High Digital Information Technology

Segment 1: 

Module 01: Digital IT Survival Kit

• Computer parts and peripherals
• History and purpose of operating systems
• File naming and formats
• File management
• Computer maintenance
• Troubleshooting and diagnosing problems
• Types of networks and how they work
• Benefits and risks of computer networking

 

Module 02: Presentations On Point

• Technologies for the workplace
• Software for workplace efficiency
• Proper keyboarding skills
• Microsoft Office Online programs
• File creation, uploading, managing, and sharing
• PowerPoint terminology and features
• Using the ribbons and tools in PowerPoint
• Visual element usage in PowerPoint
• Applying transitions and animation to a PowerPoint presentation
• Delivery and sharing methods for presentations

 

Module 03: Work It Out

• Copyright
• Computer ethics
• Digital identity and reputation
• Digital awareness and permanence of actions
• Data-collection technology and the digital footprint
• Workplace essentials
• Personal and interpersonal skills in the workplace
• Emerging technologies and how they impact the global marketplace
• Cloud computing
• Teamwork and constructive criticism
• Conflict resolution
• Verbal and nonverbal communication skills
• Project management concepts

 

Module 04: The Digital Water Cooler

• Using Outlook email
• Working with mailing lists
• Creating a Word document
• Using the ribbon and tools in Word
• Formatting text with font types, font colors, lists, and spacing
• Find and replace tool
• Working with page layouts
• Formatting images
• Inserting tables, hyperlinks, and reference notes
• Reviewing a document with spell check, comments, and tracking
• Saving and exporting documents

 

Segment 2:

Module 05: Tools To Tackle The Web

• Connecting to the internet
• Web and technology terminology
• Intranet and extranet
• GUI browsers
• Browser security
• Search engines and tools
• Web-based and mobile apps
• Use of social media
• URLs and top-level domains
• Types of networks
• Evaluating online reference materials
• Writing from resources

 

Module 06: Driven By Design

• Programming terminology
• Browser security
• Parts of a webpage
• HTML converters
• Creating a web page
• Color theory and web design
• Storyboarding
• Using graphics on a webpage
• WYSIWYG editors

 

Module 07: Data Driven

• Basic elements of Excel
• Formal cell data
• Merge and split cells
• Autocomplete, AutoFill, and hyperlinks
• Formulas and functions
• Charts and tables
• Data analysis and interpretation
• Databases and queries
• Mail merge

 

Module 08: Get Hired

• Impact of local and global trends on career and life goals
• Soft and hard skills
• Determining a career path based upon personal skills and abilities
• Job requirements
• Aspects of pursuing a job
• Project simulation
• Professional social media use
• Plan for career growth and gaining skills
• Mentor relationships

 

Besides engaging students in challenging curriculum, the course guides students to reflect on their learning and evaluate their progress through a variety of assessments. Assessments can be in the form of practice lessons, multiple choice questions, writing assignments, projects, research papers, oral assessments, and discussions. This course will use the state-approved grading scale. Each course contains a mandatory final exam or culminating project that will be weighted at 20% of the student’s overall grade.***

***Proctored exams can be requested by FLVS at any time and for any reason in an effort to ensure academic integrity. When taking the exam to assess a student’s integrity, the exam must be passed with at least a 59.5% in order to earn credit for the course.  

To achieve success, students are expected to submit work in each course weekly. Students can learn at their own pace; however, “any pace” still means that students must make progress in the course every week. To measure learning, students complete self-checks, practice lessons, multiple choice questions, projects, discussion-based assessments, and discussions. Students are expected to maintain regular contact with teachers; the minimum requirement is monthly. When teachers, students, and parents work together, students are successful.