The University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Bryan School of Business and Economics
Department of Information Systems and Supply Chain Management
ISM 110 - Business Computing I – Spring 2015
Emporium Model
Instructor:
E-mail:
Lab:
Section #:
Lab Time:
Office Hours:
Course Website(s):
Vishal Uppala
Xia Zhao
V_Uppala@UNCG.EDU
Bryan 221
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Wednesday (9:00 AM - 9:50 AM)
Attend the lab sessions if you have any questions.
canvas.uncg.edu
www.myitlab.com
Required Textbook and Supplies:
MyITlab access + eTexts (Exploring Office 2013 Volume1 and Technology in Actions)
by Alan Evans, Kendall Martin, Mary Anne Poatsy. Prentice Hall, 2014, ISBN 9780133815689
This bundled package is available at the bookstore.
NOTE:
(1) The MyITLab access code is available at UNCG bookstore with eTexts. You can purchase the
paper books (in addition to the eText) from Pearson.
(2) If you buy just the paper textbooks online without the MyITLab access code then you need
purchase MyITLab access code separately on the MyITLab website.
(3) Do not purchase the brief edition of Exploring Office 2013 Volume 1 if you choose to use the
paper textbook. The brief edition has only a few of the necessary chapters.
(4) The class will use Windows operating system and Microsoft Office 2013.
Software and Hardware Requirements:
(1) Mac OS (operating system) is not 100% compatible with MyITLab. You may not be able to
complete some questions using the Mac OS.
(2) (Optional) Microsoft Office 2013 Suite (Word, Excel, and PowerPoint); 90-day trial version
of MS Office 2013 are available for free on the Microsoft website;
(3) Chrome (preferred), Safari or Firefox;
(4) Adobe Acrobat Reader;
(5) Headphones (should be used if working in a lab);
Prerequisites:
2.0 GPA; Open to freshmen and other students seeking an introduction to computer usage.
Course Description (as in UG Catalog):
Develops skills using microcomputer applications including electronic mail, word processing,
graphics, spreadsheets, and network functions.
Relationship to Other Coursework:
In today’s highly competitive job market, every college graduate needs computer proficiency. ISM 110
introduces the student to fundamental microcomputer tools that firms use to function effectively. The
objectives of this course are to provide the student with a general understanding of computer systems
and to develop some basic competencies with common business software applications. These
competencies will include:
(a)
Understand microcomputer terminology and operations,
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(b)
Use electronic mail, understand Internet concepts, and implement effective online
searches.
Employ the Windows operating system,
Productively use microcomputer software for word processing, business graphics, and
electronic spreadsheets.
(c)
(d)
Objectives:
Topics
Windows
Internet
E-mail
Word
Excel
PowerPoint
Concepts covered
Understand the desktop; Manage windows; Identify Windows accessories;
Working with settings and software; Perform a search; Get help.
Access the Internet and look up information on the UNCG Home Page;
the course website and elsewhere; Save information to a file; copy
graphics to use in Microsoft applications; Understand and apply
Copyright law.
Use i-Spartan to send and read e-mail; Attach files to e-mail; Open and
save attachments sent to you; Understand and use CC, BCC, and forward;
Create and use mail folders.
Begin and edit a document; customize Word; use features that improve
readability; view a document in different ways; prepare a document for
distribution; modify document properties; apply font attributes; format a
paragraph; format a document; apply styles; insert and format objects;
insert a table; format a table; manage table data; enhance table data;
create a mail merge document; complete a mail merge; use a writing style
and acknowledge sources; create and modify footnotes and endnotes;
explore special features; review a document; track changes; share and
collaborate on document.
Explore the Excel window; enter and edit cell data; create formulas; use
auto fill; display cell formulas; manage worksheets; manage columns and
rows; select, move, copy, and paste data; apply alignment and font
options; apply number formats; select page setup options; preview and
print a worksheet; use relative, absolute, and mixed cell references in
formulas; correct circular references; insert a function; insert basic math
and statistics functions; use date functions; determine results with the IF
function, use lookup functions, calculate payments with the PMT
function; create and maintain range names; use range names in formulas;
select the data source; choose a chart type; move, size, and print a chart;
add chart elements; format chart elements; apply a chart style and colors;
modify the data source, create and customize sparklines; freeze rows and
columns; print large datasets; design and create tables; apply a table
style; sort data; filter data; use structured references and a total row;
apply conditional formatting; create a new rule.
Use PowerPoint views; type a speaker note; save as slide show; plan a
presentation; assess presentation content; review the presentation; insert
media objects; add a table; use animations and transitions; insert a
header or footer; run and navigate a slide show; print in PowerPoint;
create a presentation using a template; modify a presentation based on a
template; create a presentation in Outline view; modify an outline
structure; print an outline; import an outline; reuse slides from an
existing presentation; use sections; examine slide show design principles;
modify a theme; modify the slide master
Instructional Methodology:
Audio PowerPoint presentation, MyITlab skill-based training, hands-on labs.
