DAY 1: COURSE INTRODUCTION Harish Palakurthi January 12,

YOUR INSTRUCTOR: HARISH PALAKURTHI Contact Information Website: Office:210K Armstrong Hall Office Hours:Fridays from 10:00AM-12:00PM during open lab in 219 ARM 2

ABOUT THE COURSE The course goal is to teach data management/analysis, problem solving and critical thinking skills. You’ll learn how to use Microsoft Office to solve problems in a scientific or analysis- oriented context. CS101 is a 4-credit hour GEC-listed course. –2 hours in lecture (twice-weekly 50-minute lectures) –2 hours from out-of-class work (primarily MyITLab & Homeworks) 3

COURSE POLICIES AND SCHEDULE A full course schedule is available at hedule/ hedule/ The course syllabus is available at labus/ labus/ Make sure that you read and are familiar with both the schedule and syllabus. You’ll be held responsible for the information they contain. 4

WEBSITE AND The main CS101 website is at: Our class website is at: A lot of important info will be made available on the website and through MIX . It’s your responsibility to be aware of all provided information. 5

FOLLOW ON TWITTER AND FACEBOOK on Twitter and wvucs101on wvucs101 Get reminders of due dates, exams, tips and other information. 6

WHAT YOU NEED TO HAVE: TEXTBOOK Exploring Microsoft Office 2013 ( Vol. 1 & 2) Available in eText and regular print formats Good for reference to material covered in class Ties in with MyITLab 7

WHAT YOU NEED TO HAVE: SOFTWARE 8

TEXTBOOK BUNDLES 9 Electronic Bundle eBook MyITLab Available at: Pearson (Online): $110.40Pearson (Online) Barnes & Noble: $170.00Barnes & Noble Book Exchange: $152.55Book Exchange Adequate for most students. Print Bundle Print Books eBook MyITLab Available at: Barnes & Noble: $186.05Barnes & Noble Book Exchange: $166.95Book Exchange Book Holders: $163.61Book Holders

MICROSOFT OFFICE Acceptable Versions Office 2013/2016 Pro/ProPlus or Office 365 Pro/Pro Plus/Home/ Personal/University –Include Access, Excel, Word, and PowerPoint. Office for Mac is not OK All WVU students can get Office 365 Pro Plus for free –Get it at 10

MAC OS VIRTUAL MACHINE By running a virtual machine, you can use Office for Windows on a Mac. CS101 has a free ready-to-use virtual machine at Bring your Mac to Open Lab this Friday and we’ll help you get the VM installed. 11

PUBLIC COMPUTER LABS Don’t have your own computer ? Office 2013 is installed at: CS101 Open Lab ITS Computer Labs WVU Libraries public computers 12

STORING YOUR FILES Keep copies of all your files in a secure place! –If others use them, you might be penalized. If you work in a lab or other computers: –Recommended: Get a USB Flash drive or or use cloud storage (Google Drive, Dropbox, OneDrive)Google DriveDropbox OneDrive –Don’t: your files to yourself 13

GRADES:OVERVIEW 14

GRADES: BONUS POINTS OpportunityPts EachTotal Pts MyITLab Bonus Projects3 at

GRADES: GRADING SCHEME Grades are not curved. You can view your grades at Grade LetterPoint Value A900 or more B C D F599 or fewer

17 Assignments Homework Projects MyITLab

ASSIGNMENTS: HOMEWORK PROJECTS There will be 6 homework projects. –3 on Excel, 2 on Access, and 1 Problem Solving projects with multiple parts. The assignments are designed to test and build your skills with using Office for data analysis. 20% of the grade for each project comes from short answer data analysis questions. Late homeworks have a 20% per day penalty, calculated based on your final score. 18

ASSIGNMENTS: MYITLAB 19 MyITLab simulates Microsoft Office. –Provides training on how to complete tasks. –Assesses your ability to complete those same tasks. 5 MyITLab Lessons –Each has multiple chapters. Works in the browser. No plugins required. Late work in MyITLab is 50% penalty

