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CS100 Survival Guide

We will be using the computer extensively. You do not have to have a PC/Mac at home in order to take this course, but it is strongly suggested that to be a successful student in this course that you are familiar with the PC/Mac and the Internet. As a student registered for this course, you can use the PCs in the Computer Labs . If you plan to use your own computer, please refer to Computer Essentials .

Course Facts:

• Class Meetings: One mandatory introductory meeting - first class - for course orientation on our Virtual Classroom, E-mail , Internet use and course introduction, using Bulletin Boards and Chat. All other discussions/course work will be done on-line, using Bulletin Boards , E-Mail and Chat . The Final Exam will be taken at the Santa Ana College Testing Center.

• Textbooks: Two Textbooks are Required. (It is strongly suggested that you obtain all textbooks, however, they are also available at the SAC library on a 2-hour reserve and the Computer Lab in A-104)

ISBN: 1-4239-1209-8 Shelly, Cashman Discovering Computers, Fundamentals Edition 4	ISBN: 1-4188-4327- X Shelly, Cashman Office 2007, Introductory

The bookstore sells the above texts bundled at a reduced cost. You can purchase the texts either in person at the SAC bookstore (Don bookstore), or you can purchase from the Don bookstore online, or you can purchase them online from the publisher's website! If you do not have a USB flash drive you should purchase one. If you need to port your files around from home/work/campus, a USB drive is the way to go!

• Course Evaluations:

  • The course grade will be determined by test results, project scores, and BB participation.
  • The Breakdown is as follows:

• Academic Honesty Policy: You should be familiar with the Academic Honesty Policy at Rancho Santiago Community College District. A student found cheating on a project or exam will receive no credit (i.e. no grade) for that project/exam. A second instance of cheating will result in a report to the Dean of Student Affairs.

• Attendance and Absence Policy: College policy states that a student may be dropped for nonattendance. Students will be dropped if the instructor does not receive any notification by the end of the first week of classes. If the instructor does not receive an email or see a discussion board post for a consecutive two-week period, you may be dropped for this class. It is ultimately the student's responsibility to drop the class, not the instructor's.

• Microsoft Office: (2007) will be used for all application projects in this course. We will be using Word, Excel, Access and PowerPoint. If you have an earlier version of M/S Office you will not be able to complete many of the projects. There are new features that are not available in earlier versions. I strongly suggest that you use M/S Office 2007 from start to finish on your projects. Many of the menus and toolbars in Office have changed dramatically from earlier versions. Please use the Computer Lab at the college if you do not have Office 2007. If you puchase Microsoft Office 2007 Enterprise (which contains Access), do so through the Foundation of California Community Colleges, of which Santa Ana College is a member. The rates are highly reduced! http://www.journeyed.com/fccc/ (There are many flavors of MS Office - "student", "professional", "enterprise", etc. Be sure to look at the details/contents of the product you select. You want to make sure (at least for our class purposes) that you have Excel and Access included in the Office package. The Student version does not generally contain Access.)

• Email: In this class you must use your own email for our course. You may create a free email at hotmail or at Google if you do not have an email id. Although, quite frankly, if you do not already have an email id, this online class probably isn't the class for you. You must be an experienced email user to take this course

  • ALL email that you send must use the following format in email Subject
    • Subject: CS100, Your Name - Subject
    • Examples: CS100 Online, Jane Doe, Project 2 (this is a sample subject line if you are turning in project #2) CS100 Online, Jane Doe, Quiz Question (if you have a question on a quiz)
  • Email that is not sent with this format will probably automatically go directly into the "Junk Email" folder and won't be looked at for a long period. To assure that your email is read/responded to, use the proper email format!

• Projects:Students will learn word processing, spreadsheet, database and presentation tools. We will be using Microsoft Office applications; Word, Excel, Access and PowerPoint. All projects will be turned in electronically, as attachments to e-mail or by using a File Transfer utility whereby the file will be uploaded to a student server. There will be an additional project concerning the purchase of a computer.

