High Digital Business Foundations

Module 1: Computer Fundamentals

• Keyboarding skills and proper typing posture
• File management, file types, and naming conventions
• Hardware troubleshooting and peripheral usage
• Computer maintenance and common problem identification
• Internet connection and web browser terminology
• GUI browser features and security configurations
• Search engine tools and Boolean strategies
• Domain extensions and web tool functions
• Network types, hardware, and security needs
• Internet, Intranets, and cloud computing

Module 2: Digital Citizenship

• Cybersecurity practices and online threat recognition
• Cyberbullying forms, prevention, and response strategies
• Respectful communication in online environments
• Digital identity, reputation, and social awareness
• Digital footprint and data collection technology
• Impact of digital permanence on users
• Ethical and legal use of AI
• Copyright law, fair use, and plagiarism
• Ethical considerations for using digital content

Module 3: Digital Communication

• Personal and business digital communication tools
• Integrated email and calendar features
• Networks for digital learning and communication
• Content Management Systems (CMS)
• CMS types, features, and user interface functions
• Common user roles and permission levels
• Content formatting, organization, and web templates
• Web page enhancement with media elements

Module 4: Documents and Slides

• Reliable online resource identification and evaluation
• Proper citation formats for borrowed content
• Technical and non-technical manual comprehension
• Word processing for business-related communications
• Document formatting, page layout, and templates
• Proofreading tools and document revision tracking
• Presentation software configuration and slide design
• Multimedia integration and design principles
• Document and presentation export formats
• Delivery methods for slide presentations

Module 5: Spreadsheet Basics

• Cell data entry, AutoComplete, and AutoFill techniques
• Spreadsheet formatting, cell styles, and themes
• Customizing spreadsheet structure, layout, and view
• Spreadsheet formulas, functions, and conditional logic
• Data organization through sorting and filtering
• Conditional formatting and data analysis
• Interpretation of tables and charts
• Chart and graph creation and modification
• Data sharing via email and cloud
• Embedding spreadsheet elements in presentations

Module 6: Career Prep

• Interest inventories and career goal setting
• Transition options from school to work
• Job requirements and training opportunity analysis
• Leadership qualities and emotional intelligence concepts
• Project management tools and resource allocation
• Professionalism, grooming, and workplace attire
• Verbal, nonverbal, and active listening skills
• Teamwork strategies and conflict resolution
• Job-seeking skills
• Utilize professional social media

Besides engaging students in challenging curriculum, the course guides students to reflect on their learning and evaluate their progress through a variety of assessments. Assessments can be in the form of practice lessons, multiple choice questions, writing assignments, projects, research papers, oral assessments, and discussions. This course will use the state-approved grading scale. Each course contains a mandatory final exam or culminating project that will be weighted at 20% of the student’s overall grade.***

***Proctored exams can be requested by FLVS at any time and for any reason in an effort to ensure academic integrity. When a proctored exam is administered to assess a student’s integrity, the student must pass the exam with at least a 59.5% to earn credit for the course.

To achieve success, students are expected to submit work in each course weekly. Students can learn at their own pace; however, “any pace” still means that students must make progress in the course every week. To measure learning, students complete self-checks, practice lessons, multiple choice questions, projects, discussion-based assessments, and discussions. Students are expected to maintain regular contact with teachers; the minimum requirement is monthly. When teachers, students, and parents work together, students are successful.