WELCOME TO: BUS2301 1

WELCOME TO: BUS2301 1

CONTACT INFO: You are BUS2301 - Section Prof Office email 727-4723 Office hours: See Blackboard Staff Info for all presented here 2

KEEP THIS FILE HANDY FOR THE NEXT FEW WEEKS Please keep this PowerPoint file handy to refer to in the first few weeks until you become familiar with: How the course schedule works Myitlab Assignment/exam policies Algonquin College Policies and contact info Website Info Etc. 3

CSD Center for Students with Disabilities Located in C142 (613) 727-4723 ext.7683 or http://www.algonquincollege.com/studentservices/csd/inde x.htm Let your professor know when assessment completed If you already have been assessed, please see me after class 4

MACS and BUS2301 This is a Windows 7 and Office 2010 for Windows running on a PC course. MACs are allowed BUT you are still responsible for ensuring that all assignments and training are submitted correctly and on time Laptop students must come to class with a computer capable of running the exams. Your responsibility to contact myitlab support to resolve any issues that you may have so that you can do your work correctly and on time. 5

MACS and BUS2301 cont. Do not ask your professors about assistance for MAC as they will direct you to call myitlab support. If your assignments or training are late or you are unable to write exams due to technical issues the usual late assignment/training or missed exam penalties will apply. 6

Why is TECHNOLOGY Important? Technology is easy and fun! 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!!!! 7

WIN 7/OWA EXCEL POWERPOINT WORD 8

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. 9

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

Learning Resources: Pearson Education myitlab for MS Office 2010 Required for course Price: $107.95 Not Available Used!! Package ISBN: 1256304077 Comes with: myitlab - 3 year access E-texts Headphones are required if you listen to audio component of training in class 11

E-TEXT LIST GO! with WINDOWS 7 Comprehensive GO! with Microsoft PPT 2010 Comprehensive GO! with Microsoft WORD 2010 Comprehensive GO! with Microsoft EXCEL 2010 Comprehensive 12

Evaluation Module 1: Windows 7/Outlook Training 02% (either 0% OR 02% only) Windows 7/Outlook "In-class Assignment 07% Windows 7/Outlook Final Exam 10% Total 19% Module 2: Excel Training 03% (either 0% OR 03% only) Excel "In-Class Assignments 1, 2, and 3 4, 5, and 8% Excel Final Exam 15% Total 35% 13

Evaluation cont. Module 3: PowerPoint Training 02% (either 0% OR 02% only) PowerPoint "In-Class" Assignment 07% PowerPoint Final Exam 10% Total 19% Module 4: Word Training 03% (either 0% OR 03% only) Word "In-Class Assignments 1 and 2 5 and 7% Word Final Exam 12% Total 27% 14

Evaluation cont. 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. 15

EVALUATION cont. A student will get full Training Marks as long as a score of 80% or better has been achieved prior to the scheduled exam date. Students must pass ALL of the 4 exams with a grade of 50% or better to pass the course. Additionally students MUST have an overall average of 50% or better to pass the course if a student fails 1 of the 4 exams, then the student fails the course. Rewrites a maximum of two failed/missed exams may be re-written, with a maximum mark of 65% 16

EVALUATION cont. To Summarize 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. Only 2 re-writes of failed exams are allowed with a maximum score of 65% allowed for the exam(s) 17

Evaluation cont. PRINT OUT EVERY MODULE EXAM MARK Put this printout in a SAFE place This is your BACKUP COPY If a MARK is incorrect in myitlab and/or Blackboard at a later date, your BACKUP is your PRINT-OUT 18

REWRITES 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% 19

REWRITES cont. 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. 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. 20

21 Assignment Policy 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 Assignments are due at Midnight, the night before the class it s due. If you submit an assignment late you will lose 20% of the mark per day after the due date. IF YOU MISS THE CLASS, YOU WILL RECEIVE A PENALTY of 30% deducted from whatever your assignment mark is

myitlab Integrity Violations (plagiarism) Myitlab assigns id codes to files that you download Submitting another student s file will cause myitlab to flag your work as an integrity violation, i.e. plagiarized In order to avoid integrity violations on your work Do not use another student s file Do not use another student s computer, usb key, external hard drive, etc. Penalty for Integrity Violations You will receive a mark of zero for the assignment, as will the other student indicated as a source 22

ASSIGNMENTS READ INSTRUCTIONS VERY, VERY CAREFULLY!! You have to be very, very careful with ALL the components in myitlab. The software is extremely specific - it IS case-sensitive, and if you add a space where there shouldn t be (or vice versa), or forget to include a punctuation mark(or vice versa), myitlab will mark it wrong. When you do your assignments, you must read the instructions extremely carefully, not skimming over any of the instructions, just in case you miss a tiny requirement. 23

