloud Computing
• Module 2: Google Drive, Malware, Spyware, Phishing
• Module 3: Introduction to Word Processing and Generative AI
• Module 4: Copyright and Research Papers
• Module 5: Advanced Formatting, Drawing, and Long Documents
• Module 6: MailMerge and Intro to Presentations
• Module 7:Create Presentations and Manage Slides
• Module 8:Manage Graphics, Sound, Animation, Notes
• Module 9:Prepare Presentations for Presentation, Multimedia, Presenter View
• Module 10:Introto Spreadsheets – Setup a Workbook, Work with Data and Tables
• Module 11:Perform Calculations, Change Workbook Appearance, Manage Data
• Module 12:Reorder and Summarize Data, Multiple Sources, Printing Spreadsheets
• Module 13:Formatting&Charts
• Module 14:Manage Worksheet Data
• Module 15:Computing Ethics Presentations

Grading Criteria

CCV Letter Grades as outlined in the Evaluation System Policy are assigned according to the following chart:

	High	Low
A+	100	98
A	Less than 98	93
A-	Less than 93	90
B+	Less than 90	88
B	Less than 88	83
B-	Less than 83	80
C+	Less than 80	78
C	Less than 78	73
C-	Less than 73	70
D+	Less than 70	68
D	Less than 68	63
D-	Less than 63	60
F	Less than 60
P	100	60
NP	Less than 60	0

Attendance Policy

Regular attendance and participation in classes are essential for success in and are completion requirements for courses at CCV. A student's failure to meet attendance requirements as specified in course descriptions will normally result in a non-satisfactory grade.

• In general, missing more than 20% of a course due to absences, lateness or early departures may jeopardize a student's ability to earn a satisfactory final grade.
• Attending an on-ground or synchronous course means a student appeared in the live classroom for at least a meaningful portion of a given class meeting. Attending an online course means a student posted a discussion forum response, completed a quiz or attempted some other academically required activity. Simply viewing a course item or module does not count as attendance.
• Meeting the minimum attendance requirement for a course does not mean a student has satisfied the academic requirements for participation, which require students to go above and beyond simply attending a portion of the class. Faculty members will individually determine what constitutes participation in each course they teach and explain in their course descriptions how participation factors into a student's final grade.

Participation Expectations

To earn full participation points for the week, students should: Read the assigned material and demonstrate an understanding of those resources in your assignments and posts

Missing & Late Work Policy

This is a self-paced course, so all work must be submitted by the last day of class.

Accessibility Services for Students with Disabilities:

1. Provide disability documentation to the Accessibility Coordinator at your academic center. https://ccv.edu/discover-resources/students-with-disabilities/
2. Request an appointment to meet with accessibility coordinator to discuss your request and create an accommodation plan.
3. Once created, students will share the accommodation plan with faculty. Please note, faculty cannot make disability accommodations outside of this process.

Academic Integrity

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