- Prerequisite Course(s):
- High School Credit = 1/2 credit per semester (Postsecondary credit = 0)
- This course will be offered: every year
- Pathway (Optional): Information Support and Services
- Career Cluster Area: Information Technology
- Source of Occupational Skills Standards: National Business Education Association (NBEA)
- Eligibility for Nationally Recognized Skill Certificate(s)/State License? No
- Tech Prep: No
- Is this course brokered through another institution or agency? No
- Course Description: This course is designed to provide students with the fundamental skills needed when using desktop publishing software, computer hardware, and other equipment to create multi-media publications and presentations.
- Content Headings/Topics
- System software
- Knowing how to use page layout/document creation
- Web page design
- Using the Internet as a resource
- Use of peripherals, 35mm cameras, digital cameras, CD burners, scanners, printers
- Use of graphical software – Photoshop
- Review computer ethics/liability
| Performance Standards (Learner Outcomes) | Specific Occupational Skills Standards | Alaska Reading, Writing, Math, Science Performance Standards | Alaska Content Standards | Alaska Employability Standards | Alaska Cultural Standards | All Aspects of Industry | Assessments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Describe jobs in data processing, word processing, printing, publishing, Internet, and web design occupations. | NBEA ISS.16 | R2.9b W3.3 | LA A | B.2 | C4 | Written Exam | |
| 2. Explain terms and principles associated with software and equipment. | R2.9b W3.3 | LA A | Written Exam | ||||
| 3. Contrast different types of computer related-equipment. | NBEA ISS.1 | R2.9b W3.3 | Written Exam | ||||
| 4. Demonstrate how to initialize disks, save, and retrieve documents, and use of the server. | NBEA ISS.5 | Tech B | Demonstration | ||||
| 5. Explain terms and principles associated with document creation. | R2.9b W3.3 | LA A | A2 | Written Exam | |||
| 6. Explain and demonstrate the use of graphic software. | NBEA ISS.8 | Tech D | Technical | Demonstration | |||
| 7. Demonstrate proficient use of scanners, digital cameras, CD burners, and printers. | NBEA ISS.1 | Tech A | B4 | Technical | Demonstration | ||
| 8. Convey long-term consequences of publication actions with regard to ethical and legal issues. | NBEA B12 B14 IT XVI | R.2 W.4 | LA E2.4 | A.1 A5 A7 | E7 | Tech / Prod PC | Society of Professional Journalists: Ethics |