Meet Your Instructor!
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Susan Hale is an award-winning educator, corporate professional trainer, and homeschool mom who focuses on providing easy-to-use, professional-looking homeschool record-keeping and transcript tools as well as online interactive self-paced and instructor-guided computer, leadership, and business skill courses.
Susan has a passion for organization and a knack for breaking down big tasks into small, manageable steps that allows her to help reduce the busyness of today’s homeschool journey. She offers several online computer software, leadership, and business skill classes that target independent-learning in a fun and interactive manner to ease the need for a parent-taught curriculum.
Susan and her husband have three children and are passionate about homeschooling. They live in the south surrounded by family and the wonderful smell of sea air.
Connect with Susan online at [email protected] or via the Facebook group, Homeschooling Super Moms.
Would you like your high school student to be more prepared for the business world? Would you like them to be able to walk into the workplace comfortable using the most popular software programs used in business today...Microsoft Excel, Word & PowerPoint? Would you like them to know more about file management, folder creation, file storage, and file & folder organization? How about knowing how to create functional and dynamic spreadsheets or research papers or resumes?
Did you know that no matter what path your student takes...college, trade school, office position, or production job...they need to be familiar with how to manage files and folders as well as how to use the Microsoft Office products? It's true! Almost all jobs today require some kind of knowledge of at least one of the Microsoft Office products.
- Are you looking for a two (2) semester (Sept-May) online live instructor-led co-op class that teaches students how to use these Microsoft Office products?
- Would you like your student to be able to do the class on their own while being guided through the program with weekly online live instructor-led classes?
- Would you like a class that eliminates you having to teach class content?
- Would you like your child to be able to ask questions and gain further clarity on a topic?
If you said yes to any of the above questions,
this sounds like the class you're looking for and
you've come to the right place!
This class includes:
- Two-semester class / one-full academic year class (Sept-May) with weekly online "live" instructor-led classes
- (Recordings available in the event of their absence or if they opt to do the class self-paced.)
- Two-semester / one-full academic year of daily assignments (36 modules with 5 daily assignments for each module)
- Easy-to-follow daily assignment video lessons
- Printed Assignment & Study Guide Workbook shipped at no additional cost. (Available in the U.S. only!)
- Downloadable and printable weekly assignments, study guide, and study guide answer pages
- Downloadable and printable weekly ebook chapters (by end of course is full-course manual as easy reference guide)
- Online automatically graded quizzes and tests
Access To The Class Schedule
Information on the class schedule can be located on this page. Simply go to the Course Curriculum portion of this page. Under the Welcome & Getting Started section, you'll see Class Schedule.
How Do Students Access The Live Online Instructor-led Sessions?
There are two ways to access the link to the live instructor-led sessions. Students can either open the weekly email delivered straight to their inbox and click the class link. Or, students can log into this course and click the link inside each module's toolbox.
Students will learn computer skills used in today’s businesses. Here's a light overview of what's covered in the course.
- History of Computers and Social Media
- Email Do's and Don'ts
- How to Use Windows® File Explorer®
- How to Use Microsoft® Outlook® Email
- How to Use Microsoft® Excel® (Beginning & Intermediate Levels)
- How to Use Microsoft® PowerPoint®
- How to use Microsoft® Word®
- & more
Students will learn how to place data and information into spreadsheets; create basic formulas; format data for practical; create professional-looking worksheets; create charts; and more. Students will also be introduced to business Internet usage expectations, email basics, and email do’s and don’ts.
They will also learn to create polished and professional-looking PowerPoint presentations and share them with their fellow classmates.
In the Microsoft Word section, they learn how to create resumes as well as research paper features such as footnotes, endnotes, tables of contents, and more.
*** A detailed course outline is provided in the Course Curriculum section below. Please note, course content may not take place in the order in which it's listed on the course outline.
How Many Weeks Does The Course Run?
The course is designed to run September through May and includes over 36 modules of content. Classes meet on the specified dates and times provided in the Class Schedule section and in the My Courses link post purchase.
How Many Credits Is The Class Worth?
The class provides a lot of content and can be assigned as either a one-credit or two-credit hour class, and as the parent, you can determine the number of credits your child is to receive.
How Often Are The Live Instructor-led Sessions?
The instructor-led sessions meet weekly, except for the weeks of major holidays, from September through May. Due to unforeseen circumstances there may be a rare occasion for a recorded class session, the instructor will do her best to notify families of this situation with as much advance notice as possible.
What Time Are The Class Sessions?
Classes meet on Mondays at 10:00 AM Central from September 13, 2021 through May 16, 2022, except during standard holiday breaks. See a class schedule for specific dates in the Class Schedule section under Course Curriculum (below).
