Information Technology National Standards

I. Impact on Society
Achievement Standard: Assess the impact of information technology in a global society.

II. Hardware
Achievement Standard: Describe current and emerging hardware; configure, install, and upgrade hardware; diagnose problems; and repair hardware.

III. Operating Systems and Utilities
Achievement Standard: Identify, evaluate, select, install, use, upgrade, customize, and diagnose and solve problems with various types of operating systems and utilities.

IV. Input Technologies
Achievement Standard: Use various input technologies to enter and manipulate information appropriately.

V. Productivity Software
Achievement Standard: Identify, evaluate, select, install, use, upgrade, and customize productivity software; diagnose and solve software problems.

VI. Interactive Media
Achievement Standard: Use multimedia software to create media rich projects.

VII. Web Development and Design
Achievement Standard: Design, develop, test, implement, update, and evaluate web solutions.

VIII. Information Retrieval and Synthesis
Achievement Standard: Gather, evaluate, use, cite, and disseminate information from technology sources.

IX. Database Management Systems
Achievement Standard: Use, plan, develop, and maintain database management systems.

X. Systems Analysis and Design
Achievement Standard: Analyze and design information systems using appropriate development tools.

XI. Programming and Application Development
Achievement Standard: Design, develop, test, and implement programs.

XII. Telecommunications and Networking Infrastructures
Achievement Standard: Develop the skills to design, deploy, and administer networks and telecommunications systems.

XIII. Information Technology Planning and Acquisition
Achievement Standard: Plan the selection and acquisition of information technologies.

XIV. Security, Privacy, and Risk Management
Achievement Standard: Design and implement security, privacy, and risk management policies and procedures for information technology.

XV. Ethical and Legal Issues
Achievement Standard: Describe, analyze, develop, and follow policies for managing ethical and legal issues in organizations and in a technology-based society

XVI. Technical Support and Training
Achievement Standard: Develop the technical and interpersonal skills and knowledge to train and support the user community.

XVII. Information Technology and Business Functions
Achievement Standard: Describe the information technology components of business functions and explain their interrelationships.

XVIII. Information Technology Careers
Achievement Standard: Explore positions and career paths in information technology.

National Standards for Business Education

Computer Applications in Business A

Computer Applications Syllabus

Computer Applications in Business reaches many aspects of West Ranch High School’s mission statement. Challenging projects and the real world atmosphere provided students with a good look at what it takes to produce professional digital work. Computer Applications in Business is an elective course that offers the students handson experiences with Adobe Creative Suite, Microsoft Office, Google Docs, and other software to create various digital media. Equipment being used will be computers, iPad, digital camera, cell phones, and computer software. This course will emphasize how computer applications plays a part in the business world. Emphasis will be placed on real world experiences.

Course Credit
Computer Applications in Business qualifies for Practical Art Credit.

Course Outline- This semester the students will learn:

Publishing Applications

  • Microsoft Office
  • Google Docs


Graphic Development Using

  • Photoshop
  • Fireworks
  • Online Graphic Editors

Other Applications

  • Dreamweaver
  • Prezi
  • Online Web Sources

-Assignments and Projects-

Monday Day 1- Mr. Burrill Extra Credit Quiz

Tuesday Day 2- Syllabus, Classroom Rules, Course Description, Get Logged-In, and Explore Google Ecosystem.

Wednesday - Thursday Day 3& 4- Accept sharing rights to Google Folder to place your projects for this class in.

High School 10 Points- Make a 1-2 page Google Document telling me about your high school experience so far. Content is open to what you want to share. Feel free to let me know about your likes and/or disslikes. Or maybe what you would like to see happen moving forward. When done, save it in your Google Docs folder I have shared with you.

Include the following formatting and elements in this 1-2 page document-

  • Title it "High School"
  • Insert an Image, Link, Table, and Shape.
  • Demonstrate that you can change font- color, size, bold, italic, and underline.

Friday Day 5- Google Sheets assignment "Budget" 10 Points. Make a Google Sheets budget for a semester at college. Think about your expenses and your income. Be as specific as possible. Here is my example budget from 1990 at USC- Burrill Budget

Tuesday Day 6- Keep working on Google Sheets Assignment

Wednesday Day 7 Google Slides assignment "Music" 10 Points. Make a 8+ page presentation about something related to music. In your Google Slides presentation include- text font changes, images, Wordart, links, transitions, and shapes. Anything else that would impress me! View Coach Burrill's Metallica Presentation

Thursday Day 8- Continue to work on Google Slides assignment

Friday Day- 9- Google Form "Movie" 10 Points. Make a Google Form about movies. Place the link to the form on a Google Doc titled "Movie". Give Coach Burrill some answers using his form here

Monday Day 10 - Prezi Presentation "Sports" 10 Points- Make a Prezi presentation about your favorite sport or athlete. Place the link to the presentation on a Google Document titled "Prezi". View Coach Burrill's LA Kings Prezi

Tuesday Day 11- Continue to work on Google Slides assignment

Wednesday Day 12 - Photoshop "Burrill" 10 Points- Make a jpeg picture that has Coach Burrill's head on someone else's body. Place the original body picture and the new one with Coach Burrill's head on it in a Google Document titled "Burrill". Coach Burrill Picture

