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MindTap for Beskeen/Cram/Duffy/Friedrichsen/Wermers' The Illustrated Collection, 1st Edition

David Beskeen, Carol Cram, Jennifer Duffy, Lisa Friedrichsen, Lynn Wermers

  • Copyright 2020
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MindTap for Beskeen/Cram/Duffy/Friedrichsen/Wermers' The Illustrated Collection 1st Edition by David Beskeen/Carol Cram/Jennifer Duffy/Lisa Friedrichsen/Lynn Wermers
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Overview

MindTap for Beskeen/Cram/Duffy/Friedrichsen/Wermers' The Illustrated Collection, 1st Edition, is the digital learning solution that powers students from memorization to mastery and gives you complete ownership of your content and learning experience. With access to content through the advanced level, your course has the ability to flex to the changing needs of the Intro Computing course. From simulation based learning and testing to expanded, in-application auto-graded projects through the advanced level, no objective is left untouched.

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Meet the Authors

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David Beskeen

David W. Beskeen has authored or co-authored over 65 successful computer books since 1992, including more than 40 educational titles for Course Technology and Cengage. He has guided readers in mastering PowerPoint®, Word, Excel, Internet Explorer, Outlook, Windows®, LiveMotion and other leading proprietary software packages. An expert in applied technology, Beskeen has extensive teaching and consulting experience in today's computer technology.

Carol Cram

Carol M. Cram is the author of more than 35 textbooks on computer applications, business communications and Internet-related subjects. Ms. Cram was also a long-time faculty member at Capilano College in North Vancouver, where she served as the Convenor of the Executive Support Program and the Program Consultant for Business and Computers in Continuing Education as well as instructor of business and computer-related courses.

Jennifer Duffy

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Lisa Friedrichsen

Lisa Friedrichsen is a professor at Johnson County Community College in Overland Park, Kansas, where she teaches database and web development classes. She also has written several prominent Access, Office and web-related textbooks. Friedrichsen spent a decade at IBM Corp. before becoming a consultant, author and college professor. Combining her extensive industry experience with her passion for teaching, she creates clear, practical presentations. She earned a B.S. in engineering from Iowa State University and an MBA from Drake University.

Lynn Wermers

Lynn Wermers is a professor in the computer science department at North Shore Community College in Massachusetts, where she teaches IT, data management, data analysis and web development courses. She also teaches part time in the math department for the College of Professional Studies at Northeastern University. Wermers has authored numerous leading books focusing on Excel for Cengage.

Features

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  • MINDTAP IS AN OUTCOME-DRIVEN APPLICATION THAT PROPELS STUDENTS FROM MEMORIZATION TO MASTERY. It’s the only platform that gives you complete ownership of your course. With it, you can challenge every student, build their confidence and empower them to be unstoppable.
  • FLEXIBILITY: As skills gaps widen and the abilities required of students to be successful in a rapidly changing workforce increase, educators need the flexibility to respond to those changes with ease and timeliness. With MindTap Collections, you have the flexibility to adjust the learning objectives and content necessary to not only prepare students for the future, but also widen the range of curricula the Intro to Computing course serves.
  • CONFIDENCE: Empower students through proficiency to employability. MindTap Collections prepare students with the skills they need for the working world. With Office skills as the #2 most desired job requirement, providing students with the relevant content to increase proficiency and boost job eligibility is our north star. Microsoft Office skills: The language of the working world.
  • CONVENIENCE: With Collections, you not only have content up and down the digital literacy curriculum, you also have the access that only Cengage Unlimited can provide. With the always changing demands of a dynamic workforce, the breadth of subject matter a student needs must meet those demands. With Cengage Unlimited, we’re giving you everything we’ve got.
  • New MOS Exam simulations, mapped to the MOS objectives replicate the actual exam, helping reduce anxiety and increase preparedness.
  • Visual and interactive assignments spanning from simulations to in-application projects allow students a range of environments to learn and apply skills.
  • With SAM Path assignments, students get a personalized experience that adapts to needs by providing them with training and assessment only on the skills and concepts they do not know.
  • MindTap Collections offers a singular platform experience for Microsoft Office and Computer Concepts content.
  • A DEDICATED TEAM, WHENEVER YOU NEED THEM. MindTap Collections isn’t just an agile product built to adapt to your needs, it’s backed by a personalized team eager to support you. We help you set up your course and tailor it to your specific objectives, so you’ll be ready to make an impact from day one. And we’ll be standing by to help you and your students until the final day of the term.
  • A DEDICATED TEAM, WHENEVER YOU NEED THEM. MindTap Collections isn’t just an agile product built to adapt to your needs, it’s backed by a personalized team eager to support you. We help you set up your course and tailor it to your specific objectives, so you’ll be ready to make an impact from day one. And we’ll be standing by to help you and your students until the final day of the term.

