CPSC 100 – Personal Computers & Their Uses Fall 2010 Dongsheng Che Department of Computer Science East Stroudsburg University

Course Information Instructor: Dr. Dongsheng Che Contact: Phone: Course Time and Location:  SectionA897: M/W 2:00PM – 3:15AM, SCITECH138  Section A898: M/W 4:00PM – 3:15AM, SCITECH138 Office Hours and Location:  M/W 10:00AM – 11:00AM, SCITECH330  Thursday 10:00AM – 1:00PM, SCITECH330

Textbook:  Grauer, Robert T. Exploring Office 2007 (written to Vista), Volume 1, Second Edition. Prentice Hall, ISBN: Course Information

Course Learning Software : Course Information

Course Overview Familiarize you w/the PC Learn common office software  Word  Excel  PowerPoint  Access

Requirements Attendance Hands-on exercises Homework assignments Exams

Grading You EARN your grade Breakdown:  10% Class Attendance  10% Practice Exercises (in class work)  32% Homework  12% Microsoft Word Exam  12% Microsoft Excel Exam  12% Microsoft PowerPoint Exam  12% Microsoft Access Exam  No late hands-on /homework will be accepted!

Grades Letter equivalents: A: B: C: D: E: below 60

Grade Distribution from the Previous Semester

Sample Grade Break-down from the Previous Semester

Attendance accounts for 10% Students are required to attend all classes  You may have to take Distance Education class if you will miss lots of classes Attendance will be taken randomly  Drop me in advance if you will be absent in next class Attendance Policy

Academic Misconduct Do your own work (hands-on, homework, exams, …) All violations turned over to Judicial Affairs Possible failure for course/suspension from University Read/Understand Student Code of Conduct

Examples of Misconduct “Sharing” documents Asking/letting someone else to do work for you Uploading someone else’s homework to your account (MyITLab can detect integrity violations!)

Tips for Success Be here & be active Do reading & homework Ask Questions! Be open minded Be respectful of others Come to office hours

Electronic Gadgets Out of respect for me & fellow students, please silence all phones, pagers, alarms, or other electronic devices

Special Needs If you need any assistance in order to participate fully in class, please see me as early as possible.

Announcement Log in the computers in Room 138, using  User Name: administrator  Password: myitlab Log in the Myitlab website ( using your own account.

Let’s Get Started! Introductions: Name, Year, Major,…

Announcements: Read the syllabus, sign the last page, and return back to me Get the book with the access code  Needed by the class time on Wednesday  Better purchase it for CPSC100 from ESU bookstore  DO NOT purchase the book for CPSC101!