Course Module

Microsoft Office Applications (Computer Basic)

Subject: Windows
Lesson - 1: Computer Basic Theory
1. Categories of a computer system: Hardware and Software
2. Computer hardware components
3. Input and output devices of computer
4. What is software?
5. The two main categories of software
6. Operating system software

Lesson - 2: Boost up Your Windows Performance

1. Why does Windows become slow?
2. How to clean the temporary junk files
3. How to clean the memory
4. How to refresh the whole PC
5. How to reduce the menu show delay time and mouse hover time
6. How to disable unnecessary startup applications
7. How to use disk defragmentation and optimization option
8. How to set power options to high-performance
9. How to take action against malware

Lesson - 3: Windows 10/11 Installation

1. Collecting the necessary software
2. How to download Windows 10
3. How to download Rufus for creating a bootable Pendrive
4. How to check the hard disk partition scheme
5. How to make a Pendrive bootable for installing Windows 10
5. Precautions before installing Windows 10
a. Removing the necessary files to the safe location
b. Checking the SSD if exists
 c. Checking the size of the C: partition
6. How to install Windows 10 using a bootable Pendrive

Lesson - 4: Activating & Updating Windows 10

1. How to bring the “This PC” icon on the desktop
2. How to activate Windows 10
3. How to check for Windows 10 updates
4. How to uninstall unnecessary applications

Lesson - 5: Miscellaneous
1. Creating a guest user account
2. BitLocker drive encryption
3. How to take screenshots

Subject: Internet
Lesson - 1: Working with Microsoft Account
1. What is the importance of having a Microsoft Account?
2. How to create a Microsoft Account?
3. How to recover the password of the Microsoft Account?
4. How to update the profile of a Microsoft Account?
5. Signing in to Windows using Microsoft Account

Lesson - 2: Introducing a Cloud Drive: OneDrive

1. What is OneDrive?
2. Downloading OneDrive
3. Installing OneDrive
4. Setting up OneDrive Desktop
5. Understanding OneDrive on Browser

Lesson - 3: Microsoft Edge Browser Personalization

1. Downloading & installing Microsoft Edge
2. Adding a Microsoft account to Edge
 3. Setting the home page & startup page
4. Changing the search engine used in the address bar
5. Working with bookmarks

Lesson - 4: Emailing with Etiquettes and Best Practices

1. Introducing Grammarly
2. Understanding to, cc, & bcc
3. Writing a message body
4. Creating an email signature
5. Creating email templates
6. Schedule emailing

Lesson - 5: LinkedIn Account Creation & Management

1. How to create a LinkedIn account
2. How to develop a LinkedIn profile
3. How to send a connection request
4. LinkedIn exams, endorsement, & recommendation

Subject: Typing Speed

Lesson - 1: Speed up Your Typing Speed
1. Creating an account on the RataType
2. How to progress on RataType
3. How to boost up your typing speed
4. How to get a typing speed certificate from RataType

Subject: Microsoft Word

Lesson - 1: Making the Environment Ready

1. Downloading Microsoft Office 2019/2021

2. Installing Microsoft Office 2019/2021
3. Activating Microsoft Office 2019/2021
4. Getting familiar with the Microsoft Word environment
Lesson - 2: Saving & Exporting a Microsoft Word Document

1. Different methods of creating a Microsoft Word document

2. How to save a Microsoft Word document
3. Difference between Save and Save as…
4. Exporting a Microsoft Word document as a PDF file
5. Saving a Microsoft Word document for older versions

Lesson - 3: Header, Footer, & Page Number

1. How to insert the page number

2. How to change the page numbering formats
3. How to restart page number
4. What is the header & footer
5. How to create headers & footers
6. How to modify headers & footers

Lesson - 4: Tables & Table of Contents

1. How to insert a blank page for creating the table of contents

2. How to remove the page number from the first page
3. How to create headings and sub-headings for the contents
4. How to insert a table of contents
5. How to update the table of content
6. Working with tables
a. How to create a table
b. How to edit a table
c. How to modify a table
7. Saving the classwork

Lesson - 5: Working with Lists

1. How to create a numbered list

2. How to create a bulleted list
3. How to change the bullet color of a list
 4. How to use a tiny picture as a list item marker
5. How to create a nested list

Lesson - 6: Writing Equations & Formula

1. Creating a Microsoft Word document

2. Working with the built-in equations
3. Accessing more equations from Office.com
4. Inserting new equations
5. Insert mathematical equations using your handwriting
6. Saving the classwork

Lesson - 7: Writing Bangla with Avro & Bijoy

1. Collecting the necessary software

2. Installing Avro
3. Installing some Avro fonts
4. How to write Bangla using Avro
5. Installing Bijoy
6. Installing some Bijoy fonts
7. How to write Bangla using Bijoy
8. Avro to Bijoy conversion
9. Saving the classwork

Lesson - 8: Making a Personal Resume

1. Collecting the necessary resources

2. Working with page size
3. Working with page margin
4. Working with shapes
5. Working with images
6. Collecting the necessary resources
7. Working with text boxes
8. Working with font styles
 9. Working with shapes/pictures/objects arrangement
10. Working with line spacing
11. Working with the character spacing
12. Working with the progress bar
13. Giving a final touch to the document
14. Saving the resume as a PDF file
15. Saving the classwork

Subject: Microsoft PowerPoint

Lesson - 1: Slide Basics

1. Collecting the necessary resources

2. How to insert a new slide
3. Duplicating, moving, & deleting slides
4. How to copy & paste slides
5. How to play the presentation
6. How to change the slide size
7. How to format the slide background
8. How to apply a theme