Table of Contents

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Concepts 1: Impact of Digital Technology.
Concepts 2: Web Browsing and Information Literacy.
Concepts 3: Computer Hardware.
Concepts 4: Operating Systems and File Management.
Concepts 5: Application Software.
Concepts 6: Safety and Security.
Concepts 7: Digital Media.
Concepts 8: Software Development and Programming.
Concepts 9: Web Development.
Concepts 10: Networking.
Concepts 11: Digital Communication.
Windows 1: Introduction to Windows 10.
Windows 2: Working with the Windows 10 Desktop.
Windows 3: File and Folder Management.
Windows 4: Personalizing Your Work Environment.
Windows 5: Advanced Personalization and Customization.
Windows 6: Advanced Searching Techniques.
Windows 7: Microsoft Edge.
Windows 8: Mastering Digital Media.
Windows 9: Understanding Security, Networking, and Utilities.
Mac 1: Getting Started with Mac OS X.
Word 1: Creating Documents with Word.
Word 2: Editing and Formatting Documents.
Word 3: Formatting Text and Graphics.
Word 4: Formatting Tables and Documents.
Word 5: Working with Styles, Themes, and Building Blocks.
Word 6: Merging Word Documents.
Word 7: Illustrating Documents with Graphics.
Word 8: Integrating with Other Programs and Collaborating.
Word 9: Developing Multi-page Documents.
Word 10: Building Forms.
Word 11: Automating and Customizing Word.
Excel 1: Getting Started with Excel. 
Excel 2: Formatting a Worksheet.
Excel 3: Analyzing Data Using Formulas.
Excel 4: Working with Charts.
Excel 5: Working with Tables.
Excel 6: Managing Workbook Data.
Excel 7: Working with Images and Integrating with Other Programs.
Excel 8: Analyzing Data with PivotTables.
Excel 9: Automating Worksheet tasks.
Excel 10: Advanced Worksheet Management.
Excel 11: Advanced Formulas and Functions.
Excel 12: Performing What-If Analysis.
Access 1: Getting Started with Access.
Access 2: Building Tables and Relationships.
Access 3: Creating Queries.
Access 4: Working with Forms and Reports.
Access 5: Improving Tables and Creating Advanced Queries.
Access 6: Creating Forms.
Access 7: Creating Reports.
Access 8: Importing and Exporting Data. 
Access 9: Creating Action Queries.
Access 10: Creating Macros.
Access 11: Creating Modules and VBA.
Access 12: Completing the Application.
PowerPoint 1: Creating a Presentation in PowerPoint.
PowerPoint 2: Modifying a Presenation.
PowerPoint 3: Inserting Objects into a Presentation.
PowerPoint 4: Format Master and Slide Background.
PowerPoint 5: Working with Advanced Tools and Masters.
PowerPoint 6: Ehnanching Charts and Tables.
PowerPoint 7: Inserting Graphics, Media, and Objects.
PowerPoint 8: Delivering Presentations.
Integration 1: Integrating Word and Excel.
Integration 2: Integrating Word, Excel, and Access.
Integration 3: Integrating Word, Excel, Access, and PowerPoint.
Integration 4: Integrating Word and Excel.
Integration 5: Integrating Word, Excel, and Access.
Integration 6: Integrating Word, Excel, Access, and PowerPoint.
Outlook 1: Managing Email Messages with Outlook.
Outlook 2: Managing Calendars with Outlook.
Outlook 3: Managing Contacts and Personal Contact Information with Outlook.
Outlook 4: Creating and Managing Tasks with Outlook.
Outlook 5: Customizing Outlook.

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Each MindTap product offers the full, mobile-ready textbook combined with superior and proven learning tools at one affordable price. Students who purchase digital access can add a print option at any time when a print option is available for their course.

This Cengage solution can be seamlessly integrated into most Learning Management Systems (Blackboard, Brightspace by D2L, Canvas, Moodle, and more) but does require a different ISBN for access codes. Please work with your Cengage Learning Consultant to ensure the proper course set up and ordering information. For additional information, please visit the LMS Integration site.

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  • ISBN-10: 0357026241
  • ISBN-13: 9780357026243
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SAM
SAM offers the full, mobile-ready textbook combined with superior and proven learning tools at one affordable price.

This Cengage solution can be seamlessly integrated into most Learning Management Systems (Blackboard, Brightspace by D2L, Canvas, Moodle, and more) but does require a different ISBN for access codes. Please work with your Cengage Learning Consultant to ensure the proper course set up and ordering information. For additional information, please visit the LMS Integration site.

Standalone Digital Access — Ultimate Value

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  • ISBN-10: 0357369467
  • ISBN-13: 9780357369463
  • RETAIL $129.95
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  • ISBN-10: 0357539893
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Cengage provides a range of supplements that are updated in coordination with the main title selection. For more information about these supplements, contact your Learning Consultant.

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LMS Integrated SAM 365 & 2019 with MindTap Reader, 1 term Instant Access

ISBN: 9780357369463
This access code will provide your student with seamless access to your SAM 365 & 2019 resources from within their campus Learning Management System. Your students will be prompted to enter this access code the first time that they click on a link in your course that includes Cengage content.