Course Syllabus SOLANO COMMUNITY COLLEGE COMPUTER AND INFORMATION SCIENCES 50 INTRODUCTION TO MICROCOMPUTER APPLICATIONS CRN 80338 Fall 2016 INSTRUCTOR: Earl T. Wylie, Ph.D. PHONE: 707-688-2944 EMAIL – earl.wylie@solano.edu WEB – http://earl.wylie.solano.edu Skype -earl.wylie2 Free software http://dreamspark.com you will receive an e-mail at your Solano Student E-Mail that will give you step by step instructions after class begins. OFFICE HOURS: Tuesdays - Online 5-7 PDST CLASS DATES: 8/15/16 to 12/18/16 CLASS ROOM: online DSP students – let me know at the beginning of class so test can be arranged. CLASS TIME online Class Cancellation – Call canceled. 707.864.7000 Extension 5340 to check to see if class has been LAB HOURS Online students are welcome to come to the lab if they need help beyond the threaded discussion. Online student’s lab is built into the course. Lab is located in Building 500 room 507 and 504 Fairfield Campus, Vallejo Campus, Vacaville Campus and Travis AFB. Software purchase :www.foundationccc.org At this site you can purchase the Microsoft Office Professional 2013 for $84.00. REQUIRED TEXT 1 Parsons, J., Oja, D. et al. New Perspectives Microsoft Office 2013 - First Course. Course Technology, US. 2014. ISBN 978-1-285-16764-0 Reading Assignments from the Text: Week 1 Exploring the basic of &, Binary Week 2 File Management and Browser and E-Mal Basics Week 3 Using common features of Microsoft Office 2013 Week 4 Microsoft Word – tutorial 1 Week 5 Tutorial 2 Week 6 Tutorial 3 Week 6 Tutorial 4 Level 1 Exam 2/19/16 Friday Week 8 Microsoft Excel- Tutorial 1 Week 9 Tutorial 2 Week 10 Tutorial 3 & 4 Week 11 Integrating Word and Excel Tutorial 1 Level 2 Exam 4/8/16 Friday Week 12 Microsoft Access – Tutorial 1 Week 13 Tutorial 2 Week 14 Tutorial 3-4 Week 15 Microsoft PowerPoint Tutorial 1 Week 16 Microsoft PowerPoint Tutorial 2 Week 16 Integration Level 3 Final Exam 5/13/16 Friday MATERIAL REQUIRED Computer with internet access, Microsoft Office 2013 on computer. STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES; 1. Comprehend a computer's operation, organization, and function. 2. Recognize and apply the concepts of application programs. 3. Be able to select appropriate hardware and software. 4. Perform beginning level a. Operating system task - Windows 7 b. Word-processing task - Word 2013 c. Spreadsheet task - Excel 2013 d. Database task - Access 2013 e. Presentation task – PowerPoint 2013 f. Web task 5. Understand the role and importance of data communications including the Internet. a. TCP/IP b. URL c. HTTP/HTML 2 d. FTP The class outline is located on http://earl.wylie.solano.edu GRADING Grading will be based upon the level 1, level 2 and level 3 exams, the 12 lab assignments, and discussion. Exams will be multiple choice and true false. The Level 1 exam will cover Word tutorials 1 through 4, and Lectures. The Level 2 exam will cover Excel tutorial 1 through 4 and Integrating Word and Excel. The Level 3 Exam will cover Access Tutorial 1 through 4, Power Point tutorial 1 and 2 and Integration. Home work: Extra Credit is granted if and only if you have completed all assignments, discussions and exams. 10 pts per essay. You are limited to four extra credit films. Write a two page single spaced essay on each of the following films. From http://earl.wylie.solano.edu 1. Click on the DARPA link and pick out 10 and view from the list of short films. 2. Click on the Beyond Human link and view all 9 short videos. 3. Click on the Developing Brain link and view film. 4. Click on the Social robots, Cybernetics, and 6th sense device at MIT and view short films 5. The Great Robot Race view the entire film. 6. Where is my robot – entire film 7. pbs.org/nova/earth from space 8. pbs.org/nova/Neanderthal decoded LAB ASSIGNMENTS –make sure you put the lab number on the lab assignment. Note: You will have to download the student data files to complete your labs. Data Files: 1. 1. Click files on the left side in the course shell. 