Content Areas and Skills

Endpoints  for Middleschool Computer students.

By the end of grade 8 grade students should be able to do all of the following:

 

1.

Word Processing:  

 

Microsoft Word :

 

Create, name and save new document

 

Change font style, size and colour

 

Cut, copy, paste, drag and drop

 

Use Undo, tabs and alignment function

 

Use numbers and bullets

 

Use Spellcheck

 

Add graphic object

 

Change format, page size, use columns, breaks

 

Add headers and footers

 

Use letter wizards, mail merge etc.

 

2.

Multimedia:  

 

Powerpoint:

 

Lay out a slide

 

Develop a sequence of slides

 

Add graphics

 

Use animation

 

Use transitions

 

Use timing / automatic presentation

 

3.

Graphics:

 

Adobe Photoshop:

 

Experiment with tools and functions

 

Use filters and views

 

Use actions and history

 

Use layers, channels and paths

 

Alter colour, swatches and brushes

 

4.

Windows and file management:  

 

Windows Explorer:

 

Make a new file, open and save

 

Organise file into subfiles

 

Locate files on a server

 

Change drives

 

5.

Spreadsheet:  

 

Microsoft Excel:

 

Make a new table, select a cell

 

Change width of columns and rows

 

Add and delete columns and rows

 

Print table with borderlines

 

Sort data

 

Make charts/ graphs

 

Make calculations, sum, average …

 

6.

Database:  

 

Microsoft Access:

 

Create, save and open database

 

Enter data, edit and delete

 

Find and sort records

 

Create a form

 

Create a query

 

7.

Subject based:  

 

Locate, open, and use commercial content based programs

 

8.

Internet:  

 

Open own internet account, send email

 

Use search engines, power search

 

Understand structure of URLS

 

Learn basic html

 

Make simple web page

 

9.

Programming:  

 

Logo:

 

Use basic Logo commands

 

Make squares, triangles, polygons, circles

 

Use repeat

 

Use procedure mode, new and edit

 

Work with more than one variable

 

Link shapes

 

Use colour

 

10.

Scanning and Image Editing:  

 

Adobe Photoshop:

 

Scan and modifying image

 

Use filters and other effects

 

11.

Animation:  

 

Flash and Ulead GIF Animator:

 

Creating an image

 

Animate and edit the image

 

12.

Hardware:  

 

Name basic components of the computer

Visit the contexts within which these skills can be taught.

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