Desktop Publishing

Prerequisite: Word Processing and Windows

Catalog Description:

This course will teach the use of Microsoft Publisher to create: order forms, announcements, advertisements for a sale, ad design, menus, and other business items for print. Users will create documents that will combine both text and graphic using Publisher. Spring semester and as requested.

Text/Materials:

Text: Microsoft Office Publisher 2003, Complete Concepts and Techniques. Shelly, Cashman, & Starks – Course Technology

Materials: Two (CD-R) – 2 (3 ½ floppy disks for testing) All CD’s and floppy disk will be turned in.

3-Ring Binder with sheet protectors for portfolio

Students for Whom the Course is Intended:

This course is intended for students who are seeking an Office Technology, Computer Technology, and Graphic Communication degree, as well as for those who need to obtain a working knowledge of desktop publishing for home or professional use.

Phillips Community College Core Competencies:

Phillips Community College believes students need both technical knowledge and skills and core abilities in order to succeed in a career and in life. The following six (6) core abilities are the general attitudes and skills promoted and assessed in all Phillips Community College programs. The competencies marked with * asterisks are promoted and assessed in this course:

1. Students will be able to communicate effectively in a written or oral manner in the business environment. *

2. Students will acknowledge diverse groups of individuals possessing different beliefs, values, attitudes, and customs.

3. Students will demonstrate a legal/ethical behavior that is appropriate for the business professional in today’s society.

4. Students will analyze, interpret, and evaluate data necessary to solve problems and support business decisions.

5. Students will perform computational skills and financial analysis appropriate to the business environment.

6. Students will demonstrate the ability to use computer technology. *

Course Policies

Attendance:

The classroom attendance policy is designed to foster student success. PROMPT and REGULAR attendance is the responsibility, and expected of, each student. You are responsible for all work missed and completing your assignments at the earliest possible dates.

Attendance Policy:

Regular attendance and punctuality are expected.

CLASSES MEETING 3 TIMES A WEEK

Students are permitted three (3) absences. On the fourth absence, you will receive a 5-point reduction on your final grade and on the fifth absence, you will receive an additional 5-point reduction on your final grade. When you have missed six (6) classes, you will receive an EW or F and you may not return to class.

CLASSES MEETING 2 TIMES A WEEK

Students are permitted two (2) absences. On the third absence, you will receive a 5-point reduction on your final grade and on the fourth absence, you will receive an additional 5-point reduction on your final grade. When you have missed five (5) classes, you will receive an EW or F and you may not return to class.

CLASSES MEETING 1 TIME A WEEK

Students are permitted one (1) absence. On the second absence you will receive a 5-point reduction on your final grade. When you have missed 3 classes you will receive an EW or F and you may not return to class.

The instructor will warn a student in danger of becoming excessively absent by sending a warning notice to the student’s advisor so that the student can be contacted by either phone or in writing.

If a student is unable to attend a class regularly, regardless of the reason or circumstances, he/she should withdraw from that class before an EW or F is assigned.

Exceptions to this attendance rule may be based on individual circumstances ant the instructor’s assessment of the student’s ability to finish course requirements. The final decision concerning absences is left to the instructor’s discretion. A student’s attendance will affect their grade in this course.

Students who do not adhere to this policy will be dropped from the class

Punctuality:

Tardies are not acceptable. There are no tardies – students are expected to arrive at their classroom prior to the beginning of classroom activities. Any student entering the classroom after the class roll has been taken will be considered absent. There is one exception to this rule: Students who have been held over by their instructor. The instructor will call roll at the beginning of class and record those absent. If you do not answer the roll call, you will be marked absent.

It is your responsibility to get the course notes, handouts, and assignments should you miss class or be late.

Academic Integrity:

Cheating Policy

Students are expected to uphold the school’s standard of conduct relating to academic honesty. Students assume full responsibility for the content and integrity of the academic work they submit. The guiding principle of academic integrity shall be that a student’s submitted work, examinations, reports, and projects must be that of the student’s own work. Students shall be guilty of violating the honor code if they:

Represent the work of others as their own.
Use or obtain unauthorized assistance in any academic work.
Give unauthorized assistance to other students.
Modify, without instructor approval, an examination, paper, record, or report for the purpose of obtaining additional credit.
Misrepresent the content of submitted work.

Administrative Procedure Number: 404.05

Cheating in any form (including using unauthorized materials, information, or study aids in any academic exercise; plagiarism; falsification of records; unauthorized possession of examinations; any and all other actions that may improperly affect the evaluation of a student's academic performance or achievement; and assisting others in any such act) is forbidden. An instructor who has proof that a student is guilty of cheating may take appropriate action up to and including assigning the student a grade of "F" for the course and suspending the student from class. A description of the incident and the action taken will be reported through the dean to the Vice Chancellor for Instruction and placed in the student's file in the Office of Admissions and Records. The student may appeal either the finding of cheating or the penalty, or both, as described in Administrative Procedure No. 404.06, Academic Appeal Procedure.

Cheating in this class:

Cheating will not be tolerated. If you are cheating on one occasion, you will receive an “F” for the whole project’s work (not limited to that one assignment). If found cheating on a second occasion, you will be asked to drop the class. If the cheating occurs after the drop date, or if you choose not to drop, you will receive an “F” for this class. All work must be on your disk or in your notebook unless the instructor directs you to destroy them.

Classroom Policies

It is this instructor’s desire that every student succeed in this class. Students are hindered in this success if there are classroom distractions. Students are to adhere to the standards of behavior described in the Student Handbook. Students who do not adhere to this policy will be dropped from the class.

No food or drinks are allowed in the computer lab.
Computer settings are not to be changed. Personal wallpaper, screen savers, shortcuts, etc. are not to be added to the desktop.
Access to objectionable websites is prohibited.
According to the student handbook: A student may not have unauthorized persons (children or adults) on campus.
Cell phones and pagers must be turned off when entering the classroom.

Grading:

Quizzes and Tests:

Missed Quizzes:	Quizzes are given to award those students who *are in class*. No quizzes can be made up.
Testing Policy:	The student is expected to attend the day of testing. Tests are scheduled on the course syllabus and will be announced in class.
Mid-Term and Final Exams:	Mid-term and final exams will not be administered at another time unless under extreme emergencies. If a student should miss a scheduled test, there will be no make-up test and the student will receive a zero unless the student has made prior arrangements with the instructor. This will be left to the discretion of the instructor.

Grading Scale

90 – 100          A
80 - 89            B
70 - 79            C
60 - 69            D
Below 60         F

Daily/weekly assignments and quizzes 30%

Unit tests, mid-term, final 70%

Project ONE

Creating and Editing a Publication
Objectives:

Designing a Newsletter
Objectives:

Publishing a Tri-Fold Brochure
Objectives:

Creating an E-Mail Letter Using Publisher
Objectives:

Personalizing and Customizing Publications with Information Sets
Objectives:

Creating Business Forms and Tables
Objectives

Creating an E-Commerce Web Site
Objectives:

Linking a Publisher Publication to an Excel Worksheet
Objectives:

Creating and Editing a Publication Objectives:

Designing a Newsletter Objectives:

Publishing a Tri-Fold Brochure Objectives:

Creating an E-Mail Letter Using Publisher Objectives:

Personalizing and Customizing Publications with Information Sets Objectives:

Creating Business Forms and Tables Objectives

Creating an E-Commerce Web Site Objectives:

Linking a Publisher Publication to an Excel Worksheet Objectives: