Instructor: Jim Hendricks, MA.
E-mail: JimHendricks@Hotmail.com
Office: Puyallup Campus, Room C-190-B.
Campus Office Hours: MW 1-5pm; TTh 11am-5:30pm; Fri 11am-3pm
Class Days/Time: N/A - Online
Course Dates: 6 Jan – March 16th
(Last Day to Withdraw from this Class: Feb 18th)
Textbook: Discovering Computers 2011-Complete (ISBN: 9781439079263)
Materials: Personal Computer with Internet Access: Students must own or have ready access to a Windows®
compatible personal computer, with ready access to the Internet and an e-mail account.
Storage: A Thumb Drive or other media on which to store all Class Files AND a Backup of those files.
Software: You need to have MS Office 2007 or 2010 Professional installed on your personal computer, or
have ready access to a Computer Lab or other system containing that software.
Tutorials will focus on Office 2007 applications.
If you have OpenOffice, Microsoft Office 97 or XP, Microsoft Works, or WordPerfect Office
THEY WILL NOT WORK FOR THIS COURSE.
Course Purpose and Description: The purpose of this class is to develop and/or enhance your computer literacy and
skills commonly required in the workplace. The course provides an introduction to the fundamentals of computer
information technology, including the information processing cycle. The course provides a survey of computer technology,
nomenclature, and use as productivity tools. It provides the opportunity for developing an understanding of the personal
computer as both stand-alone and networked devices. Exercises using application programs, an exercise using a program
scripting language, and various lab assignments will allow students to interact with computer technology, hardware and
concepts associated with common application software in the current PC environment.
Course Objectives: Following this course, students will be able to…
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Use modern operating system software and maintain a secure, efficient computer system.
Identify major component parts of a computer system and describe their functions.
Differentiate between operating system software, networking software, and a variety of application software.
Create and/or edit basic word processing, spreadsheet, and presentation graphics files.
Edit an MS Access Table, create and print an MS Access Query and Report.
Identify current, future, and historic events in the computer field and their global effects on society.
Use a computer system for interactive communications.
Define terminology associated with the computer field.
Define the elements of the computer Machine Cycle (fetch, decode, execute, store), and the basic functions of a computer
(input, processing, output, storage and retrieval, communication and distribution.)
Define a computer information system and differentiate between data and information including the characteristics or
qualities of information.
Identify issues in computer ethics.
Identify the steps and importance of the System Development Life Cycle in problem solving for client/organizational
business needs.
Identify examples of capabilities and limitations of computers.
Differentiate between various computer languages and identify the steps and importance of the Program Development
Life Cycle
Create, edit and execute a programming script using Hypertext Markup Language.
Identify the history and trends of computer careers.
Define various computer industry certifications, certification requirements, and the benefits of certification.
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Class Participation: This is a fairly intense course. It is each student’s responsibility to actively participate in the
course, and be responsible for all material described in the syllabus. If you want to drop this course, you must formally
withdraw. If you just stop doing coursework, you will receive a failing grade for the course. I do not give incompletes.
You will not be given an Incomplete as a grade…so, don’t ask.
Academic Integrity: Cheating and plagiarism will not be tolerated. All work must be your own.
Graded Items and their Weights are listed below:
Chapter Quizzes
Chapter Quizzes &
Their Values
Applications/Red
Robin Books Ex
Syllabus Quiz
1 @ 20 Pts for (20 Pt)
Word (3 Ex) (45 Pt)
Chapters 1 – 4
4 @ 40 Pts ea. (160 Pt)
Chapters 5 - 8
4 @ 40 Pts ea. (160 Pt)
Excel (3 Exercises)
HTML Web Page
3 @ 15 Pts ea. (45 Pt)
Chapters 9 - 12
4 @ 40 Pts ea. (160 Pt)
Access
3 @ 40 Pts ea. (120 Pt)
PowerPoint
Other Requirements
Webpage Development Ex.
