Instructor: Clifford W. Lazar email: Cliff@lazardev.com Office: TBA Hours: W 6-7pm Class time Wed 7-10 PM CE 106B

Text: Computers in Your Future (Brief Edition) (COMP), Windows 3.1 Essentials (WIN), Word 6 for Windows Essentials (WORD), and Excel 5 for Windows Essentials (EXCEL) all by Que College packaged together and available at the Bookstore. For all students who don’t have a college mastery of standard English I recommend Struck and White (a very thin book).

Additional Materials: Two 3.5" diskettes 1.44 Mb, 4 882-es Scantron forms, two #2 pencils, dark pen for written tests, red pen for grading tests

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 for Windows 95. Use of spreadsheet will be illustrated with EXCEL for Windows 95. Students will learn to transfer text and data between Word and Excel.

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. The tests will be mostly derived from the Ten Pages to ... handouts and COMP.

Lab Time: Arrange 1 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 and Excel.

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 will be added to the score of the tutor. The tutee must name the tutor on his make-up exam in advance. If the score is lower, both the tutor and tutee will lose the points.

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 or Excel skill, not done by a previous student, will get 5 points for each area once.

Grading System used in CS 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. Students will determine weight of final exam choices must be 20, 40, 60 or 80%

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 and possibly Quicken.

*NOTE: No test may be made up without ADVANCE notice. Make-up grade cannot exceed 85% of test. Students may schedule mak-up exams if they demonstrate that they have done the related homework by showing printouts with current dates.

Cheating will result in a flunk.

If you do not take the final exam, you will not pass the course! If you do not take an exam the highest term grade you can get is D+. Drops are the responsibility of the student.

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.

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.