CS4   Class Outline  Winter 2000

 

Instructor:   Clifford W. Lazar Office:    Hours: No office hours   

E-mail: CLIFF@LAZARDEV.COM

 

Text: Required Textbooks:   For all students who don’t have a college mastery of standard English I recommend Strunk and White, Elements of Style (a very thin book, about $6.00).

Additional Materials:  Four 3.5" diskettes 1.44 MB, four 882-es Scantron forms, two #2 pencils, dark pen for written tests, red pen for grading tests.  Students who don’t bring red pens to Exams will lose 5 points from their exams.  Printing Card with 50 pages of credits.

 

Objectives:   Students will learn fundamental computer concepts, with an emphasis on practical use of personal computers in business and personal situations.   Windows software will be used to illustrate disk organization and the graphical user interface (GUI).  Students will learn basic word processing and data base management software using Word 97 for Windows. Use of spreadsheet will be illustrated with EXCEL for Windows.  Students will learn to transfer text and data between Word, Access and Excel.  Presentations in PowerPoint will be taught.

 

Getting Good Grades:  In order to learn the software students should perform all of the exercises in the textbooks and the Ten Pages To ... handouts on the computers in the lab or on their own computers.  This work is to be turned in; success in this class depends on its completion.

Results show that students who don’t do the homework get 23% lower test scores than students who do.

 

Lab Time:  CIS 4 will meet in B255 two days and B201 one day.  Arrange 1 personal hour in the lab twice a week.  To gain confidence with the mouse and the Windows environment you need to repeat each instruction at least six times.  Try to do your assignments from your other classes using Word 97, Excel and Power Point.

 

Extra Credit:     Students who have gotten an A or B can receive extra credit by tutoring students in need of help on make-up exams.  Every extra point the tutee gets adds .5 point (max of 30) to the score of the tutor.  The tutee must name the tutor on his make-up exam in advance of grading.  If the score is lower, both the tutor and tutee will lose the points.

 

Students can do work on the application for charities or religious groups and get extra credit.  Students can teach others and get credit.

Students who turn in work done for other classes done on Word or Excel will receive 5 points for one Word (at least 2 pages) and one Excel assignment.

 

Each Student who gives a five minute demonstration of a Windows, Word, Excel, Power Point or Access skill, not done previously, will get 5 points for each area once.

 

Grading System used in CS4 classes by Clifford Lazar

Each test gets 100 points.  Students must grade exams.  Failure to grade other students' exams will result in 5 points being deducted.  Part of the learning process is grading exams.

 

% of total grade: Mid-term exams and extra credit and Final, to be determined by student with the following weight 30, 40, 60, or 80.  So if the final is weighted at 60% then the mid-terms are weighted at 1-60%, or 40%. 

 

Schedule:   The table below lists subjects to be covered each week of the semester.  Reading column refers to chapters in each of the four textbooks.  Students should read the material prior to the class meeting. Students will be given written, step by step assignments called Ten Pages to Windows, Word, Excel., Power Point and Access.

 

*NOTE:            No test may be made up without ADVANCE notice and proving that homework was done within 7 days of the make-up.  Make-up grade cannot exceed 85% of test.  Cheating will result in a flunk.

 

If you do not take the final exam, you will not pass the course!  Drops are the responsibility of the student.  Students can chose the weighting of the final exam:  30, 40 60 or 80%.

 

A-- >=90%       B-->=80%      C=>70%         D=>60%

 

Homework is due at the start of the period.  No late work will be accepted.  Attendance will be taken at the beginning of each class.  Quizzes may be given at any time during the course.

Internet Access:  Class assignments and student grades can be found on Mr. Lazar’s web site: WWW.LAZARDEV.COM/College_level.

Snap assignments can be found at Active Homework.  Don’t email the instructor to ask for the homework assignment because you missed class.

 Test Conditions

Desks are to be totally clear except for pens and test materials.  All course materials are to be completely out of sight.  Not sitting open on the floor or on the next chair.  No white-out.

STUDENT RESPONSIBILITIES:  Students are expected to complete all reading and exercises at the specified times.  Students must drop the class if they choose not to continue or they may get a grade of F. You must bring two diskettes, 1.44 MB 2S HD 3.5”, to the lab.  Students without their diskettes will not participate in the lab.

 

Instructor Responsibilities:  The instructor will maintain the schedule as well as possible.  Questions will be answered and assignments and examinations will be returned as soon as possible.