Week 1
Lesson 1
Background knowledge and Skill Scaffolding. 
Week 1 of the course will cover creating a newspaper-style document in Word, including formatting with margins, columns, images within text, and proper titles and headings, as well as using templates. In PowerPoint, students will learn how to enhance presentations with appropriate use of images, colors, designs, animations, transitions, and audio, and understand how to use geometrics to fill empty space. In Excel, the focus will be on budgeting.
 Week 2
Lesson 2
Skill Scaffolding Continued
Week 2 will focus on finalizing the newspaper in Word by adding and organizing pictures, changing the document size, and incorporating various elements such as clip art and text. In PowerPoint, students will enhance their presentations by effectively using images, colors, designs, animations, transitions, audio, and creating flow charts. For Excel, the lesson will continue with budgeting, covering the sharing and organization of homework using color coding and converting data into tables
 Week 3
Lesson 3
Word and PowerPoint - Expert Level
Week 3 involves presenting the newspaper in Word, making a birthday card with proper sizing and printing instructions, and setting up a research paper by understanding and using headers, footers, and footnotes. Footnotes should be placed after the period and are used to cite research, especially for long statements. In PowerPoint, the focus will be on discussing homework and emphasizing the importance of images and animations.
 Week 4
Lesson 4
The Grand Finale
Week 4 will include reviewing tools and discussing templates in Word, sharing birthday/holiday cards, and evaluating the pros and cons of using templates. The focus on the research paper will continue, emphasizing footnotes and in-text citations. In Excel, students will learn tricks for storing words using functions like CONCATENATE, creating tables, and utilizing VLOOKUP.