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Section Schedule for Second-Half Sections

The schedule below summarizes most important subject material covered throughout the semester. It is subject to change.

Homeworks, MyLab Lessons, and MyLab Extra Credit Projects are due at 11:59pm Eastern Time on the dates listed. Exams will be given on the dates shown. Participation Projects are not shown on the schedule below and are due on the date listed on your instructor's Assignments page.

We suggest you work on the assignments as they're shown in the Assignments to Work On column below so that you stay on track.

Lec Day Date Unit Content Readings & Resources [1]-[5] Assignments to Work On
1 Mon 06/27 Excel & Data Analysis
  • Course Introduction
    • Course policies
    • Course websites
    • Resources
  • Data Analysis Supplemental Content
    • Effective Internet searches

Required

  • Syllabus
  • First Day Presentation

Recommended

  • MyLab Lesson A
    • Module A1
    • Module A2
    • Module A3
2 Tue 06/28 Excel & Data Analysis
  • Data Analysis Supplemental Content
    • Download data and extract ZIP file contents
    • Answer analysis questions
  • Office 2016 Common Features
    • Create a new workbook
  • Excel Chapter 1
    • Adjust sheets
    • Enter data
  • Excel Chapter 10
    • Import XML and CSV data
    • Import from an Access database

Recommended

  • MyLab Lesson A
    • Module A4
    • Module A5
    • Module A6
3 Wed 06/29 Excel & Data Analysis
  • Excel Chapter 1
    • Insert rows and/or columns
  • Excel Chapter 4
    • Create and format tables
    • Use the table total row
    • Sort data

Recommended

  • Excel Chapter 1
    • Pages 93-98
  • Excel Chapter 4
    • Pages 275-281
    • Pages 288-290
    • Pages 302-303

 

4 Thu 06/30 Excel & Data Analysis
  • Excel Chapter 1
    • Format cells
    • Specify page orientation and scaling
  • Excel Chapter 4
    • Freeze panes
    • Apply conditional formatting
    • Apply color scale formatting
  • Excel Chapter 12
    • Apply cell styles

Recommended

  • Excel Chapter 1
    • Pages 110-115
    • Pages 123-130
  • Excel Chapter 4
    • Pages 265-266
    • Pages 304-311
  • Excel Chapter 12
    • Pages 741-744
  • MyLab Lesson B
    • Module B1
    • Module B2
  Fri 07/01   MyLab Lesson A Due
5 Fri 07/01 Excel & Data Analysis
  • Excel Chapter 1
    • Write formulas
    • Use AutoFill
  • Excel Chapter 2
    • Use statistical functions
    • Use cell references
  • Excel Chapter 4
    • Use structured cell references
  • Excel Chapter 8
    • Use the RANK.EQ function

Recommended

  • Excel Chapter 1
    • Pages 83-87
  • Excel Chapter 2
    • Pages 154-168
  • Excel Chapter 8
    • Pages 516-517
  • MyLab Lesson B
    • Module B3
    • Module B4
  Mon 07/04 Excel & Data Analysis Homework #1 Due
6 Mon 07/04 Excel & Data Analysis
  • Excel Chapter 2
    • Use the IF functions
  • Excel Chapter 7
    • Use AND/OR criteria
    • Use nested IF functions
  • Excel Chapter 9
    • Create 3-D formulas

Recommended

  • Excel Chapter 2
    • Pages 174-176
  • Excel Chapter 7
    • Pages 457-462
  • Excel Chapter 9
    • Pages 574-580
  • Homework #1
  Tue 07/05   MyLab Lesson B Due
7 Tue 07/05 Excel & Data Analysis
  • Excel Chapter 3
    • Create charts
    • Format charts
    • Insert a sparkline
  • Excel Supplemental Content
    • Use a trendline
    • Evaluate trendlines
    • Format chart axes

Recommended

  • Homework #1
8 Wed 07/06 Excel & Data Analysis
  • Excel Chapter 5
    • Create and use PivotTables
    • Add and format PivotCharts
  • Excel Supplemental Content
    • Group PivotTable data

Recommended

  • Homework #2
9 Thu 07/07 Excel & Data Analysis
  • Excel Chapter 6
    • Use Goal Seek
    • Use Scenario Manager
  • Excel Chapter 8
    • Perform correlation analysis

Recommended

  • Excel Chapter 6
    • Pages 418-423
  • Excel Chapter 8
    • Pages 525-530
  • Homework #2
  • MyLab Lesson C
    • Module C1
  Fri 07/08 Excel & Data Analysis Homework #2 Due
10 Fri 07/08 Excel & Data Analysis
  • Excel Chapter 2
    • Use the VLOOKUP function
    • Use the PMT function
  • Excel Chapter 7
    • Use the FV function
  • Excel Chapter 8
    • Use the SUMIF and COUNTIF functions
  • Excel Chapter 10
    • Use the CONCATENATE function

