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| Aim of Module | The student will acquire skills and knowledge to apply a set of software packages to tasks of an intermediate level of difficulty. |
| Credits | 7 |
| Suggested Time | 70 student learning hours |
| Prescription Expiry Date | Nov 2002 |
| Topics | Highest Skill Level | Suggested Assessment Percentage | |
| 1 Word Processing | A | 20 | |
| 2 Spreadsheeting | A | 20 | |
| 3 Accounting Packages | A | 20 | |
| 4 Other Packages | A | 40 | |
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| LEARNING OUTCOMES The Student Will | ||
| A | 1 | Apply a word processing package to solve problems of an intermediate level of difficulty. |
| A | 2 | Apply a spreadsheet package to solve problems of an intermediate level of difficulty. |
| A | 3 | Apply an integrated accounting package to solve problems of an intermediate level of difficulty. |
| A | 4 | Apply a software package of a type not used in this module to a typical business problem. |
| This module is intended to introduce the student to a set of packages which are of the same general types as in the Software Applica-tions module. The material covered will be similar therefore, but should require less learning time as the student is already familiar with the principles of the package types. | ||
| 1 Word Processing |
| - Use of formatted and ASCII files | ||
| - Printing | ||
| - Pagination | ||
| - Page Formatting | ||
| - Tabulation | ||
| - Editing Features | ||
| - Copying Text | ||
| - Deleting Text | ||
| - Inserting Text |
| 2 Spreadsheeting |
| - Data entry and editing | ||
| - Cell reproduction | ||
| - Relative and absolute addressing | ||
| - Titles lock | ||
| - Printing | ||
| - Graphs | ||
| - Cell formatting | ||
| - Functions including totalling, average |
| 3 Accounting Packages |
| - Account maintenance | ||
| - Debtors | ||
| - Creditors | ||
| - General Ledger | ||
| - Stock | ||
| - Sales invoices | ||
| - Cash receipts | ||
| - Credits | ||
| - Journals | ||
| - Purchase invoices | ||
| - Cash payments | ||
| - Automatic payment | ||
| - General ledger journals | ||
| 4 Other Packages |
| > | Two other packages will be used: | |
| Suggestions: | ||
| - Graphics package | ||
| - Desktop Publishing | ||
| - File management | ||
| - Office Automation | ||