DAY 1: FALL 2016 COURSE INTRODUCTION Felipe Sozinho August 17,

WELCOME TO CS101! 2

ARE YOU IN THE RIGHT ROOM? This is CS101 Section 03. –Monday/Wednesday 9:30am-10:20pm –206 Armstrong Hall –Instructor: Felipe Sozinho CS101 Section 04 also meets at this time. –219 Armstrong Hall –Instructor: Nakagawa Masashiro Please make sure that you’re attending the correct section. 3

YOUR INSTRUCTOR: FELIPE SOZINHO Contact Information Website: Office:210K Armstrong Hall Phone:(304) Office Hours:Tuesday 5:30 pm to 7:30 pm or by appointment 4

YOUR PROCTOR: ALYSSA KINZEL Contact Information Took CS101 in:Fall 2014 Major:Finance 5 Proctors are student assistants who have previously taken CS101 and done well in the course. The proctor is here to help answer your questions. Don’t be afraid to ask for help!

ABOUT THE COURSE CS101’s goal is to teach data management, data analysis, and critical thinking skills. You’ll use Microsoft Office to solve problems in a scientific or analysis-oriented context. You will also learn skills that will be useful in your future classes and career. CS101 is a 4-credit hour GEC/GEF course. –2 hours in lecture –2 hours from out-of-class work 6

COURSE SYLLABUS AND SCHEDULE Your section’s syllabus and schedule are both available at Read and follow both. You’re responsible for knowing their contents. 7

COURSE COMMUNICATIONS 8

WEBSITE AND CS101 website is at Website for your section is at Important info will be made available on the website and through MIX . It’s your responsibility to check each daily. 9

CONNECT ON SOCIAL MEDIA Follow us on Twitter and Facebook to stay current with CS101 happenings. Get reminders of due dates, exams, tips and other information. 10 facebook.com/wvucs101 twitter.com/wvucs101

REQUIRED MATERIALS FOR SUCCESS 11

TEXTBOOK Exploring Microsoft Office 2013, Volumes 1 and 2 Available in eText and print forms. Good reference book. Ties in with MyITLab. 12

MYITLAB MyITLab is a computer-based simulation that resembles Microsoft Office. You need your own MyITLab license. MyITLab licenses are good for 1 year. –If you don’t have MyITLab or it’s more than 1 year old, you’ll need to buy a new license. –Special WVU version is needed. You can’t buy it on Amazon. 13

TEXTBOOK/MYITLAB BUNDLES Electronic Bundle Good for most students. eBook Access MyITLab Available at: Pearson (Online) Barnes & Noble Book Exchange Print Bundle Print Books eBook Access MyITLab Available at: Barnes & Noble Book Exchange BookHolders 14

SUPPLEMENTAL CONTENT Supplemental Content for Microsoft Office 2013 Covers additional material not in the main textbook. Free PDF at /resources /supplemental-content/. /resources /supplemental-content/ 15

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. –Check out our Mac VM.Mac VM Free Office 365 WVU students can get Office 365 Pro Plus for free! Get it at services/office365/ proplus services/office365/ proplus 16

MAC SUPPORT 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. 17

PUBLIC COMPUTER LABS Don’t have your own computer? Office 2013 is installed at: CS101 Open Lab ITS Computer Labs WVU Libraries public computers 18

SAVING YOUR FILES Keep copies of all your Homeworks and MyITLab Bonus Projects. If you submit the wrong file or it is corrupted, we may allow you to resubmit your original file. If you don’t have it, you’ll get a 0. If you work in a lab or other computers: –Recommended: Get a USB Flash drive or use cloud storage (Google Drive, Dropbox, OneDrive)Google DriveDropboxOneDrive –Don’t: your files to yourself 19

PROTECT YOUR WORK It’s your responsibility to ensure nobody else can use your files. If another student uses your file, you will be penalized! Protect yourself! –Don’t let others use your computer. –Don’t share your files for any reason. –Don’t leave your files on public computers. 20

GRADES AND ASSIGNMENTS 21

GRADES OVERVIEW AssignmentPts EachTotal Pts Homeworks6 at Participation Projects12 at (complete 12 of 15+) 100 Exams 1 & 22 at Final Exam150 MyITLab Lessons Questions 190 at (complete 190 of ~208) 250 Total1,000 22

BONUS POINT OPPORTUNITIES OpportunityPts EachTotal Pts MyITLab Bonus Projects3 at 2060 Total Bonus60 23

FINAL GRADES Grades are not curved. What you earn is what you get. You can view your grades at Grade LetterPoint Value A900 or more B C D F599 or fewer

HOMEWORKS 6 Homeworks –3 Excel –2 Access –1 Problem Solving (Access, Excel, Word, PowerPoint) Homeworks build your skills with using Office for data analysis. 20% of the grade for each project comes from short answer data analysis questions. Late penalty is 20% per calendar day. 25

EXAMS 2 regular exams plus Final Exam –Exam #1 is on Excel –Exam #2 is on Access –Final Exam is comprehensive Exams build on the Homeworks. If you do well on Homeworks, you’ll do fine on Exams. There will be a review session for each Exam. These are a great way to prepare. 26