What Version Of Microsoft Office Will Be Used?
This class is specifically for PCs using Microsoft Windows. The instructor will be using Microsoft Office 2016. However, for the student success, it is recommended students use the same version or higher. However, those with any version Microsoft Office 2007 and above will work. Please note, this class does not teach Microsoft Excel for the Mac.
How Long Do Students Have Access To The Overall Program?
Even after the live instructor-led sessions end, students have lifetime access to the program, so if something comes up and students are able to attend as planned, they can still do the course self-paced. The only exception is if a family chooses the monthly payment plan and decides to opt out prior to fulfilling their payment plan.
What Happens If My Child Misses Class or Gets Behind Schedule?
The program is flexible and students have options. We always encourage students to jump back into class at the next available online live instructor-led class. Please note, the instructor will not be able to work with the student one-on-one to catch them up on the content they missed.
Or... students can choose to continue using only the recorded self-paced program. All students need to do is follow the recorded program and complete the class at their own individual pace. Remember, your student has on-going access to the program and it offers them lots of flexibility.
Course Curriculum
- 4.1 Recorded Online Instructor-led Class Session (22:32)
- 4.2 Creating The Class Desktop Files (3:56)
- 4.3 Creating An Email Message (1:43)
- 4.4 Parts of The Email Message (5:29)
- 4.5 Opening & Previewing Email Messages (5:29)
- 4.6 Responding to Email Messages (Reply, Reply All, & Forward) (7:57)
- 4.7 Deleting Email Messages (4:08)
- 4.8 Working With Folders (9:51)
- 4.9 Moving Email Messages Into Folders (6:31)
- 4.10 Printing Email Messages (3:10)
- 4.11 Working With Email Attachments (5:29)
- 5.1 Recorded Online Instructor-led Class (38:35)
- 5.2 Worksheets Vs. Workbooks, Active Worksheets, Menus, & Ribbons (5:35)
- 5.3 Quick Access Toolbar, Title Bar, Window Commands, Name Box, & Formula Bar (6:24)
- 5.4 Name Box & The Active Cell (1:15)
- 5.5 Cell Addresses (4:53)
- 5.6 Formula Bar, Scroll Bars, View & Zoom Controls, Status Bar, & Backstage View (6:48)
- 5.7 Cell Ranges & Regions (5:13)
- 5.8 Creating & Opening Workbooks (3:11)
- 5.9 Optional Video - Help With The Activity in Module 5, Pages 16-17
- 6.1 Recorded Online Instructor-led Class (36:54)
- 6.2 Selecting Cells, Select All, & Mouse Cursor Shapes (8:10)
- 6.3 Mouse To Select Cells & Navigate (10:40)
- 6.4 Keyboard To Select Cells & Navigate (7:40)
- 6.5 Cell Content (9:45)
- 6.6 Undo & Repeat Features (3:22)
- 6.7 Save, Save As, & The Help Feature (11:41)
- 7.1 Recorded Online Instructor-led Class (42:43)
- 7.2 Easy Homeschool Attendance Tracker (13:21)
- 7.3 Overview of the Basic Student Grade Book (6:53)
- 7.4 Grading Student Schoolwork (4:06)
- 7.5 Enter Student Name & Class Information (4:09)
- 7.6 The Grading Scale for the Basic Student Grade Book (1:09)
- 7.7 Assigning Course Work Weights Inside The Basics Student Grade Book (12:44)
- 7.8 Saving & Reusing The Basic Student Grade Book (7:26)
- 8.1 Instructor-led Class (23:16)
- 8.2 Entering & Editing Data (3:11)
- 8.3 Moving, Copying, & Renaming Worksheets (11:57)
- 8.4 Navigating Using Worksheet Tabs (6:06)
- 8.5 Creating Formulas, Basic Mathematical Operators, & Cell References Vs. Constant Numbers (15:46)
- 8.6 Order of Operation (4:46)
- 8.7 Module 8 Recap (8:59)
- 9.1 Recorded Instructor-led Class (32:13)