(30 Pt)
15 SCSite Labs
Chapters 13 - 15
POINTS:
620
(40 Pt)
(150 Pt)
G R AN D
T O T AL
(20 Pt)
140
190
950
Quizzes/Graded Work: Graded work has been scheduled for completion in specific weeks (see schedule at pages 3-4).
At the instructor’s discretion, a 20% penalty per week may be assessed for late work.
GRADING SCALE:
Based on 950 possible points
96-100% = 4.0
70 -74% = 1.5-1.9
91-95% = 3.5-3.9
65-69% = 1.0-1.4
86-90% = 3.0-3.4
81-85% = 2.5-2.9
75-80% = 2.0-2.4
62-64% = 0.7-0.9 (lowest passing grade is 0.7) <62%=0.0
Requirements Summary: (A Weekly Activities Schedule is at page 3, below.) The following is just a summary.
Create Back-up Copies of all of your Coursework as you progress through the course.
Do not trust just one disk or drive to safely contain your coursework. Make a duplicate of all your work just in case
your primary storage media fails or you make a mistake and accidentally delete/destroy coursework files.
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Students are required to work with Microsoft Office 2007 or 2010 Professional to access and use course documents
and files, and to access and complete Quizzes and exercises involving creation and/or editing of MS Word, Excel,
PowerPoint, and Access files. Instructions are under our website’s Documents and Weekly Activities Tab.
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Students will be required to send e-mail messages and coursework as e-mail attachments to the instructor. Students
who do not presently have an email address/account must establish an e-mail account. Pierce College provides a free
e-mail account for registered students. Instructions about your Pierce account are on the Pierce College Website.
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Chapter Quizzes: There are 4 files containing sets of Chapter Quizzes. Each of those files covers 3 or 4 chapters (Ch
1 - 4, Ch 5 – 8, Ch 9-12, Ch 13 – 15.) You are to complete those quizzes as you read/study each chapter in the Text.
You must E-mail completed sets of these quizzes to your instructor according to the schedule on pages 3 and 4
of this Syllabus. Note: All submitted coursework files must start with your Last Name and First Initial, and
which assignment you are submitting (e.g. Miller,D Ch 1-4 Quiz)
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Students are required to create a Web Page using Hypertext Markup Language (HTML). Instructions
and needed files are under the class website’s Documents and Weekly Activities Tab, Week 9 folder.
The SCSite Labs requirement.
There are 15 Shelly-Cashman Interactive Labs to be completed. Access the Shelly-Cashman Labs via the Shelly
Cashman Website. The required Access Code is 9781439079263…the ISBN for the class textbook. You MUST
use the prepared Answer Sheets provided by your instructor to complete these labs. These answer sheets are
available under our classroom website’s Documents and Weekly Activities Tab. Copy the quizzes file to your desktop
and use that quizzes file to answer the SC Lab Quizzes Questions. Only after all of the 15 labs are completed you are
to e-mail the completed SC Labs Quizzes Answer Sheets file containing all 15 completed labs to your instructor.
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IMPORTANT! Maintain copies of all assignments and exercises, including copies on disc or thumb drive, and in a
course Workbook (NOT a graded item). Keep the workbook as a portfolio of your computer knowledge and skill and as
an archive of all coursework in the event that you need to resubmit an assignment to your instructor.
NOTE: All Files / Attachments E-Mailed to your instructor must start with your Last Name and First
Initial. Examples: MillerB Word Formatting Exercise.docx or MillerB Ch 1-4 Quiz.xlsx
Weekly Class Schedule
The Class Week runs from Thursday to the next Wednesday
Dates / Weeks
Zero Week
30 Dec -5 Jan
Activity
Your time to explore the course website and to download, print and read the course Syllabus
Complete and e-mail the Syllabus Quiz to your Instructor NLT 12 Jan. Be sure to follow proper FILE Renaming Format.
Read/Study Chapter 1 in your text, and complete the Ch 1 Quiz
Week 1
6-12 Jan
Also, Explore the Shelly-Cashman Labs on the Shelly-Cashman Website.
