Introduction to Word

Online Course  (Registration Required)

Contents: Welcome to the Western Region Education Service Alliance Online.

Module 1: Starting Word: options

Module 2: Getting oriented: views, menus, toolbars

Module 3: Opening an existing document; saving options

Module 4: Cursors and Pointer Appearances

Module 5: Navigation; selecting, editing, and formatting text

Module 6:  Entering text; spell-checking; grammar

Module 7: Formatting options: styles, manual and Autoformat

Module 8: Graphics: ClipArt and pictures; The Drawing Toolbar: shapes, lines, arrows, text boxes, WordArt (Assignment  1 Due)  

Module 9: Previewing and printing

Module 10: Word Project  (Assignment 2 Due)

 This is an Introductory level online course consisting of activities and tutorials designed for Word 2000. If you have an earlier version of Word, you may notice a few differences in the views and toolbars. The basics however, are the same.  While the  content covered in this  course is the same as that  of the WRESA lab course, the presentation of the material is  more detailed. In addition, the assignments to be  completed in this course are somewhat larger, requiring more computer time.

CEU Credit: To receive CEU credit from your LEA, you must register, receive confirmation, download the Practice Files, and  complete and submit  all course assignments. Upon completion of the course you will be mailed a certificate which you may send to your Central Office for the equivalent CEUs. Important! Some LEAs require prior approval of workshops and courses to be submitted for CEUs.

Course Requirements: Basic familiarity with computers and the Windows operating system, Word installed on your computer, Javascript enabled,  the ability to send and receive email (including attachments),  and completion of all course assignments. It is strongly recommended that you review this tutorial on How to Take a WRESA Online Course.

Course Contents: To the left you find a navigable list of course modules.
Time needed to complete this course: 10 hours

CEUs awarded by LEA: 1 (One)

Assignments to be submitted: 2
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