Username and Password:
You must use a username and password after the first
week of class. Without these items you will not be able to access the
course materials.
NOTICE!
Your username and password for your online course is your B number.
Students are not allowed to change the password for the online course
area. Remember username and password will always remain your B number in
the online course area. If you do not know your B number you may contact
the college for assistance by following the link below.
If you still need
assistance with your username and password please go to this page and
read the instructions:
http://www.bcconline.com/orient/password.htm, to receive further
assistance.
In the box below, type your
username and password for this class:
It is your responsibility to make sure
the instructor has the all the contact information stated at the top of
this syllabus by the start of classes!! It is your responsibility to
e-mail the instructor if you have any problems or do not understand this
syllabus.
It is your responsibility to confirm your
enrollment either via the Internet at
https://ias.barstow.cc.ca.us/ or by calling (760)252-2411 x7236 if you
are having problems accessing the course material. After you have confirmed
your enrollment, go to
http://www.bcconline.com/orient/ and read the password link. Following
this procedure will ensure you are helped in the fastest manner possible.
By enrolling for this class, the
assumption is that you possess the necessary skills to read at the college
level, to enter and perform research on the internet, to email using proper
email etiquette and to post to the discussions.
When emailing your instructor:
ghenderson@bcconline.com
include your full name. Send all e-mail
with the name of the course in the subject line and Lesson Number or use the
words: problem, question or comment. Many times I have received e-mail with
no name in the body of the email. Sign all e-mail with your name as
registered at school, or else you will not receive a reply and your
assignment will not be graded.
You must explain the problem in the
subject line, for example: Word, Exercise 2-23. E-mail without an
appropriate subject line will be deleted and will not be read. With the
current high incidence of viruses and unsolicited email, I delete all email
without appropriate subject lines automatically.
Remember I do not answer email on the
weekends, Therefore, to determine the 48 hours response time, do not include
Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays and holidays. If an e-mail with the word “problem,
help, or question” in the subject line is sent on Monday through
Thursday you can expect a response within 24-48 hours. If an e-mail with
the word “problem, help, or question” in the subject line is sent on
the weekends, there will be a longer turn around time, but the e-mail will
be answered by Tuesday of the following week.
E-mail assignments will have a one week
turnaround time, and you should not expect an answer to a successfully
submitted and completed assignment before the end of the one week turnaround
time period. Receiving graded assignments or answers to your questions
before the above stated timelines have passed does not guarantee that you
will receive replies that quickly in the future.
Online classes are NOT conducted via
instantaneous transmission. Just as I am giving you a NINE day period to
complete your work, I am to be given SEVEN days to reply to your
assignments. In addition, the above stated timelines apply to ALL students
and ALL responses to your questions and concerns.
I appreciate your understanding of the
above stated timelines and will respond to ALL questions and concerns about
this class within the timeframes stated above.
A posting place at the top of the
discussion page indicates the instructor’s message board to you. Be sure to
check this each week so that you don’t miss messages and clarifications;
remember that sometimes no instructor posting will have been made. Students
are not to post in the instructor's posting area. Should you have a concern
with your class please e-mail me your question. It is not appropriate for
students to post their concerns in the instructor's posting area. Students
who post in the instructor's posting area will receive a warning and their
posting will be deleted unanswered. Students who ignore the warning and
post again to the instructor's posting area will be dropped from the class.
At the conclusion of the class students
may find out their grades by calling (760) 252-6868 (local or out of state)
and (877) 336-6868 (toll free within California). You may also find out
your grade by going on the Internet at
https://ias.barstow.cc.ca.us. I do not e-mail or post student grades
and will not respond to inquiries about grades at the conclusion of the
course.
In the box below type:
I understand and agree to abide by the online instructions
written above.
Course Description
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4 units (3 lecture, 3 lab)
A word processing program providing the theories
and practical applications of Word. Designed for beginning and
experienced computer users. Degree applicable
Prerequisite: None.
Recommended: Basic keyboarding skills
Student Learning
Outcomes (SLO's)
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Students will organize and communicate
information and data in professional business and academic
documents.
Course
Objectives
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At the end of this four-unit
course, students will be able to:
- Create a document.
- Select and edit text.
- Format characters and
paragraphs.
- Use tabs and create
tabbed columns.
- Use writing and editing
tools.
