Schedule

Assessment
The Student Assessment Guide and Learning Plan describes the evidence required to be competent in this unit.  

You can track your progress by comparing it against unit requirements and at every stage of your learning and study you can get support from your iTAFE mentor and advisor.

Assessment here

Study Guide
There are many ways that you might choose to make your way through the unit. The diagram and suggested sessions (below) will help to plan your learning through the Operate a Word Processing Application unit. The sessions outlined below are a suggestion only - you may have another way that you prefer to study.



Session 1 – Apply OHS Practices – Pink Tiles

This includes:

• Use ergonomic work practices and strategies
• Organise work area ensuring an ergonomic work environment

A few points to think about for your blog:
Have you set up your computer in accordance to OHS and ergonomics guidelines outlined?
What strategies do you have in place to follow ergonomic guidelines in your home office?

Session 2 – Create Documents in Google Docs, Save and Share - Blue tiles

This includes:

• Creating documents in Google Docs
• Using simple formatting tools
• Using templates
• Saving documents in Google Docs

A few points to think about for your blog:
What sort of documents have you created using Google Docs?
What simple formatting tools have you found useful in Google Docs?
Why use the template functionality within Google Docs?

Session 3: Format document in Google Docs – Red tiles
This includes:

• Adjusting page layout
• Toolbars in Google Docs
• Changing Font
• Alignment and Spacing
• Modifying margins
• Open and switch between several documents
• Use formatting features and styles
• Copy and paste text
• Headers and footers
• Saving document in other formats
• Saving document to a storage device

A few points to think about for your blog:
What formatting do you usually apply to your documents?
What standard information do you put in your Header and Footer?
What is your preferred font and line spacing?
Do your documents need to be saved in other formats? Why?

Session 4: Create tables, add images and print in Google Docs - Yellow tiles
This includes:

• Creating tables
• Changing cell format in tables
• Inserting and deleting columns and rows in tables
• Formatting tables
• Add images and position and resize Printing documents – preview, basic setting and partial documents

A few points to think about for your blog:
What data do you present in tables in documents?
Do you have a preference for image position in a document?
What advantage is there in using the preview option before you print a document?

Would you like to attend some online courses for this unit?


We've planned some web conferences for this unit. Details of time and date are on the VET Open Online Course (VOOC) page of this blog.
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