<p>Signature Microsoft® Word 2010</p><p>Course Description</p><p>This course prepares students to work with Microsoft Word 2010 in a career setting or forpersonal use. Using courseware that incorporates a step-by-step, project-based approach,students develop a mastery-level competency in Word 2010 and get an introduction to computersoftware and hardware. Students also develop an understanding of fundamental computerhardware and software concepts. </p><p>The textbook for this course isSignature Microsoft Word 2010. This textbook is divided into six units. Units 1–3 cover foundation, entry-level wordprocessing skills. Units 4–6 cover intermediate- to advanced-level skills. The chapters within each unitcontain the following elements: • Performance Objectives, identifying the specific learning goals of the chapter. • Introductory material, providing an overview of new concepts and features. • Step-by-step exercises, organized into groups, providing students with the opportunity to practiceusing features immediately after they read about them. • Model answers of intrachapter exercises, conveniently located at the beginning of each chapter. • Chapter Summary, reviewing the main concepts of the chapter. • Commands Review, listing the major commands learned in the chapter. • Key Points Review, a short-answer self-check of chapter concepts. • Chapter Assessments, offering graduated levels of performance-based exercises that studentscomplete without step-by-step guidance. These types of Assessments include: o Applying Your Skills, where students demonstrate knowledge of learned features o Expanding Your Skills, which prompt students to learn additional skills o Achieving Signature Status, a set of more challenging problems</p><p>Performance Assessments at the end of each unit include the following: • Assessing Proficiencies: practical computer simulation exercises that require students to makedecisions about document preparation and formatting, providing ample opportunity to apply newfeatures as well as to practice previously learned material. • Creating Original Documents: writing activities that provide students with the opportunity tocompose and format business documents, requiring problem-solving and creative abilities as wellashands-on computer skills.</p>