MYITLAB LESSONS MyITLab simulates Microsoft Office. –Provides training on how to complete tasks. –Assesses your ability to complete same tasks. 5 MyITLab Lessons –Each Lesson contains multiple chapters. –We recommend you complete each chapter’s training to prepare for its assessment. –You must complete the assessment for each chapter to get credit. 27

MYITLAB REGISTRATION Registration instructions are at Read and follow the instructions! You must enter your Student ID in your MyITLab course to get credit for your work. If you need help, go to CS101 Open Lab.CS101 Open Lab 28

MYITLAB GRADING There are about 208 questions in MyITLab. You must complete 190 of them. We assign more questions than you need to complete so there are spares. If you run into problems, you can move on to the next question. Late work is worth 50% credit. 29

PARTICIPATION PROJECTS Hands-on projects completed during class while working in small groups. There will be at least 18 projects during the class. You need to complete 12. –Projects won’t be announced in advance. –You won’t be able to make-up missed projects if you’re not in class. 30

MYITLAB BONUS PROJECTS Available through the MyITLab website, these are projects you can complete in Office to earn up to 60 bonus points. There are 3 projects. –Microsoft Excel –Microsoft Access –Microsoft Word Automatically graded by MyITLab. You have 2 attempts per project. 31

ACADEMIC INTEGRITY 32

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. 33

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. 34

START WITH YOUR OWN NEW FILE EVERY TIME Never give or take a file from anyone else. If you did not start your assignment with a brand new 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. 35

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. 36

POLICY ACKNOWLEDGMENT FORM Before you can get credit for any of your work, you must sign the CS101 Policy Acknowledgement Form.CS101 Policy Acknowledgement Form By signing this form, you certify you understand and will follow CS101 policies. If you have questions, ask before signing. If you think something may be questionable, you probably shouldn’t do it. 37

GETTING ASSISTANCE 38

OPEN LAB Open Lab is a place for you to get help with homework assignments. Weekdays in 219 Armstrong Hall and G06 Lyon Tower. Hours at Start early on your assignments. Open Lab gets very busy close to due dates. 39

HOMEWORK HELP PROJECT VIDEOS Watch and follow along as CS101 instructors complete projects similar to your actual Homeworks. Videos and instructions are posted 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). 41

GETTING STARTED THIS SEMESTER 42

IMPORTANT UPCOMING DATES Upcoming deadlines and due dates. MyITLab Lesson A –Excel Chapter 1 –Excel Chapter 10 MyITLab Lesson A –Excel Chapter 4 –Excel Chapter 12 43

THINGS TO DO: ACTIVATE WVU LOGIN WVU Login is used for logging into CS101 computers and on our website. 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 44

THINGS TO DO: REGISTER FOR MYITLAB Register for MyITLab once we announce it is ready for the new semester. –Don’t register until your instructor tells you. –You can’t buy MyITLab from Pearson until MyITLab is ready for registration. Follow the instructions at –Carefully follow the directions so you register correctly! If you have questions, go to Open Lab.Open Lab 45

NEXT CLASS… Data Analysis: –Effective Internet Searches – tal-content.pdf (read pages 2&3. Feel free to me with any questions) tal-content.pdf 46

ONLINE RESOURCES Search engines such as Google and Bing Image search engines such as Google Images Google Scholar for journal articles and scholarly works Google News for news, blogs, and newspaper articles WVU Libraries databases for access to journal articles, magazines, newspapers, and other resources 47

SEARCH ENGINES They are only as good as your search string Start with specific terms If unsuccessful, then use generalized terms Use “” for exact match. Ex: “Morgantown, West Virginia” would exclude pages that only have Morgantown, WV. You can also use “” around a specific word in a phrase or specific phrase in a sentence. 48

SEARCH ENGINES Type Drugstore Pharmacy, that will search pages that have both words. Add OR in between to search for either word Use minus signs (-) to exclude words. Morgantown –West Virginia would be a good try to look for cities called Morgantown not in WV 49

SEARCH ENGINES Restrict you search to a website: –Commencement site: wvu.edu Restrict search to certain file types: –Add filetype: pdf (Doc, XLS, PPT).sdd Switch tabs (right below search box) for images, news, videos, etc. Use google scholar ( for scholarly works (journals, conference proceedings, etc) 50

OTHER RESOURCES Wikipedia – free encyclopedia that anyone can edit. Good way to gain basic understanding of a subject WVU Libraries – ( It subscribes to a wide range of research databases which can be helpful for locating articles. A full list of databases arranged by subject is available at One of the most popular databases is LexisNexis Academic, which provides access to the archives of newspapers from around the whole world

NEXT CLASS… Data Analysis: –Download data and extract ZIP file contents – content.pdf (read pages 6-9) content.pdf –Answer analysis questions Excel Chapter 1 (Vol 1 – p & ) –Create a new workbook –Adjust sheets –Enter data Excel Chapter 10 (Vol 2 – p ) –Import XML and CSV data –Import from an Access database 52

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME, HAVE A GREAT DAY! HOPE TO SEE YOU NEXT CLASS!

REMEMBER TO WORK ON MyITLab Lesson A –Excel Chapter 1 –Excel Chapter 10 54