• Business Division Labs: Located in the Caesar Chavez Building (A-Bldg.), Rooms 104, 106 and 108. Bring your registration card to enter the lab. After the first few weeks, students are only allowed access to the lab with a photo student ID card. You can obtain a student photo ID at the Bursars Office in the Admin bldg. (S-104). There are student assistants available at the labs. They are there to assist students in general application assistance and general Windows assistance. They are not tutors and will not do assignments for students. Lab Hours at SAC generally are: Mon - Thurs 8:00am - 9:00pm , Fri 8:00am - 6:00pm and Sat 9:30am - 3:00pm. The lab is closed on Sunday.

• Test Center: The Final Exam is at the Testing Center at SAC. You will be able to take the test on any of the days selected for the test - check out the syllabus! You will need answer sheet, ACCUtrac #100AS, available at the Don Bookstore and Don Express.

  • Location: Santa Ana College , L building, #L-221 Phone (714) 564-6147
  • Hours will be posted the week prior to our test week as test center hours vary week to week There will be at least several days for which they are open until 8pm.
  • You must present a photo id card, either a Driver’s license or Student ID card will do.

  • If you do not live in the county, find a proctor in your local area. It can be a local community college test center, work test center, or public library. The Distance education center will need the proctor’s name, location, mailing address, email address and phone number. Please contact me if you will need to utilize another test center other than the one at SAC. I have had students nationally and internationally take this course successfully online. We can work it out!

• Accommodations for Disabilities: Students with verifiable disabilities who want to request academic accommodations are responsible for notifying their instructor and Disabled Students Programs and Service (DSPS) as early as possible in the semester.  To arrange for accommodations, contact DSPS by phone (714) 564-6260 or (74) 564-6384 (TDD for students that are deaf) or stop by the DSPS Center in U-103.

• Instructor: Cherylee Kushida - In this course, perhaps more than any other, you should not hesitate to ask questions! If you are having any trouble getting on the Internet, using an application, or understanding the material, let me know! Make sure that you get help right away. Try not to get behind. But, should that happen, contact me and we will work it out. You can contact/find me at:

  • E-mail: kushida_cherylee@sac.edu (email is the usually the best way to reach me!)

  • Office Location: Caesar Chavez Building (A) 107-2, directly across from the Business Division labs.

  • Office hours: Tues & Thurs: 8:00am – 10:30am

  • Office phone: (714) 564-6766 - If I am not available, please leave a message with your name, class, and a phone number to return your call. I only check my voice mail when I am on-campus... the fastest way to reach me is by email!

  • A bit about me: I graduated from University of California, Irvine, with a B.S. in Mathematics and continued my education at Claremont Graduate School with an M.B.A. in Management Information Systems. I have been teaching full-time at SAC for 13 years and three years part-time prior to teaching full-time. Before working in education I was a Systems Engineer at IBM. I worked mainly in the large systems (mainframe) arena and operating systems. It was a terrific job, but after having children, a more time flexible career was better suited to my new family lifestyle. I enjoy teaching at SAC and working with the variety of students here. It is especially rewarding to assist students in achieving their educational goals! I hope I can help you achieve yours!

Course Details:

• Course Title: The Computer and Society
• Course Number: CS100
• Units:3
• Class Hours: 48-equivalent course hours
• Course Prerequisites: None
• Advisory Reading Level: 3
• Subsequent Appropriate Courses: The student will be prepared to most courses where knowledge about the internals of the computer are required as well as use of the Internet, email, word processing, spreadsheets, database and presentation software skills are needed.
• Platform Software: Blackboard Courseware will house our virtual classroom.
• Email: Student provided
• Catalog Description: Introduction to computer concepts, technology, issues and applications. Information is presented to enable students to recognize and evaluate the positive and negative impacts that computers may have on individuals and society.
• Additional Information:
  • CS100 fulfills the "Computer Skills General Education Requirement" at SAC for an AA degree (as stated in the SAC catalog) and is a requirement for various certificate programs at SAC. CS100 is designed to assure computer literacy for our students. Computer literacy is achieved by providing knowledge of computers and hands-on computer usage. Topics areas include: the internals of the computer system and how processing occurs (e.g. the processor, memory, storage devices, input/output devices, and communication devices), networking of computer systems, issues of computers in our society, hands on use of the Internet, the WWW and email, and introductory use of Microsoft Office applications (Word, Excel, Access, Power Point).

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