Course Title: Design and produce business documents
Part B: Course Detail
Teaching Period: Term1 2011
Course Code: BUSM6232C
Course Title: Design and produce business documents
School: 650T TAFE Business
Campus: City Campus
Program: C6106 - Advanced Diploma of Legal Practice
Course Contact : Doug Gourlay
Course Contact Phone: +61 3 9925 5944
Course Contact Email:doug.gourlay@rmit.edu.au
Name and Contact Details of All Other Relevant Staff
Nominal Hours: 80
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 unit describes the performance outcomes, skills and knowledge required to design and produce various business documents and publications. It includes selecting and using a range of functions on a variety of computer applications. This unit contains employability skills.
Design and produce business documents applies to individuals who possess fundamental skills in computer operations and keyboarding. They may exercise discretion and judgement using appropriate theoretical knowledge of document design and production to provide technical advice and support to a team.
National Codes, Titles, Elements and Performance Criteria
National Element Code & Title: |
BSBITU306A Design and produce business documents |
Element: |
Design document |
Performance Criteria: |
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Element: |
Finalise document |
Performance Criteria: |
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Element: |
Produce document |
Performance Criteria: |
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Element: |
Select and prepare resources. |
Performance Criteria: |
1 Select and use appropriate technology and software applications to produce required business documents |
Learning Outcomes
Details of Learning Activities
Learning activities will include class based exercises, demonstrations and observations in order to develop competency including the underpinning skills and knowledge. Formative feedback is provided to the students throughout the duration of the course.
Some learning activities will include a self-directed learning approach. Self-directed learning refers to organised teacher-directed learning activities that you will undertake independently, either as individuals or with other students. This may include a workplace research, library assignments, field work and work placements.
Teaching Schedule
Week beginning | Content | Requirements |
Week 6 - 14 Mar | Introduction to MS Word & Excel; Occupational Health & Safety | Text |
Week 7 - 21 Mar | MS Word, Section 1; Excel screen | Text |
Week 8 - 28 Mar | MS Word, Section 1; Excel, Working with spreadsheets | Text |
Week 9 - 4 Apr | MS Word, Seciton 2; Excel, Working with spreadsheets | Text |
Week 10 - 11 Apr | Portfolio document 1 | Text; Printing credits |
Week 11 - 18 Apr | MS Word, Section 3; Excel, Formula’s/Functions | Text |
Midsemester break | ||
Week 11 - 28 Apr | MS Word, Section 3; Excel, Formula’s/Functions | Text |
Week 12 - 2 May | MS Word, Section 4; Excel, Formula’s/Functions | Text |
Week 13 - 9 May | Portfolio document 2 | Text; Printing credits |
Week 14 - 16 May | MS Word, Section 5; Excel, Charts | Text |
Week 15 - 23 May | MS Word, Section 5 | Text |
Week 16 - 30 May | Portfolio document 3 | Text; Printing credits |
Week 17 - 6 June | Special consideration/Resits | Text; Printing credits |
Learning Resources
Prescribed Texts
BSBITU303A Design and Produce Text Documents - Word 2010 |
9781921780639 |
References
Other Resources
Microsoft Office online training can be accessed: http://office.microsoft.com/en-au/training/
Overview of Assessment
Assessment methods have been designed to measure achievement of the requirements in a flexible manner over a range of assessment tasks, for example:
• direct questioning combined with review of portfolios of evidence and third party workplace reports of on-the-job performance by the candidate
• review of final printed documents
• demonstration of techniques
• observation of presentations
• oral or written questioning to assess knowledge of software applications
Students are advised that they are likely to be asked to personally demonstrate their assessment work to their teacher to ensure that the relevant competency standards are being met.
Assessment Tasks
Students must demonstrate an understanding of all elements of competency to be deemed competent.
Assessment methods have been designed to measure achievements of each element of competency in a flexible manner. Students are advised that they are likely to be asked to personally demonstrate their assessment work to their teacher to ensure that the relevant competency standards are being met.
Students will complete a evidence which focuses on the practical component of developing documents using a range of functions using MS Word 2010 and MS Excel 2010. Each portfolio document is to be completed individually in class as indicated on the Teaching Schedule and is open book. Students are not permitted to share books when completing the portfolio documents.
Students who have not received a satisfactory result in all elements of competency will be given an opportunity to show competency in Week 17 and will receive a result of either Competency Achieved (CA) or Not Yet Competent (NYC), no graded result will be recorded.
Assessment Matrix
Element of competency | P/F doc 1 | P/F doc 2 | P/F doc 3 |
Select and prepare resources | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Design document | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Produce document | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Finalise document | Yes | Yes | Yes |
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