CIS 50 - Basic Computer Literacy - Syllabus
Fall 2009 - Monday/Wednesday
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Instructor:  Marge Hohly
Email address:  Hohly@cerritos.edu
Home page:  http://www.cerritos.edu/hohly
Location & Time:  11:00-1:00 pm LA-4
Ticket number:  CIS 50 - #21140
Phone number:  (562) 860-2451 Ext. 2736 voice mail available 
Office hours:  6:00-7:00 p.m. Tuesday in SS-25
4:00 - 5:00 p.m. Wednesday in SS-25  or BE-12
4:00 - 5:00 p.m. Thursday in SS-25
Office: SS-25

 

Textbooks: 

Lecture Text:
Practical PC by Parsons, Oja and Potter, 5th edition (Custom Edition/ Two (2) books bundled)
ISBN: 0-619-26799-2
book cover of Practical PC by Parsons, Oja and Potter, 5th edition
Lab Texts - part of the textbook bundle:
Practical Microsoft Office 2007  by Parsons, Oja, and Mulder
ISBN-13: 978-1-4239-0604-9
ISBN-10: 1-4239-0604-7
book cover of Practical Microsoft Office 2007
Materials: 
  • USB Flash drive (Get inexpensive, simple, and avoid drives with U3 software) for your copies of assignments.
  • One (1) Scantron #882e, or equivalent, Answer Sheet

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BASIS FOR DETERMINING COURSE GRADE

Lab Assignments 9 @ 20 points each

180

Final Exam

  50

Total Points

230

  A=90%, B=80%, C=65%, D=50%, Fail=49.9% and below

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Tentative Schedule  

Week
days

Topics to be covered

Chapters
Lecture Text

Lab &
Lab Text 

Lab
Assignments

1
Aug. 17 & 19

  • Overview of class
  • Getting Started
  • Looking at  Windows XP
1
2
  •  Project 1

Lab 1

2
Aug. 24 & 26

  • Installing Software, Naming, & Saving Files
3, 4

   

Lab 2

3
Aug. 31 & Sept. 2

  • Organizing Files and Folders
  • File Protection
5
6
 

  

Lab 3

4
Sept. 7 & 9

  • Internet, Web Browsing, & Searching
  • Sept. 7 Labor Day Holiday - no class
7
8
    Lab 4

5
Sept. 14 & 16

  • eMail, Document Creation & Printing

10
    Lab 5
 

6
Sept. 21 & 23

  • Spreadsheets, Databases,  and Presentations
11,12     Lab 6
Lab 7

7
Sept. 28 & 30

  • Graphics & Sound
 13, 14      Lab 8
 

8
Oct. 5 & 7

  • Animation & hardware introduction
15, 16      Lab 9

9
Oct. 12 & 14

  • Buying and Upgrading PCs
  • Final Exam Oct. 14
  17, 18      Lab 10
Extra Credit

Please Note: Last day to drop with a "W" is October 2, 2009

The above schedule is subject to change.

NOTE:  The student who wants to work at home, will need access to Microsoft Office 2007 to do the assignments for this course.  The Office suit needs to include Word 2007, Excel 2007,   Access 2007, & PowerPoint 2007.  If you do not have the software on your computer you may do the hands-on work with  the campus computers. The campus labs have Office2007 loaded.  Cerritos College does not supply students computer software for home computers.

The lab assignments and links to lecture and supporting materials are found on the class web pages.    Please refer to these pages for more information.  Make sure that you print out the separate sheet that contains the lab assignments.

Revisions to schedule will be made to the syllabus and posted on the web sites for this class. Lab, lectures, and supporting materials for this class are posted.   Instructions to log on to the site will be provided during orientations.  It is the students responsibility to retrieve their assignments from the Web pages. All assignment must be submitted to your instructor  in class by the due date/time. 

Remember it is critical to keep in contact with your instructor.  If you have not been heard from  for 3 class sessions in sequence or are not making academic progress you will be dropped from the class.

Academic Honesty:  The work submitted by each student in this class is expected to their own work, not the work of others.  Please review the college's Academic honesty policy which appears in the schedule of classes.  I will follow the policy and enforce the policy.  In Fall 2009 Schedule of Classes  it appears on pages 135-136.  Please read and review this policy.   Don't put your credit in this course at risk by violating this policy. 

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 last update:  11/03/2010