Instructor:                             Jan Barnes
Voice mail                              685-1230 ex 1524 (the slow way)
Email:                                      jbarnes@pacbell.net (preferred) or  jbarnes@dvc.edu
Mandatory Orientation:      Friday, August 24 - 7PM - ATC 115
Office Hours:                         To be announced - on cccconfer.ort

Online class site: http://webct4.dvc.edu/webct/public/home.pl

Introduction:  Welcome to Introduction to Computer Software. This course is a semester length lab course using the applications of Microsoft Office.  This course is specifically designed for those with some small amount of computer and Internet experience.   The student should be comfortable with basic computer use including the keyboard, mouse, and Windows file storage. Experience in the use of an Internet browser and email, including attachments is strongly suggested.

Co requisite: COMSC 100 Introduction to Computers and Data Processing.

Description:  After a required initial on campus meeting this course will be delivered entirely online in weekly segments.  Each week will involve one assignment. The final week of the course will include the Final (online) Quiz.

 Weekly assignments will be posted on the Assignment web page of the class site - I suggest you print a copy.  They will consist of two of the following elements:

1. SNAP assignments will include online tutorial lessons to be completed on the text publisher’s site.
            assigned work must be completed at http://www.snap07.emcp.net
   OR working assigned pages of the text to produce files for submission

     2.    A written description of a document ( file) to be created.  Completed assigned files will be submitted via the course web site's Email/Submit icon.  Please send your completed file as WebCT email attachment.  Do NOT send the file as an email attachment to jbarnes@pacbell.net

     3.    All discussion postings should be placed in the Discussion Board icon found on the home page of our class site.  All posting should be in REPLY to posted discussion topic (Threads).

        «The Final Quiz will be online at the class web site.  

You may expect an email or posted reply from me within 24 hours (except on Sunday).

Students will be encouraged to become acquainted through discussion board posted biographies, responses, email, and online chats (office hours). 

General questions that assist the entire class may be posted on the discussion under the FAQ's thread. 

A list of current activities will be present on the sites home page.  Any changes in posted assignments or datelines will be sent to all students via email. 

All assigned work will be returned graded with comments, within one week of submission. Students may check their standing in the class at any time on the My Grades icon.

Unit Value: 1 unit

Objectives Overview: Areas of training in this course include:
    1. Microsoft Word - Creating, editing, formatting long & short documents, table use, and more.
    2. Microsoft Excel - Creating, editing, formatting, sheet and book use, charts, and more. 
    3. Microsoft Access - Creating and editing tables, forms, reports, queries, and more.
     4. Microsoft PowerPoint - Creating, editing, art, animation, viewing the slide show and more.
    5. The integration of information between the programs of Microsoft Office.

Requirements: Students will need access to a personal computer with an Internet connection.  If needed students may do their work and submit files from the DVC compute lab - table G if you are working on SNAP exercises.

Text and Materials:  The text for this class is Marquee Series; Microsoft Office 2007 (Brief Edition) with SNAP Training/Tutorials and Assessment and a 180 day copy of Microsoft Office 2007.  ISBN:  978-0-76382-959-9 You can purchase this at the http://emcp.com  publisher’s web site or at Diablo Valley College bookstore http://www.bookcenter.dvc.edu.

Deadlines: Assignments are posted by noon on Thursday and are due by midnight the following Wednesday - Assignments will be accepted up to one week late at half credit.  No assignment will be accepted more than one week late. - unless -  FREEBEE  (a magic word) is used - you may send this word along with any one weeks assignment in any time during the semester for no late charge.  The final quiz will NOT be accepted late.

Cheating: This is an individual effort class.  Students submitting duplicate files (copying or allowing someone to copy) is considered cheating.  On the first occurrence all parties involved will receive a grade of zero on that assignment.  A second occurrence will result in failing the course.

Dropping:  Any student inactive on the class site for two weeks without contacting the instructor will be dropped.

Tutoring:  Free tutoring services in most subjects are offered to students at DVC.  You may drop in for immediate
tutoring at most labs, but some require that you make an appointment.  Check the schedules posted on the DVC
website or outside the tutoring labs.