High Digital Information Technology
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Number of Credits
1
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Estimated Completion Time
2 segments, 32-36 weeks
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Earliest Start Date
September 2024
Description
This innovative course provides you with the foundational skills needed for future careers in a variety of technological fields. You’ll explore emerging technologies, digital design, Microsoft Office online applications, and much more! You’ll assess your strengths and learn how they relate to potential career opportunities. This course provides elective credit, fulfills the character education and practical art requirement for high school graduation, and serves as a prerequisite to many exciting Career and Technical Education courses.
Follow the link below for the Department of Education Career & Technical Education Curriculum Frameworks:
https://www.fldoe.org/academics/career-adult-edu/career-tech-edu/curriculum-frameworks/
Segment 1:
Module 01: Digital IT Survival Kit
- Computer parts and peripherals
- History and purpose of operating systems
- File naming and formats
- File management
- Computer maintenance
- Troubleshooting and diagnosing problems
- Types of networks and how they work
- Benefits and risks of computer networking
Module 02: Presentations On Point
- Technologies for the workplace
- Software for workplace efficiency
- Proper keyboarding skills
- Microsoft Office Online programs
- File creation, uploading, managing, and sharing
- PowerPoint terminology and features
- Using the ribbons and tools in PowerPoint
- Visual element usage in PowerPoint
- Applying transitions and animation to a PowerPoint presentation
- Delivery and sharing methods for presentations
Module 03: Work It Out
- Copyright
- Computer ethics
- Digital identity and reputation
- Digital awareness and permanence of actions
- Data-collection technology and the digital footprint
- Workplace essentials
- Personal and interpersonal skills in the workplace
- Emerging technologies and how they impact the global marketplace
- Cloud computing
- Teamwork and constructive criticism
- Conflict resolution
- Verbal and nonverbal communication skills
- Project management concepts
Module 04: The Digital Water Cooler
- Using Outlook email
- Working with mailing lists
- Creating a Word document
- Using the ribbon and tools in Word
- Formatting text with font types, font colors, lists, and spacing
- Find and replace tool
- Working with page layouts
- Formatting images
- Inserting tables, hyperlinks, and reference notes
- Reviewing a document with spell check, comments, and tracking
- Saving and exporting documents
Segment 2:
Module 05: Tools To Tackle The Web
- Connecting to the internet
- Web and technology terminology
- Intranet and extranet
- GUI browsers
- Browser security
- Search engines and tools
- Web-based and mobile apps
- Use of social media
- URLs and top-level domains
- Types of networks
- Evaluating online reference materials
- Writing from resources
Module 06: Driven By Design
- Programming terminology
- Browser security
- Parts of a webpage
- HTML converters
- Creating a web page
- Color theory and web design
- Storyboarding
- Using graphics on a webpage
- WYSIWYG editors
Module 07: Data Driven
- Basic elements of Excel
- Formal cell data
- Merge and split cells
- Autocomplete, AutoFill, and hyperlinks
- Formulas and functions
- Charts and tables
- Data analysis and interpretation
- Databases and queries
- Mail merge
Module 08: Get Hired
- Impact of local and global trends on career and life goals
- Soft and hard skills
- Determining a career path based upon personal skills and abilities
- Job requirements
- Aspects of pursuing a job
- Project simulation
- Professional social media use
- Plan for career growth and gaining skills
- Mentor relationships
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 taking the exam to assess a student’s integrity, the exam must be passed with at least a 59.5% in order to earn credit for the course.
Courses subject to availability.
Pursuant to s. 1002.20, F.S.; A public school student whose parent makes written request to the school principal shall be exempted from the teaching of reproductive health or any disease, including HIV/AIDS, in accordance with the provisions of s. 1003.42(3). Learn more about the process and which courses contain subject matter where an exemption request can be made.