Recommended

  • Excel Chapter 2
    • Pages 177-181
  • Excel Chapter 7
    • Pages 482-483
  • Excel Chapter 8
    • Pages 512-515
  • Excel Chapter 10
    • Page 631
  • Homework #3
11 Mon 7/11 Excel & Data Analysis
  • Excel Chapter 6
    • Use Solver
  • Excel Chapter 11

Recommended

  • Excel Chapter 6
    • Pages 428-434
  • Homework #3
  • MyLab Lesson D
    • Module D1
  Tue 07/12 Excel & Data Analysis Homework #3 Due  
12 Tue 07/12  
  • Tableau Basics
 
  • MyLab Lesson D
    • Module D2
  Wed 07/13   MyLab Lesson C Due
13 Wed 07/13  
  • Tableau Visualizations
 
  • MyLab Lesson D
    • Module D3
  Thu 07/14 to Fri 07/15 Excel & Data Analysis Exam #1
  Fri 07/15   MyLab Lesson D Due
14 Fri 07/15 Access
  • Access Chapter 1
    • Add, edit, and delete records
    • View query results
    • Use views for tables
    • Use views for queries
    • View forms
    • View reports
    • Compact and repair the database

Recommended

  • Access Chapter 1
    • Pages 71-92
  • MyLab Lesson E
    • Module E1
15 Mon 07/18 Access
  • Access Chapter 2
    • Determine appropriate field types
    • Select primary and composite keys
    • Identify appropriate table relationships

Recommended

  • Access Chapter 2
    • Pages 140-149
    • Pages 160-164
  • MyLab Lesson E
    • Module E2
16 Tue 07/19 Access
  • Access Chapter 1
    • Selecting a database or spreadsheet
  • Access Chapter 2
    • Plan and normalize databases
  • Access Chapter 9
    • Normalize databases

Recommended

  • Access Chapter 9
    • Pages 608-616
  • MyLab Lesson E
    • Module E3
17 Wed 07/20 Access
  • Access Chapter 1
    • Create and save databases
  • Access Chapter 2
    • Create tables
    • Define relationships and use referential integrity
  • Access Chapter 5
    • Create lookup fields
  • Access Chapter 8
    • Import data from text files
    • Import data from Excel workbooks
  • Access Supplemental Content
    • Import XML data
    • Answering analysis questions

Recommended

  • Access Chapter 1
    • Pages 113-119
  • Access Chapter 2
    • Pages 144-149
    • Pages 160-164
  • Access Chapter 5
    • Pages 341-344
  • Access Chapter 8
    • Pages 546-553
  • Access Supplemental Content
    • Page 18
    • Page 23
  • MyLab Lesson E
    • Module E4
    • Module E5
  Thu 07/21   MyLab Lesson E Due
18 Thu 07/21 Access
  • Access Chapter 2
    • Create queries
    • Use criteria
    • Specify query sort order
  • Access Chapter 10
    • Create SQL queries

Recommended

  • Access Chapter 2
    • Pages 173-193
  • Access Chapter 10
    • Pages 660-666

 

19 Fri 07/22 Access
  • Access Chapter 2
    • Use AND, OR, and NOT criteria
  • Access Chapter 3
    • Use Expression Builder
    • Create calculated fields
    • Specify field aliases
    • Format query fields

Recommended

  • Access Chapter 2
    • Pages 180-181
  • Access Chapter 3
    • Pages 218-237

 

20 Mon 07/25 Access
  • Access Chapter 3
    • Use aggregate functions and grouping
  • Access Chapter 5
    • Use conditional functions
  • Access Supplemental Content
    • Specify outer join relationships
    • Control if query fields are shown

Recommended

  • Homework #4
  • MyLab Lesson F
    • Module F1
  Tue 07/26   MyLab Lesson F Due
21 Tue 07/26 Access
  • Access Chapter 4
    • Create and modify forms
    • Create and modify reports
  • Access Chapter 7

Recommended

  • Homework #4
  • MyLab Lesson F
    • Module F1
  Wed 07/27 Access Homework #4 Due
22 Wed 07/27 Access
  • Access Chapter 2
    • Use wildcard criteria
    • Copy a query
  • Access Chapter 5
    • Create parameter queries
  • Access Chapter 6
    • Create update queries
    • Create delete queries
  • Access Supplemental Content
    • Display unique records

