COMPUTING REQUIREMENTS

To succeed in our full-time AAS program, students must possess certain computer skills, which are essential for keeping up with the coursework. Please note that these skills are not covered in the program itself, so it’s important that you have them prior to enrollment. If you're not confident in these skills, we strongly recommend enrolling in course BTM111 at Seattle Central College during the summer quarter to ensure you're fully prepared.

IMPORTANT SKILLS

FILE MANAGEMENT

  • Creating, naming, moving files and folders

  • Distinguishing between and local, portable and network drives

  • Saving and file formats

  • Cutting, copying and pasting

  • Printing

MICROSOFT EXCEL

  • Understanding spreadsheets – columns, rows, data cells

  • Inserting, deleting, changing height/width of columns and rows

  • Entering data Formatting numbers and text

  • Formatting cells

  • Using sheets

  • Inserting images

  • Using basic formulas (ex. SUM)

Below are instructional videos on Excel:

Beginner Video- Bing Videos

Formulas Video- Bing Videos

MICROSOFT WORD

  • Creating resumes and reports

  • Formatting text

  • Page formatting, margins

  • Inserting and formatting images

  • Using tables

  • Creating citations

  • Using headers, footers and bullets

  • Using spell and grammar check