Week 2
13-19 Jan
Work on the MS Word Exercises. (Requirements and instructions are in the Week 2, MS Word Folder at our website’s
Documents and Weekly Activities Tab)
Read/Study Ch 2 in your text. Complete Ch 2 Quiz.
The required Quiz Files and Labs are provided under the Documents and Weekly Activities tab at
our classroom website.
Read/Study Chapter 3 and 4 in your text and complete Ch 3 and 4 Quizzes.
Week 3
20-26 Jan
Week 4
27 Jan-2 Feb
Properly rename and E-mail completed Chapter 1-4 Quizzes to Instructor by midnight on 26 Jan.
Properly rename and E-Mail all 3 Word Exercises to your instructor by midnight on 26 Jan.
Remember the Shelly-Cashman Labs and Quizzes requirement. If you have not yet explored those labs and the quizzes
requirement, now is a time to do it.
Work on Excel Exercises (Requirement instructions are in the Week 4 Folder, MS Excel Exercises Folder at our website’s
Documents and Weekly Activities Tab).)
Read/Study Chapter 5 & 6 in your textbook. Complete Chapter 5 & 6 Quizzes.
Week 5
Read/Study Chapter 7 & 8 in your textbook. Complete Ch 7 & 8 Quizzes.
3-9 Feb
E-Mail completed Excel Applications Exercises to your instructor by midnight on 9 Feb.
Week 6
E-mail completed Chapter 5 - 8 Quizzes to Instructor by midnight on 16 Feb.
10-16 Feb
Work on PowerPoint Applications Exercises. (Requirement instructions are in the Week 6 Folder)
Remember to keep working on Shelly-Cashman Labs. Use the provided SC Lab Quizzes- Answer Sheets.xls
Read/Study Chapter 9 & 10 in your textbook. Complete Chapter 9 & 10 Quizzes.
Week 7
17-23 Feb
Work on MS Access Applications Exercises. (Requirement instructions are in the Week 7,
MS Access Exercises Folder.)
Remember to keep working on Shelly-Cashman Labs. Use the provided SC Lab Quizzes- Answer Sheets.xls
E-Mail completed PowerPoint Applications Exercise to your instructor midnight on 23 Feb.
- NOTE: 18 February is the Last Day to Withdraw from this Class - Week 8
24 Feb-2 Mar
Week 9
3-9 March
Read/Study Chapter 11 & 12 in your textbook. Complete Chapter 11 & 12 Quizzes.
E-mail completed MS Access Exercise to Instructor by midnight on 2 Mar.
E-mail all completed Shelly-Cashman Lab Quizzes to Instructor by midnight on 2 Mar.
E-mail completed Chapter 9-12 Quizzes to Instructor by midnight on 9 Mar.
Work on the HTML Scripting Exercise (Requirement / instructions are at the Week 9 Folder )
Read/Study Chapter 13 in your textbook. Complete Chapter 13 Quiz.
Week 10
10-16 March
Read/Study Chapter 14 – 15 in your textbook. Complete Chapter 14 -15 Quiz.
Submit HTML Exercise by midnight on 16 March.
E-mail completed Chapter 13-15 Quizzes to Instructor by midnight on 16 March.
This schedule was developed for you to use as a time -line for completing coursework.
Early completion is OK…Encouraged!
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CIS-121 Due Dates and Grading Worksheet
NOTE:
Due Dates
All E-Mail Files / Attachments sent to your instructor must start with your Last Name and
First Initial. Examples: Jones,B Word Formatting Exercise.doc or Jones,B Ch 1-4
Course Requirements – Due Dates and Point Values
Done?