- 9.2 Using Functions (8:20)
- 9.3 AutoSum (8:12)
- 9.4 The Formula Bar & Insert Function Button (7:19)
- 9.5 AutoComplete (3:54)
- 9.6 Formulas Tab & Ribbon (1:46)
- 9.7 Reusing Formulas (1:17)
- 9.8 Copying Formulas (10:34)
- 9.9 Autofill To Copy (6:12)
- 9.10 Moving Cell Content & Formulas (7:41)
- 9.11 Using Paste Special (9:35)
- 11.1 Recorded Instructor-led Class (28:54)
- 11.2 Formulas & Autofill (3:21)
- 11.3 Dates & Autofill (2:12)
- 11.4 Months and Autofill (1:24)
- 11.5 Quarters and Autofill (1:35)
- 11.6 Times & Autofill (3:54)
- 11.7 Custom Lists & Autofill (2:38)
- 11.8 Numeric Info & Autofill (6:54)
- 11.9 Creating Chart Sheets (7:29)
- 11.10 Creating Embedded Charts (10:27)
- 11.11 Module Recap (4:45)
- 12.1 Recorded Instructor-led Class (30:53)
- 12.2 Naming Cells (11:50)
- 12.3 Inserting & Deleting Columns & Rows (5:14)
- 12.4 Clearing Cell Information (2:28)
- 12.5 Transposing Cell Information (3:37)
- 12.6 Spell Check (7:19)
- 12.7 Find & Replace (4:48)
- 12.8 Column Widths & Row Heights (7:18)
- 12.9 Hiding Columns & Rows (3:29)
- 13.1 Recorded Instructor-led Class (19:30)
- 13.2 Applying Borders (9:47)
- 13.3 Applying Cell & Font Colors (5:46)
- 13.4 Modifying Cell Alignment Part 1 of 2 (7:06)
- 13.5 Modifying Cell Alignment Part 2 of 2 (2:23)
- 13.6 Bolding, Italicizing, & Underlining (1:56)
- 13.7 Changing Fonts & Font Size (4:02)
- 13.8 Modifying Numeric Information (2:19)
- 13.9 Repeating Cell Format (3:49)
- 13.10 Formatting Cells Using A Dialog Box (3:49)
- 14.1 Instructor-led Session (13:54)
- 14.2 Overview of Print Features (3:49)
- 14.3 Printing Worksheets (6:49)
- 14.4 Changing Print Orientation (3:06)
- 14.5 Adjusting Page Margins (5:37)
- 14.6 Altering The Size Of The Print Area (2:10)
- 14.7 Fitting Content To The Page Size (4:09)
- 14.8 Inserting Headers & Footers (9:06)
- 14.9 Repeating Column & Row Titles (3:36)
- 14.10 Recap of Print Features (5:57)
- 17.1 Recorded Instructor-led Class (19:08)
- 17.2 Creating Formulas By Calculating Across Worksheets, Manually Typing or Using Your Mouse To Create These Formulas (10:46)
- 17.3 Using Named Cells To Create Formulas With Data From Different Worksheets (9:23)
- 17.4A Using Functions To Calculate Data From Different Worksheets (6:16)
- 17.4B Using Functions When Data Is Located On The Same Cell On Each Worksheet (5:29)
- 17.5 Automatically Update Text Information Housed Elsewhere (10:17)
- 17.6 Creating Calculations From Data Located On Other Workbooks (9:48)
- 17.7 Quickly Adding Worksheets To A Workbook (0:59)
- 24.1 Recorded Instructor-led Class (26:40)
- 24.2 Changing Font Styles & Sizes (6:09)
- 24.3 Clearing Font Formatting (2:12)
- 24.4 Bulleting & Numbering Lists (5:27)
- 24.5 Changing List Levels (5:05)
- 24.6 Adjusting Line Spacing (9:21)
- 24.7 Changing Text Direction (2:00)
- 24.8 Part 1 Applying Character Formatting (8:36)
- 24.8 Part 2 Applying Character Formatting (6:56)
- 24.9 Modifying Text Alignment (2:38)
- 25.1 Recorded Instructor-led Class (29:59)
- 25.2 Inserting Pictures, Shapes, & SmartArt (21:19)
- 25.3 Resizing Graphic Objects & Resizing Graphic Objects Proportionately (7:53)
- 25.4 Rotating, Deleting & Moving Pictures & Graphic Objects (4:41)
- 25.5 Selecting & Grouping Multiple Pictures & Objects (5:02)
- 25.6 Assigning Single Animation (14:03)
- 25.7 Displaying The Animation Pane & Reordering, Removing, & Triggering Animation (13:12)
- 25.8 Changing Effect Options (3:11)
- 25.9 Assigning Multiple Animation To A Slide Item (6:29)
- 25.10 Modifying The Slide Background & Applying Slide Transitions (8:23)
- 27.1 Recorded Instructor-led Class (13:32)
