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

2. Course Information Instructor: Dr. Dongsheng Che Contact: dche@po-box.esu.edu Phone: 570-422-2731dche@po-box.esu.edu 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

3. Textbook:  Grauer, Robert T. Exploring Office 2007 (written to Vista), Volume 1, Second Edition. Prentice Hall, 2007. ISBN: 0136070558 Course Information

4. Course Learning Software : http://www.myitlab.comhttp://www.myitlab.com Course Information

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

6. Requirements Attendance Hands-on exercises Homework assignments Exams

7. 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!

8. Grades Letter equivalents: A: 90 - 100 B: 80 - 89.9 C: 70 - 79.9 D: 60 - 69.9 E: below 60

9. Grade Distribution from the Previous Semester

10. Sample Grade Break-down from the Previous Semester

11. 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 email in advance if you will be absent in next class Attendance Policy

12. 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

13. 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!)

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

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

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

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

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

19. 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!