1. WELCOME TO BUS2301

2. CONTACT INFO:
Name: Lisa Dowling
Office: B372
Teach:
Tuesday
Room B164
2 PM – 4 PM
Wednesday
Room B383
9 AM – 11 AM
Room B364
Thursday
Room B366
8 AM – 10 AM

3. COURSE COORDINATOR: Name: Shirley Haug
Office: B222B
Phone: ext 3304

4. OPTIONAL MEETINGS/ OFFICE HOURS
Office hours are to be determined.
Meetings with individual students are based upon a mutually agreed upon.
s are checked and responded to within 48 business hours.

5. ING ME
You must use your ALGONQUIN COLLEGE address. This is Algonquin College policy
EACH time you me, you must have your full name in the body of the .
Ensure your s are crafted with proper etiquette.
One site to refer to for proper etiquette rules is:
Hotmail, Gmail etc accounts will not be accepted.

6. username@algonquinlive.com EMAIL
Your Algonquin College address is
Access your account at
You can access your in Blackboard as well under the services tab at the top.

7. STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES
Location: C142
Phone: ext 7683
For further information:
Students with disabilities, please identify yourself to me after class

8. WHY ARE YOU HERE?

9. VISTA
POWERPOINT
EXCEL
WORD

10. Why is TECHNOLOGY Important?
A Fact of Life—in your day-to-day activities
We live in a global economy
Whatever career you choose:
administration,
technology or
any level of management
REQUIRES THAT YOU CAN USE TECHNOLOGY WELL!!!!

11. MS OFFICE The applications have unique functions, yet:
completely integrated with each other and with the Internet
Streamlines HOW people work with information and one another
Simplifies productivity
MS OFFICE supplies the tools needed to find:
efficient and
effective solutions to business situations.

12. How “MS Office” Will Help in Some Other Courses
Marketing
Word (everything)
PowerPoint (presentations)
Excel (calculations)
Accounting
Excel
Economics
English
Word
PowerPoint
Business Law

13. WHAT WILL YOU NEED? Student ID Min 3 hours after class time
Learning Resources (refer to next slide)
DO NOT NEED Office on your home computer!

14. Learning Resources: Price: $118.30 Must have (or purchase) headphones
Pearson Education MS Office 2007 bundle
Package ISBN
Comes with:
myitlab - 3 year access
PHIT TIPS (course cards) for: Vista,Excel, PowerPoint, and Word
Price: $118.30
 Must have (or purchase) headphones

15. OPTIONAL TEXTBOOKS

16. OPTIONAL
OFFICE ULTIMATE ONLY $89!! Go to the following Microsoft website:
Click on "Buy Now”
Offer expires December 31, 2010
Enter your college address •    If eligible, you will receive an to purchase •    Click on the link in the to access the store •    Purchase your license/product key •    Add back-up media to your order (optional) •    Check out and download “Microsoft Office Ultimate 2010”

17. Open Access Labs Vista/MyITLab Locations
B373a is an open access lab for business students.  It has most or all of the computers running Vista, and has MyITLab installed on all computers.
C102, an open access lab across from the Registrar's Office Waiting Room, has computers in the right row with Vista installed.
All the computers in the College, regardless of the operating system, have MyITLab installed.

18. LAPTOP-MUST BE ABLE TO CONNECT
You must have ensured that you can connect to the Algonquin Network with your laptop. 
If you do not know how to connect to the Algonquin Network you can go to ITS in C316 (third floor of C-block, directly above the Registrars Office) to be set up.

19. BUS2301 Course Format PER MODULE
HOMEWORK/
ANYWHERE
IN CLASS
IN CLASS
IN-CLASS
ASSIGN-MENT
by MODULE
TRAINING
EXAM
by MODULE
FINAL
EXAM
by MODULE

20. EVALUATION
Students must pass each of the 4 exams with a grade of 50% or better to pass the course.
The final grade is not an average of the 4 exams and therefore if a student fails 1 of the 4 exams, then the student fails the course.
A student may only miss an exam for medical reasons, or extreme extenuating circumstances. 

21. EVALUATION
In order to be successful in this course, students are expected to spend a minimum of three (3) hours per week on out-of-class assignments and doing their training. 

