Week 5 · Lesson plan
Objectives
- Make a sheet that still makes sense without color: add words next to the color, and know that charts need labels or patterns too. (Microsoft Excel; post-test item 18)
- Secure a new account with a long password used nowhere else, and turn on two-step verification. (Microsoft Edge; post-test item 19)
- Check a suspicious message or caller a safer way: spot the pressure, read where a link really goes, and verify through a route you already trust. (Practice Mail; post-test item 20)
Observable outcomes
- Color: in Excel, each learner types a sign-in sheet with four fictional names, colors the Done cells green and red with Fill Color, adds the words Complete and Not yet so the sheet makes sense without color, and saves Sign-in sheet in Documents. They can say that a chart needs labels or patterns for the same reason.
- Account: on the practice sign-up page, each learner enters a made-up example.com email, sees a short password refused, enters the long practice passphrase, sees it accepted with the reminder to use it nowhere else, chooses a text code, types the code from the drawn phone, and reads Two-step verification is on.
- Message: in Practice Mail, each learner opens the Week 5 message, finds the pressure words, points at the link without clicking and reads where it really goes, compares the message’s phone number with the number on the letter, reports the message, and writes a safer route on the worksheet.
How this lesson runs
You project the deck and the class does each step together, one or two clicks per slide. Every step slide names the program in its top corner, gives the clicks, and says what learners should see. The worksheet repeats every step with a check box, so anyone who falls behind can catch up, and adds an If you get stuck box for each part. Wait for every screen to match before moving on.
Each part opens with a slide naming the program, then why it matters, short video clips where the video covers the topic, the steps and check questions. Week 5 teaches only the three skills on the post-test (items 18 to 20): meaning without color, securing a new account, and checking a suspicious contact a safer way. Every step is one or two actions with what you should see. The video chapters on comfort and workstation setup, camera and microphone permissions, encryption, unknown USB drives and harmful posts are not played. The skills challenge is cut and the post-test is in Week 6. There is no break and no timer. Minutes below are a guide for pacing, not a clock for learners.
120-minute plan
| Elapsed minutes | Slides | Segment |
|---|---|---|
| 0–8 (8 min) | 1–4 | Welcome, goals and plan |
| 8–13 (5 min) | 5–9 | Before we start: open the worksheet |
| 13–45 (32 min) | 10–33 | Part 1 · Microsoft Excel: Make a sheet that makes sense without color |
| 45–75 (30 min) | 34–55 | Part 2 · Microsoft Edge: Secure a new account |
| 75–108 (33 min) | 56–75 | Part 3 · Practice Mail: Check a message that rushes you |
| 108–120 (12 min) | 76–80 | Wrap-up: check, I can, take it home |
Video clips
The full video is not played. Each Watch slide plays only its own clip, with captions, and stops by itself:
- Part 1: instructions that do not rely on color, 1:06 to 1:19 of the Week 5 video.
- Part 3: recognize the pressure, 1:29 to 2:12 of the Week 5 video.
- Part 3: check a safer way, 2:13 to 2:46 of the Week 5 video.
Quick card
- Color a cell
- Select the cells › Home tab › small arrow next to Fill Color › click a color.
- Do not rely on color
- Add words next to the color, such as Complete and Not yet. On a chart, add labels or patterns.
- Save in Documents
- File › Save As › Browse › Documents › click in File name, press Ctrl+A, type the name › Save.
- A strong password
- Long (four words in a row) and used on one site only.
- Two-step verification
- After your password, the site sends a code to your phone. Type it. Never read it to a caller.
- Spot the pressure
- Words like act now, stops today, within 1 hour. Slow down.
- Check a link
- Point at it without clicking. Read the address at the bottom left of Edge.
- Check a safer way
- Use a number or website you already had: a letter, a card or a saved bookmark. Not the message’s.
Week-specific preparation
Each station: Microsoft Edge and Microsoft Excel that opens without a sign-in. No email or other account is needed: the practice sign-up page (activities/practice-signup.html) and Practice Mail (activities/practice-mail.html?inbox=week-5) work in Edge on every computer, accept only addresses that end in example.com, and keep nothing a learner types. Before class, check that Excel can save to Documents on This PC (not only OneDrive), and that both practice pages open from the Week 5 worksheet. Check sound on the projector: play the first Watch slide. Print the worksheet if you can: the letter in Part 3 is meant to be on paper, and the My result page is the written evidence. After your own run-through, delete Sign-in sheet and select Start fresh on this computer at each station.