Course Title: Design and develop complex text documents
Part B: Course Detail
Teaching Period: Term2 2010
Course Code: COSC5945C
Course Title: Design and develop complex text documents
School: 650T TAFE Business
Campus: City Campus
Program: C4223 - Certificate IV in Business Administration
Course Contact : Sylvia Baroutis
Course Contact Phone: +61 03 9925 5469
Course Contact Email:sylvia.baroutis@rmit.edu.au
Name and Contact Details of All Other Relevant Staff
Nominal Hours: 100
Regardless of the mode of delivery, represent a guide to the relative teaching time and student effort required to successfully achieve a particular competency/module. This may include not only scheduled classes or workplace visits but also the amount of effort required to undertake, evaluate and complete all assessment requirements, including any non-classroom activities.
Pre-requisites and Co-requisites
None
Course Description
This course covers the skills and knowledge required to design and develop business documents using complex technical features of word processing software.
National Codes, Titles, Elements and Performance Criteria
National Element Code & Title: |
BSBITU401A Design and develop complex text documents |
Element: |
Prepare to produce word processed documents |
Performance Criteria: |
1.1 Use safe work practices to ensure ergonomic, work organisation, energy and resource conservation requirements are addressed |
Element: |
Produce documents |
Performance Criteria: |
4.1 Use complex operations in the development of documents, to achieve required results |
Element: |
Add complex tables and other data |
Performance Criteria: |
3.1 Insert a standard table into document, changing cells to meet information requirements |
Element: |
Design complex documents |
Performance Criteria: |
2.1 Design document structure and layout to suit purpose, audience and information requirements of the task |
Learning Outcomes
Details of Learning Activities
Learning activities will include class-based exercises, demonstration and observation in order to develop competency, including the underpinning skills and knowledge required for this competency. This course is co-delivered with OFFC5202C (BSBADM406B) Organise Business Travel, refer to the weekly schedule. Students will have the opportunity to design and develop complex text documentation suitable for use within the Organise Business Travel unit and relevant projects.
Teaching Schedule
The total number of scheduled hours of teaching, learning and assessment involved in this course will include all planned activities. This may incorporate face-to-face classes, lectures, workshops and seminars; wherever possible workplace visits, online learning and other forms of structured teaching and learning. The total scheduled hours includes the amount of effort required to undertake, evaluate and complete all assessment requirements, including observation of work performance, discussions with supervisors and others providing third party evidence and one on one and group assessment sessions with students.
Teaching Schedule
Week | Content | Resources |
Week 1 | Course Guide Overview of assessments Examples of good and bad document design |
Learning Hub Textbook Individual research |
Week 2 | Prepare to produce word processed documents Office Procedures (Page i-xxxiii) |
Face-to-face class In-class activities Textbook |
Week 3 | Class 1 & 2 Topics: Section 1 - Fonts and effects, graphics, linked text boxes, newspaper columns and automatics hyphenation |
Face-to-face class Textbook |
Week 4 | Class 1 & 2 Topics: Section 2 - Bullets and numbering, macros, tables and mathematical functions |
Face-to-face class Textbook |
Week 5 | Class 1 & 2 Topics: Section 3 - File management, fields, hyperlinks, linking and embedding, mail merge and advanced options Proofreading exercises |
Face-to-face class Textbook |
Week 6 | Class 1 & 2 Topics: Section 3 - continued |
Face-to-face class Textbook |
Week 7 | Class 1 & 2 Topics: Section 4 - Templates styles, headers and footers, sections and forms |
Online class Learning Hub - Online discussion forum Textbook |
Week 8 | Class 1 & 2 Topics: Section 5 - Tables of Contents, indexes, outlines, master document and tracking changes |
Face-to-face class Textbook |
Mid-semester break 30 August - 5 September | ||
Week 9 | Underpinning Skills (keyboarding to enter text and numerical data) - Practice Exercises Proofreading exercises |
Face-to-face class Handouts |
Week 10 | Class 1 & 2 Online activities refer to discussion board for this week |
Online class Learning Hub - Online discussion forum |
Week 11 | Class 1 & 2 Topics: Design and develop complex documentation for producing Marketing Portfolio for OFFC5202C (BSBADM406B) Organise Business Travel |
Face-to-face class Textbook |
Week 12 | Course review, assessment preparation |
Face-to-face class Textbook |
Week 13 | Organise business itinerary for domestic and overseas travel |
Organise Business Travel Textbook |
Week 14 | Design & develop complex text docs Class 1 In-class demonstration (50%) ______ Make travel arrangements Arrange credit facilities |
Organise Business Travel Textbook |
Week 15 | Local Travel Project - VEA Client due, submit as PDF (40%) |
Organise Business Travel Textbook |
Week 16 | Plan and review travel project |
Organise Business Travel Textbook |
Week 17 | International Travel Project - Role Play and Travel Pack due (60%) |
Organise Business Travel Textbook |
Week 18 | Feedback and review |
Organise Business Travel |
Learning Resources
Prescribed Texts
Design & develop complex text documents – for Word 2003 BSBITU401A By Cheryl Price & Julia Wix, Software Publications, 2009 Edition. |
1-74123-860-9 |
References
Other Resources
RMIT Learning Hub
http://www.rmit.edu.au/browse;ID=090zabl0wvqr1
RMIT Learning Lab - Study & Learning Centre
http://www.dlsweb.rmit.edu.au/lsu/
Overview of Assessment
Students must demonstrate an understanding of all elements of a particular unit of competency to be deemed competent. Students are advised that they will be asked to personally demonstrate their assessment work to their teacher to ensure that the relevant competency standards are being met.
