Introduction to Windows and MS Office Tools

• Understand the historical development and evolution of computers, from their inception in the 1920s to the modern era, including the significant milestones and innovations that shaped their progress.
• Explore the fundamental components of a computer system, including hardware, software, and data, and grasp their interrelationships in enabling computer functionality.
• Gain proficiency in basic computer operations, such as navigating the graphical user interface (GUI), utilizing input and output devices effectively, and employing keyboard shortcuts for efficient interaction with computers.
• Gain competence in creating, organizing, and managing files and folders within the Windows environment. Learn to navigate Windows Explorer, utilize different views, create libraries, manipulate files and folders, customize desktop icons, manage file properties, and employ keyboard shortcuts for efficient file management.
• Understand the fundamental features and functions of Microsoft Word, focusing on its user interface components and navigation.
• Develop proficiency in utilizing various tabs and groups within the Word interface to efficiently perform document creation, editing, formatting, and manipulation tasks.
• Acquire practical skills in organizing, designing, and customizing documents by leveraging the diverse tools and options available in Microsoft Word.
• Navigate and utilize the basic features of Excel proficiently. They will understand the Excel user interface, including various tabs such as File, Home, Insert, Formulas, Data, Draw, Page Layout, Review, View, and Developer.
• Equip students with the skills necessary to manipulate and analyze data effectively using Excel. Students will learn how to perform tasks such as formatting cells, creating tables, applying filters, generating charts, using formulas and functions, and utilizing data tools for forecasting and outlining.
• Understanding of advanced Excel techniques, including page layout customization, reviewing and proofing documents, utilizing developer tools like macros and add-ins, and optimizing workbook views. They will be able to apply these techniques to streamline their workflow and enhance their productivity in various professional settings.
• Gain a comprehensive understanding of PowerPoint's user interface, covering essential features from the introduction to the various tabs and groups. They will navigate through PowerPoint effortlessly, becoming proficient in accessing commands and functionalities crucial for creating compelling presentations.
• Delve into the Home, Insert, Design, Transitions, Animation, Slide Show, Review, and View tabs, exploring each group's tools and capabilities. By doing so, they will learn to utilize PowerPoint's vast array of features effectively, enabling them to enhance presentation aesthetics, streamline workflows, and maximize productivity.

The Academic Approach of the course focuses on the “work centric” education i.e. begin with work (and not from a book !), derive knowledge from work and apply that knowledge to make the work more wholesome, useful and delightful. The ultimate objective is to empower the Learner to engage in socially useful and productive work. It aims at leading the learner to his/her rewarding career as well as development of the society.

Learning methodology

• Learners are given an overview of the course and its connection to life and work.
• Learners are then exposed to the specific tool(s) used in the course through the various real-life applications of the tool(s).
• Learners are then acquainted with the careers and the hierarchy of roles they can perform at workplaces after attaining increasing levels of mastery over the tool(s).
• Learners are then acquainted with the architecture of the tool or Tool Map so as to appreciate various parts of the tool, their functions and their inter-relations.
• Learners are then exposed to simple application development methodology by using the tool at the beginner’s level
• Learners then perform the differential skills related to the use of the tool to improve the given ready-made outputs.
• Learners are then engaged in appreciation of real-life case studies developed by the experts.
• Learners are then encouraged to proceed from appreciation to imitation of the experts.
• After imitation experience, they are required to improve the expert’s outputs so that they proceed from mere imitation to emulation.
• Finally, they develop the integral skills involving optimal methods and best practices to produce useful outputs right from scratch, publish them in their ePortfolio and thereby proceed from emulation to self-expression.

Evaluation Pattern of KLiC Courses consists of 4 Sections as per below table:

MKCL’s KLiC Certificate will be provided to the learner who will satisfy the below criteria:

1. Learners who have successfully completed above mentioned 3 Sections i.e. Section 1, Section 2 and Section 3
2. Additionally, learner should have completed Section 4 (i.e. Section 4 will comprise of SUPWs i.e. Socially Useful and Productive Work in form of Assignments)
   • Learner has to complete and upload minimum 2 out of 5 Assignments