The MOAC textbooks for Microsoft Office 2010 are designed to teach students the core principles of Microsoft Office needed for on-the-job success. Many pedagogical features have been developed specifically for Microsoft Official Academic Course programs. Unique features of our task-based approach include a Lesson Skill Matrix that correlates skills taught in each lesson to the MOS objectives; Workplace and Internet Ready exercises; and three levels of increasingly rigorous lesson-ending activities: Competency, Profi ciency, and Mastery Assessment.
Presenting the extensive procedural information and technical concepts woven throughout the textbook raises challenges for the student and instructor alike. The Illustrated Book Tour that follows provides a guide to the rich features contributing to Microsoft Official Academic Course programΓÇÖs pedagogical plan.