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WELCOME TO
BUS2301
CONTACT INFO:
• Name: Lisa Dowling
• E-mail: [email protected]
• Office: B372
• Teach: Tuesday Room B164 2 PM – 4 PM
Wednesday Room B383 9 AM – 11 AM
Wednesday Room B364 2 PM – 4 PM
Thursday Room B366 8 AM – 10 AM
COURSE COORDINATOR:
• Name: Shirley Haug
• E-mail: [email protected]
• Office: B222B
• Phone: 613.727.4723 ext 3304
OPTIONAL MEETINGS/ OFFICE HOURS
• Office hours are to be determined.
• Meetings with individual students are based upon a mutually agreed upon.
• Emails are checked and responded to within 48 business hours.
EMAILING ME
• You must use your ALGONQUIN COLLEGE e-mail address. This is Algonquin College policy
• EACH time you e-mail me, you must have your full name in the body of the email.
• Ensure your emails are crafted with proper email etiquette.
• One site to refer to for proper email etiquette rules is:– http://www.emailreplies.com/
• Your Algonquin College e-mail address is
• Access your email account at https://liveac.algonquincollege.com/default.aspx
STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES
• Location: C142• Phone: 613.727.4723 ext 7683• Email: [email protected]• For further information:
http://www.algonquincollege.com/studentservices/csd/index.htm
• Students with disabilities, please identify yourself to me after class
WHY ARE YOU HERE?
EXCELEXCEL
POWERPOINTPOWERPOINT
WORDWORD
VISTAVISTA
Why is TECHNOLOGY Important?
• A Fact of Life—in your day-to-day activities
– We live in a global economy
• Whatever career you choose:
– administration,
– technology or
– any level of management
– REQUIRES THAT YOU CAN USE TECHNOLOGY WELL!!!!
MS OFFICE
• The applications have unique functions, yet:– completely integrated with each other and with the Internet
• Streamlines HOW people work with information and one another
• Simplifies productivity
• MS OFFICE supplies the tools needed to find:– efficient and – effective solutions to business situations.business situations.
How “MS Office” Will Help in Some Other Courses
•Marketing –Word (everything)– PowerPoint (presentations)– Excel (calculations)
•Accounting – Excel
•Economics – Excel
•English – Word– PowerPoint
•Business Law – Word– PowerPoint
WHAT WILL YOU NEED?
• Student ID• Min 3 hours after class time• Learning Resources (refer to next slide)
DO NOT NEED Office on your home computer!
Learning Resources:
• Pearson Education MS Office 2007 bundle– Package ISBN 0132498537
• Comes with:
– myitlab - 3 year access– PHIT TIPS (course cards) for: Vista,Excel,
PowerPoint, and Word• Price: $118.30• Must have (or purchase) headphones
OPTIONAL TEXTBOOKS
OPTIONAL
• OFFICE ULTIMATE 2010 -- ONLY $89!!
Go to the following Microsoft website:http://www.microsoft.com/student/discounts/theultimatesteal-ca/default.aspx
• Click on "Buy Now”• Offer expires December 31, 2010
Open Access LabsVista/MyITLab Locations
• B373a is an open access lab for business students. It has most or all of the computers running Vista, and has MyITLab installed on all computers.
• C102, an open access lab across from the Registrar's Office Waiting Room, has computers in the right row with Vista installed.
• All the computers in the College, regardless of the operating system, have MyITLab installed.
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LAPTOP-MUST BE ABLE TO CONNECT
• You must have ensured that you can connect to the Algonquin Network with your laptop.
• If you do not know how to connect to the Algonquin Network you can go to ITS in C316 (third floor of C-block, directly above the Registrars Office) to be set up.
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BUS2301 Course FormatPER MODULE
TRAINING
EXAM
by MODULE
HOMEWORK/
ANYWHERE IN CLASS
FINAL
EXAM
by MODULE
IN CLASS
IN-CLASS
ASSIGN-MENT
by MODULE
EVALUATION
• Students must pass each of the 4 exams with a grade of 50% or better to pass the course.
• The final grade is not an average of the 4 exams and therefore if a student fails 1 of the 4 exams, then the student fails the course.
• A student may only miss an exam for medical reasons, or extreme extenuating circumstances.
EVALUATION
• In order to be successful in this course, students are expected to spend a minimum of three (3) hours per week on out-of-class assignments and doing their training.
Module 1: VISTA/OUTLOOK
Training 2%(no partial marks possible)In-class Assignment 7%Final Exam 10%Total 19%
Module 2: EXCEL
Training 3%(no partial marks possibleIn-class Assignment #1, 2, 3 4%, 5%, 8%Final Exam 15%Total 35%
Module 3: POWERPOINT
Training 2%(no partial marks possible)In-class Assignment 7%Final Exam 10%Total 19%
Module 4: WORD
Training 3%(0 or 100%)In-class Assignment #1, 2 5%, 7%Final Exam 12%Total 27%
TRAINING
• COMPLETE ALL the required training
• You must do ALL of your training in order to get your TRAINING MARKS.