Lesson - 2: Design Your First Slide

1. Saving an image background to your computer

2. Setting an image as a slide background
3. Working with the slide master view
4. Working with text shadows
5. Changing cases
6. Creating text box outlines
7. Saving the classwork

Lesson - 3: Working with Shapes, Text Boxes, & Pictures

1. Collecting the necessary practice files

 2. How to draw and resize a shape
3. How to change the fill color of a shape
4. How to change the outline color of a shape
5. How to write in a shape
6. Working with text boxes
7. How to adjust text alignment in a box
8. How to insert and resize a picture
9. Saving the classwork

Lesson - 4: Slide Design Practice

1. Collecting the necessary practice files

2. Adding glowing effects to a shape
3. Modifying shapes
4. Modifying shadow effects
5. Saving the classwork
6. Homework

Lesson - 5: Shape & Shadow Customizations

1. Collecting the necessary resources

2. How to edit a shape by using the editing handles
3. How to make shape edge soft
4. How to customize shadow options
5. Saving the classwork

Lesson - 6: Animations & Transitions

1. Collecting necessary practice files

2. How to apply an animation to an object
3. How to remove an animation
4. How to add multiple animations to an object
5. How to reorder the animations
6. How to copy animations with the animation painter
 7. Working in the animation pane
8. How to change effects start option
9. How to change the effect timing
10. Saving the classwork

Lesson - 7: Hyperlinks & Action Buttons

1. Collecting necessary practice files

2. How to insert a hyperlink
3. How to open and test a hyperlink
4. How to remove hyperlinks
5. How to insert an action button on one slide
6. How to insert the action button on all slides
7. How to edit the action button

Lesson - 8: Working with Videos

1. Collecting the necessary practice files

2. How to insert a video from a file
3. How to preview, resize, move, and delete the video
4. How to trim a video
5. How do add fade-in and fade-out
6. How to add a bookmark
7. Video options
8. How to apply a video style

Lesson - 9: Rehearsing and Recording Your Presentation

1. Collecting the necessary practice files

2. How to rehearse timings
3. How to record a slide show
4. How to remove slide timings
Subject: Microsoft Excel
Lesson - 1: Dataset Preparation & Cell Formatting

1. How to enter data in Microsoft Excel

2. How to insert new rows/columns
3. How to change row height & column width
4. How to merge cells
5. How to use the fill handle
6. How to align text in cells
7. How to change the fill color & text color
8. How to set borders around cells
9. How to change border color & style
10. How to wrap texts
11. How to generate random numbers
12. How to format paste options
13. How to set currency symbol
14. Solving learners' problem

Lesson - 2: Formulas, Functions, & Cell References

1. Collecting the necessary practice files

2. How to create a formula using cell references
3. How to use a function
4. Basic functions of Microsoft Excel: SUM, AVERAGE, MAX, MIN, COUNT
5. Using cell references with multiple worksheets
6. Difference between relative & absolute cell references
7. Saving the classwork

Lesson - 3: The Basics of IF() & VLOOKUP() Functions

1. Collecting the necessary practice file

2. How to use the IF() function
3. How to use the VLOOK() function
 4. Saving the classwork

Lesson - 4: Practical Uses of IF() & VLOOKUP() Functions

1. Collecting the necessary practice file

2. Project-1: Bonus calculation
3. Project-2: Result sheet preparation
4. Saving the classwork

Lesson - 5: Freezing, Splitting, & Sorting

1. Collecting the necessary practice file

2. How to freeze columns
3. How to freeze rows
4. How to split an Excel file
5. How to sort a column in ascending/descending order
6. How to sort a cell range
7. How to create a custom sort
8. How to sort by multiple levels
9. Saving the classwork

Lesson - 6: Filtering Data

1. Collecting the necessary practice file

2. How to filter data
3. How to apply multiple filters
4. How to clear a filter
5. How to filter with search
6. How to use the advanced text filters
7. How to use advanced number filters
8. How to use the advanced date filters
9. Saving the classwork
Lesson - 7: Working with Charts

1. Collecting the necessary practice files

2. Understanding charts
3. How to insert a chart
4. Working with chart layout and style
a. Adding chart elements
b. Editing chart elements
c. Quick Layout
d. Changing chart styles
5. Switching row and column data
6. Changing the chart type
7. Moving a chart
8. Keeping charts up to date
9. Saving the classwork

Lesson - 8: PivotTables

1. Collecting the necessary practice files

2. Conditions for creating a PivotTable
3. How to insert a PivotTable
a. Inserting a PivotTable on the same worksheet
b. Inserting a PivotTable on a different/new worksheet
4. Getting familiar with PivotTable fields
5. Working with count
6. Working with calculated field
7. How to change the value fields settings
8. Working with the value showing options
9. Graphical visualization of data
10. Working with the chart options
11. Defer layout update
12. Saving the classwork
Lesson - 9: SUMIF(), Data Validation, & Creating a Name for a Range

1. Collecting the necessary practice files

2. Basic understanding of the SUMIF() function
3. Understanding data validation
4. Creating a name for a range
5. Practical uses of the SUMIF() function
6. Saving the classwork

Lesson - 10: Conditional Formatting

1. Collecting the necessary practice files

2. Understanding conditional formatting
3. How to create a conditional formatting rule
4. How to apply multiple conditional formatting rules
5. How to use preset conditional formatting
6. How to remove conditional formatting
7. Saving the classwork