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SyllabusCBIS 6A - Introduction to IT Concepts and Applications

Instructor: Gerry JenkinsSemester: Spring 2010Section: 33234

Session Dates : Febuary 1st to May 19, 2010Format: Onlineemail: [email protected] phone: (562) 938-4623Office Hours: see http://gjenkins.lbcc.edu for hours

Course Description

Course Number: CBIS 6AUnits: 4.0Recommended Preparation: Computer Literacy or COMIS1

This course is an Introduction to information systems and the common use of office applications.Internet, Word processing, spreadsheets, databases, presentation software, and basic Internet usewill be covered. Spreadsheet use for business will be emphasized.

This course is widely articulated to the California State University system to meet the core lowerdivision requirement for business, CIS, and IT majors. See the articulation officer here at LBCC fordetails.

At the end of this course, you should have a broad knowledge of the social and business use ofinformation systems. You should also have a good foundation in using Excel and an introduction toAccess database software.

Course Content and Delivery

This course is online course. The Computer Concepts portion of the class will contribute to 50% ofyour overall grade. The MS Office portion of the class will contribute to 50% of your overall grade.There are no on campus meetings.

The activities that you will be involved in will be researching information from the Internet, readingtextbooks and online materials, completing various in class online assignments, taking onlinequizzes and tests, and completing MS Office assignments.

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The primary way to contact me is to email me at [email protected]

I only read my email Monday to Friday. I do not answer on weekends or holidays. You can expect aresponse within 24 hours of my reading the email.

Please contact me for help when ever you need it. Attach you assignment or other related files ifyou are asking about work you are doing. Please give specific error messages and conditions if youare reporting an error.

Textbook and Technical requirements

Three textbooks are required for class . The publisher of the textbooks is Thomson: Course

Technology

"Microsoft Office Excel 2007: Complete Concepts and Techniques", publisher: Course Technology,ISBN 1-4188-4343-1

"Microsoft Office Access 2007: Introductory Concepts and Techniques", publisher: CourseTechnology,ISBN 1-4188-4339-3

Discovering Computers- Fundamentals: 4th, 5th edition, or Discovering Computers 2010Fundamentals, 6th editionPublisher is Thomson/Course TechnologyAuthors are Shelly, Cashman, and Vermaat

You can purchase these three books bundled together from our LBCC LAC book store. You can alsoorder them online at http://www.lbccbookstore.com

You can also save a lot of money by getting an eBook version of the books (electronic version) athttp://iChapters.com

You will be using Microsoft Office 2007 Excel, Access, Word, and PowerPoint software for theapplications assignments. The version of office should be Office 2007 Professional or another versionthat includes Access 2007.

You can use the software for free in the library open computer labs our CBIS computer labs or youcan purchase it as a student for a special price of less than $60, go to http://cbis.lbcc.edu/office-deal/ for directions, make sure to buy the enterprise version that includes Access 2007.

You can go to the order desk at the bookstore and request a special 180 day trail MS OfficeProfessional DVD for less than $15.

If your class section is less than 8 weeks long, then you could download and install the free 60 daytrial version of Office 2007 Professional from the Microsoft website(http://us20.trymicrosoftoffice.com/default.aspx). If you already have a older version of office, thiswill replace it. You would need to reinstall your older version at the end of the trial, or upgrade toOffice 2007.

All assignments need to be in the new Office 2007 file format. You can do the work in an olderversion, but you will need to do an 'finishing touches' in Office 2007 that are not in the older versionon a Office 2007 version. You will be responsible to locate the program menus and features on yourown. You must also complete the final excel and access exams in the new Office 2007 environment.


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You will also need a non AOL based email account, internet access, and to play videos you will needto install apples free QuickTime player and have sound capabilities on you computer.

A note to Mac users: This course is designed for Windows users, the books, instructions of thecourse, and all of Office 2007 do not run on a Macintosh OS-X system. You can use bootcamp,VMWare Fusion, or Parallels virtual machine technology to run Windows and Office 2007 on youMacintosh. But you will ultimately be responsible for knowing or researching the differences betweenyour OS requirements and a windows PC machine. You will be required to complete the final exam inexcel and access on a Windows PC machine.