Value
12 Jan
SYLLABUS QUIZ
26 Jan
16 Feb
9 Mar
16 Mar
Ch 1 - 4 E-mail to instructor when completed. Value based on 4 Chapters @ 40 points Each
160
Ch 5 - 8 E-mail to instructor when completed. Value based on 4 Chapters @ 40 points Each
160
Ch 9 - 12 E-mail to instructor when completed. Value based on 4 Chapters @ 40 points Each
160
Ch 13-15 E-mail to instructor when completed. Value based on 3 Chapters @ 40 points Each
120
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Chapter Quizzes
Done
Value
Other Coursework and Exams
Due Date
26 Jan
MS Word Exercise Elements (E-mail to instructor when completed)
Done
Word Formatting Exercise ( Needed files are provided by instructor)
Open House Flier (Must have page border, 3 text colors, 3 point sizes, and a graphic)
Letterhead for Red Robin Books (Requirement: Must be useable)
Value
15
15
15
Excel Exercise Elements (E-mail Exercise Files to instructor when completed)
9 Feb
Ex 1: An Excel File containing 5 Tabs (Complete all 5 Tabs, then E-mail file to Instructor)
15
Ex 2: Spreadsheet showing Open House Expenses…based on an 8.2% Tax Rate
Exercise includes a Chart (All required data is provided by instructor)
15
Ex 3: Business Card
15
(Note: Cells are 320 Pixels Wide by 200 Pixels Tall)
PowerPoint Exercise Elements (E-mail presentation to instructor when completed)
23 Feb
4 Logical Slides (Minimum) about RRBooks. Use a Design Template.
Slides must include: 1 Title Slide (with logo)
Products Slide
Where we are Slide (Store Location and Map)
Our Staff Slide
Must have at least 2 graphics or clip art in the presentation; 1 (a logo) must be on the Title Slide
Presentation must include background music and/or audio other that what is built into PowerPoint
You must have Transitions between all slides, and Custom Animations on 2 or more slides
5
5
5
5
Access Exercise Elements (E-mail Access Database to instructor when completed)
Red Robin Books Database (Must include a Customers Table, a Query, and a Report)
2 Mar
Download and open the Access file, Add the Betty Boop record to the Customers Table
Create a Phone Roster Query.
Show First, Last, Phone (Sorted by Last Name)
Create a Report from the Customers Table. Show Last, First, City, Phone. Grouped by City)
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15
10
Shelly Cashman Labs (Save a backup of all files and Printouts)
2 Mar
There are 15 Labs valued at 10 points Each
150
HTML (E-mail to instructor when complete)
16 Mar
E-mal instructor your Webpage and associated, Graphics, Audio and any other associated files
Possible Total Points
40
950
Disabilities Statement:
Students with disabilities who believe they may need academic adjustments, auxiliary aids or services to fully
participate in course activities or meet course requirements are encouraged to register with the Disability Support
Services (DSS) Office, Room 300K in the Cascade Building at Ft. Steilacoom or in the Disability Support
Services (DSS) Office at Puyallup. You may also call the DSS Office to make an appointment to meet with the
DSS Coordinator at 253.964.6526 or 964.6527 (Ft. Steilacoom) or 253.840.8443 (Puyallup).
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Sexual Harassment Policy
The Pierce College district supports the dignity and worth if each member if its community and is committed to
maintaining an environment free from discrimination, including sexual harassment. This commitment applies to
all levels and areas of district operations and programs, to students, faculty, staff, and all other personnel, and is
intended to ensure that all employees are provided equitable opportunities to realize their goals and to function
effectively within the Pierce College environment.
Sexual harassment, whether verbal, physical or environmental, is unacceptable, prohibited by law and will not be
tolerated. Retaliation against employees, students, or others reporting sexual harassment is prohibited. Violators
of this policy shall be subject to appropriate sanctions.
Sexual harassment is defined as any unwelcome sexual advances, requests for sexual favors, or other verbal or
physical conduct of a sexual nature when:
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Submission to such conduct is made, either explicitly or implicitly, a term or condition of an individual’s
employment or education program.
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Submission to or rejection of such conduct is used as the basis for academic or employment decisions
affecting that individual.
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Such recurring conduct has the purpose or effect of unreasonably interfering with an individual’s work
performance or educational experience, or creates an intimidating, hostile, or offensive work or
educational environment.
Students who wish to report possible sexually harassing conduct should contact the office of the Vice President
of Learning and Student Success at either college.
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