PRINT OUT ASSIGNMENT MARKS Please make sure that as soon as you get your MARK for ANY assignment, that you do the following: DO NOT CLOSE the dialog box with your mark on it- -before doing the following: 1. Hit your PRINT SCREEN button on your keyboard 2. Open MS WORD 3. PASTE 4. Enlarge the screen capture, so that it s readable 24

5. PRINT out your MARK, AND SAVE the file to the DESKTOP then UPLOAD the file to SkyDrive 6. You may now close the dialog box. There have been some students who have gotten their mark, but when they close the dialog box with the mark on it - they receive a 0 in their GRADEBOOK. (This is the mark that I see). This print out will be your backup copy - put it in a safe place, until after you receive your final grade for the course. 25

CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT ALGONQUIN STUDENT ID CARDS will be checked for ALL exams Also note College Directive E39 Use of Electronic Devices in the Academic Environment 26

Cheating Cheating is grounds for dismissal 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. If someone else does your training/work for you, you will not be in a position to pass the final exam. 27

Exam and Assignment Due Date See the 14 Week (Mon Thu) or 13 Week (Fri) planners for your Winter 2012 due dates Week 4 is the first set of exam, training, and assignment submissions 28

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

myitlab: Per Module 1. 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 30

myitlab: Per Module cont. 2. FINAL EXAM 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 You must achieve a minimum of 50% in EVERY module AND exam in order to pass the COURSE. The final grade is not an average of the 4 modules and therefore if a student fails 1 of the 4 modules, then the student fails the course. 31

RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN DOING TRAINING & EXAM MARKS EXCEL TRAINING [Pts: 100 Weight: 5% Category: Assignment] EXCEL FINAL EXAM [Pts: 100 Weight: 15% Category: Exam] Those who did 100% of their TRAINING got high marks in their Final Exam 100 88 100 93 100 95 0 58 0 61 Those who did NOT do their TRAINING got lower marks in their Final Exam 32

myitlab: a Folder for each Module/Program When you go into myitlab, and click on Course Content you will see a folder for each of the modules: Then, when you click on the specific folder you will see: TRAINING EXAM ADDITIONAL RESOURCES 33

ADDITIONAL RESOURCES VIDEO WORKSHOPS When you go to : Resources from myitlab, you will see a number of videos which cover specific Skill Sets For example with EXCEL: 34

ADDITIONAL RESOURCES TRAINING When you go to: EXTERNAL LINKS you will see a number of links which point to training from Microsoft Note that all video and training links should open in a new tab 35

myitlab Logistics When doing an exam you must click on the: button to exit. Can do a task 5 times, then it s wrong myitlab tracks how many attempts you have left Can navigate to another question by hitting If a question does not appear to be working OR if you get to a question & you do not have 5 attempts: Hit your button at the bottom-right of the window 36

myitlab Logistics cont. You can skip and go back to questions by clicking on: and 37

myitlab TRAINING If you are doing your Training, you do not have to complete it in 1 setting, but can click on: And then resume your Training session at a later date will show you step-by-step how to perform the skill will also show you step-by-step BUT: you will need to perform each action along with the prompts You can increase or decrease your font size of your instructions by clicking on these buttons: 38

TIPS/TRICKS cont. Be exacting in myitlab Every period, comma, or typing error can cause you to fail that question! questions in myitlab are case sensitive You MUST read and re-read the instructions, carefully before completing all questions. 39

TIPS/TRICKS cont. DO NOT GO CLICK CRAZY. TAKE YOUR TIME!! SOMETIMES myitlab WILL HESITATE AFTER A STUDENT ANSWERS A QUESTION. DO NOT TOUCH YOUR MOUSE OR KEYBOARD OR DOUBLE-CLICK, in this situation!! myitlab is processing the action. myitlab will go to the next question, ONLY: AFTER A QUESTION IS CORRECTLY ANSWERED, OR: AFTER THE 5th attempt to 1 question has been completed You will ALWAYS require a password to write any evaluation, given to you by your INSTRUCTOR. TESTS CAN ONLY BE WRITTEN IN THE SUPERVISED CLASSROOMS. 40

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. 41

INSTALLING myitlab AT HOME cont. When using myitlab, at home, you must have FLASH PLAYER (version 9) installed on you home computer/laptop myitlab does not work unless FLASH PLAYER is installed BEFORE you install myitlab Myitlab will only work with INTERNET EXPLORER 9 (or 8). Use the Home Diagnostic Toolkit to ensure that your home PC/laptop will run myilab properly. You can find it at www.myitlab.com on the right 42

TECH SUPPORT-MYITLAB 1. Web site: http://www.myitlab.com/student_support 2. Email: 24/7 availability 3. Chat: 24/7 availability 4. Phone: 1-800-677-6337 a) Monday-Friday, NOON-8PM EST 5. HAVE THE FOLLOWING INFO AVAILABLE: a) Product: myitlab b) Your: Username/password c) Course ID: i. i.e. SEC XXX: CRSABDW-XXXXXX ii. If applicable the location of the specific file you are looking at 43

