Grade 8 CTE South Carolina Standards

Produce documents integrating word processing, spreadsheet, database, and/or presentation files.

Project/Simulation Learning

Print filtered records, tables, queries, and reports.

Create reports.

Query records.

Sort records.

Find records.

Edit records in a database table.

Add or delete records in a database table.

Create a database table.

Create a database.

Define database terminology.

Database Software Applications

Deliver presentation in a professional manner.

Utilize print options (outline, handouts, notes pages, and pure black and white).

Change the layout for one or more slides.

Incorporate effective use of graphics, fonts, builds, animation, and transitions.

Insert, delete, edit, and copy slides.

Create new presentations from blanks and/or templates.

Identify procedures for planning and creating a presentation (e.g., 6 x 6 rule, complementary graphics, contrast, background).

Identify elements of a clear and concise presentation.

Identify presentation software terminology.

Presentation Software Applications

Preview and print worksheets, print areas, and charts.

Demonstrate the use of page formatting features (e.g., margins, alignment, vertical placement, orientation, page breaks, headers, footers).

Organize workbook by renaming and rearranging worksheets.

Create charts with titles and legends to visually represent data.

Use cut, copy, and paste features.

Insert and delete selected cells, columns, rows, and ranges.

Apply formatting to cells and worksheets (e.g., size rows/columns, alignment, merge/split, indentation, borders/shading, text alignment, hide/unhide, freeze/unfreeze).

Clear or edit cell content and/or format.

Apply number formats (currency, percent, increase/decrease decimal place, dates, and comma).

Apply font formats (font type, font size, font color, bold, italics, and underline).

Create worksheets using spreadsheet commands, functions, and formulas.

Define spreadsheet terminology (cell, row, column, range, label, value, formula, function, worksheet, workbook, chart, x-axis and y-axis, gridline, title, data points, and legend).

Spreadsheet Software Applications

Insert, position, and resize graphics in a document.

Demonstrate document editing using spell/grammar check, thesaurus, and word count.

Demonstrate the use of page formatting features (e.g., margins, alignment, vertical placement, orientation, page breaks, headers, footers).

Demonstrate the use of paragraph formatting features (e.g., tabs, indentations, line spacing, enumerated/bulleted items).

Demonstrate the use of character formatting features (e.g., bold, underline, italics, font styles and sizes, superscript, subscript).

Use cut, copy, and paste features.

Edit documents (e.g., business letters, tables, reports, e-mails).

Format documents (e.g., business letters, tables, reports, e-mails).

Create documents (e.g., business letters, tables, reports, e-mails).

Print word processing files.

Open word processing files/folders.

Save word processing files using Save and Save As.

Create word processing files/folders.

Word Processing Software Applications

Explain how participation in career and technology education student organizations can promote lifelong responsibility for community service and professional development.

List opportunities available to students through participation in related student organization conferences/competitions, community service, philanthropy, and other activities.

Explain the goals and objectives of related student organizations.

Explain how related student organizations are integral parts of career and technology education courses.

Student Organizations

Demonstrate positive interpersonal skills (e.g., communication, respect, teamwork).

Identify positive work practices (e.g., appropriate dress code for the workplace, personal grooming, punctuality, time management, organization).

Employability Skills

Describe ethical and legal practices in business professions such as safeguarding the confidentiality of business-related information.

Identify netiquette including the use of e-mail, social networking, blogs, texting, and chatting.

Discuss computer crimes, terms of use, and legal issues such as copyright laws, fair use laws, and ethics pertaining to scanned and downloaded clip art images, photographs, documents, video, recorded sounds and music, trademarks, and other elements for use in Web publications.

Differentiate between freeware, shareware, and public domain software copyrights.

Explain the consequences of illegal, social, and unethical uses of information technologies (e.g., piracy; illegal downloading; licensing infringement; inappropriate uses of software, hardware, and mobile devices).

Identify potential abuse and unethical uses of computers and networks.

Describe the threats to a computer network, methods of avoiding attacks, and options in dealing with virus attacks.

Identify major causes of work-related accidents in offices.

Safety and Ethics

Format, key, and edit simple tables.

Format, key, and edit basic reports.

Format, key, and edit personal business letters using block style.

Use special features, such as bold, underline, italics, bullets, and numbering to enhance a document.

Document Formatting

Edit copy using proofreaders' marks.

Compose at the keyboard.

Apply formal language rules for punctuation, grammar, spelling, number expression, word division, and capitalization.

Use basic keyboarding and computer terminology.

Follow oral and written instructions.

Language Skills

Demonstrate proper use of hardware and software.

Use correct procedures for saving and retrieving information.

Use equipment and/or software capabilities to correct errors.

Demonstrate speed at a minimum rate of 30 wpm with a maximum of three errors on a three-minute timed writing.

Use correct fingering and proper touch techniques to key numeric information on a ten-key pad.

Use correct fingering and proper touch techniques to key alphanumeric information.

Keyboarding Mastery

Explain how participation in career and technology education student organizations can promote lifelong responsibility for community service and professional development.

List opportunities available to students through participation in related student organization conferences/competitions, community service, philanthropy, and other activities.

Explain the goals and objectives of related student organizations.

Explain how related student organizations are integral parts of career and technology education courses.

Student Organizations

Demonstrate positive interpersonal skills (e.g., communication, respect, teamwork).

Identify positive work practices (e.g., appropriate dress code for the workplace, personal grooming, punctuality, time management, organization).

Employability Skills

Describe ethical and legal practices in business professions such as safeguarding the confidentiality of business-related information.

Identify netiquette including the use of e-mail, social networking, blogs, texting, and chatting.

Discuss computer crimes, terms of use, and legal issues such as copyright laws, fair use laws, and ethics pertaining to scanned and downloaded clip art images, photographs, documents, video, recorded sounds and music, trademarks, and other elements for use in Web publications.

Differentiate between freeware, shareware, and public domain software copyrights.

Explain the consequences of illegal, social, and unethical uses of information technologies (e.g., piracy; illegal downloading; licensing infringement; inappropriate uses of software, hardware, and mobile devices).

Identify potential abuse and unethical uses of computers and networks.

Describe the threats to a computer network, methods of avoiding attacks, and options in dealing with virus attacks.

Identify major causes of work-related accidents in offices.

Safety and Ethics