SOLANO COMMUNITY COLLEGE COMPUTER AND INFORMATION SCIENCES 50

INTRODUCTION TO MICROCOMPUTER APPLICATION

INSTRUCTOR: Earl T. Wylie, Ph.D.

PHONE: 864-7000-4662 EMAIL – earl.wylie@solano.edu WEB – http://earl.wylie.solano.edu Or http://www.earlwylie.com Data Files: http://bcs.solano.edu M:\CIS50\wylie\26808-5D orhttp://www.course.com http://dreamspark.com

OFFICE HOURS: Room 514 Online 11:00 to 12:00 MWLab Hours Room 507 To be announced. CLASS DATES: 1/14/13 to 5/22/13CRN-11490CLASS ROOM: onlineDSP students – let me know at the beginning of class so test can be arranged. CLASS TIME onlineClass Cancellation – Call 707.864.7000 Extension 5340 to check to see if class has been canceled.

LAB HOURS: Room 507 M to F 9:00 to 10:00 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 hours may be scheduled or TBA depending on the section.  Students are expected to complete both the lecture and lab portions of the course.”

All students are required to use the computer lab an average of 1 hour a week for a total of 16 hours but not all 16 hours in one week. (Online and Summer School has the Lab Built In) You must log in on the lab attendance computer prior to entering the lab and as you leave the lab during hours when an instructor is on duty. If you forget to log out you will only receive 15 minutes on the attendance computer. Yes, you can do more than one hour a week but you must do an hour a week. Software purchase: www.foundationccc.org At this site you can purchase the Microsoft Office Professional 2010 for $84.00.

REQUIRED TEXT

Parsons, J., Oja, D. et al. New Perspectives Microsoft Office 2010 - First Course. Course Technology, US. 2008. ISBN 978-0-538-74653-3

Reading Assignments from the Text:

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Week 1 Exploring the basic of &, BinaryWeek 2 File Management and Browser and E-Mal BasicsWeek 3 Using common features of Microsoft Office 2010Week 4 Microsoft Word – tutorial 1Week 5 Tutorial 2Week 6 Tutorial 3Week 7 Tutorial 4 Level 1 Exam 2/17/13Week 8 Microsoft Excel- Tutorial 1Week 9 Tutorial 2Week 10 Tutorial 3 & 4Week 11 Integrating Word and Excel Tutorial 1 Level 2 Exam 4/10/13Week 12 Microsoft Access – Tutorial 1Week 13 Tutorial 2Week 14 Tutorial 3-4Week 15 Microsoft PowerPoint Tutorial 1Week 16 Microsoft PowerPoint Tutorial 2Week 16 Internet Creating Web pages with office 2010. Level 3 Exam 5/16/13

MATERIAL REQUIRED 3 882 E scantron 1 usb drive (thumb drive)

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 7b. Word-processing task - Word 2010c. Spreadsheet task - Excel 2010d. Database task - Access 2010e. Presentation task – PowerPoint 2010f. Web task

5. Understand the role and importance of data communications including the Internet.a. TCP/IPb. URLc. HTTP/HTML

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.

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Home work: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 films5. The Great Robot Race view the entire film.6. Where is my robot – entire film

LAB ASSIGNMENTS –make sure you put the lab number with the lab.

Note: You will have to download the student data files to complete your labs. http://bcs.solano.edu is the url or http://course.com at the Solano site click on M drive and navigate to M drive folders.

M:\CIS 50\Wylie\FM is the location of the files for the first lab.

M:\CIS 50\Wylie\office2010datafiles is the location of the files for word, excel, access, power point.

You want to download the following zipped files to your computer and unzip them.

0582-od-wd1-wd4.exce0585-ld-ex1-ex4.exe0589-9d ac1-ac4.exe0593-6d ppt1-ppt2.exe0615-5d integration.exe0615-5d beb-web.exe

Labs1. 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. Copy files from the student data files from the FM\TUTORIAL\ folders into each of your nested folders. 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 .doc file extent into your first name folder , two .bmp extents into your middle name folder, and one e-mail into your last name folder.

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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 into

2. Using the Windows XP Paint program or graphic program of your choice, create your symbol for you future company logo. (No clip art or word 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.

Lab 3. Review assignment WD 154-55 turn in step 16

Lab 4. Review assignment WD 207-10 turn in step 27

5. Look up each of the following Web sites. Capture the home page of each site 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.search.com g. assist.org h. www.livinginternet.com . i. www.cnet.com

Lab 6 Review assignment EX163-64 turn in step 15.

Lab 7 Review assignment EX223-224 turn in step 21

Lab 8 Review assignment AC158-59 turn in step 14

Lab 9 Review assignment AC205-6 turn in step 20

Lab 10 Case 1 assignment AC206-7 Turn in step 19.

Lab 11 Review assignment PPT110-11 turn in step 25

Lab 12 Review assignment INT47-50 turn in step 15 page 50.

Due Dates of Labs:

Lab 1 Week 2 – 1/23/13Lab 2 Week 61/30/13Lab 3 Week 7 2/6/13Lab 4 Week 8 – 2/13/13Lab 5 Week 9 -2/20/13Lab 6 Week 10 -2/27/13

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Lab 7 Week 11 – 3/6/13Lab 8 Week 12 – 3/12/13Lab 9 Week 13 – 3/27/13Lab 10 Week 14 4/10/13Lab 11 Week 15 4/24/13Lab 12 Week 16 -5/8/13

Grade determination:Level 1 exam 50Level 2 exam 50Level 3 Exam 50Labs 12 120Discussions 42Total 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% A Excellent >=29880-89% B Good >=26570-79% C Satisfactory >= 23260-69% D Passing >=1990-59% F Failure <199

Make up of missed exams and extra credit work by arrangement with the instructor.

IMPORTANT DATESClass Schedule and Important Dates:

Date Activity1/14/13 Class begins1/21/13 MLK2/14/13 Flex cal - no class2/15/13 Lincolns birthday2/18/13 Washington’s Birthday2/19/13 Flex Cal – no class2/27/13 Level one exam –chapter Word3/13/13 Flex Cal – no class4/1-5/13 Spring Break4/10/13 Level two exam- Excel5/16-22/13 Finals5/16/13 Final Exam Access, PowerPoint, Integration

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