The Benchmark Series teaches students the key features and functionalities of Microsoft® Excel. Two levels of coverage include how to manipulate numerical data, resolving issues related to finances and other numbers-based information. Students build a mastery skill level of the spreadsheet program through Benchmark’s graduated, three-level instructional approach. Students learn to analyze, synthesize, and evaluate information to create materials that achieve course goals. Benchmark Series: Microsoft® Excel 365, 2019 Edition: Levels 1 & 2 cover Microsoft® Office Specialist certification exam objectives. Complete course content is delivered in the Cirrus learning environment through a series of scheduled assignments that report to a grade book to track student progress and achievements.

Marquee Series: Microsoft Office 2019 offers your students a highly-effective, hands-on visual approach to learning the essential skills in Word, Excel, Access, and PowerPoint.

This courseware helps students learn computer concepts and software skills they can apply immediately to accomplish projects and assignments for school and to organize, schedule, record, plan, and budget for their personal needs. This courseware is divided into two parts: Seguin’s COMPUTER Concepts, Third Edition, and Seguin’s COMPUTER Applications for Microsoft® Office 365, 2019 Edition. Part I of the courseware provides instruction in achieving a basic understanding of the components that comprise computer hardware, system software, application software, internet connectivity and resources, social media, and the security and privacy issues related to technology. Part II of the courseware offers instruction that will guide students to achieve entry-level competence with the latest versions of Microsoft® Windows, web browsers, and the Microsoft® Office productivity suite, including OneNote, Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Access. Students will also be introduced to cloud computing alternatives to the traditional desktop suite. Complete course content is delivered within Paradigm’s new Cirrus learning environment.

With the Benchmark Series, students learn Microsoft® Access, including how to use the data-rich management software to track, report, and share information. This courseware, offered in two levels of instruction, teaches students how to create and modify tables, perform queries, and plan and publish database information to achieve a mastery skill level of Access. A hierarchy of learning assessments tests students’ problem-solving and analyzing skills. Benchmark Series: Microsoft® Access 365, 2019 Edition: Levels 1 & 2 cover Microsoft® Office Specialist certification exam objectives. Complete course content is delivered in the Cirrus learning environment through a series of scheduled assignments that report to a grade book to track student progress and achievements.

Benchmark Series: Microsoft® Word 365, 2019 Edition, is designed for students who want to learn how to use the powerful word processing program to create professional looking documents for school, work, and personal communication needs.