Snickers Bet 2015

Thursday Day 13 - Photoshop "Coupon" 10 Points- Make a jpeg picture that is an original coupon you have created in Photoshop. Make sure it is 600 pixels by 300 pixels. Place the coupon in a Google Document titled "Coupon". Coach Burrill's Coupon

Friday Day 14- Continue to work on Photoshop Assignments

Monday Day 15 - Photoshop "Logo" 10 Points- Make a jpeg picture that is an original logo using your first letter of your last name. Make sure it is 300 pixels by 300 pixels. Place the logo in a Google Document titled "Logo". Coach Burrill's Logo - Pro Examples

Tuesday Day 16- Continue to work on Photoshop Assignments

Wednesday Day 17 - Photoshop "Restaurant" 10 Points- Make a jpeg picture that is an original flyer for a new restaurant you have created. Make sure it is 800 pixels by 900 pixels. Place the flyer in a Google Document titled "Retaurant". Coach Burrill's Flyer

Thursday Day 18- Minus 5 (10 Points) Create a Google Doc holding 5 .jpg images with a "Minus 5 " theme. Modify the images using Photoshop. All images must be .jpg format. You must save the Google Doc in the folder we share.. Coach Burrills Example Page

Friday Day 19- Continue to work on Photoshop Assignments

Monday Day 20- "Birthday" (10 Points) Create a Microsoft Publisher birthday card for Coach Burrill. Pretend coach turns 17 today and you need a card to give to him or an announcement for his party. Upload your birthday.pub file to your Google Drive. Burrill Birthday Card

Tuesday Day 21- "Award Certificate" (10 Points) Create a Microsoft Publisher award certificate for Coach Burrill. Pretend coach is really cool and deserves an award! Upload your certificate.pub file to your Google Drive. Burrill Certificate

Wednesday - Thursday Day 22 & 23- "Brochure" (10 Points) Create a Microsoft Publisher brochure for visiting Disneyland California. Upload your brocure.pub file to your Google Drive.

End of 5 Week Grading Period!

Tuesday Day 24- "Shortcuts" (10 Points) Memorize the following 10 keyboard shortcuts. Quiz with 5 minutes left in class! You can try the shortcuts in any program, look online for what they do, or ask other students in class.

  1. Ctrl + Z
  2. Ctrl + C
  3. Ctrl + V
  4. Ctrl + S
  5. Ctrl + P
  6. Ctrl + O
  7. Ctrl + B
  8. Ctrl + I
  9. Ctrl + U
  10. Alt + Tab

Wednesday - Friday 25-27- "Security" (20 Points) Make a 10 slide PowerPoint presentation about a Home Security system that you are selling to Coach Burrill. You will present to the class on Friday morning. You may work in groups of 1-3 people. You must make up your own company and design a logo. Make sure your home security PPT presentation desrcibes features, benefits, and pricing. Feel free to use ideas from existing companies. Upload PPT presentation to Google Drive and make sure all group member names are on first slide. Example Security Companies

Monday Day 28- "Buisness Cards" (10 Points) Make a set of Businesss Cards using Microsoft Word. Upload to your shared Google Drive. Example

Tuesday Day 29- "Homework Calendar" (10 Points) Make a weekly homework calendar using Microsoft Word. Upload to your shared Google Drive. Example

Wednesday Day 30- "Halloween Party Cards" (10 Points) Make some Halloween invite cards for a party you are hosting on October 31. Upload to your shared Google Drive. Example

Thursday Day 31- "Sales Invoice" (10 Points) Use Microsoft Excel to make a sales receipt/invoice for a company you have created. Place your logo on the sales receipt and update all the information to show you have sold a product or service to Coach Burrill. Upload to your shared Google Drive. Example

Friday Day 32- "Inventory" (10 Points) Use Microsoft Excel to make a inventory list of things that you have now or things that you would like to have later in life. Place a picture on your spread sheet related to your inventory list. Upload to your shared Google Drive. Example (I did Coach Burrill's Video Games)

Monday Day 33- "GPA" (10 Points) Use Microsoft Excel to calculate your current and past GPA's. Upload to your shared Google Drive. Example

Tuesday-Wednesday Day 34-35- "Receipt" (20 Points) On your own or in pairs, create a sales receipt for a new surf shop you have created. You MAY NOT use a template. Make sure the receipt has an original logo that you have created. Receipt shoud include calculations for total items purchased, tax, and shipping. Upload to your shared Google Drive.

Thursday-Friday Day 36-37 "Truck" (50 Points)- May work in a group of 1-3 people. Create an original food truck. Make an original picture of your truck including a logo. Create a 6 slide presentation that you will present on Monday to the class describing your food truckbusiness. Make a menu for your food truck using any program. Make a folder in your Google Drive named "Truck"

Monday Day 38- Food Truck Presentations

Tuesday Day 39- "Paper Airplane" (10 Points) Create a paper airplane. Find instructions online and make a paper airplane that you will fly in the classroom at the end of the period. Create a Certificate of Authenticity (COA) in Publisher for your airplane. Save the certificate as a .pub file in your Google Folder and name it "Airplane". COA Examples

Wednesday Day 40- Make a Google Calendar (10 Points)- Make a Google Calendar with at least 20 entries for the month of March 2015. Make the calendar visiable online and copy the web address. Make a Goodle Doc named "Gcal" and place in our shared folder. The doc should have a link to your Google Calendar.

