Summer Camp
Smart Skills – A Course on Office Tools Made Easy
This hands-on course equips students aged 12–17+ with practical skills in Microsoft Office applications including Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. Participants will learn how to navigate and utilize these tools for school assignments, personal projects, and future professional use.
Shreelakshmi
- (4.8)
- 15
- 1 hour per day
- 25
This two-week course focuses on building foundational office automation skills using Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. Designed for teens, it emphasizes real-world applications such as resume writing, budgeting, and presentations.
What Will You Learn?
Students will gain hands-on experience in document formatting, spreadsheet formulas, data visualization, and presentation creation. By the end, they’ll complete a project that demonstrates mastery across all three tools.
Requirements
This course is designed for beginners with no prior jewelry-making experience required.
Day 1: Introduction to Office Suite
Intro to Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. Learn basic navigation, saving, printing, and perform a simple task like creating a document and spreadsheet.
Day 3: Microsoft Word – Tables & Images
Insert tables, pictures, and page borders. Explore page layout and design. Task: Create a report with text and visuals.
Day 4: Microsoft Excel – Basics
Understand the core concepts of classes and functions in Java. Learn how to create a main method, the entry point for Java programs, and use access specifiers and keywords like public, static, and void.
Day 5: Microsoft Excel – Charts & Functions
Learn to insert bar, line, and pie charts. Use functions like =IF(), =MAX(), and =MIN(). Task: Make a simple budget with chart visualization.
Day 6: Microsoft PowerPoint – Slide Creation
Work with slide layouts, themes, and text formatting. Insert images, icons, and shapes. Task: Create an intro slideshow about yourself.
Day 7: PowerPoint – Animations & Transitions
Add slide transitions and text animations. Use audio and video clips. Task: Create a 5-slide animated story or topic of your choice.
Day 8: Integrated Tools – Word + Excel + PPT
Embed Excel charts into Word or PowerPoint. Learn how to export slides as PDFs. Task: Combine all tools to create a school project kit.
Day 9: Final Project Work
Students choose a final project: create a resume + budget + presentation, or design a travel itinerary with cost analysis + slideshow. Peer reviews and refinement included.
Day 10: Final Presentation + Wrap-up
Students present their final projects. Participate in a quick quiz or fun challenge. Certificates will be awarded and group photos taken.