Introduction to Computer Information Systems

Product Details
Author(s): David E Schmidt
ISBN: 9781680756999
Edition: 1
Copyright: 2018
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Format: GRLContent (online access)

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Overview of
Introduction to Computer Information Systems

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Introduction to Computing Information Systems is an introductory text that uses Microsoft Office to teach students how to format documents, create spreadsheets, design presentations, and to implement databases. Students learn to create well-formatted resumes and to apply research styles to academic publications. Students use the desktop and online versions of Office along with OneDrive for collaboration and storage. The spreadsheet assignments include using tables, conditional formatting, statistical and financial functions, and pivot tables. Students use spreadsheets for data analysis, budgets, and for creating illustrative charts. The presentations include using features such as animation, voice recording, screen captures, and screen recording. It uses Microsoft Access to introduce concepts of database design, database queries, and database reporting. The text also addresses topics such as cybersecurity, copyright, Creative Commons, cybercurrency, onion routing, the dark web and deep web, wifi, LANs, and computer networking.

About the Author
David E Schmidt

David Schmidt, Ph. D.

Assistant Professor, Informatics, Fort Hays State University, Hays, Kansas

Education

Received Masters and Doctorate in Philosophy from the University of Kansas

Studied at Harvard Divinity School, Cambridge, Massachusetts; Fort Hays State University, Computing Science; Ecole d’Administration, Brussels, Belgium, French; Bethel College, N. Newton, Kansas (BA) Philosophy

Teaching

 Informatics, Philosophy, and Computer Science, Fort Hays State University

Also taught at Bluffton University, Bluffton, Ohio; The University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, Emporia State University, Emporia, Kansas; The University of Texas at Tyler, Texas; and Spring Institute, the Democratic Republic of Congo

Administration

Director of the Computing Center, Senior Director of the Center for Teaching Excellence and Learning Technology, Fort Hays State University, Manager, Academic Computing, Fort Hays State University and Barton County Community College

Table of Contents

Unit 1 Using Microsoft Apps in the Cloud 

Unit 2 Microsoft Word Basics

Unit 3 Writing a Resume Using Microsoft Word

Unit 4 Collaboration Using Microsoft Word

Unit 5 Formatting a Research Paper Using Word

Unit 6 Excel Basics

Unit 7 Using Excel Tables

Unit 8 Using Excel Charts

Unit 9 Using Excel to Figure Payments and Budgets 

Unit 10 Using Excel Pivot Tables

Unit 11 PowerPoint Basics

Unit 12 Advanced PowerPoint Features

Unit 14 The Web, the Deep Web, and the Dark Web: Knowing How to Protect Your Digital Identity