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<DIV>The class offered here is really aimed for students in our Business Technology programs and it moves very fast (legal secretary, medical office specialist, ect.). They cover every aspect of controlling the computer with DNS (internet, MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, windows) and get very detailed with formatting in MS Word and other programs. I think it's to much for what students need and I agree that it can be fairly quick to get someone started. Three students who I work with have attempted to take the class this year and have not passed. I don't want them to have this level of frustration for something that could be a lot easier. If I have students who begin in Fall I can't get them started using DNS because the class is offered only in winter and spring terms, it just doesn't make sense to me.</DIV>
<DIV><BR>>>> "Kelmer, Susan M." <SKelmer@stlcc.edu> 3/12/2009 5:51 AM >>><BR></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><I><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">Susan Kelmer<o:p></o:p></SPAN></I></P>
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