- Change margins, use
templates, and change printing options.
- Use page and section
breaks.
- Create headers and
footers.
- Use Templates
From the course objectives and student
learning outcomes listed above, list the one that interests you the most
and tell me why it interests you.
Critical Thinking Assignments Back
Critical thinking tasks include (but are not limited to)
the following:
- Demonstrate an ability to make formatting decisions.
- Develop ability to follow written instructions.
- Articulate with terminology appropriate to word
processing.
- Synthesize principles and procedures to produce accurate
documents.
Textbook and Computer Requirements
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- Text:
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ISBN 13: 978-0-07-351929-6
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ISBN 10: 0-07-351929-4
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Author, Deborah Hinkle
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Title, Microsoft Office Word 2010 A
Lesson Approach, Complete Copyright 2011
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Publisher: McGraw-Hill
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Web Site:
www.mhe.com
- Computer with 500MHz or higher processor
and at least 256 MB of RAM
- 1.5GB or more of hard disk space for a
"Student" Office installation.
- 1024x768 VGA or higher-resolution video monitor
- Mouse, Modem
- Windows 7 or XP with Service Pack 2, or
Windows Vista or later operating system
- Browser and Internet Service Provider
What materials do you need for the class?
E-Mail Updates
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One of the primary methods of contact in
an online course is email. Your college is capable of extracting student
names and email addresses from our registration system. The purpose of
extracting this information is two fold. The information will be used by
the instructor to remain in contact with the class in order to provide
information necessary for the students' academic success. The
information will also be used to send emails to the students from the
college administration. The emails sent by the college administration
will consist of links to course surveys which will be used to improve
our online courses, important announcements for students, and links to
college surveys, which will be used to satisfy requirements placed on
the college by the California Community College Chancellor's Office. The
college will not use this information to advertise any products and will
not share student email addresses with any other organization.
In the box below type the following information:
As a student I understand it is my responsibility to ensure my email
address is up to date in the registration system, and that failure to do
so can seriously impact my ability to successfully complete my courses.
Further, I consent to receive email communication from my instructor and
from the college administration. This consent will remain in force until
it is revoked in writing or I am no longer taking classes with the
college. Upon submitting the syllabus, I agree to enter the registration
system, check my email address and change it if necessary. I understand
a tutorial is available to assist me with this procedure. I also
understand I can contact 760-252-2411 x7236 to receive additional
assistance if I encounter any difficulties when attempting to change my
email address.
Methods of Instruction
1. Lectures via web-pages
2. Class Discussion via on-line discussion groups
3. Individual Instruction
via e-mail/phone
Methods of Evaluation
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- Weekly readings and discussions
- Weekly homework and research
- Weekly lab application exercises
- Projects and/or portfolio
- Quizzes and exams
Course Completion Requirements
- Attendance is based on your weekly postings to the discussion group.
- Read the assigned lessons and lectures, complete all assignments in
each lesson, and evaluate your progress by comparing your completed work to
the solutions provided online.
- Complete all assignments in a lesson but only submit
those assigned. When an assignment is complete, proofread it carefully
before submitting it via e-mail attachments.
- Assignments must be clearly marked with your name
and unit or exercise.
- Complete exercises, progress checks, projects, quizzes, theory tests, and
performance tests as required in the instructions.
Take final exam on campus,
on the military base,
or with instructor-approved proctor.
Should you decide to stop participating, posting to the discussion group,
or turning in assignments, it is your responsibility to drop the class, not
the instructor’s. If this is not done, a grade of "F" may result.
How is attendance kept and how are you going to submit
your completed exercises?
Class Procedures
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It is expected that most students will need to spend
about 6-8 hours per week practicing on the computer. While this
may sometimes be frustrating and time-consuming, there is a very real
feeling of accomplishment when a program suddenly performs as you
expect, and you realize you can control the computer.
Grades and Grading Standards
Grades will be based on the following items:
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Lesson
Exercises: Assignments will
be made to check your progress. You must send three files for each lesson
to the instructor by e-mail as attachments.
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Objective
Quizzes:
(True/False and/or Multiple Choice) for each
lesson will be given online.
- Exams: You will
take a midterm and final exam. The exams will include a combination of
production and theory testing. The midterm is not proctored. The final
exam is proctored and can be taken at either the main campus,
Barstow computer lab, Miramar, or the Ft. Irwin Barstow College lab.
