The Blackboard Textbook
• The hard-copy textbook has a card inside the cover
containing an access code
• This code will allow you to obtain access to the
Cengage material inside Blackboard.
• With this account, you can
∙ view the Blackboard textbook
∙ have access to the prepared PowerPoint slides
∙ take the chapter post-tests
• The post-test scores are part of your overall grade
The Chapter Material
Click here to see the chapters.
You will need the Cengage
access code that came bundled
with your textbook to view the
Course Content folders.
Then click on the
chapter you wish to see
The Chapter Material
Click here to Chapter 1
Course eBook
Click here to see the course
eBook with Excel data set links
Click on Course Content
The PowerPoint Lectures
• The PowerPoint Lectures should be used to
learn the material. These lecture slides are
narrated and animated. Be sure to use the
Slide Show feature in PowerPoint and have
your computer sound turned on.
• The PowerPoint lecture for each chapter is
available inside each Blackboard chapter.
The PowerPoint Lecture for Chapter 1
The lecture file is here.
A short chapter
introduction is here.
The PowerPoint Lectures
• A recommended procedure is to print each
PowerPoint lecture and bring it to class.
• This will save you having to take notes over
material covered in the PowerPoint lecture.
• Print each PowerPoint lecture as “Slides” with
three slides per page.
• This is illustrated on the next slide.
The PowerPoint Lectures
Print all the slides.
Select 3 slides
per page
Example of Printed Slides
These are slides 4 – 6 in Chapter 2.
The Chapter Post-Tests
The post-tests are located
inside Course Content
The Chapter Post-Tests
• The post-test questions are taken directly
from the assigned homework questions
• The assigned homework is on the DSCI
2710 website using the [2710Homework] link and is in your syllabus
• The number of post-test questions varies
for each chapter
The Chapter Post-Tests
• The post-tests are timed, so make sure you
complete the assigned homework first
• There is a total of 100 questions
• Your score will be the number of correctly
answered questions that were on time
• Example: If you answered 85 of the 100
questions correctly (and on time), you receive
85 points
The Chapter Post-Tests
• This assumes all post-tests were
completed on time
• There is a 50% penalty for post-tests
taken after the due date
• For a late post-test, the number of
correct answers for that post-test is
divided by 2