School of Mathematics & Computer Science
Course#:
Class Time:
TR
Some Tuesdays (but not all) will be online
Instructor: Professor Pepper
Office: POST 103 1rst Floor or Post 217 2nd
Floor
Telephone: 516-297-5241
Office
Hours: Thursday: 8:40 to 10:40
E-mail: pepper@adelphi.edu
http://www.adelphi.edu/~pe16132
Moodle: https://ecampus.adelphi.edu/
Starter Day Address: http://home.adelphi.edu/~pe16132/csc170/csc170hybrid/starterday.htm
There is no required text for this course. The following books will be placed on reserve at the Adelphi library:
Parsons,
June Jamrich and Dan Oja. Computer
Concepts, 2010 : Comprehensive
Shelly, Gary
B. Microsoft Office 2003 : Introductory Concepts and Techniques : course one.
Boston, Massachusetts: Course Technology, 2006 (ISBN 0619254858) LC CALL:
HF5548.4.M525 S535 2006
Shaffer, Ann. New Perspectives on Microsoft Office 2007, First Course, Windows XP Edition. . Boston, Massachusetts: Course Technology, 2008. (ISBN 978-1-4239-0577-6) LC CALL: HF5548.4.M525 N4885 2008
Beskeen, David W. Microsoft Office 2007 : illustrated, Windows vista edition.
Boston, Massachusetts: Course Technology, 2008 (ISBN: 9781423905592) LC
CALL: HF5548.4.M525 M524988 2008
Learn to use common computer applications (e.g. word processing, presentation, spreadsheets, databases, Web authoring, search engines), and also discuss social and ethical issues related to computing and telecommunications.
Objectives:
Major Assignments:
Grading System
The course grading scale is: A 93-100, A- 90-92, B+ 87-89, B 83-86, B- 80-82, C+ 77-79, C 73-76, C- 70-72, D 60-69, and F is below 59. A+ is given at the professor's discretion.
The final grade will be a traditional letter grade (A-F). Excessive absences, lateness, and any activities which run counter to the best interests of the class will be deducted at the end of the semester from the final grade as a percentage to be determined by the professor.
Grade Percentages:
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Midterm Exam |
20% |
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Quizzes |
15% |
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Assignments |
38% |
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Web, Access and Data
Exam |
15% |
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Final project |
12% |
Course Requirements
The midterm must be completed as a minimum for credit. Each exam must be taken at the time scheduled. 10% will be dropped for anything 1 week late.
Defective or lost floppy disks or flash drives, printer malfunctions, hard drive crashes, and computer meltdowns are not valid excuses for late or incomplete assignments. Be sure to backup, and use another computer if yours becomes disabled. When a particular assignment hand-in path is down, use another path: e-mail, ftp to panther, Moodle submission, hand in to my mailbox in the math department.
Students will be expected to minimize grammatical errors, develop presentation skills, use logic, and create effective strategies to communicate clearly. Moodle Discussion Guidelines - Use proper English (not IM English). "I agree" and similar replies will not be counted as entries.
Responsibility for Online Work
Students are responsible for checking Moodle announcements on each on-line day. Work is due by the end of the on-line day unless otherwise stated. (Extra help arrangements can be made easily and often the help can be given online.) Submit questions to the help discussion board. You can also call 877-3340 for Adelphi Customer Service, or call my number above and leave a message with your phone number.
Students are expected to follow Adelphi's honesty policies, including never "presenting any work as one's own that is not one's own." See http://academics.adelphi.edu/policies/honesty.phphttp://academics.adelphi.edu/policies/honesty.php
Attendance Requirements
It is expected that students
will attend class on a regular basis, and will attend class if the online
schedule changes. Sometimes online days become optional when students need
extra help. It is expected that students will make use of these days for extra
help and making up tests, so it is best to not commit to other activities
during online class hours.
Absences for legitimate reasons are permissible; however, students are responsible for all material missed during their absence. Out of consideration for the instructor and the rest of the class, you are expected to arrive on time for class and stay until the class is over. Ask questions so that all present can hear; private conversations are not permitted.
Policy on Incomplete
Refer to the Under-graduate Bulletin. If you do not have a bulletin, please obtain one from the Dean's Office. It contains a significant amount of important and useful information such as prerequisites, waiver policy, rules and regulations, payment plans and schedules.
