February, 2013 Jocelyn Paul Deployment Manager Microsoft Learning Microsoft IT Academy Program

Agenda What is MOAC? What resources are included? MOAC Features How to access & MOAC resources

What is “MOAC”? MOAC is an acronym that stands for – Microsoft Official Academic Curriculum Published by Wiley for Microsoft MOAC provides everything academic instructors need to plan, prepare, and conduct hands-on classes with a goal of certification for students

What resources are included? Instructor’s Guide Digital Textbooks Teacher PowerPoint presentations with lecture notes Test Banks Online Labs MTA Classroom Setup Guide -> still want to physical book? Order at deep discount from Wiley

MOS PEDAGOGICAL FEATURES Lesson Skill Matrix At beginning of each lesson. Correlates each software skill covered in the lesson to the specific MOS exam objective domain

Real-World Business Case Each lesson features a real-world Business case scenario that places the software skills and knowledge to be acquired in a real-world setting.

Software Orientations Provide an overview of the software features students will be working with in the lesson.

Step-by-Step Instructions Concise and frequent Step-by-Step instructions – teach students new features – provide hands-on practice Give detailed instructions to help students learn software skills. Show results and screen images to match what students should see on their computer screens.

Illustrations Provide visual feedback as students work through the exercises Reinforce key concepts Provide visual clues about the steps Allow students to check their progress

Button Images When the text instructs a student to click a particular button, button images are shown in the margin or in the text.

Key Terms Important technical vocabulary is listed in the Key Terms section – When these terms are used later in the lesson, they appear in bold italic type with yellow highlighter and are defined. The Glossary contains all of the key terms and their definitions.

Reader Aids Bottom Line: why this topic is relevant Take Note: provides students with helpful hints Another Way: shows alternate ways to accomplish tasks Troubleshooting: points out things to watch out for or avoid

Certification Ready Found throughout the text to signal students where a specific certification objective is covered

Appendix: Matrix to Exam Objectives

HOW TO ACCESS MOAC

MOAC Student Files Microsoftitacademy.com My Academy tab Expanded Curriculum section Expand What is MOAC? question

Student File Download

Microsoftitacademy.com My Academy tab Expanded Curriculum section Scroll to “Step 2” and follow instructions to register, sign up and download MOAC Instructor Resources 4 Expand What is MOAC? question

Once on Wiley.com Click on text link 1 2 Follow instructions Do NOT click registration link on upper right

During the registration process when asked to select a course, all fields under “course information” and “book currently used for course” are optional and can be left blank.

Teacher Files Download

Instructor PPT - Excel

RESOURCES Downloading and Using MOAC

New! MOAC Quick Start Guide Available on the Moodle now!

MOAC – matrix for E-Learning courses and modules

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