EXAMS There will be 2 regular exams plus a final. –1 on Excel, 1 on Access, and a comprehensive final The exam projects directly build on the homeworks. If you do well on the homeworks, you’ll do well on the exams. The opposite also applies. There will usually be a review sessions for each exam. These are a great way to prepare. 20

MYITLAB REGISTRATION Registration instructions are at on/buy-pearson/ on/buy-pearson/ Read and follow the instructions! If you need help, go to CS101 Open Lab.CS101 Open Lab 21

MYITLAB GRADING 22 There are about 208 questions in MyITLab. You must complete 190 of them. Additional questions serve as spares in case you have difficulty. You can occasionally skip questions without harming your grade.

IN-CLASS PARTICIPATION PROJECTS Hands-on projects completed during class while working in small groups. There will be 12 projects during the class. You need to complete at least 10 of them. –Projects won’t be announced in advance. –You won’t be able to make-up missed projects if you’re not in class. 23

ACADEMIC INTEGRITY Academic integrity is very important to us. It’s your responsibility to know our policy. Not reading the syllabus is not an excuse. If you cheat, you will get caught. Penalties are severe and strictly enforced. –1st Time: You lose 100 points, a full letter grade. –2nd Time: You get an F for the course, even if you had no warning of the first violation. 24

HOW TO AVOID VIOLATIONS Don’t work with other people. Homeworks are not group projects. Never give files to anyone for any reason. Don’t leave your files on a public computer or anywhere else someone could take them. Don’t let others use your computer. Don’t share or reuse files, even blank ones, because they may contain hidden details about the person who made the original file. 25

START WITH YOUR OWN BLANK FILE EVERY TIME Never give or take a file from anyone else. If you did not start your assignment with a blank, empty file that you yourself created, you have cheated. Do not share files with friends, even if the only thing in them is an import of the starter data for the assignment. 26

KEY POINTS If you cheat, you will get caught. –Every semester, 5% of students cheat. –Every semester, 5% of students get the penalties. –Every semester, about a dozen students try to cheat twice. They are failed, period. We have tools to find cheating, even if you use a file from a different section or semester. CS101 is not hard enough to bother with the risks of cheating. Learn the material, do the work, and you will be fine. 27

ACADEMIC INTEGRITY: POLICY ACKNOWLEDGEMENT FORM Before you can get credit for any of your work, you must sign the CS101 Academic Integrity Policy Acknowledgement Form. By signing this form, you certify that you understand CS101’s policies and will abide by them. If you have questions, ask before signing the form. 28

GETTING ASSISTANCE ON ASSIGNMENTS Open Lab (in 219ARM) M/T/W/Th3:30pm-7:30pm Fri 10:00am-6:00pm Homework Help! Videos Open Lab Online Extended Open Lab (G06 Lyon Tower) Thursday7:00pm-9:00pm 29

OPEN LAB Open Lab is a place for you to get help with your CS101 homework assignments. Open Lab is held in 219 Armstrong Hall weekdays. Hours are at Start early on your assignments. Open Lab is very busy near homework due dates. We do not provide assistance with completing MyITLab Lessons. 30

HOMEWORK HELP! VIDEOS Watch and follow along as CS101 staff complete projects similar to your actual homework assignments. Videos and projects are posted on our website at 31

OPEN LAB ONLINE Early in the weeks when homework assignments are due, we will offer homework help via online chat. Schedule and details are at

ACCESSIBILITY ACCOMMODATIONS If you have a disability, you may be entitled to special accommodations. Accommodations are granted by the Office of Accessibility Services. We can’t grant accommodations without their authorization.Office of Accessibility Services We need to receive notice of authorized accommodations at least one week before we are to provide them (like for an exam). 33

THINGS TO DO: ACTIVATE WVU LOGIN WVU Login is used for signing into the Computers in class, to record your attendance and view grades. If you haven’t done so already, you need to activate your WVU Login. Instructions are at Call ITS Help Desk at (304) or go to Open Lab if you need help.Open Lab 34

NEXT CLASS… Loot at some basic tech stuff, research tools used etc., 35