Pacing Guides

Pacing (based on 8 week/40 day program) Lesson PlansE-LearningProjects 2 Days/ 5% Lesson 1 : Understanding the Word Window and Creating a New Document Course 10294: Beginner Skills Ribbon Projects Create/Organize Folders Hot Keys Manual Resume Activity 2 Days/ 5% Lesson 2: Editing a Document 4 Days/ 10% Lesson 3: Formatting Text 6 Days/ 15% Lesson 4: Revising the Document Layout Course 10391: Intermediate Skills Research Paper 2 Days/ 5% Lesson 5: Editing TextCourse 10392: Advanced Skills Mistake Document 2 Days/ 5% Lesson 6: Word TemplatesCourse 10294: Beginner Skills Weekly Agenda 6 Days/ 15% Lesson 7: Working with GraphicsCourse 10391: Intermediate Skills Cartoon Strip Timeline (SmartArt) 1 Day/ 2.5% Lesson 8: Working with Columns Course 10391: Intermediate Skills Personal Newsletter 7 Days/ 17.5% Lesson 9: Organizing ContentCareer Table Project Table of Contents 3 Days/ 7.5% Lesson 10 : Mail Merge and Reviewing Documents 5 Days/ 12.5% Certification Review and Testing N/A Teacher Made Certification Reviews

40 DaysE-Learning Lesson 1: 5 days (12.5%)Course 10282: What’s New in Microsoft PowerPoint Lesson 2: 4 days (10%)Course 10295: Beginner Skills in Microsoft PowerPoint 2010 Lesson 3: 4 days (10%)Course 10523: Intermediate Skills in Microsoft PowerPoint 2010 Lesson 4: 4 days (10%)Course 10386: Advanced Skills in Microsoft PowerPoint 2010 Project/Assessment: 2 days (5%) Lesson 5: 4 days (10%)Course 10523: Intermediate Skills in Microsoft PowerPoint 2010 Lesson 6: 6 days (15%)Course 10386: Advanced Skills in Microsoft PowerPoint 2010 Lesson 7: 3 days (7.5%)Course 10386: Advanced Skills in Microsoft PowerPoint 2010 Cumulative Project: 3 days (7.5%)Semester Project Certification Review and Testing: 5 days (12.5%) Timed Reviews

Pacing Guide Recommended Days (36 days of instruction + 4 Certification days) E-Learning/Additional Supplements Lesson 1: 5 days (12.5%) Course 10296: Beginner Skills in Microsoft Excel 2010 Lesson 2: 5 days (12.5%) Lesson 3: 4 days (10%) Lesson 4: 4 days (10%) Course 10296: Beginner Skills in Microsoft Excel day Project/Assessment (5%) Cumulative Project/Assessment Lesson 5: 5 days (12.5%) Course 10393: Intermediate Skills in Microsoft Excel 2010 Lesson 6: 5 days (charts) (12.5%) Lesson 7: (Pivot Tables) (10%) Course 10394: Advanced Skills in Microsoft Excel days Project/Assessment (5%) Cumulative Project/Assessment Certification Review: 4 days (10%) Timed Activities

Pacing Guide (35 days of Instruction + 5 days of certification review and testing) E-Learning Module Lesson 1: 5 days (12.5%) Course 10382: Beginner Skills in Microsoft Access 2010 Lesson 2: 5 days (12.5%) Lesson 3: 4 days (10%) 2 Day Project/Assessment (5%)Assessment or Project Lesson 4: 5 days (12.5%) Course 10382: Beginner Skills in Microsoft Access 2010 Lesson 5: 5 days (12.5%) Lesson 6: 7 days (17.5%)Course 10383: Intermediate Skills in Microsoft Access 2010 Queries Project: 2 days (5%)Focus on Queries covered on Certification exam 5 days Certification Review and Testing (12.5%) Certification Review

M.O.S Testing

Certification

Tips for Certification Success Take the exam yourself utilizing free voucher offers Hands-on, hands-on, hands-on Use the week before the certification exam to review and prep students for exam using demonstrations and performance driven tasks Practice testing with a clock displayed on the desktop to get students accustomed to timed exams Pair up students who pass with students who do not to mentor If student does not pass, look at their certification report and see which competency they need to work on before retesting

Certification Overviews These overviews are located on the Microsoft IT Members site with the lesson plans for each application. Overviews outline all of the skills and competencies covered for each exam. When planning and reviewing before the test go through Overviews to be sure that all skills have been covered. Match up Overviews with Exam Results page to identify specific skills that need to be reviewed.

Certification Overviews Identify skills to review and master for retesting

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