Grading

A letter grade will be awarded for this course based on a point system.The maximum number of points you can earn in class is 1000.

Points Grade

1000 to 900 A

800 to 899 B

700 to 799 C

600 to 699 D

Below 600 F

IT Concepts: Points will be awarded as follows:

Assignment or Evaluation Points

Exams 120

Power Point Presentation 76

Quizzes(12 quizzes)

96

Research Assignments(3 postings)

72

Hands On Assignments(6 postings)

90

Total 454

IT Applications: Points will be awarded as follows:

Assignment or Evaluation Points

Word Assignment 42

Excel Assignments 252

Access Assignments 126

Excel Exams 84

Access Exams 42


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Total 546

Course Policies

Due Dates: Each assignment will be given a due date. For late assignments, 25% of the possiblepoints will be deducted for the first two weeks or part of a week the assignment is late. Assignmentsthat are turned in more than two weeks late will be given zero points.

Quizzes, Forums, and exams are not penalized for late entry.

All assignments, quizzes and tests must be in on or before the last date of class in the syllabus.

Technical Problems:

If you can not complete assignments, exams, or tests at home for any technical reason, you aresolely responsible to still do the work by arranging to use another system. You can sign up for CBIS673 Open Lab and use our computer systems and software at either campus during the hours theyare open. The CBIS department and your instructors are not repair technicians, you must pursuerepair of technical problems on your own. If you wait till the last minute to do your work, you willnot be given any special consideration.

Cheating:

You can not use someone else's work or copy from any source. This includes using the same filefrom a friend, relative, or anyone else. Anyone participating in any form of academic dishonesty willbe withdrawn from the class and your case forwarded to the Dean of Student Affairs forconsideration of any other actions. This includes the originator of any work that is copied. You areresponsible to protect your work. If it is stolen, you have to report it immediately to your instructor.Please contact the Student Affairs office to be informed of your rights.

Cheating includes: copying any part of a document that is not yours, including copy and paste fromthe Internet, using any communication device or method in a test, doing someone else's work inpart or whole, plagiarism in any form, and using any form of note in a closed book test.

Do not let any student use your files, media or computer. You may be responsible for any materialthey use from you.

Withdrawal from class :

If you are enrolled in the class at the start of the semester but never contact the instructor andparticipate in the class by the census date of the class (see the deadlines athttp://admissions.lbcc.edu), you will be considered a "No Show" and I will drop you from the class.In all other circumstances, if you need to withdraw from this class, you are responsible fordropping the class through Admissions and Records or online. If for some reason you decideto drop the class early in the semester and do not wish to receive a "W" grade on your transcript,you must go to the Admissions and Records Office and drop the class by date indicated as the lastday to drop and receive a "W" (see the deadlines at http://admissions.lbcc.edu) . (You can also dropthe class online.) If you have not dropped the class as of this date, you will be assigned a lettergrade (A, B, C, D, F, Cr or NC) in the course, whether or not you are attending class.

PLEASE NOTE THAT IF YOU NEED TO WITHDRAW FROM THIS CLASS, YOU ARE

RESPONSIBLE FOR DROPPING THE CLASS THROUGH ADMISSIONS AND RECORDS OR

ONLINE. If you simply stop participating in class and do not drop the class, you will be kept on the


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rollbook and you will be assigned a grade in the class.

Course Learning Outcomes:

At the conclusion of the course, you should be able to ...

1. Distinguish and explain the introductory core computer and IT concepts and technology that areused personally, in society, in government, and business.

2. Design documents in a word processor showing an introductory level of skills.

3. Design documents in a presentation program showing an introductory level of skills.

4. Design documents in a spreadsheet program showing a intermediate level of skills expected for asuccessful business professional.

5. Design and modify a simple database with a demonstration of introductory database concepts ofdesign and use.

6. Compare and contrast the basic skills and concepts for using the internet effectively.

To obtain these learning outcomes, there are a detailed set of objectives. You can view them bylooking at the outcomes page of the following course outline: CBIS 6A Outline

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