The purpose of the WR3 Assignment was to prepare a one-page sample course plan and a one-page sample unit plan for a course I teach in Information Processing. The following six criteria were specified:

1. Comply with all of the General Criteria for Written Reports.
2. Emulate the Fred Fudrucker example for FORMAT, but include my own CONTENT.
3. Develop a one-page SAMPLE COURSE PLAN that includes a course description and a description of each of three typical units.
4. Develop a one-page SAMPLE UNIT PLAN that includes a unit description (one of the units from the course description) and a description of each of three typical lessons.
5. Indicate the TIME REQUIRED to complete the entire course, each unit and each lesson described.
6. When writing the lesson descriptions focus on SPECIFIC STUDENT PERFORMANCE that involves only SIMPLE TASKS in the context of SHORT LESSONS.

The following sources of information were used relative to this assignment:

1. Spurlock, Denise – From my own professional experience.
2. Microsoft Office 2000 Introductory Concepts and Techniques, Enhanced Edition, Gary B. Shelley, et al, Course Technology – Textbook for the course.

I believe that the attached report meets all six of the above listed criteria and respectfully request full credit: one point for meeting each of the above listed criteria.

SAMPLE COURSE AND UNIT PLANS FOR A COURSE IN

INFORMATION PROCESSING I-A

by

Denise Spurlock

ONE PAGE SAMPLE COURSE PLAN:

COURSE OVERVIEW: INFORMATION PROCESSING I-A

Information Processing I-A is designed to acquaint students with basic word processing using Microsoft Office 2000. Techniques for accomplishing word processing tasks are demonstrated and students have the opportunity to create various documents and reports using the skills learned. This is a 24-hour course that covers 4 different study units and meets for 2 hours, 3 times a week for 4 weeks. The following units are typical of the units in this course:

STUDY UNIT 1 – CREATING AND EDITING A WORD DOCUMENT

This 6-hour unit of study is designed to be presented during the first three 2-hour class sessions. The instructor will demonstrate basic skills and techniques for using Microsoft Office. This unit includes 25 individual lesson plans. At the conclusion of this unit, all students should be able to create and save a one-page flyer using two different fonts, three different font sizes, italics, bold and underlining features, and includes a graphic.

STUDY UNIT 2 – WRITING A RESEARCH PAPER

This 6-hour unit of study is designed to be presented during the fourth, fifth, and sixth 2-hour class sessions. The instructor will present information about the MLA format for research papers and demonstrate further techniques for using Microsoft Office. This unit includes 25 individual lesson plans. At the conclusion of this unit, all students should be able to prepare a short research paper in appropriate MLA format.

STUDY UNIT 3 – CREATING A RÉSUMÉ USING A WIZARD AND A COVER LETTER WITH A TABLE

This 6-hour unit of study is designed to be presented during the seventh, eighth, and ninth 2-hour class sessions. The instructor will demonstrate the use of wizards and creation of tables in Microsoft Office. This unit includes 25 individual lesson plans. At the conclusion of this unit, all students should be able to prepare a one-page résumé using a wizard and a cover letter with a table.

ONE PAGE SAMPLE UNIT PLAN:

STUDY UNIT 1 – CREATING AND EDITING A WORD DOCUMENT

This 6-hour unit of study is designed to be presented during the first three 2-hour class sessions. The instructor will demonstrate basic skills and techniques for using Microsoft Office. This unit includes 25 individual lesson plans. At the conclusion of this unit, all students should be able to create and save a one-page flyer that uses two different fonts, three different font sizes, italics, bold and underlining features, and includes a graphic.

LESSON 1 – START WORD

At the conclusion of this 5-minute lesson, each student should be able to start Word using a desktop icon and the program list.

LESSON 2 – DESCRIBE THE WORD WINDOW

At the conclusion of this 10-minute lesson, each student should be able to label the following components of the Word window: insertion point, end mark, mouse pointer, ruler, horizontal and vertical scroll bars, status bar, menu bar, standard toolbar, formatting toolbar.

LESSON 3 – ZOOM PAGE WIDTH

At the conclusion of this 5-minute lesson, each student should be able to increase the size of the displayed characters in the Word window by using the Zoom Page Width command.