2. Click CIS 50 2013 data files 3. You will find a. Word.zip b. Excel.zip c. Access.zip d. PowerPoint.zip e. Integration.zip 4. Click on the zip file you will see at the top of the screen a download button. Click it and a dialog box appears that allows you to select where you want to down load it. . Download 3 them to your hard drive or USB drive and unzip. Lab 1. In Window Vista, 7 or 8.On your personal student disk or USB flash drive or hard drive using windows explorer create three nested folders(folders inside of each other) with your first name, middle name and last name. . Nested folders are folders that are contained within each other. Root\firstname\middlename\lastname. Put one file with the .jpg extent into the root of your disk or chip. Put two .docx file extent into your first name folder, two .bmp extents into your middle name folder, and one e-mail into your last name folder. Note: Use Alt-PriScn to capture your active explorer window beginning with the root of the drive that you created your folder on. Paste it into word. Repeat the process for you first name, middle name, and last name folder. PriScn will capture the entire screen not just the active window. Submit the word document. Lab 2. Using the Windows XP, Vista, 7, or 8, Paint program or graphic program of your choice, create your symbol for you future company logo. (No clip art, word art or smart art). Also write a business letter in word using the logo that you created in the header of your business letter and how to contact you in the footer. The letter must have proper business formatting and several paragraphs. Content is up to you. Lab 3. Review assignment WD 169-170. Turn document Lab 4. Review assignment WD 230-232 turn in Exercise Newsletter.docx Lab 5. Look up each of the following Web sites. Capture the home page of each site with AltPriScn and paste into word and write a paragraph about the information available at each site. a .www.nlm.nih.gov b. www.caljobs.ca.gov d. www.dice.com e. www.fastweb.com f. www.pbs.org/nova g. www.assist.org h. www.livinginternet.com I . www.cnet.com Lab 6 Review assignment EX183-184 turn in Workbook Lab 7 Review assignment EX248-249 turn workbook Lab 8 Review assignment AC171-172 work entire assignment and turn in Vendor database into shell. Note: you must do chapter 1 and 2 of access review assignments in order to complete this chapter’s assignment. 4 Lab 9 Review assignment AC222-223 work entire assignment and post vendor database into drop box. Lab 10 Case 1 assignment AC223-225 work entire assignment and post Gopher database into drop box. Note: you must do chapter 1, 2 and 3 of access case1 assignments in order to complete this chapter’s assignment Lab 11 Review assignment PPT125-127 work entire assignment and post Presentation into drop box. Lab 12 Review assignment INT44-46 work entire assignment and post Session 3 presentation into drop box. Due Dates of Labs: Lab 1 Lab 2 Lab 3 Lab 4 Lab 5 Lab 6 Lab 7 Lab 8 Lab 9 Lab 10 Lab 11 Lab 12 Week 3 – 8/26/26 Week 4-9/2/16 Week 5 9/9/16 Week 6-9/16/16 Week 7-9/23/16 Week 8-9/3016 Week 9-10/7/16 Week 10- 10/14/16 Week 11-10/21/16 Week 12-11/4/16 Week 13- 11/18/16 Week 15- 12/9/16 Discussions: There are 17 Discussions worth 3 points each: 1. Something about yourself - Introduction- Due 8/19/16 2. Spell Checker - Word – 9/2/16 3. Text Alignment - Word 2 – 9/9/16 4. Tab Stops - Word 3 – 9/16/16 5. Mail Merge - Word 4 – 9/23/16 6. Spread Sheet Use - Excel -9/30/16 7. Functions - Excel 2 – 10/7/16 8. Format Painter - Excel 3 – 10/14/16 9. Chart objects - Excel 4- 10/21/16 10. Tables, Records, fields and Data Types - Access -10/28/16 11. Database Management - Access 2 – 10/31/16 12. Joins - Access 3 – 11/4/16 13. Guidelines - Access 4 -11/10//16 14. Transitions -PowerPoint -11/18/16 5 15. Presentation Steps - PowerPoint 2 – 11/30/16 16. Integration - Integration 12/2/16 17. Web Page -The end -12/9/16 Grade determination: Level 1 Exam Level 2 Exam Level 3 Exam Labs 12 Discussions Total 50 9/23/16 Friday 50 11/4/16 Friday 50 12/16/16 Friday 120 42 312 Application assignments, midterms, labs, and a final exam will determine your final grade. The following scale of total points will be used to assign course grades: 90-100% 80-89% 70-79% 60-69% 0-59% A B C D F Excellent Good Satisfactory Passing Failure Make up of missed exams by arrangement with the instructor. IMPORTANT DATES Class Schedule and Important Dates: Date 8/13/16 9/3-5/16 Activity Class begins Labor Day 9/23/16 10/11/16 11/23/16 – 11/27/16 11/4/16 12/16/16 Level one exam word Flex Cal no classes Thanksgiving Holiday Level two exam Excel Final Exam 6 >=298 >=265 >= 232 >=199 <199