My Tech Skills Checklist

        EDTL 6310 – Technology Skill Checklist

Name:  Becca Wilson-Schultz              Date:   8/7/2013

Word Processing Skills	Beginner	Intermediate	Advanced
Set margins.		X
Align (center, right, left, or proportional) text using ruler			X
Change fonts and styles of text			X
Use page break option to force material to new page		X
Create a header and footer			X
Use current date & time in header or footer		X
Use title page option (not print header or footer on first page)	X
Use automatic page numbering in header or footer		X
Turn automatic formatting options off and on			X (7/7/13)
Use indent markers to create hanging indent format, and indented quote format		X (7/14/13)
Apply spacing and alignment with ruler options and with formatting palette and toolbar options			X (7/14/13)
Set tabs for columns of data		X (7/14/13)
Use tab markers and type tabbed columns of data appropriately	X
Use Leader Tabs	X
Use Outline options		X
Create columns then add text; format existing text into columns			X
Use column break to force text to a new column	X
Use section break to allow part of a page or one part of a document to have a different type of formatting from another (as varied number of columns, different margins, restarted page numbers)	X
Create Tables using the menu bar and toolbar, with and without pre-selected text		X
Use Tables Toolbar and menu to change the size of a table or merge or split cells			X
Use convert text to table and table to text, using Table Menu and various text/table formats	X
Save and organize document files and backups			X
Use spell checking, thesaurus, and word count			X
Use borders and shading around text		X
Insert a graphic from clip art or a file			X (7/28/13)
Use text wrapping options on a graphic			X
Use highlighting (not selection)			X
Use Comments		X
Zoom in and out			X
Mail Merge with a word-processed document (a table in MS Word), a spreadsheet (in MS Word), or a database	X
Use ‘Track Changes’	X
Copy (Paint) text and paragraph formats		X
Advanced: Create and use Styles			X (7/7/13)
	8	11	14

Spreadsheet Skills	Beginner	Intermediate	Advanced
Enter data in a cell			X
Align cell data (center, justify, etc.)			X
Format cell data (as number, date, etc.)			X
Enter a formula in a cell		X
Use relative references to cells in a formula	X
Use absolute references to cells in a formula	X
Use functions (Sum, Average, If, etc.)		X
Use Fill Down (Fill Right, etc.)			X
Use Fill Series	X
Create charts from data in cells		X
Edit chart components	X
Use options for copying and inserting charts into Word documents, so that data can/cannot be changed in the Word document to change the chart		X
	4	4	4

Graphic Skills	Beginner	Intermediate	Advanced
Create a drawing using draw tools			X (7/28/13)
Hide and show Drawing toolbar		X
Add pages to document (AppleWorks only)	X
Use a variety of the Drawing Tools		X (7/21/13)
Create layers of objects and move objects to different layers		X
Group and ungroup objects	X
Change Fill Pattern, Color, and Gradient			X (7/28/13)
Change Line/Pen Pattern, Color, and Gradient		X
Change Line/Pen width			X (7/28/13)
Wrap text around graphic/make graphic in-line with text		X
Create Text Objects for selected text (note: this is different from borders) and before text is typed.		X (7/21/13)
Advanced: Link text boxes	X
	3	6	3

Slide Presentation Skills	Beginner	Intermediate	Advanced
Create slides of different types			X
Apply a background design			X
Use transitions between slides			X
Use “build effects” and custom animation within a slide			X  (7/21/13)
Add a graphic you created to a slide			X (7/28/13)
Change bullets on the Slide Master			X
Change colors of background			X
Add a text object to a slide			X (7/28/13)
	0	0	6

Database Skills	Beginner	Intermediate	Advanced
Search for a specific record			X
Sort records by two fields			X
Edit records		X
Add and delete records		X
Change the layout of the record		X (8/7/2013)
Add and delete fields		X (8/7/2013)
Change the format of a field (as increase decimal places in a number field)		X (8/7/2013)
Merge the file with a word processing document	X
	1	5	2

E-mail	Beginner	Intermediate	Advanced
Send and receive messages			X
Create mailboxes/organizational divisions			X
Store addresses and use them to send mail			X
Send an attachment			X
Receive an attachment			X
Open an attachment that doesn’t open automatically (if the application is on your computer)			X
Edit and spell check your mail			X
	0	0	7
	16	26	36