WR Baseball Google Calendar

Thursday Day 41- Add to Your Google Calendar (10 Points)- Added 40 more items to your Google Calendar that you Share with Casey Burrill.

WR Baseball Google Calendar

Friday - Friday Day 41-46- "Group Assignment 1" (60 Points) In a group of 1-3 students, create a new Los Angeles football team that will join the NFL. You will need to create the following items.

  1. Google Slides or Prezi presentation describing your new team- 8-10 Slides
  2. Create a team logo in Photoshop and include in your presentation.
  3. Using Google Docs- Describe the job titles of the members of your group.
  4. Make a flyer for your first home game in Los Angeles using Microsoft Publisher
  5. Make a budget for your team using Google Sheets
  6. Create a form for your fans to select what kind of promotions they would like to see at a game this season

Place all of these items in a folder called "Quarter 1" and pace into a folder that you share with Coach Burrill. Makes sure everyone from your group has names on each assignment.

End of 10 Week Grading Period!

Day 46-47 "index.htm" (10 Points) - Create a "index.htm" web page using Dreamweaver and put it on the internet. Page must have text, images, links (text and image), and background change.

Day 47-48 "truck.htm" (10 Points) - Create a "truck.htm" webpage about your food truck from last week using Dreamweaver and put it on the internet. Page must have text, images, links (text and image), table, and background change. Link to your food.htm page from your index.htm page.

View Coach Burrill Example Web Page

Day 49- "car.htm" (10 Points) - Make a web page using Dreamweaver and put it on the internet. Page should be about your fav car, motorcycle, or RV. Page must have text, images, links (text and image), background change, and table. You will also need to have different color and sized text on your page. Link to this web page from your orignal index.htm page.

Day 50- "music.htm" (10 Points) - Make a web page using Dreamweaver and put it on the internet. Page should be about your fav music group, artist, genre, or instrument. Page must have text, images, links (text and image), background change, and table. You will also need to have different color and sized text on your page. Link to this web page from your orignal index.htm page.

Day 51-52- "banners.htm" (10 Points)- Make a web page holding 4 banners 1000 x 200 pixels. All banners must be .jpg format. Make the following 4 banners-

  1. Coach Burrill's Lego Shop
  2. Mr. Burrill's Auto Repair Shop
  3. Casey's Dog Grooming
  4. Dr. Burrill's Medical Office

View my example page (I only have 2 of the 4 banners made, you need all 4!)

Day 53- "bobble.htm" (10 Points) Make a web page about some bobble heads you have created. Page must contain at least two original bobble heads that you have created using Mr. Burrill's head. Make a banner at the top of your page 1000 x 200 pixels. Have some fun and show off your web design skills! You must link to this page from your original index.htm page.

Mr. Burrill example page

Mr. Burrill Image

Day 54- "socks.htm" (10 Points) Make a web page about 2 different pairs of socks you have created. Make a banner at the top of your page 1000 x 200 pixels. Must have 2 link buttons (100 x 25) on the side of your page linking to related websites. Have some fun and show off your web design skills! You must link to this page from your original index.htm page.

Mr. Burrill example page

Day 55- "sport.htm" (10 Points) Make a web page using Dreamweaver and put it on the internet. Page should be about your fav sport. Link to this web page from your orignal index.htm page.

Day 56- "newspaper.htm" (10 Points) Create a web page about a newspaper that you have created for the Santa Clarita Valley. It will be a competing newspaper to The Signal. Use as many of the web techniques that you have learned as you can to make the single web page look great. You must link to this web page from your original index.htm page.

Day 57 "playoffs" (10 Points) Make a web page about one team from either the NBA or the NHL playoffs currently in session. Talk about the team and their current performance and outlook moving forward. Use any web design techniques you would like and impress Coach B with your skills. Link to this page from your orignal index.htm page.

End of 15 Weeks

Final Project (150 Points)- Make a new folder in the Google Drive we share and name it "Final". Create a new Coffee Shop that you will be placing next to the entrance of Six Flags Magic Mountain. You must create the following items to support your new Coffee Shop-

  1. Flyer announcing the "Grand Opening" of your shop
  2. A single web page named "final.htm" with information about your new Coffee Shop
  3. Sales receipt that shows 10 items, calculates price including tax.
  4. A document that lists your menu itmes including price and calories (at least 10 items)
  5. Design a logo for your Coffee Shop and save as a .jpg image
  6. 3 page presentation that talks about safety on the job for your employees
  7. Create a coupon for your coffee shop and save in your google drive
  8. Make a Google Calendar showing the hours of your coffee shop

All Done! Have a Great Summer!
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