OPMT BUSA 1600

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OPMT / BUSA 1600

• Computer Applications I

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Lecture Outline

• Context of course
• Course overview
• Websites
• MyBCIT Email
• Share-in / Share-out
• Next steps / homework
• Questions

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Why study this stuff?

• You will need a high level of computer literacy
  for ALL of your courses at BCIT
• Employers demand competence in basic computer
  applications

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Course Aims

• This course aims to develop student competence in
  using MS Office applications (Power Point, Word,
  Excel)
• to solve realistic business problems .
• This is NOT a nuts N bolts computing course

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Course Contents

• File management
• MS Word
• MS Excel
• MS PowerPoint
• Application Integration
• Issues in IT
• Troubleshooting computer issues

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Lectures and Labs

• Labs are for hands-on stuff
• MS Word
• MS PowerPoint
• MS Excel
• Lectures are for bigger picture ideas
• Information Security
• Ethics and computing
• BOTH will be assessed

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How will I be assessed?

• In-lab Hands-On assignments
• Quizzes (SAM and hands-on)
• 3 Group projects (MS PPT, MS Word, MS Excel)
• 1 Individual project (e-portfolio)

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What do I need to pass this course?

• A combined average of at least 50 for all
  assessable items
• A combined average of at least 50 in all quiz
  and lab exercises (group marks only apply if you
  have gt 50 on individual work)

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Assessment Details
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BCIT Network Websites

• Accessing network from BCIT PC labs
• myBCIT
• Course Website
• Course FAQ Website
• SAM

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Accessing BCIT Network from PC labs

• Press Ctr Alt Del keys (together)
• Enter your BCIT student ID for Username
• Default password is your date of birth (in
  format YYMMDD)
• If default date of birth password doesnt work,
  try entering last six digits of your BCIT student
  ID for your password)
• Still stuck, see Computer Resources Help Desk in
  SE12-205 (next to library on ground floor)

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my.bcit.ca
Use your BCIT Student ID (e.g. A00123456)
Use your BCIT network login password
here (default is birthday YYMMDD)
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To access your mybcit email, click on email icon
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To forward your email, click on Options
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Click on the Auto Forward Link
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Type in the email address where you want youre
my.bcit email forwarded to
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Click on the OK button
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Share-in / Share-out

• Many instructors require you to submit assignment
  to Share-in and pick up files from Share-out
  (e.g. PPT presentations and notes)

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Submitting to Share-In
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Select your lab instructor
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Select your set
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Select Lab Exercise
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Select specific exercise
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Naming convention

• Last name first name (e.g. Jones Cyri Exercise 2
  File Management)
• See course outline for details on naming
  convention

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What you absolutely need by next week

• SAM Computer Literacy CD
• Text books (3) New Perspective
• Text Book (1) Excel Module I
• Bring your SAM CD case to lab next week!
• First four weeks, you will need your PPT New
  Perspectives text

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If you have not had a lab before todays lecture,
try to do the following before your first lab

• Buy textbook and CD
• Read BCIT Computer Resources info (hyperlinks on
  lab 1 2 outline on course site)
• Complete BCIT computer resources exercise and
  submit to share-in (OPMT1600FMGTJonesYourSetL
  ab Exercise 2 BCIT Computer Resources
  LastName FirstName Assignment name)
• Try accessing your MyBCIT email
• Read pgs. FM3-FM24 in NP PPT textbook and submit
  answer to Case Problem 1 on pg. FM 22 (folder
  containing files) to share-in (OPMT1600FMGTJone
  sYourSetLab Exercise 2 File Management
  LastName FirstName Assignment name). Data files
  are on course website.

• If you are having your first lab today, Friday,
  Sept. 9th, try to complete
• the above by midnight, Monday, Sept. 12th

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If you have had a lab before todays lecture, try
to do the following before your next lab

• Buy textbook and CD (if you havent already)
• Bring your BCIT computer resources exercise to
  your next lab (or submit to share-in
  (OPMT1600FMGTJonesYourSetLab Exercise 2
  BCIT Computer Resources LastName FirstName)
• Read pgs. FM3-FM24 in NP PPT textbook

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Questions?