IT Tools for Business Practical

Paper Code: 
CBTM 103
Credits: 
2
Contact Hours: 
30.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 

Course Objectives:

  1. The course aims to acquaint the students with the computers and office automations skills in various business operations in an organization.

 

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IT Tools for Business Practical

CO 21Apply the concepts of windows & managing files and folders

CO 22Develop skills of word processor tool.

CO 23Examine tools to solve business analytical problems in MS-Excel.

CO 24Analyze the preparation of effective presentation with link to word processor & Spread sheet.

CO 25Analyze the fundamentals of database management software and manage data.

 

 

Approach in teaching:  Interactive Hours using whiteboards, Lab Practice Sessions & Discussion, Short practical Lab Assignment, case based lab and group session to develop skills in MS-Word, MS-Excel and MS-Access.

Learning activities for the students:

Group  based practical assignments and   Presentation, Solving practical problems using analysis tools of MS-Excel, Case-based  practical Learning through MS-Office package , Group Learning – Teamwork

Class test, Semester end examination, Presentation, Individual and group projects, Task-based practical exercises to assess students’ software  understanding & technical skills

 

 

 

 

6.00
Unit I: 

Getting connected to Internet: HTTP, Web Browser (Internet Explorer, Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox), sending & receiving the E-mail, Attaching files with E-mail, Exploring through E-commerce web sites.
Exploring the Windows: Windows explorer, Control panel, Managing Files & Folders: Creating folder & shortcuts on the desktop Compressing/ Zipping files (WinZip, Winrar), Virus & Antivirus.

6.00
Unit II: 

Introduction to Word Processing: Working with word documents, Shortcut keys.
Formatting documents: Selecting text, character formatting, &
Paragraph formatting with using indents tabs, paragraph alignment, line & paragraph spacing, Borders & shading bullets and numbering.
Editing Text: Finding & replacing text, Go To command, Proofing text (Spell check, thesaurus, Auto correct), Macros, Inserting pictures, Hyperlinks, Drop cap.
Page setup & Border: page margins, orientation, headers and footers, end notes and foot notes.
Working with tables: Creating tables, formatting, sorting, table formula (Sum, Min, Max, Avg), and converting text to table and vice versa. Create newspaper columns, indexes and table of contents.
Create bookmarks and cross referencing, adding sources and bibliography.
Mail merge: Creating and editing the main document and data source sorting and filtering in merged documents. OLE (Object Linking and embedding).

6.00
Unit III: 

Spread sheets
Introduction spread sheet: workbooks saving, opening, moving, copying, inserting, deleting and renaming worksheets, working with multiple worksheets and workbooks, controlling worksheet views, Printing worksheet. Filling series, sort, Formatting worksheet, Shortcut keys
Various Tools & functions: cell referencing (Relative, Absolute, Mixed).Functions and its parts. Inbuilt function (SUM, AVERAGE, COUNT, MAX, MIN, IF), lookup, logical, date and time. Consolidate Protecting worksheets, margins, headers and footers, page breaks, orientation.
Charts in Excel: Creation of chart from adjacent data/ nonadjacent data, printing a worksheet and chart, data series, editing and formatting chart, and creating sparkline graphics.
Analysis using pivot tables: Creating, formatting and modifying a pivot table and pivot table charts, sorting, filtering items.
Performing what-if analysis: Data tables, scenario manager), what-if analysis in reverse (goal-seek, solver) OLE( object linking and embedding).

6.00
Unit IV: 

Power point presentation
Introduction: Creating a blank presentation , design template, creating and managing slides, using content place holders, creating graphs, tables, diagrams, organization charts, inserting clip art and images, shortcut keys
Viewing and navigating a presentation: outline view, slide sorter, master views, slide& title master, handout master and notes master, headers and footers, hyperlinks, advanced navigation with action settings, action buttons
Animation and multimedia: Applying animation schemes, custom animation, various sound file formats and adding music, sound and video clips.
Final presentation: Applying transition to slides, controlling transition speed, using hidden slides, using custom shows, screen pen and adding and accessing notes during a presentation.

6.00
Unit V: 

Databases –MS-Access
Create Database with specific location ,Creating Tables, table fields, with Data types , Changing table design, Field Properties, Primary Keys and field validation and record validation rules, Indexing, working with multiple tables, Relationships & Integrity check , Records Editing (modify ,delete ,add ) Sorting & Filtering.
Select data with queries: Creating Query by design & by wizard (Select, Make Table, Append, Delete, Cross Tab, Update, Parameterized Query, Find Duplicate and Find Unmatched), Creating multi table queries, creating & working with table joins. Using operators & expressions: Creating simple & advance criteria.
Working with forms: Create forms with bound, unbound and calculated controls, Working with Data on Forms: Changing Layout, creating Sub Forms, creating list box, combo box and option groups.
Working with Reports: Create Reports, Creating Header & Footer, Placing Controls on reports, sorting & grouping reports.

Essential Readings: 

1. Henry C. Lucas, Information Technology for Management, McGraw Hill, International Edition, July 2012.
2. Dr. Leena Bhatia & Dr. Bindu Jain, Elementary Computer Application
3. Mastering Access 2000 – Simpson Alan, Robinson, & Celeste.
4. Peter Nortons : “Introduction to Computers” (Fourth Edition)
5. Mastering Word 2000 – Mansfield & Olsen
6. Mastering Excel 2000 – Martin, Hansen, Klingher & Beth
7. Mastering Power Point 2000 – Murray

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