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Performance Evaluation and Grading:
Grades in the course will be based on tests and MyITLab assignments. The course grade will be
calculated using the following weights:
Element
Attendance
Windows Quiz
Internet Quiz
Concepts Quiz
Word 1 Skill-based Training
Word 1 End of Chapter Quiz
Word 1 Skill-based Exam
Word 2 Skill-based Training
Word 2 End of Chapter Quiz
Word 2 Skill-based Exam
Word 3 Skill-based Training
Word 3 End of Chapter Quiz
Word 3 Skill-based Exam
Word 4 Skill-based Training
Word 4 End of Chapter Quiz
Word 4 Skill-based Exam
Excel 1 Skill-based Training
Excel 1 End of Chapter Quiz
Excel 1 Skill-based Exam
Excel 2 Skill-based Training
Excel 2 End of Chapter Quiz
Excel 2 Skill-based Exam
Excel 3 Skill-based Training
Excel 3 End of Chapter Quiz
Excel 3 Skill-based Exam
Excel 4 Skill-based Training
Excel 4 End of Chapter Quiz
Excel 4 Skill-based Exam
PowerPoint 1 Skill-based Training
PowerPoint 1 End of Chapter Quiz
PowerPoint 1 Skill-based Exam
PowerPoint 2 Skill-based Training
PowerPoint 2 End of Chapter Quiz
PowerPoint 2 Skill-based Exam
Points
50
30
30
40
5
10
20
5
10
20
5
10
20
5
10
20
5
10
20
5
10
20
5
10
20
5
10
20
5
10
20
5
10
20
Word Unit Exam
Excel Unit Exam
PowerPoint Unit Exam
100
100
100
Midterm Concept Exam
Final Concept Exam
100
100
Total
1000
The grade scale is based upon points earned and is as follows:
>= 980 = A+
930-979=A
900-929=A-
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870-899=B+
770-799=C+
670-699=D+
830-869=B
730-769=C
630-669=D
800-829=B700-729=C600-629=D-
<600=F
Attendance Policy
ISM110 is NOT an online course. The lab sessions meet once a week. You must attend the lab sessions.
After the midterm exam, you may be exempt from the labs only with a written approval from the
instructor. You must attend a lab to complete the midterm and final concept exams.
For each lab missed, your final course grade will be lowered by 5 points unless you have obtained the
written approval from the instructor.
Assignments:
Quizzes, Skill-based Trainings and Skill-based Exams. Assignments must be submitted in MyITLab
before the due date and time. Assignments submitted late will receive no credit. You are free to work
ahead to better accommodate your schedule. Complete assignments on time. Each assignment is due NO
LATER THAN THE SPECIFIED TIME. The date stamp on electronic submissions will be considered to
evaluate if an assignment is late. Expect the network to crash, the labs to be overcrowded and your car’s
battery to die the night before a major assignment is due. Plan for disasters. Do not procrastinate on the
assignments. You are expected to meet commitments in this course in preparation for meeting
commitments on the job. Failing to meet your commitments on the job and in this course carry meaningful
consequence.
You may improve your score by correcting and resubmitting your assignment as long as the resubmission
arrives prior to the due date. In the office, should you prepare a report and give a draft to your supervisor
to read and the supervisor finds errors, you will need to correct your errors. This class also affords you the
chance to find and correct your errors and improve your grade. Because the learning in this class is
cumulative, you will need to work past due assignments in order to develop the skills needed in
subsequent chapters.
The assignments and tests are delivered through MyITLab online, you must have a functioning internet
connection, know your usernames and passwords and be able to connect to and remain connected to the
Internet.
Unit Exams, Midterm Concept Exam and Final Concept Exam: All concept and unit exams will be
delivered through MyITLab. But you must attend a lab to complete the midterm and final concept
exams. If for any reason, you must miss a test, you must notify the instructor in advance and reschedule
the test in advance of its scheduled date. No makeup examinations are offered for any reason. In the
event of an acceptable excused absence, the weight of the missed test will be transferred to the final exam.
The concept exams are multiple choice exams. Unit exams are designed to let students demonstrate their
problem solving skills using the simulated Microsoft applications. Skip questions if you do not know them.
Make sure to submit your exam before time expires.
Posting Grades: The ISSCM Department does not give grades over the phone or post them on doors.
You can check your grades on Genie.
Lab
Professors are not authorized to troubleshoot personal computers. Students will utilize the Technology
Support Center (Forney 101) to resolve technical issues. Students may be required to use the labs,
(SuperLab located in Jackson Library or Bryan labs located in Bryan 209, 211 or 221) if repeated
computer issues arise.
