CAOT - Computer Technology

COMPUTER APPLICATIONS - OFFICE TECHNOLOGIES

Please see on-campus class listing for course descriptions, transfer information, prerequisites, etc.

You may work at home on your own computer or at LACC in an open lab. See the Web site FAQs for details about starting class, orientation, hardware, software, etc.

• You must email Professor Zimmerly to begin these courses! (Don’t wait for orientation to being working.)

• Week 1: Online orientation delivered via the Internet. See FAQ 1 on the Web site.

Mastery of the keyboard by touch (letters, tables, reports, and memos) using Microsoft Word.

1013 5:20-Hrs TBA Zimmerly ONLINE

Advisory: Eligibility for ESL Level 6B and 6C, or completion of CAOT 1 or CAOT 1C with satisfactory grade or better. Students should enroll in CAOT 9 or CAOT 1 if they do not meet the requirements for CAOT 2.

Speed and accuracy development and document production using a computer and Microsoft Word or WordPerfect.

Prerequisite: Completion of CAOT 2 and CAOT 84 or equivalent; completion of CAOT 84 or a training course in Microsoft Word. (Students who do not meet these prerequisites should enroll in either CAOT 2 or CAOT 9 and CAOT 84, Microsoft Word.)

Develops speed and accuracy in typing business documents in the electronic office. Includes composition at the computer keyboard, decision-making, and timed production. Develops a minimum speed of 50 wpm.

Students who have not mastered the keyboard should enroll in CAOT 1. Improves keyboarding speed and accuracy using diagnostic software on a microcomputer.

Knowledge of medical terminology and medical office procedures; proficiency in typing medical correspondence, case histories, insurance forms, and reports. Study of telephone techniques, medical record keeping, filing, and other office skills.

Preparation of court pleadings and legal documents; knowledge of general law office procedures and specific procedures involved in litigation family law, corporate law, and other specialties; development of attitudes and behaviors appropriate for the legal field.

Creation, storage, disposition, and preservation of all types of documents using alphabetic, geographic, numeric, and subject methods. Includes database management on a microcomputer.

Correct definition, spelling, pronunciation, and effective usage of the general and specialized vocabulary used in modern business communications.

Three hours weekly. Comprehensive knowledge and application of office skills and procedures for the automated office; development of attitudes for success on the job.

Develops an understanding of medical terminology through a study of word roots, prefixes, and suffixes, and body systems. Emphasis is also given to spelling, pronunciation, and definitions. Recommended: Eligibility to enroll in English 28 or equivalent.

Advisory: CAOT 1; or equivalent (ability to type 30 wpm) second semester standing. Provides practical work experience in an office setting on campus.

Provides additional lab time for students enrolled in Computer Applications - Office Technology classes to use a variety of software. See instructor anytime during the first three weeks of classes in DH 207.

Prerequisite: Two modules of CAOT 82, CAOT 84, CAOT 31 with satisfactory grades or better or equivalent.

Further develops skill in preparing a variety of business documents on a personal computer. Covers formats for letters, memos, reports, tables, outlines, form documents, graphics, desktop publishing, and merged documents.

Prerequisite: CAOT 1 with satisfactory grade or better or equivalent; CAOT 98 with satisfactory grade or better or equivalent.

Introduction to word processing, communication and disk operating systems. Introduction to spreadsheet and database application programs. Introduction to presentation graphics programs.

MICROCOMPUTER OFFICE APPLICATIONS: WORD PROCESSING (BEGINNING AND ADVANCED MICROSOFT WORD FOR WINDOWS)

Advisory: Eligibility for ESL Level 6 CAOT and the ability to type 30 wpm accurately by touch.

Use basic and advanced functions of Word or WordPerfect including desktop publishing features to produce business documents.

Provides information and hands-on training in using a laser printer and Desktop Publishing software program on an IBM microcomputer.

This course is designed to link academic knowledge of Law 2 and the word processing skills of CAOT 84 to result in the production of legal documents as required by Law 2.

Prerequisite: Knowledge of Windows is helpful. Students who enroll in lecture must attend three lab hours per week.

This course provides hands-on access to Internet, the Worldwide Computer Network. The course emphasizes electronic mail, file transfer protocol, and other services and utilities.

This course is designed to prepare students to work in the Windows environment. The course emphasizes the features of Windows, including changing and creating icons, opening and closing windows and other applications, responding to dialog boxes, and working with directories.

Course includes preparation of a comprehensive professional portfolio that contains a resume, cover letter, application for employment, reference letters, and personal achievement. Course will also include career planning, networking with business and industry, and job search using the Internet and other resources.

This course uses application software to develop proficiency in the operation of the computer’s ten-key pad by touch.

Use FrontPage to design, create, manage, and publish Web sites. You will learn how to use hyperlinks, pictures, tables, frames, forms, themes, databases, spreadsheets, HTML coding, etc., to create a Web site.

Introduction to the medical codes used for diagnostic and procedural data in medical billing. Introduction to medical billing forms the procedures required by Medicare and private medical insurance companies will also be covered.

COMPUTER SCIENCE - INFORMATION Technology

Course supplements other computer-related courses by providing tutorial and self-help assistance with computers, programs, software, hardware and other learning aids.

This is an online course. You must have internet access and a valid email address. To complete your registration you must email your intstructor at floresla@lacitycollege.edu and you must attend a mandatory on-campus orientation that will be announced by your instructor.

& lab 2:05-Hrs TBA Flores ONLINE

An introductory university-level course of a leading-edge programming paradigm object-oriented programming that is truly portable and therefore appropriate for implementing internet-based and World-Wide Web based applications.

A thorough coverage of Hyper-Text Markup Language, including style, multimedia devices, HTML code generators, Common Gateway Interface (CGI), CGI Script languages and programming order, processing and security considerations. Emphasis is on www page generation for business.

This course covers fundamentals of computer networking. Topics include evolution of networking, seven layers of the OSI reference model, and networking devices such as bridges, hubs, switches, and routers. Internet protocol, IP addressing, subnetting, network topology, and cabling will also be covered.

This course continues to cover those topics described above for CSIT 181 from a more advanced perspective, and in more depth.

3165 lec 4:30-6:35 T Baik FH215

(8 Week Class - Starts 08/30/2005, Ends 10/18/2005)

Evening Classes

(8 Week Class - Starts 10/25/2005, Ends 12/13/2005)

This course is designed to give the students a firm foundation in basic administrative tasks and the necessary knowledge and skills to set up, maintain, and troubleshoot an oracle database. The students learn to use an administration tool to startup and shutdown a database, manage file and database storage, and manage users and their privileges.

This course introduces students to the critical task of planning and implementing database backup and recovery strategies. The class addresses backup and recovery techniques and examines various backup, failure, restore, and recovery scenarios. In hands-on exercises students examine backup methodologies based on business requirements in a mission critical enterprise.

This course will introduce students to a series of tuning steps to be used to improve the performance of the Oracle Server. The focus is on database rather than specific operating system performance issues. Using a variety of tools, students also learn how to recognize, troubleshoot and resolve common performance related problems in administering an Oracle database.

COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY

Introduces the concepts of networking, the OSI Model; methods of signaling and encoding; interfaces, modems, and transmission media; and examines the most important protocols involved in moving data over a communication network.

Prerequisites: Computer Technology 1 or 12 and concurrent enrollment or completion of Computer Technology 20.