Course Description

Business Information Management 2B is the second semester course in a two-semester series that uses real-world business and career scenarios to develop students’ verbal, non-verbal, and written communications skills while further developing their word processing, spreadsheet, and presentation applications skills. In Business Information Management 2B, students begin with a brief review of databases. The remainder of the course focuses college and career readiness: Students are asked to assume the roles of both interviewer and interviewee, prepare and deliver professional presentations, and compose resumes, cover letters, and letters of recommendation. The course concludes with goal-setting and putting action plans in place to ensure post-secondary success. 

Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) 

UTHS courses are designed in alignment to the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) which define the skills and content to be taught in each course and grade level in the state of Texas.

Semester Topics

• Unit 5: Creating a Database 
• Unit 6: Presentations/Interpersonal and Interview Skills 
• Unit 7: Digital Portfolios 
• Unit 8: Digital Portfolio Presentations 

Course Objectives

Upon completing this course, you will be able to—

• prepare oral presentations to provide information for specific purposes and audiences; 
• Identify and prepare support materials that will enhance an oral presentation; 
• deliver an oral presentation that sustains listeners' attention; 
• align presentation strategies to the intended audience; 
• implement multimedia strategies for presentations; 
• use online presentation management technologies to create, edit, transport, and share documents; 
• design a database to solve business problems; 
• use advanced functions of database management such as updating queries, creating formulas, using built-in formulas, and creating custom format reports;  
• prepare a professional electronic portfolio; and 
• present the portfolio to interested stakeholders. 

Required Course Materials

Please visit the Computer Requirements page to view minimum device, internet, and application requirements for all UT High School courses. Generally, a desktop or laptop device five (5) years or newer with access to an office suite, such as Microsoft Office or Google Workspace, will be adequate to participate in most UTHS courses.

Unless otherwise noted, students are responsible for purchasing or securing all the following course materials: 

• Textbook: A textbook is not required for this course.
• Interactive Notebook: A paper or digital composition book is acceptable. For paper composition books, please also have the following items on hand:
  • Pens or Pencils
  • Tape or Glue
• Applications:
  • Google Workspace Essentials (Free) or Microsoft® 365 (Free)

Course Organization

Students must complete the course in sequence: You will not be able to access the next unit until all work in the preceding unit is completed. You may take your final exam only after completing all units and submitting all graded assignments.  

• Units: Each unit includes multiple lessons and graded assignments as well as ungraded practice quizzes to help you check your understanding of the material.
  
  
• Summative Assessments: Each course includes two online, virtually proctored summative assessments testing your understanding of the material presented in the preceding 2-3 Units.
  • Format: Online, Multiple-choice
  • Time Allowed: 1 hr 30 min
    
    
• Final Exam: Each course includes an online, virtually proctored final exam testing your knowledge of all material presented in the course.
  • Format: Online, Multiple-choice
  • Time Allowed: 3 hrs 20 min

Course Grade Weighting

Your final course grade is calculated by weighting the three assignment groups displayed in the table below:

Online Proctored Exams

All course exams, including both summative assessments and the final exam, must be completed online. Students must test online with Proctorio and are required to add the Proctorio extension to either their Microsoft Edge or Google Chrome browser—installation instructions are provided in the student's course. Proctorio uses a student's computer, web camera, and microphone to record video of both the student and their desktop during the exam. Then, UTHS instructors review the student's exam video data collected by Proctorio. Only authorized UTHS staff and instructors can view the exam recordings. Student data is not shared with any persons or organizations outside of UTHS and are deleted after one year. We encourage you to visit Proctorio's Data Security and Privacy site pages to learn more about how we protect student date.