Windows OS and Office 2013 are installed on labs computers (Superlab and Bryan labs). You must
use the username and password of your UNCG account to login the lab computers.
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Academic Integrity Policies:
University students conduct themselves in accordance with the highest standards of academic integrity.
Academic misconduct includes all forms of cheating, such as illicit possession of examinations or
examination materials, forgery, or plagiarism. Students will not make, borrow, or “share” copies of their
assignments or files with other students. Plagiarism is presenting as one’s own work, that work which
is, in whole or in part, the work of another person or persons without giving proper credit to the
appropriate source. This includes submitting work done by another, as one’s own work. Helping one
another is allowed, but copying, even electronically, is cheating. This practice is against the UNCG Honor
Code and defeats the purpose of this course. No credit will be received for shared work, and other penalties
may be imposed. UNCG’s Academic Integrity Policy (AIP) can be downloaded from
http://academicintegrity.uncg.edu/complete/.
Oral and Written Communication Content:
Each student has been assigned a UNCG account. Students will be expected to activate their accounts
and to learn to use electronic mail (iSpartan). MyITLab has a separate mail utility. The instructor
probably checks the MyITLab email once a month or even more rarely. Students are required to use their
UNCG iSpartan email account when sending emails to the instructor/professor. Emails sent from
personal accounts may not be answered for security reasons.
Important information will be posted on Canvas and MyITLab. You are required to check Canvas and
MyITLab announcement board every day.
Failing to read emails (or the announcement board) will not be an acceptable excuse for missing critical
information. Please read the instructor’s emails/announcements before sending him/her an email because
s/he may have answered your question in an email/announcement sent to the class.
The instructor will be available to respond to emails only until 5 PM on the days that have
exam/assignment due.
Disability Services:
If you have any type of learning or physical disability, please contact the UNCG Office of Disability
Services in Suite 208 EUC. You must register/petition with them first. The Disability office will contact
us once your request is approved.
UNCG Spring 2015 Academic Calendar:
Check the website at http://www.uncg.edu/reg/Calendar/acaCal/sp16.html
Inclement Weather Policy:
The lab sessions will be cancelled if the campus is closed due to inclement weather. But students still need
to complete the MyITLab assignments before due date and time.
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Tentative Schedule:
The specific due dates for the trainings, quizzes and exams will be located in the
calendar dates of MyITLab. Check each calendar date with alarm clocks as they
indicate that something is due. The schedule is tentative, and it is subject to changes by instructor.
Please check the Blackboard and MyITLab announcements for updates to the schedule.
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Topic
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Getting Stared with
ISM110
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Windows OS
Date
Activities
Jan.
 View documents posted on Canvas
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Work Due
Register for MyITlab
 eText
 Windows Companion Website
Jan.
 Windows PowerPoint Presentation (slides Windows End of Chapter Quiz
19
to download)
 Windows Audio PowerPoint Presentation
Jan.
 Windows End of Chapter Quiz
22
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Internet
 TIA Chapter 3 eText
 TIA Chapter 3 PowerPoint Presentation
(slides to download)
 TIA Chapter 3 Audio PowerPoint
Presentation
 Replay Video Part 1
 Replay Video Part 2
 Try This Video
 Sound Byte: Finding Information on the
Jan.
Web
25
 Sound Byte: Welcome to the Web
Internet Quiz
 TIA Chapter 7 eText
 TIA Chapter 7 PowerPoint Presentation
(slides to download)
 TIA Chapter 7 Audio PowerPoint
Presentation
 Sound Byte: Connecting to the Internet
 Sound Byte: Securing Wireless Networks
 Sound Byte: Installing a Home Network
Jan.
 Internet Quiz
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Word 1
 eText
 Word 1 companion website
Feb. 1  Word 1 PowerPoint Presentation (slides
to download)
 Word 1 Audio PowerPoint Presentation
Word 1 Training, Quiz and SkillBased Exam
 Word 1 Training
Feb. 5  Word 1 End of Chapter Quiz
 Word 1 Skilled-based Exam
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Word 2
 eText
 Word 2 companion website
Feb. 8  Word 2 PowerPoint Presentation (slides
to download)
 Word 2 Audio PowerPoint Presentation
 Word 2 Training
Feb.
 Word 2 End of Chapter Quiz
12
 Word 2 Skilled-based Exam
7
Word 2 Training, Quiz and Skillbased Exam
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Word 3
 eText
 Word 3 companion website
Feb.
 Word 3 PowerPoint Presentation (slides
15
to download)
 Word 3 Audio PowerPoint Presentation
Word 3 Training, Quiz and Skillbased Exam
 Word 3 Training
Feb.
