Microsoft Office User Certification

Background/Philosophy

• We have an alarming number of IS majors with VERY poor skills in using the basic office tools of the trade
• This dilutes their legitimacy
• Use a COMT course or a canned self-paced course and give it as a workshop to require everyone to take and pass the MOUS certification exams by the end of the 24053 and 24001 sequences
• This will require study to find the best materials, but there is a LOT available that is very sophisticated
• Corresponds directly with the recommended content of the IS'97.P0 course model.

Main Course Content Bullets

• Builds skills with a suite of software tools including spreadsheets, databases, presentation graphics, word processing, Internet use, and electronic mail.
• Although presently identified as a course, this material can be delivered as self-study modules.