Last Date to Drop Course
The last date to drop this course will be the last date specified by the University for students to drop the course without the professor's permission. If the student wishes to drop the class after that time because of poor grades, it will be necessary to first obtain written permission from the Dean of Academic Attainment or the Dean of the School of Business. Permission to withdraw late because of other reasons may be presented to me or the Deans.
Disabilities
If you have a physical, medical
or learning disability and require accommodations, please contact the Office of
Disability Support Services (
Schedule
"ONLINE" means the date is an online day so you should not come to the classroom unless you arrange it with the professor.
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Date |
Day |
Subject |
Tests, Quizzes and Assignments due |
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1/24 |
T |
Introduction, windows explorer, Moodle, discussion help board, email forwarding, adobe connect, participant photo, word (Tables, Styles), Irfanview |
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1/26 |
R |
Word (Table of Contents, Pagination); macro; track changes; prep for first online day; Adelphi DB, pagination; Start Word day |
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1/31 |
T@ |
Online Starter Day & Word Day Verify environment; download software; PC health Word and Picture practice |
Starter survey and activities; Picture Album |
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2/2 |
R |
Word/ Windows Quiz; Hardware: Word system information; relation of hard disk to windows explorer; Configuration solutions exercises; computer protection; Introduce online day |
Word / Windows Quiz |
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2/7 |
T@ |
Online Hardware Day Hardware Intro Survey Hardware Q&A HW comparison using Excel |
1) Hardware intro survey 2) Excel
HW comparison due |
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2/9 |
R |
Review HW comparison spreadsheet; |
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2/14 |
T |
Excel Intro (layout and basic calcs and functions and concatenation and some absolute reference) Excel quick intro Excel reading Excel Q&A Hardware Quiz |
HW quiz |
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2/16 |
R |
absolute reference dealing % of one total; if statement |
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2/21 |
T@ |
Online Excel Inventory Day Start Inventory spreadsheet Last Day to drop a course is 2/21 - see Adelphi calendar |
Excel Inventory
sheet 1 |
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2/23 |
R |
More Excel: Review (Absolute Reference; If statement); making a web site; hyperlinks; multiple sheets, graphs Excel mail/merge; problem sheets |
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2/28 |
T@ |
Online Excel Advanced Day Finish Inventory Spreadsheet (graph and absolute reference) One spreadsheet that is helpful to you Excel Practice Survey |
Excel 3 inventory sheets due. plus one sheet that helps you |
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3/1 |
R |
Excel quiz Mail Merge & Macro |
Excel quiz |
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3/6 |
T |
Midterm preparation |
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3/8 |
R |
Midterm |
Midterm |
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3/13, 3/15 - break |
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3/20 |
T |
Access as extension of Excel |
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3/22 |
R |
Information Literacy 1 & 2 |
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3/27 |
T |
Information Literacy 3 Assign Ethics Report Last Day to withdraw from a course is 3/27 - see Adelphi calendar |
Citations ex Evaluate Source ex |
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3/29 |
R |
Web and Filezilla intro Information Literacy Quiz |
Info Literacy Quiz Find Article ex |
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4/3 |
T@ |
Online Web Intro Survey Change web from home |
Web Survey Change from Home Try |
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4/5 |
R |
Web Skills - Picture, background and email link and filesize of pictures and graphics; Start Web Card |
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4/10 |
T@ |
Online Web Card Basic web design practice |
Online Web Card |
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4/12 |
R |
Web Skills needed for project : explore HTML, embedding code; fixing background; adding spaces; meta tags; navigation bar |
Web quiz |
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4/17 |
T@ |
Online Final
Project Layout |
Ethics Report |
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4/19 |
R |
Web Quiz |
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4/24 |
T |
Review for Web, PPT and Info Literacy test |
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4/26 |
R |
Web, PPT and Info Literacy test |
Web, PPT and Info Literacy Test |
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5/1 |
T@ |
Online Web Project
Day Begin project with at least 1 page complete |
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5/3 |
R |
Advanced Web concepts (advertise your site, |
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5/8, 5/10 - makeup |
T |
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5/15 |
T |
Final Workshop: Tuesday 5/15 10:30 am to
12:30 pm in your classroom |
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