You can generate and then print out a Certificate for each of your exams, with your mark on it--to put in your portfolio Click on the GRADES tab Hover your mouse over the specific module folder Click on the drop-down arrow, and select: GENERATE CERTIFICATE 44

Student Portal http://www.algonquincollege.com/main/currentstudents/ One stop access to Blackboard Live@AC (mail) ACSIS Other information, eg student success specialists, etc. Bookmark/Favorite this site 45

E-MAILING ME EACH time you e-mail me, the following must be included: 1. In the BODY OF THE E-MAIL: a. Your FIRST and LAST NAME 2. the SUBJECT LINE OF THE E-MAIL: a) Your SECTION NUMBER b) ONLY 1 SPACE between the word: "section" and your actual: SECTION NUMBER c) A descriptive subject You must use your ALGONQUIN COLLEGE e-mail account This is Algonquin College policy Any other e-mail addresses will not be accepted, e.g. Hotmail accounts, etc. 46

E-MAILING Your Algonquin College e-mail address is your username@algonquinlive.com the e-mail addresses of any of your professors is: The 1 st 6 letters of their LAST name, plus The 1 st letter of their FIRST name Eg. Name: Susan Alastair E-mail:alastas@algonquincollege.com Contact ITS (not your prof) for any email problems at 5555@algonquincollege.com or 613 7272-4723 ext. 5555 47

Live@AC Look for the link at the right-hand side on your Algonquin College Student Portal Microsoft OUTLOOK (web application) 48

Live@AC - Skydrive SkyDrive Cloud based service provided by Microsoft Click MORE button your own personal space on SKYDRIVE 25 GB of storage space You will have the Live accounts forever!! (become alumni) Access, edit & share documents from virtually anywhere PC, mobile phone & web browser COLLABORATIVE, SIMULTANEOUS 1 file that ALL people (that you have given the rights to) can open SIMULTANEOUSLY 49

Live@AC Skydrive cont. OFFICE button--opens up the document in a Windows LIVE program NO CONVERSION-true FIDELTIY OPEN IN specific program button (actual PROGRAM) (WORD, EXCEL, etc. 2007, 2010) Can SHARE the files PERMISSIONS SEND A LINK Other person gets the link EDIT IN BROWSER OPENS OFFICE WEB APPS (ONLINE not the actual PROGRAM) 50

Live@edu.com button Gets you access to all ALGONQUIN COLLEGE services: Help(Algonquin-ITS) My Desktop@ACsoftware Blackboard Student Portal (www.algonquincollege.com) Student Support Services ACSIS Weather 51

BLACKBOARD Announcements Course Information Outline Contains detailed course evaluation scheme CSI Class Admin Folder Exam and assignment due dates 14 week schedule College and School of Business Procedures/Policies 52

BLACKBOARD cont. Course Information cont. Computer Requirements Folder myitlab background settings for your laptop/pc Communications Send Email feature should never be used to send attachments Attachments that are too large are just not sent with no warning or record to you, and prof. never receives file either 53

BLACKBOARD cont. Staff Information Discussion Board Introduce Yourself FAQ 54

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. 55

Open Access Labs Access Centre locations: B373, C102, C336 and T201 You may also use unlocked empty labs until a class occupies them. 56

OFFICE PROFESSIONAL ACADEMIC 2010 - ONLY $89!!. Go to the following Microsoft website: http://www.microsoft.com/student/office/enca/default.aspx Click on button Enter your college e-mail address If eligible, you will receive an e-mail to purchase Click on the link in the e-mail 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 57

PEARSON EDUCATION AWARDS There are 6 "Pearson Education Awards.These are valued as follows: 2 at $500.00 each. These awards are available to BUS2301 students who meet the following criteria: These awards are selected based on a student's ability to complete all the 4 modules, and excel in a BUS2301 online assessment and training learning environment. In addition, these students show leadership skills in helping other students in this online learning environment. 4 at $250.00each: These awards are selected based on a student's ability to complete all the 4modules,and excel in a BUS2301 online assessment and training learning environment. The Pearson Education Awards will be awarded to students in November, 2011during the awards banquet. 58

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). 59

NEXT WEEK cont.: Download and PRINT your: "Weekly Schedule". Put it in a safe place and refer to it every week. Download and PRINT the following from the "Course Information > Class Administration button Download and PRINT documents/info from the "Course Information" > Computer Requirements and Instructions Do the "Netiquette" quiz: BLACKBOARD > COURSE INFORMATION > NETIQUETTE (3rd item from the bottom Post a "thread" in the: "Introduce Yourself" Discussion Board 60

WEBSITES FOR STUDENTS TO KNOW www.algonquincollege.com https://liveac.algonquincollege.com/default.aspx https://acsis.algonquincollege.com/ www.online.algonquincollege.com http://myitlab.pearsoned.com/pegasus/frmlogin.aspx?s=3 http://www.algonquincollege.com/lrc/ http://www.algonquincollege.com/studentservices/ 61

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