1. Video Technology for Excel Competency ProgramsBy
Joseph M. Manzo
Lehigh University

2. OVERVIEW OF TODAY’S PRESENTATION
Purpose: To share my experience in developing a video reference and teaching tool for Microsoft Excel Lehigh University’s College of Business and Economics.
Topics
Conditions and Needs
The Excel competency program at Lehigh
Developing a video tool at Lehigh
Demonstration
Current and future applications

3. CONDITIONS AND NEEDS
Conditions
Excel is an every day tool for professionals in business.
The emergence of not for credit / not for grade competency programs.
Professors are teaching applications of Excel in class through multiple demonstrations.
Students will forget most software skills if they do not use them.
Needs
How Excel is used, not how it works.
An in class experience outside the class room.
Reduce or eliminate in-class Excel demonstrations.
A tool for relearning skills when they are needed.

4. THE EXCEL COMPETENCY PROGRAM AT LEHIGH
Who / When
All freshmen business students and transfers
First fall and spring semester
Core competency
Skills required calculate data and conduct “What-if” scenarios.
Formulas, Charts, Functions: IF, V-Lookup, FV
Students must pass a competency exam before registering for first accounting class (April spring semester)
Passing grade is 80% or higher
Not for grade or credit
Skills
Requirements

5. BENEFITS OF THE EXCEL COMPETENCY PROGRAM
Allows students who come to Lehigh with strong Excel skills to take the competency exam and complete the requirement
Focuses on skills students will likely use during their undergraduate classes
Gives students flexibility to attend various seminars and exams
Students must pass the exam and retake if they don’t pass
Provides the core essential skills to get students up and running on Excel as quickly as possible

6. DEVELOPING A VIDEO TECHNOLOGY TOOL
Collection of videos on CD ROM
Filmed using advanced camera technology
Smartboard for written demonstrations
Green Screen technology to display Excel screen
NOT a voice over screen capture model
Only live takes…..no editing

7. Absolute References & Formulas
VIDEO DEMONSTRATION
Absolute References
&
Formulas

8. CURRENT APPLICATIONS & TECHNICAL SPECS
CD & Book
Core skills
Freshman receive over the summer to prepare for the Excel Competency exam.
Reference tools for future classes
640x480 resolution; 30 frames per second; .rm
Camtasia access menu
Streaming Videos
Advanced skill content (Regression, Histograms, etc.)
Professors assign or refer students instead of doing in class demonstration.
320x240; 30 frames per second; .rm
Custom web site access

9. BENEFITS OF BOOK AND VIDEO
Quick reference tool
Includes more business applications and assignments
Address learning styles
Text
Inverse
Pictures
Demonstration

10. Senior Competency Program vs. Integration in the Curriculum
FUTURE APPLICATIONS - ACCESS
Covered in the Sophomore year
Not used by faculty
Students are not confident with skills in their Senior year
Senior Competency Program vs. Integration in the Curriculum

11. NEEDS RECAP How Excel is used, not how it works.
An in class experience outside the class room.
Reduced in-class Excel demonstrations.
A tool for relearning skills when they are needed.

12. QUESTIONS???