Urban Campus — Fall 2008

Syllabus—CSC 110

Introduction to Computers

Instructor Information

Name

Ken Lambert

E-mail address

knlambert@dmacc.edu

Phone number

248-7230

Fax number

248-7253

Office location

Urban Campus Room 243

Office hours

See Schedule on Door

Course Information

Course title

Intro to Computer Literacy

Course number

CSC 110

Credits

Section number

WB6

CRN number

10140

Days & Time

Mon/Wed 2:30 to 3:25pm

Location

Building 1, Room 215

Course description

Computer Literacy description

Course competencies

link to course competencies

Important Dates

Last day to drop

November 5, 2008

Midterm

College Calendar Class Schedule

Final

College Calendar Class Schedule

Textbooks & Materials

Required textbooks

Discovering Computers 2009: Concepts for a Connected World and Office 2007 Enhanced Edition: Introductory Concepts and Techniques

Required materials

Computer attached to the web

Software applications

Office 2007—Outlook, Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint

Software notice

“All the software used in this class is copyrighted; therefore, it is not for distribution, copying, or personal use. This software is the property of Des Moines Area Community College.”

Course Policies

Attendance

Regular attendance is required.

Grading criteria

EVALUATION: Sum of all points earned divided by the possible points for the course will yield your percentage after truncation. This percentage when used below, will yield your earned grade for the course

Grading scale is:

90 - 100 = A
80 - 90 = B
70 – 80 = C
60 – 70 = D

Below 60 =F

Classroom conduct

Participate positively in your educational process: Students who are experiencing difficulty with the course should meet with me during office hours or ask before or after class to arrange an appointment.

Complete a Withdrawal: Students who stop coming to class must officially withdraw. Failure to do so may result in an F on the student's transcript.

Electronic Devices in Class Policy: Cellular phones, pagers, CD players, radios, and similar devices are prohibited in the classroom and laboratory facilities without permission of the instructor.

Complete the course: An incomplete grade is given only to those students who are unable to complete the work due to serious illness, hospitalization, or a death in your immediate family AND who have only a small portion of course work to complete; for example, one or two tests. I will not give an incomplete for poor attendance or poor skills.

Missed exams

You have a schedule that shows the test dates. You will take the tests on these dates and times unless you make arrangements with me before the date of the test. Sickness will require a doctor's excuse to make up a test.

Late assignments

I will not accept late assignments. No assignment will be accepted if it is late.

Extra credit

I do not give extra credit assignments.

Study expectations

This course is a 60 hour classroom course. It is four hours per week over 15 weeks. Two hours for every class hour should be spent working on this course outside the classroom. This means a minimum of 12 hours per week must be directed to this course to be successful.

We will be together in class 2 hours per week. It is impossible to pass this course by working on the assigned material during our class sessions as the only time spent on the assignments. 10 more hours per week must be completed online and on the applications.

Academic dishonesty

“See DMACC Educational Services Procedures ES 262 VII. A. and B” for information on plagiarism, cheating, information about appeals procedures or reference publication that addresses this information in detail.”

To paraphrase, if you are found cheating on a quiz, exam or lab work, the first occurrence will generate a zero on the quiz, exam or lab. The second occurrence will result in formal college action.

Course content

Graded Exercises: You will do the step-by-step instructions in your text before you do any of the end-of-chapter work and turn it in for credit.

Preparing for Examinations: Use the following Web sites to study for tests: Office Applications is www.scsite.com/offxp/exs.cfm and Discovering Computer is http://www.scsite.com/dc2008.

Lecture: You will read each assigned project and chapter prior to the lecture. Lectures will be short, to the point, and will discuss the highlights of the project or chapter for that week. Plan to spend approximately six to eight hours each week working on laboratory assignments.

Assignments: Make sure your name and exercise number appear in the footer or header of every document for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. For Access, follow the instructions on your cover sheet. Do not staple different assignments together. Your work will be submitted with a cover sheet, an example of which can be found at Cover sheet, if you are submitting paper.

Disorganized Assignments: Pages out of order, mislabeled, unreadable, etc. will receive a grade of No Credit. Sequence assignments according to the order you printed them in the exercise.

Quizzes: May be given over either the lab projects or Discovering Computers 2007 without notice. These cannot be made up if missed.

DMACC Information Web Sites

DMACC home page

http://www.dmacc.edu/

Instructor home pages

http://www.dmacc.edu/instructors/welcome.htm

Admissions & registration

http://www.dmacc.org/potienti.htm

WebCT

http://webct.dmacc.edu

Student handbook

http://www.dmacc.edu/handbook/

Add/drop dates

http://www.dmacc.edu/academiccal.htm

Refund policy

http://www.dmacc.org/refund.htm

Support Services

Accommodations

“It is the policy of DMACC to accommodate students with disabilities. Any student with a documented disability who requires reasonable accommodation should contact the special needs coordinator at 515-964-6850 voice or 515-964-6810 TTY.”

Services for students with disabilities

http://www.dmacc.edu/student_services/disabilities.htm

Contact the special needs coordinator at 515-964-6850 voice or 515-964-6810 TTY or contact the counselor on the Urban campus at 515-248-7505 for an Application for Accommodation.

Academic & educational advising

http://www.dmacc.org/student_services/academic_advising.htm

Career counseling

http://www.dmacc.org/student_services/career_resource.htm

Library

http://www.library.dmacc.cc.ia.us/

Room 122

· Monday – Thursday 8:00 am to 9:00 pm

· Friday 8:00 am to 4:30 pm

· Saturday 8:00 am to 12:00 pm

Academic Achievement Center

http://www.dmacc.edu/helpdesk/HD_student.asp

Room 202

· Monday – Thursday 8:00 am to 9:30 pm

· Friday 8:00 am to 4:00 pm

· Saturday 8:00 am to 12:00 pm

Rooms 215, 218, 232, 234

· Available hours posted

Computer labs

http://www.dmacc.edu/helpdesk/HD_student.asp

Room 202

· Monday – Thursday 8:00 am to 9:30 pm

· Friday 8:00 am to 4:00 pm

· Saturday 8:00 am to 12:00 pm

Rooms 215, 218, 232, 234

Available hours posted

Disclaimer

“This syllabus is representative of materials that will be covered in this class; it is not a contract between the student and the institution. It is subject to change without notice. Any potential exceptions to stated policies and requirements will be addressed on an individual basis, and only for reasons that meet specific requirements. If you have any problems related to this class, please feel free to discuss them with me.”

Course Schedule

See my instructor Web site for assignment and test dates. Check it daily since the schedule may change.