- Class Participation on Discussion Board:
Posting high-quality discussion comments on the discussion board is
required. Students that do not post at least once a week may be dropped.
The following grading scale and
grade distribution are predicted; however, the instructor reserves the
right to curve final grades (upward or downward) based on overall class
performance. Final grades
will be based on the total points earned during the semester. Grades
will be assigned based on the following standard:
| Percentage
|
Grade |
Grade Points |
Quality |
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94-100 |
A |
4.0 |
Work is of superior quality |
|
90-93 |
A- |
3.7 |
Work is above average |
|
87-89 |
B+ |
3.3 |
Work is above average |
|
84-86 |
B |
3.0 |
Work is above average |
|
80-83 |
B- |
2.7 |
Work is average |
|
77-79 |
C+ |
2.3 |
Work is average |
|
73-76 |
C |
2.0 |
Work is average |
|
70-72 |
C- |
1.7 |
Work is below average |
|
67-69 |
D+ |
1.3 |
Work is unsatisfactory |
|
64-66 |
D |
1.0 |
Work is unsatisfactory |
|
60-63 |
D- |
0.7 |
Work is failing |
|
0-59 |
F |
0.0 |
Work is failing |
|
I |
Incomplete |
0 |
Class work is incomplete. Student has an opportunity to
finish work within one additional semester. This grade is reserved for
students missing a major test or whom have had a major life altering
event. Incompletes are given only when you have completed most of the
course. |
|
Grade Distribution |
|
Lesson Application Exercises |
30% |
|
Discussions |
10% |
|
Objective Quizzes |
20% |
Midterm Exam (not proctored,
open book) |
20% |
Final Exam (proctored, closed book;
one page of notes only) |
20% |
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Grading standards for Quizzes
You can earn 100 points for each quiz. The number of
correct answers earned from the total number of questions determines the
points for each quiz.
Grading standards for Exams
A perfect assignment or exam that is submitted on
time will receive to 200 points (100 points for the objective portion and
100 points for the production portion). For the production portion of an
exam, ten points will be deducted for
each omission, accidental text addition, formatting error, typographical
error and 20 points will be deducted for a late submission.
Grading standards for Discussions
Posting to the discussion is a required activity
each week. You must
post a comment to the discussion board one or two times for each lesson as
shown in the class assignments.
Please note that I have "assigned" only 15 postings. You will need to do
at least one more on your own (consider helping another student with a
problem) to get the 16 required postings.
You should post at
least eight (8) times for the first half of the class and eight (8) times
for the last part of the class for a total of 16 posts for the entire class.
If you participate each week on the
discussion board with high-quality comments, your discussion grade will be
100 points (8 posts x 12.5 points possible for each post=100) at the middle
and (8 posts x 12.5 points possible for each post=100) at the end of the
course. High-quality discussions are demonstrated by critical thinking,
original ideas, and appropriate grammar. Spelling is important.
Be very accurate, precise, and articulate in all your postings.
For any of
these items or for less postings, your grade will be lowered.
Posting each week on the
discussion board will prevent you from being dropped from the course, too.
Since responses to the discussion questions will be counted
for attendance, you will not be given credit if these are submitted late. Please note that even though you
will not get individual feedback from me on these discussions, I do read them
and count your on-line participation in lieu of on-campus attendance. I will
respond with my thoughts on the discussion topics as often as possible.
To improve your grade, you should post often.
By posting regularly, you will
learn to use the discussion board, learn more about the topics on which you
are working, and get to know your classmates by participating in the group
discussion.
In addition, if you participate often in the
discussions with good-quality comments, your discussion grade will be higher.
Please post any general problems, questions,
comments, or issues that may rise during the course instead of e-mailing. If
you help other students within this area of the discussion, you will
receive extra points towards your participation grade. I check my e-mail more
often than I check discussions boards, so if your problem needs immediate
attention, please use your discretion on whether to post or e-mail me.
I will post all "global" e-mails that I send to the class throughout the course.
Many times I have found that students do not receive general e-mail that I
have sent. Therefore, I back-up all general correspondence by posting the
information on the discussion board. I
recommend that you check this area once at the beginning of the week, and
again, at the end of the week to keep up-to-date on any changes that
may have occurred or other important information.