 Word 3 End of Chapter Quiz
19
 Word 3 Skilled-based Exam
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Word 4
 eText
 Word 4 companion website
Feb.
 Word 4 PowerPoint Presentation (slides
22
to download)
 Word 4 Audio PowerPoint Presentation
Word 4 Training, Quiz and Skillbased Exam
 Word 4 Training
Feb.
 Word 4 End of Chapter Quiz
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 Word 4 Skilled-based Exam
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Exam
In
Lab
 Midterm Concept Exam
Mar.
 Word Unit Exam
4
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Have a Nice Spring Break!
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Concept
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Mar.
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Mar.
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11
Midterm Concept Exam
Word Unit Exam
Excel 1
TIA Chapter 9 eText
Chapter 9 PowerPoint Presentation
(slides to download)
Chapter 9 Audio PowerPoint
Presentation
Sound Byte: Protecting Your Computer
Sound Byte: Installing a Firewall
Sound Byte: Managing Computer
Security with Windows Tools
Sound Byte: Surge Protectors and USBs
TIA Chapter 5 eText
Concept Quiz
Chapter 5 PowerPoint Presentation
(slides to download)
Chapter 5 Audio PowerPoint
Presentation
Sound Byte: Customizing Windows
Sound Byte: File Management
Sound Byte – Hard Disk Anatomy
Interactive
Sound Byte – Letting Your Computer
Clean Up After Itself
Concepts Quiz
 eText
 Excel 1 companion website
Mar.
 Excel 1 PowerPoint Presentation (slides
21
to download)
 Excel 1 Audio PowerPoint Presentation
Mar. 25 Spring holiday
8
Excel 1 Training, Quiz and Skillbased Exam
 Excel 1 Training
Mar.
 Excel 1 End of Chapter Quiz
26
 Excel 1 Skilled-based Exam
12
Excel 2
 eText
 Excel 2 companion website
Mar.
 Excel 2 PowerPoint Presentation (slides
28
to download)
 Excel 2 Audio PowerPoint Presentation
Excel 2 Training, Quiz and Skillbased Exam
 Excel 2 Training
Apr. 1  Excel 2 End of Chapter Quiz
 Excel 2 Skilled-based Exam
13
Excel 3
 eText
 Excel 3 companion website
Apr. 4  Excel 3 PowerPoint Presentation (slides
to download)
 Excel 3 Audio PowerPoint Presentation
Excel 3 Training, Quiz and Skillbased Exam
 Excel 3 Training
Apr. 8  Excel 3 End of Chapter Quiz
 Excel 3 Skilled-based Exam
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Excel 4
 eText
 Excel 4 companion website
Apr.
 Excel 4 PowerPoint Presentation (slides
11
to download)
 Excel 4 Audio PowerPoint Presentation
Excel 4 Training, Quiz and Skillbased Exam
 Excel 4 Training
Apr.
 Excel 4 End of Chapter Quiz
15
 Excel 4 Skilled-based Exam
Apr.
 Excel Unit Exam
18
Excel Unit Exam
15
PowerPoint 1 & 2
16
PowerPoint 1 & 2
PP Unit Exam
 PowerPoint 1 eText
 PowerPoint 1 companion website
 PowerPoint 1 PowerPoint Presentation
(slides to download)
 PowerPoint 1 Audio PowerPoint
Apr.
Presentation
22  PowerPoint 2 eText
 PowerPoint 2 companion website
 PowerPoint 2 PowerPoint Presentation
(slides to download)
 PowerPoint 2 Audio PowerPoint
Presentation
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Apr. 
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PowerPoint 1Training
PowerPoint 1 End of Chapter Quiz
PowerPoint 1 Skilled-based Exam
PowerPoint 2 Training
PowerPoint 2 End of Chapter Quiz
PowerPoint 2 Skilled-based Exam
Apr.
 PowerPoint Unit Exam
26
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Excel Unit Exam
PPT 1 &2 Training, Quiz and
Skill-based Exam
PowerPoint Unit Exam
Final Concept
Exam
 Final Concept Exam
Final Concept Exam
Final Schedule
Lab Meeting Day and Time
Monday 9AM
Wednesday 9AM
Friday 9AM
Monday 10AM
Wednesday 10AM
Friday 10AM
Monday 11AM
Wednesday 11AM
Friday 11AM
Tuesday 6PM
Tuesday 7:30PM
Time Slot for Exam
8AM-8:50AM
9AM-9:50AM
10AM-10:50AM
12PM-12:50PM
1PM-1:50PM
2PM-2:50PM
8AM-8:50AM
9AM-9:50AM
10AM-10:50AM
7PM-7:50PM
7PM-7:50PM
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Day of Exam
May 2
May 2
May 2
May 2
May 2
May 2
May 4
May 4
May 4
May 3
May 4