MOS Certification
True or False: You already have to be really good at Microsoft Office to have a chance at earning an MOS certification.
What is FALSE?
Which Microsoft program will we study FIRST?
What is PowerPoint?
Which is worth more of your grade: Formative or Summative work?
What is Summative?
80% Summative / 20% Formative
When you enter this classroom, where should your cell phone go?
What is your assigned slot in the phone caddy?
Mrs. Kender's favorite color
What is PINK?
Name one Microsoft program in which you may earn an MOS certification in this class.
What is Word, Excel, or PowerPoint?
At the end of the semester, you’ll complete this type of project that brings together skills from the course.
What is an integrated/final project?
After how many days will an unexcused missing assignment no longer be accepted.
What is 1 week?
If your grade is slipping, the syllabus says you should check your grades and feedback and then do this instead of ignoring the problem.
What is take corrective action / communicate / ask for help?
Mrs. Kender is a big fan of this company whose movies, parks, characters, and quotes may mysteriously appear around this classroom.
What is Disney?
MOS stands for this.
What is Microsoft Office Specialist?
Besides high school credit, students who successfully meet the requirements with a C or better can earn college credit through this school.
What is Waukesha County Technical College / WCTC?
You earned an 89% in the class. According to the Hamilton grading scale, what letter grade is that.
What is an A/B?
Respect, Responsibility, Work Ethic, and Academic Integrity.
What are the four classroom values listed in the syllabus?
Mrs. Kender taught at a school before coming to Hamilton.
(more than one answer will be accepted)
What is Marcy, Lannon, SSI, TMS, New Berlin Eisenhower, or New Berlin West?
An MOS certification is more than just a class grade. It is this type of credential that can show colleges and employers that you have Microsoft skills.
What is an industry-recognized certification (IRC)?
How many total college credits can you earn through Computer Applications?
What is 3 credits?
True or False: A project can always be redone after it has been graded.
What is False?
Summative projects are not eligible for reassessment because you receive multiple opportunities for feedback before submitting them.
Mrs. Kender does NOT expect you to memorize every detail of the syllabus. What DOES she expect you to know?
What is where to find the information when you need it — and to think?
Mrs. Kender is a big fan of this TV show — enough that you may notice quotes and references from it around the classroom.
What is Ted Lasso?
If you absolutely crush this class, what is the maximum number of different MOS certifications you could potentially earn through our three main Microsoft programs?
What is 4?
Word, Excel, and PowerPoint & Microsoft Office Specialist (MOS)
Name ALL THREE Microsoft programs that make up the major application areas of this course.
What is PowerPoint, Word, and Excel?
You turn an assignment in three days late with no special arrangement. According to the syllabus, what percentage could be deducted for lateness?
What is 30%?
Mrs. Kender does not expect you to immediately know every answer in this class. What does she expect you to do FIRST when you don't know what to do?
What is think, use your resources, try a first step, BEFORE asking for help when needed?
Complete the saying you may have seen when you walked around the room today: “Leave them better than ______.”
What is “you found them”?