Recommended

  • Access Chapter 2
    • Page 179
    • Pages 182-183
  • Access Chapter 5
    • Pages 352-355
  • Access Chapter 6
    • Pages 392-403
  • Access Supplemental Content
    • Pages 18-19
  • Homework #5
  • MyLab Lesson G
    • Module G1
24 Thu 07/28 Tableau
  • Tableau with databases
   
  Fri 07/29 Access Homework #5 Due
25 Fri 07/29 Tableau
  • Advanced Tableau
   
  Mon 08/01 to Tue 08/02 Access Exam #2
  Mon 08/01   MyLab Lesson G Due    
26 Tue 08/02 Word & PowerPoint
  • Word Chapter 1
    • Create headers and footers
    • Adjust margins and orientation
  • Word Chapter 2
    • Apply paragraph formatting
    • Create, modify, and use formatting styles
    • Insert and format pictures
    • Adjust paragraph spacing, indentation, and alignment
    • Create section breaks
    • Use bulleted and numbered lists
  • Word Chapter 5
    • Insert Excel charts
  • Word Chapter 8
    • Insert hyperlinks
  • Word Supplemental Content
    • Import RTF data
    • Use the Equation Editor

Recommended

  • Word Chapter 1
    • Pages 91-94
  • Word Chapter 2
    • Pages 138-147
    • Pages 151-153
    • Pages 161-163
    • Pages 164-168
    • Pages 175-179
  • Word Chapter 5
    • Pages 376-380
  • Word Chapter 8
    • Pages 529-531
  • Word Supplemental Content
    • Page 28
    • Page 30

 

27 Wed 08/03 Word & PowerPoint
  • Word Chapter 3
    • Create tables
    • Add captions
  • Word Chapter 4
    • Create footnotes and endnotes
    • Insert a table of contents
    • Insert a cover page
    • Manage and insert citations
    • Insert a bibliography
    • Track changes
  • Word Chapter 6
    • Compare and combine versions of a document
  • Word Chapter 7
  • Word Supplemental content
    • Use cross-reference

Recommended

  • Word Chapter 3
    • Pages 208-216
    • Pages 233-235
  • Word Chapter 4
    • Pages 272-297
  • Word Chapter 6
    • Pages 419-422
  • Word Supplemental Content
    • Page 29
  • Homework #6
28 Thu 08/04 Word & PowerPoint
  • PowerPoint Chapter 1
    • Use slide layouts and add content
    • Apply slide transitions
    • Apply animations
    • Add headers and footers
    • Add speaker notes
    • Run a slideshow
  • PowerPoint Chapter 2
    • Understand principles of slide design
    • Apply themes
  • PowerPoint Chapter 3
  • PowerPoint Chapter 4
    • Insert pictures
    • Resize, move, align, and crop pictures
    • Embed video
  • PowerPoint Chapter 6
  • PowerPoint Chapter 7
    • Hide slides
  • PowerPoint Supplemental Content
    • Design effective presentations
    • Insert automatically updating dates and times
    • Embed Excel charts
    • Rehearse timings

Recommended

    • PowerPoint Chapter 1
      • Pages 70-79
      • Pages 87-89
      • Pages 99-103
    • PowerPoint Chapter 2
      • Pages 160-167
    • PowerPoint Chapter 4
      • Pages 262-279
      • Pages 289-298
    • PowerPoint Chapter 7
      • Pages 481-482
  • Homework #6
  Fri 08/05   MyLab Extra Credit Projects #1, #2, and #3 Due
  Fri 08/05   MyLab Lessons Late Submission Deadline  
  Fri 08/05 Word & PowerPoint Homework #6 Due (no late submissions allowed)
  Thu 08/04 to Fri 08/05   Final Exam

References

  1. M. A. Poatsy, K. Mulbery, J. Davidson, A. Rutledge, and R. Grauer, Exploring Microsoft Office Excel 2016 Comprehensive, 1st ed. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Education, 2016.
  2. M. A. Poatsy, E. Cameron, J. Williams, A. Rutledge, and R. Grauer, Exploring Microsoft Office Access 2016 Comprehensive, 1st ed. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Education, 2016.
  3. M. A. Poatsy, L. Hogan, L. K. Lau, A. Rutledge, and R. Grauer, Exploring Microsoft Office Word 2016 Comprehensive, 1st ed. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Education, 2016.
  4. M. A. Poatsy, C. Krebs, R. Lawson, A. Rutledge, and R. Grauer,Exploring Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2016 Comprehensive, 1st ed. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Education, 2016.
  5. B. M. Powell, Supplemental Content for Microsoft Office 2016. Morgantown, West Virginia: West Virginia University, 2017. Available: http://cs101.wvu.edu/materials/supplemental-content/.