1. Chapter 5 Administrative Software ETEC 562 Suzanne Sherman

2. What Do Educators Need to Know about Software? Administrative Software assists educators with administrative tasks. Academic Software assists educators and learners in the teaching/learning process.

3. Administrative Software Productivity Software is business-application software adapted for administrative tasks. Classroom Management Software helps educators with classroom tasks.

4. Desktop Publishing vs. Word Processing Desktop Publishing makes extensive and precise adjustments to page displays. Word Processing can perform some publishing tasks – nothing as extensive.

5. Word Processing Basic Desktop Capabilities WYSIWYG Graphics/Clip Art Tables/Columns Auto Formats Word Art

6. Key Features of Word Processing Document Preparation Formatting Grammar/Spell Check Web Format Mail Merge Tables Archiving

7. Electronic Spreadsheets Produces accurate professional reports for any task dealing with numbers. Completes mathematical tasks with speed and accuracy.

8. Spreadsheet Organization Data organized into vertical columns and horizontal rows. Intersections of spreadsheet rows and columns are called cells. Each cell may contain text, values or a formula. Automatic recalculation feature.

9. Database Management Creates records. Organizes reports from data. Access/Extract information from stored data.

10. Database Organization Field Record File

11. Database Management Features Databases Forms Reports Sorting Queries Archiving

12. Presentation Software Programs designed to create digital support materials for oral presentations. Slides/Graphics Multimedia Hyperlinks Layouts/Special Effects

13. Integrated Productivity vs. Productivity Suite Integrated Productivity Software package includes major applications (word processing, spreadsheet and database). Example: ClarisWorks Productivity Suite Contains one or more additional programs (other than word processing, spreadsheet and database). Tailored to meet certain needs.

14. Will You Know How to Evaluate District Software? Must be competent in understanding and selecting software programs. Must match software to specific need.

15. Chapter Questions How do academic software and administrative software differ?? What is productivity software?? What are key features of word- processing software??