CIS 103 - Introduction to Windows and Microsoft Office

1. Make effective presentation, formatting, and stylistic choices when developing a communication. 
2. Use visual representations such as graphs, charts, or graphics to enhance the meaning of the message that is being communicated. 
3. Create and/or organize data and information into meaningful patterns in order to interpret and draw inferences from it. 
4. Define the fundamentals of a desktop operating system.
5. Modify and utilize the desktop environment of a desktop operating system.
6. Create, copy, move, delete, and rename folders and files.
7. Change operating system settings.
8. Create, format and edit working documents.
9. Create a research paper with citations and references.
10. Create a business letter.
11. Create worksheets.
12. Create charts linked to the the data in a worksheet.
13. Work with formulas, functions, and formatting of a worksheet.
14. Create a database with tables and reports.
15. Create and use queries to retrieve information from tables.
16. Maintain a database being able to add, modify, and delete records and fields.
17. Create and run presentations containing multimedia objects.

II. Create, copy, move, delete, and rename folders and files. 

III. Modify the desktop environment by changing the theme, toolbars, and taskbars.

IV. Utilize the control panel to make changes to the Windows Operating System.

V. Create documents using four software applications:  word processing, spreadsheets, database management, and electronic presentation software.