CSCI-110 08 Daily Syllabus, Fall 2009

Monday/Wednesday Schedule

1.0    General Information

    Class Time: Monday/Wednesday 2:00 PM - 3:15 PM

    Class Location: 220 Thompson

    Instructor: Dr. Shankar M Banik

                                Office: 222 Thompson

                                Phone: 953-5039

                                Email: shankar.banik@citadel.edu

    Instructor Office Hours:

                            Tuesday 1:30 PM – 2:30 PM

                            Wednesday 3:30 PM – 4:30 PM

                            Thursday 1:30 PM – 2:30 PM

                            Friday 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM

 

2.0    Course Material

     Textbooks:

 

 

 

3.0            Course Goals 

This course presents an introduction to computer systems and computer applications in a Microsoft Windows™ PC environment. Students learn to use software packages for word processing, database management, spreadsheets, and communication in solving common problems in business management and social sciences. This course is intended for students with little or no prior computer experience.

A student who successfully completes this course will be able to:

·         Use the software applications described above to solve problems similar to those encountered in the course

·         Answer and discuss basic questions relating to computers, computer systems and software

 

4.0            Required Course Work

·         TIA (Technology in Action) Chapter Assignment
TIA Chapter Assignments contain multiple choice questions from chapters in the Technology in Action textbook. You will do each assignment using MYITLAB (http://www.myitlab.com). You may repeat any assignment two times as needed, in order to achieve a better grade.

 

·         GO Series MS Office 2007 Skill-based Training Assignment
Skill-based training will help you learn the usage of MS Office applications. You need to complete certain number of tasks in each training using MYITLAB (http://www.myitlab.com).

 

·         GO Series MS Office 2007 Skill-based Exam Assignment
After completing each training, you need to take the skill-based exam on MS Office Applications using MYITLAB (http://www.myitlab.com).

 

·         Midterm Exam
There will be one Midterm Exam during the semester. The Midterm Exam will be on Wednesday October 14 at Thompson 220 during the class. Missing the exam without a previously approved excuse will result in a grade of zero. Makeup exam is never available.

 

·         Final Exam
The Final Examination is from 8:00 AM – 11:00 AM on Tuesday, December 15. The Final Examination is comprehensive. No Final Examination can be given early, except as required by The Citadel Policy

 

5.0    Course Policies

Class Attendance and Discussion: It is advised that students attend all lab classes. Attendance will be taken at the beginning of each lab class.

Due Dates for Assignments

·               Each assignment is due the day it is made available. However, if you are unable to complete, you have almost seven days (in some cases more) to complete it. 

·               Note that there may be situations where your homework attempt fails due to an application error, system crash, or the like. You still must complete the assignment by the due date.

·               Tests must be taken on the assigned date at the assigned time.

·               There is no "extra credit" make-up work.

·               Just do the assigned work at the assigned time. Excuses will not be accepted, but legitimate reasons for late work will be given due consideration by the instructor.

 The actual due dates given below are subject to change and will be as shown in the online MYITLAB.

 

Fall 2009 (MW Schedule)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TIA=Tech in Action

 

 

Due Dates

 

1

Wednesday, August 26, 2009

 

 

2

Monday, August 31, 2009

 

 

3

Wednesday, September 2, 2009

 

 

4

Monday, September 7, 2009

 

 

5

Wednesday, September 9, 2009

WORD, Ch 5 Training, TIA: Ch 1

 

6

Monday, September 14, 2009

WORD, Ch 5 Exam

 

7

Wednesday, September 16, 2009

WORD, Ch 6 Training, TIA: Ch 2

 

8

Monday, September 21, 2009

WORD, Ch 6 Exam

 

9

Wednesday, September 23, 2009

WORD, Ch 7 Training, TIA: Ch 3

 

10

Monday, September 28, 2009

WORD, Ch 7 Exam

 

11

Wednesday, September 30, 2009

EXCEL, Ch 9 Training, TIA: Ch 4

 

12

Monday, October 5, 2009

EXCEL, Ch 9 Exam

 

13

Wednesday, October 7, 2009

EXCEL, Ch 10 Training, TIA: Ch 5

 

14

Monday, October 12, 2009

EXCEL, Ch 10 Exam

 

15

Wednesday, October 14, 2009

Midterm Exam, TIA: Chapters 1-5

 

16

Monday, October 19, 2009

EXCEL, Ch 11 Training, TIA: Ch 6

 

17

Wednesday, October 21, 2009

EXCEL, Ch 11 Exam

 

18

Monday, October 26, 2009

ACCESS, Ch 12 Training, TIA: Ch 7

 

19

Wednesday, October 28, 2009

ACCESS, Ch 12 Exam

 

20

Monday, November 2, 2009

ACCESS, Ch 13 Training, TIA: Ch 8

 

21

Wednesday, November 4, 2009

ACCESS, Ch 13 Exam

 

22

Monday, November 9, 2009

POWERPOINT, Ch 15 Training, TIA: Ch 9

 

23

Wednesday, November 11, 2009

POWERPOINT, Ch 15 Exam

 

24

Monday, November 16, 2009

POWERPOINT, Ch 16 Training

 

25

Wednesday, November 18, 2009

POWERPOINT, Ch 16 Exam

 

 

Monday, November 23, 2009

Fall Break

 

 

Wednesday, November 25, 2009

Fall Break

 

26

Monday, November 30, 2009

POWERPOINT, Ch 17 Training

 

27

Wednesday, December 2, 2009

POWERPOINT, Ch 17 Exam

 

28

Monday, December 7, 2009

Review

 

 

Tuesday, December 15, 2009

Final Exam at 8 am

 

 

E-mail: Any announcement will be sent through email. Class emails are sent to your official Citadel email address. You are responsible for making sure that you are receiving class e-mails. It is your responsibility to have your official email account working properly and forwarding to the location where you read emails.

 

Webpage: MYITLAB (http://www.myitlab.com) will be used as the course website for this course where grades of all the assignments will be posted.

 

Grading: There are five components to the course grade. They are weighted as follows.

TIA=Tech in Action

20%

GO Series MS Office 2007 Training

30%

GO Series MS Office 2007 Exams

35%

Midterm Exam on Tech in Action

  5%

Final Exam on Tech in Action

10%

 

The grading scale will be no higher than the following. It may be lower at the discretion of the instructor.

Grade

Percentage

A

90+

B

80-89

C

70-79

D

60-69

F

Otherwise

 

Policy on cell phones and other electronic gadgets


Cell phones must be kept in bags and programmed in a non-sounding setting and remain in the “silent” or vibrate mode during the entire lab class. Other electronic gadgets like MP3 Player, IPOD are not allowed in the lab class.  
 

Disability

Any student in this course who has a disability that may prevent him or her from fully demonstrating his or her abilities should contact the instructor personally as soon as possible so that necessary accommodations can be made to ensure full participation and to facilitate educational opportunities.

Academic Misconduct

All work submitted for an individual grade, should be the work of that single individual, and not their friends, nor their tutor. It is your responsibility to be familiar with the policies mentioned in The Honor Manual of The Citadel. Ignorance of these policies is not an excuse for violating them.