22. Module 1: VISTA/OUTLOOK
Training 2%
(no partial marks possible)
In-class Assignment 7%
Final Exam
10%
Total
19%
Module 2: EXCEL 3%
(no partial marks possible
In-class Assignment #1, 2, 3
4%, 5%, 8%
15%
35%
Module 3: POWERPOINT
Module 4: WORD
(0 or 100%)
In-class Assignment #1, 2
5%, 7%
12%
27%

23. TRAINING COMPLETE ALL the required training
You must do ALL of your training in order to get your TRAINING MARKS.
Training may be done at home, or in an “Open Access Lab”, provided myitlab is installed on the computer
Training must be completed before the assigned exam date and time– due MIDNIGHT the night before your class

24. RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN DOING TRAINING & EXAM MARKS
EXCEL TRAINING [Pts: 100 Weight: 5% Category: Assignment]
EXCEL FINAL EXAM [Pts: 100 Weight: 15% Category: Exam]
100 88 93 95 58 61 43
Those who did 100% of their TRAINING got high marks in their Final Exam
Those who did NOT do their TRAINING got lower marks in their Final Exam OR DID NOT PASS THE EXAM

25. ASSIGNMENTS ATTENDANCE will be taken
You must be IN CLASS in order to get a mark for the assignment
PROVIDED THAT you are in class you may complete the assignment at home
You may have more than 1 assignment per module
HOWEVER, only 1 of these assignments will be marked at the discretion of the instructor
IF YOU MISS THE CLASS, YOU WILL RECEIVE A “0” IN THIS ASSIGNMENT
as per outlined in “The School of Business Procedures.pdf”

26. FINAL EXAMS Per Module
ALL exams are completed on site at ALGONQUIN COLLEGE IN DESIGNATED LABS.
You must achieve a minimum of 50% in an exam order to pass a module
ALGONQUIN STUDENT ID CARDS will be checked for ALL exams
Exams are password protected

27. REWRITES The maximum grade you can get for a REWRITE exam is 65%
TIMING IS EVERYTHING – pay attention to the schedule.
All exams must be done within the designated time frames
The REWRITE week is for students who failed an exam ONLY.
Up to 2 failed exams (grade of less than 50%) may be rewritten during the scheduled REWRITE week
No other extensions will be allowed –
ie a 3rd failed exam or missed exam deadline means an immediate "F" on the course.
The maximum grade you can get for a REWRITE exam is 65%
You do not want to leave yourself in a position of missing one exam, failing a later exam, and then possibly failing or missing a 3rd exam. You would then fail the course.

28. extreme extenuating circumstances.
REWRITES
An exam not completed by the deadline specified in the schedule will be considered a “failed exam”.
IF you DO miss an exam early in the course that you then-can only rewrite 1 other exam.
FYI: Later exams, especially Excel, & Word are more difficult.
Missed exams should be reserved for situations where you absolutely cannot attend the exam, for medical reasons, OR:
extreme extenuating circumstances.

29. TO SUMMARIZE THE EVALUATION
To pass the course a student must end the course with an overall grade of 50% or better,
AND
Must pass each of the 4 exams with a grade of 50% or better.
This means that a student who ends the course with a failing grade on even one exam, fails the course.

30. Cheating Cheating is grounds for dismissal
Exams are “locked down”, so you are unable to open other programs
To write any exam, you need to produce a ALGONQUIN COLLEGE STUDENT ID CARD.
The purpose of the training is to teach you what you don’t know, so you can pass your final.

31. 14 Week Schedule Indicates dates for your exams and assignments
Attendance will be taken. You must be in class in order to qualify to have your assignment marked.
Keep Informed! If you miss a class, you will receive a ZERO for that assignment or exam

32. MOS CERTIFICATION Microsoft Office Specialist
“Performance based” exams minutes each
Globally recognized certification
There is a folder in myitlab (at the bottom) for all the questions you would have to do in a real MOS exam
You will have 3 year access to these exams!!
This is fantastic simulation testing to prepare you for the actual MOS test
In the real MICROSOFT test to become an expert you don’t get 2nd chances etc.

33. DO NOT INSTALL myitlab ON YOUR OWN
We will be registering you in the myitlab database in your next class. 
You can not participate in this class unless you are registered in the myitlab database:
Please bring your myitlab access code & "Algonquin College Student ID card" to class.  
You can not get registered in myitlab unless you bring these 2 items.

34. Let’s take a look at the BUS2301 Blackboard site

35. NEXT WEEK:
Make sure you have your Algonquin College USERNAME & PASSWORD & myitlab access code  
DO NOT INSTALL myitlab ON YOUR OWN
You must bring both your Algonquin College Student ID card and your myitlab access code
Check all your Blackboard sites, for all your courses on a DAILY basis. 
Profs will post important announcements, such as class cancellations, course changes etc. on the "Announcements" page (default page). 

36. NEXT WEEK cont.:
Download and PRINT your: "14 Week Schedule".   Put it in a safe place and refer to it every week. 
Do the "Netiquette" quiz:  BLACKBOARD  >  COURSE INFORMATION  >  NETIQUETTE (3rd item from the bottom 
Post a "thread" in the: "Introduce Yourself" Discussion Board

37. WEBSITES FOR STUDENTS TO KNOW

38. FREE “TIP OF THE WEEK”
Each week I will be providing for you, a “tip”—either free software, amazing websites, or other exciting info
However, you only get these IF YOU COME TO CLASS!!
I will not be posting these anywhere—so yet another reason for you to attend class!!
I really, really would like to see EVERYONE do well in this course!!

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