• Training may be done at home, or in an “Open Access Lab”, provided myitlab is installed on the computer
• Training must be completed before the assigned exam date and time– due MIDNIGHT the night before your class
RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN DOING TRAINING & EXAM MARKS
EXCEL TRAINING [Pts: 100 Weight: 5% Category: Assignment]
EXCEL FINAL EXAM [Pts: 100 Weight: 15% Category: Exam]
100 88
100 93
100 95
0 58
0 61
0 43
Those who did 100% of their TRAINING got high marks in their Final Exam
Those who did NOT do their TRAINING got lower marks in their Final Exam OR DID NOT PASS THE EXAM
ASSIGNMENTS
• ATTENDANCE will be taken
• You must be IN CLASS in order to get a mark for the assignment
• PROVIDED THAT you are in class you may complete the assignment at home
• You may have more than 1 assignment per module
– HOWEVER, only 1 of these assignments will be marked at the discretion of the instructor
• IF YOU MISS THE CLASS, YOU WILL RECEIVE A “0” IN THIS ASSIGNMENT
– as per outlined in “The School of Business Procedures.pdf”
FINAL EXAMS Per Module
• ALL exams are completed on site at ALGONQUIN COLLEGE IN DESIGNATED LABS.
• You must achieve a minimum of 50% in an exam order to pass a module
• ALGONQUIN STUDENT ID CARDS will be checked for ALL exams
• Exams are password protected
REWRITES
• TIMING IS EVERYTHING – pay attention to the schedule.
• All exams must be done within the designated time frames
• The REWRITE week is for students who failed an exam ONLY.
– Up to 2 failed exams (grade of less than 50%) may be rewritten during the scheduled REWRITE week
– No other extensions will be allowed –
– ie a 3rd failed exam or missed exam deadline means an immediate "F" on the course.
• The maximum grade you can get for a REWRITE exam is 65%
REWRITES
– An exam not completed by the deadline specified in the schedule will be considered a “failed exam”.
– IF you DO miss an exam early in the course that you then-can only rewrite 1 other exam.
• FYI: Later exams, especially Excel, & Word are more difficult.
Missed exams should be reserved for situations where you absolutely cannot attend the exam, for medical reasons,
OR: extreme extenuating circumstances.
TO SUMMARIZE THE EVALUATION
• To pass the course a student must end the course with an overall grade of 50% or better,
• AND • Must pass each of the 4 exams with a grade of 50%
or better.
• This means that a student who ends the course with a failing grade on even one exam, fails the course.
Cheating
• Cheating is grounds for dismissal
• Exams are “locked down”, so you are unable to open other programs
• To write any exam, you need to produce a ALGONQUIN COLLEGE STUDENT ID CARD.
• The purpose of the training is to teach you what you don’t know, so you can pass your final.
14 Week Schedule
• Indicates dates for your exams and assignments
• Attendance will be taken. You must be in class in order to qualify to have your assignment marked.
• Keep Informed! If you miss a class, you will receive a ZERO for that assignment or exam
MOS CERTIFICATION
• Microsoft Office Specialist– “Performance based” exams 45- 60 minutes each– Globally recognized certification
• There is a folder in myitlab (at the bottom) for all the questions you would have to do in a real MOS exam– You will have 3 year access to these exams!!
• This is fantastic simulation testing to prepare you for the actual MOS test
• In the real MICROSOFT test to become an expert you don’t get 2nd chances etc.
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DO NOT INSTALL myitlab ON YOUR OWN
• We will be registering you in the myitlab database in your next class.
• You can not participate in this class unless you are registered in the myitlab database: – Please bring your myitlab access code & "Algonquin
College Student ID card" to class. • You can not get registered in myitlab unless you bring these 2
items.
BLACKBOARD
• Let’s take a look at the BUS2301 Blackboard site
NEXT WEEK:
• Make sure you have your Algonquin College USERNAME & PASSWORD & myitlab access code
• DO NOT INSTALL myitlab ON YOUR OWN
• You must bring both your Algonquin College Student ID card and your myitlab access code
• Check all your Blackboard sites, for all your courses on a
DAILY basis. – Profs will post important announcements, such as class
cancellations, course changes etc. on the "Announcements" page (default page).
NEXT WEEK cont.:
• Download and PRINT your: "14 Week Schedule". Put it in a safe place and refer to it every week.
• Do the "Netiquette" quiz: BLACKBOARD > COURSE INFORMATION > NETIQUETTE (3rd item from the bottom
– Post a "thread" in the: "Introduce Yourself" Discussion Board
WEBSITES FOR STUDENTS TO KNOW
• www.algonquincollege.com
• https://acsis.algonquincollege.com/
• www.online.algonquincollege.com
• http://myitlab.pearsoned.com/Pegasus/frmLogin.aspx?s=3
• http://www.algonquincollege.com/lrc/
• http://www.algonquincollege.com/studentservices/
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FREE “TIP OF THE WEEK”
• Each week I will be providing for you, a “tip”—either free software, amazing websites, or other exciting info
• However, you only get these IF YOU COME TO CLASS!!
• I will not be posting these anywhere—so yet another reason for you to attend class!!
• I really, really would like to see EVERYONE do well in this course!!
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FREE “TIP OF THE WEEK”
FREE ANTI-VIRUS PROGRAM:
–Go to: http://www.free-av.com/
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