Assessment methods have been designed to measure achievements of each competency. Assessments will incorporate a variety of methods: direct questioning combined with review of documents with complex design, demonstration of techniques, oral or written questioning to assess knowledge of word processing software functions.
In addition to the assessments, formative feedback is provided to the students throughout the duration of the course.
Assessment Tasks
Refer to the relevant marking criteria forms
In-class Demonstration of Techniques (Due Week 14 during Class 1, 50%)
Students will complete a demonstration of techniques in-class under supervised conditions. The demonstration will comprise of both theory and practical aspects. The theory aspect of the demonstration will be ’closed book’ and the practical component will be ’open book’.
Portfolio of Documents (Due Week 11, 50%)
Students will compile a portfolio of evidence of their complex documentation developed during class in Week 6 and 9 (25% x 2 = 50%) from teacher handout activities. They will be required to submit the portfolio items in-class using safe work practices and correct keyboarding techniques in both electronic and hard copy formats for feedback and assessment.
Assessment Matrix
Assessments
Element | In-class Demonstration (50%) | Portfolio (50%) |
1. Prepare to produce word processed documents |
Yes |
Yes |
2. Design complex documents |
Yes |
Yes |
3. Add complex tables and other data |
Yes |
Yes |
4. Produce documents |
Yes |
Yes |
Grading
Grade | Mark | Description |
HD | > = 80 | High Distinction (Competency Achieved) |
D | 70 - 79 | Distinction (Competency Achieved) |
CR | 60 - 69 | Credit (Competency Achieved)v |
PA | 50 - 59 | Pass (Competency Achieved) |
NN | <50 | Fail (Not Yet Competent) |
CA | Not applicable | Competency Achieved |
NYC | Not applicable | Not Yet Competent |
Other Information
Special Consideration
Special consideration allows the University to take account of unexpected circumstances that can affect your ability to complete an assessment. Examples of unexpected or extenuating circumstances for eligibility may include:
• Serious illness with a significant impact e.g. hospital admission, concussion, serious injury, asthma attack or depression. It does not include illnesses with minor impact such as a cold, headache, period pain or stomach ache.
• Loss or bereavement e.g. death of a close family member, family/relationship breakdown.
• Hardship or trauma e.g. victim of serious crime, sudden loss of income or employment, severe unexpected disruption to domestic arrangements.
How to apply
You must apply for special consideration no later than two working days after the relevant examination or assessment deadline. You must complete the Special Consideration Application form available at www.rmit.edu.au/students/forms and lodge the original and one photocopy at the Hub on your campus. You can also lodge the application and supporting documentation via fax to tel. 9925 8845 or send scanned copies via email to special.consideration@rmit.edu.au.
Please note that in 2010 it is anticipated that applications for special consideration will move to an online process. More information about this new process will be available at www.rmit.edu.au/students/specialconsideration.
Your application must be supported by a medical impact statement and/or relevant supporting documentation. A medical certificate alone is not sufficient. If you cannot obtain the impact statement or supporting documents within two days, you should lodge an incomplete application form and provide the additional documents within five business day.
Late applications can only be accepted in extenuating circumstances and their submission requires the approval of the Academic Registrar.
Assessment of applications
All special consideration applications are considered by a panel of health and academic experts, convened by the Academic Registrar. All communication about your application will be through your RMIT student email account. It is your responsibility to check your RMIT student email account regularly, promptly respond to any requests for information or action and ensure your account can receive incoming emails.
Extensions of time for submission of assessment – seven days or fewer
If you are seeking an extension of seven calendar days or fewer from the original due date you must meet certain eligibility criteria (similar to special consideration) and complete an Application for Extension of Time for Submission of Assessable Work form and lodge it with the School. Forms are available at www.rmit.edu.au/students/forms.
Arrangements for lodging forms can vary according to individual school procedures. It is your responsibility, as the applicant, to check whether the form should be lodged with the school administrative officer, the course coordinator or program coordinator. Except in exceptional circumstances the application must be lodged no later than one working day before the official due date.
Employability skills
Employability skills are included in this course and are based on broad industry requirements.
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