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Tracy Magin

Senior Lecturer

Department of Business Studies
National Technical Institute for the Deaf

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Office Hours
By appointment only. Please see my schedule posted on my office door for availability or e-mail me
Office Location
Office Mailing Address
LBJ 2785

Tracy Magin

Senior Lecturer

Department of Business Studies
National Technical Institute for the Deaf

Education

BS, MSED, State University College at Oswego; MBA, Rochester Institute of Technology

Bio


Tracy Magin has served as a faculty member at NTID for over 18 years. Prior to transitioning to education, Tracy gained experience in the banking sector, where she held Series 6 and 63 licenses as well as Life and Health Insurance Licenses. Additionally, she worked in Human Resources for several years, focusing on areas such as employment law, recruitment, retention, and payroll administration.

Tracy is a certified Microsoft Office Specialist proficient in Microsoft Office Word, WordExpert, Excel, Excel Expert, Outlook, and PowerPoint, boasting extensive expertise in these programs. She has been recognized with the title of Microsoft Office 2013 Master certification.

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Uninvited Presentations
Magin, Tracy, et al. "E-Portfolios with Acrobat Pro XI." Annual Conference 2015. National Business Educators Association. Chicago, Illinois. 1 Apr. 2015. Conference Presentation.
Magin, Tracy, et al. "Dynamic E-Portfolios: Have It Your Way." NBEA Annual Convention. National Business Education Association. Atlanta, GA. 16 Apr. 2013. Conference Presentation.

Currently Teaching

NAST-140
3 Credits
This course is for students with little or no knowledge of word processing software, limited keyboarding experience, and those that have a minimum of 20 net words per minute. Emphasis is on keyboarding skill development as well as an introduction to basic word processing skills. Students key and format business correspondence, reports, and tables. The expectation is to exit this course with a 30 net words per minute typing proficiency for five minutes.
NAST-160
3 Credits
Emphasis will be on creating, formatting, and enhancing worksheets; creating and applying formulas and functions; building and formatting charts; using What-If analysis and creating templates. Upon completion, students will be able to design and enhance basic spreadsheets.
NAST-215
3 Credits
The course further develops student skills in integrated document formatting and applications using various types of word processing, spreadsheets, databases, slide presentations, and electronic office procedures. Through business simulations, students will have an opportunity to incorporate their speed/accuracy and production skills with communication, information, and file management skills. The expectation is to exit this course with a 50 net words per minute proficiency for a five-minute timing.
NAST-241
1 Credits
This course is intended to prepare students to take a certification exam for Microsoft Word. The exam tests proficiency through hands-on assessment in simulated Microsoft Office Word applications. Skill sets include creating and customizing documents, formatting content, working with visual content, organizing content, reviewing documents, and sharing and securing content.
NAST-242
1 Credits
This course is intended to prepare students to take a certification exam for Microsoft PowerPoint. The exam tests proficiency through hands-on assessment in simulated Microsoft Office PowerPoint applications. Skill sets include: Creating and formatting presentations, creating and formatting slide content, working with visual content, and collaborating on and delivering presentations.
NAST-243
1 Credits
This course is intended to prepare students for Microsoft Excel certification. The exam tests proficiency through hands-on assessment in simulated Microsoft Office Excel applications. Skill sets include: creating and manipulating data, formatting data and content, creating and modifying formulas, presenting data visually, and collaborating and securing data.
NAST-244
1 Credits
This course is intended to prepare students to take a certification exam for Microsoft Access. The exam tests proficiency through hands-on assessment in simulated Microsoft Office Access applications. Skill sets include: structuring a database, creating and formatting database elements, entering and modifying data, creating and modifying queries, presenting and sharing data, and managing and maintaining databases.
NBUS-200
3 Credits
This course introduces students to a broad overview of the form and structure of multinational organizations. It provides students with a basic knowledge of the history, organization and operation of business and its particular vocabulary.
NBUS-221
3 Credits
This course acquaints students with the basic concepts of Human Resource Management. Exposure to the changing nature of Human Resources relates to employee retention, legality, EEO/Diversity, job analysis, recruitment, selection, training and development as well as performance management, compensation, benefits, employee relations and labor relations. An overview of the range of duties and levels of responsibilities found in this sector of the business environment will allow students to identify similarities between job function required of an administrative assistant and of a human resources assistant.
NBUS-223
3 Credits
This course introduces the field of marketing and its focus on how consumer behavior effects in the marketplace (domestically and internationally). Emphasis will be placed on understanding the marketing mix and its impact on the external market environment.