1. COURSE DIRECTOR: DR. DAVID A. GAITROS RESEARCH ASSOCIATE MCH 103 CGS2100 1 st Week Attendance

2. Course Design 3 Credit Hour 4 Hand in Assignments 2 Exams ( must be taken on campus) All lecture materials are on-line Lecture attendance required in HCB 101 Lab sections (classes scheduled for MCH 302 or MCH 304) Meet first week only. Attendance at lectures are required.

3. Text books Discovering Computers 2011: Introductory, 1 st Edition, Gary B. Shelly – Shelly Cashman Institute, Misty E. Vermaat – Purdue University Calumet (either the hardcopy or E-Book but not both)  Hardcopy Textbook: ISBN-1:1439079412, ISBN-13: 9781439079412  E-Book Version: ISBN 1111278423

4. Things to do: Go to campus.fsu.edu and the Blackboard site for this course.  Go to Exams and Surveys and take the 1 st Day Attendance survey before midnight Wednesday August 25 th.  Must take this to avoid being dropped from the class.  Go to Exams and Surveys and take the Syllabus Quiz before midnight Friday September 5 th.  Worth 50 points.. You can take it twice. Read over steps to submit assignments Start working on Assignment #1, MS Word Research Paper Due September 10 th.

5. Things to remember This is the only time you will meet in this class. These rooms will be used for Help Sessions 9:15 – 5:00 Monday through Friday. Deadlines for quizzes, exams, and homework are firm. You can experience problems with Blackboard  Submit assignments early (at least one day).  Make sure hit the SUBMIT button  ALWAYS check your assignment to make sure it was submitted properly.  Check your grades often

6. Syllabus At least 12 hours prior to the submission deadline of an assignment you can have the attempt cleared so you can resubmit.  Create an email to help@fsu.eduhelp@fsu.edu  Subject: Clear Assignment for yourname.  In the body of the email put the following  Please clear the Assignment # for yourname  FSUID: Your FSU email id.  Course: CGS 2060 or 2100  Section number: You are responsible for making sure your assignments have been submitted properly. Assignments not submitted properly or found to be corrupt that need to be resubmitted will receive late points. No exceptions.

7. Syllabus Assignments are only accepted through the Assignment portal  Assignments cannot be accepted via email, CD, USB Drive, hardcopy etc. Tests are taken at the University Center C. You must sign up through the Test Reservation System The full syllabus brief will be presented in the first lecture of this class.

8. Any Questions?