- 27.2 Introduction to Microsoft Word (2:13)
- 27.3 Microsoft Word Menus & Ribbons (3:00)
- 27.4 Microsoft Office Software Similarities (1:11)
- 27.5 Selecting Text Using Your Keyboard (2:13)
- 27.6 Selecting Text Using Your Mouse (2:14)
- 27.7 Paragraph Spacing (2:03)
- 27.8 Paragraph Alignment (3:09)
- 28.1 Recorded Instructor-led Class (8:47)
- 28.2 Identifying Paragraphs & Other Indicators (9:53)
- 28.3 Selecting Text (8:30)
- 28.4 Paragraph Spacing (8:02)
- 28.5 Indenting Paragraphs (12:16)
- 28.6 Working with Tabs & Displaying The Ruler (13:59)
- 28.7 Working with Different Tab Types & The Ruler (11:23)
- 28.8 Working With Different Tab Types & The Dialog Box (12:49)
- 29.1 Recorded Instructor-led Class (19:58)
- 29.2 Changing Font Style, Size, & Color (14:49)
- 29.3 Changing Case (9:07)
- 29.4 Bolding, Italicizing, & Underling (7:48)
- 29.5 Using Strikethrough, Subscript, & Superscript (8:13)
- 29.6 Adding Bullets & Numbering (17:03)
- 29.7 Working with Text Effects (5:39)
- 29.8 Highlighting Text (5:09)
- 29.9 Aligning Text (9:19)
- 29.10 Changing Paragraph Backgrounds (6:55)
- 30.1 Recorded Instructor-led Class (3:04)
- 30.2 Keeping Hyphenated Words Together (3:22)
- 30.3 Inserting Symbols (7:37)
- 30.4 Adding & Editing Drop Caps (7:35)
- 30.5 Applying A Page Border (8:43)
- 30.6 Applying A Paragraph Border (8:02)
- 30.7 Using The Format Painter (5:17)
- 30.8 Working with Pre-Defined Styles (7:40)
- 30.9 Applying & Customizing A Document Design (5:44)
- 30.10 Clearing All Formatting (3:15)
- 31.1 Recorded Instructor-led Class (21:23)
- 31.2 Working with Headers & Footers (15:40)
- 31.3 Adding & Resetting Page Numbers (8:03)
- 31.4 Applying Page & Section Breaks (14:59)
- 31.5 Using Section Breaks with Headers, Footers, & Page Numbers (13:15)
- 31.6 Page Set-up Features (14:55)
- 31.7 Working with Columns (11:01)
- 31.8 Inserting Tables (16:23)
- 33.1 Recorded Instructor-led Class (8:53)
- 33.2 Increasing & Decreasing Font Sizes (9:30)
- 33.3 Applying Page Borders & Colors (10:04)
- 33.4 Adding A Document Theme/Color Theme (11:14)
- 33.5 Using Spell Check (5:42)
- 33.6 Using the Thesaurus (2:14)
- 33.7 Moving & Copying Text
- 33.8 Adding Columns to Your Document (7:31)
- 33.9 Using the Go To Feature (3:35)
- 33.10 Changing Margins & Document Orientation (7:28)
- 33.11 Working with the Print Features (6:10)
- 33.12 Working with Save & Save As Features (15:38)
- 34.1 Recorded Instructor-led Session
- 34.2 Selecting Document Content (10:47)
- 34.3 Paragraph Spacing (8:07)
- 34.4 Creating Custom Tabs (24:14)
- 34.5 Indenting Paragraphs (5:18)
- 34.6 Adding Space for Binding Materials (6:32)
- 34.7 Adding Page & Section Breaks (17:52)
- 34.8 Using Section Breaks to Center Cover Page Content (13:51)
- 35.1 Recorded Instructor-led Session (14:52)
- 35.2 Creating Different Document Headers & Footers (14:41)
- 35.3 Adjusting Page Numbers (11:50)
- 35.4 Changing Page Orientation (4:51)
- 35.5 Working With Columns (11:01)
- 35.6 Assigning A Text Style (17:03)
- 35.6 Assigning A Text Style (7:40)
- 35.7 Applying A Document Design (5:44)
- 35.8 Adding & Updating Tables of Contents (13:12)
- 35.9 Inserting Footnotes & Endnotes (13:05)
- 35.10 Reorganizing Document Content
- 35.11 Customizing Bullets (17:03)
- 37.1 Recorded Instructor-led Class (58:21)
- 37.2 Mail Merge Basics (7:11)
- 37.3 Identifying A Data Source (3:38)
- 37.4 Initiating The Mail Merge (9:05)
- 37.5 Inserting Merge Fields (9:48)
- 37.6 Merging The Data Source & File Info (4:50)
- 37.7 Mail Merge Troubleshooting Tip (2:54)
- 37.8 Previewing Merged Information (5:12)
