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VOVI 0831: Excel 1 with Screen Reader
Effective date
May 2025
Department
Visually Impaired
School
Arts and Sciences
Description
This course is designed for blind and visually impaired students to interact with Excel at a beginning level using a screen reader. Students learn how to enter data and apply simple formulas in an excel worksheet.
Credits
0.0
Year of study
Post-secondary Preparatory
Prerequisites
VOVI 0740, or VOVI 0741, or department permission.
Corequisites
None
Course Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
- Navigate and interact with the Excel interface
- Create and save worksheets and workbooks
- Navigate, read, and edit a worksheet
- Select and modify cells, rows, and columns
- Cut, copy, paste, and fill cells
- Format cells
- Use simple formulas to perform tasks such as adding, averaging, merging and separating information
Prior Learning Assessment & Recognition (PLAR)
None
Hours
Practicum, Self-Paced, Individual Learning: 48
Total Hours: 48
Total Hours: 48
Instructional Strategies
Self paced, individualized instruction.
Grading System
Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory
Passing grade
70% - Student must get an S on each item in the evaluation plan to receive an S for the course
Evaluation Plan
|
Type |
Percentage |
Assessment activity |
|
Assignments |
S/U |
Demonstration of skills |
|
Quizzes/Tests |
S/U |
Lesson quizzes on course content |
Course topics
- Purpose and layout of Excel
- Navigating worksheets and workbooks
- Ribbons
- Managing cell contents
- Rows and columns
- Screen reader and Excel keystrokes
- Enter Data into a cell including numbers, dates and times
- Editing data
- Introduction to formulas
Notes:
- Course contents and descriptions, offerings and schedules are subject to change without notice.
- Students are required to follow all College policies including ones that govern their educational experience at VCC. Policies are available on the VCC website at:
https://www.vcc.ca/about/governance--policies/policies/. - To find out if there are existing transfer agreements for this course, visit the BC Transfer Guide at https://www.bctransferguide.ca.