Introduction to Computers and their Applications

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Introduction to Computers and their Applications

• Course Introduction
• Professor Pepper

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Major Course Objectives

• Create web sites
• Know some of Office
• Able to specify your own PC
• Familiarity with IT terminology
• Investigate IT ethical issues
• Become familiar with Online methods of learning
• Improve ability to research and evaluate sources
• Improvement from where you start participation
• AIM Fun projects you will use later
  alternative project suggestions welcome

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MS OFFICE Applications

• MS Office 2010 or below
• Word - Word Processor
• Excel - Spreadsheet
• PowerPoint - Presentation Tool
• Access Database Tool
• SeaMonkey - Web Development Tool
• FileZilla FTP manager
• Windows Explorer File manager
• Google Drawing - Graphics
• Google Hangout - Conferencing tool
• Adobe Connect alternate conferencing tool

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Computer Equipment Required

• NONE
• No home PC needed library is fine
• Use library if home PC not working well
• MS Office occasionally needed
• Free Open Office is okay but not tutorials for
  all
• No need for Open Office if you have MS Office
• Instructions mostly for Windows, but Macintosh OS
  is okay
• Submit through moodle first but email if moodle
  does accept your assignment.

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Books all not required

• Conceptual and web info
• New Perspectives on Computer Concepts
• Office Apps Application and Oper Sys
• Parsons, June Jamrich and Dan Oja. Computer
  Concepts, 2010 Comprehensive Boston,
  Massachusetts Course Technology, 2010. (ISBN
  9780324780840 ) LC CALL QA76 .P372 2010
• Shelly, Gary B. Microsoft Office 2003
  Introductory Concepts and Techniques course
  one. Boston, Massachusetts Course Technology,
  2006 (ISBN 0619254858) LC CALL HF5548.4.M525
  S535 2006
• Shaffer, Ann. New Perspectives on Microsoft
  Office 2007, First Course, Windows XP Edition. .
  Boston, Massachusetts Course Technology, 2008.
  (ISBN 978-1-4239-0577-6) LC CALL HF5548.4.M525
  N4885 2008
• ?Beskeen, David W. Microsoft Office 2007
  illustrated, Windows vista edition. Boston,
  Massachusetts Course Technology, 2008 (ISBN
  9781423905592) LC CALL HF5548.4.M525 M524988
  2008
• See course syllabus
• Available in Library soon
• Older versions fine

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My Contact Info

• Best way to contact me
• Social cafe if not a private question
• Email private questions
• I try to respond within 24 hours
• My office hours
• Office Science 409
• Office Hours virtual Friday 100 - 300
• just click on blue "Enter Hangout" button in the
  left margin of the course.
• Email pepper_at_adelphi.edu
• My phone [phone]
• My Web www.adelphi.edu/pe16132
• Moodle ecampus.adelphi.edu

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Projects / Grading

• Midterm Exam....15
• Quizzes...5
• Assignments ...55
• Web Card
• Excel project
• Ethics report
• HTML and CSS Code Academy
• Create and Use tutorials
• Minor assignments
• Web, PPT and Info Literacy Exam 15
• Final web project ................................
  ........ 10
• 20 off for late work
• I encourage redoing work when I comment to say
  you can fix it.

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Organize with Moodle

• 15 modules - one per week
• Due Sunday 12 noon
• Every solid checkbox checked by Sunday 12 noon
• Every dotted checkbox instructions completed
• Helps
• F5 to refresh instructions
• Quick tutorials to learn concepts
• Assignments often can be done from high level
  only
• Announcements
• Social Cafe - extra credit for answering
• Syllabus

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Time Management

• Review the assignment at the beginning of the
  week  (allow 1 hour) 
• Check your email for updates and announcements
  (at least every other day) 
• Post the first part of any required two step
  assignment (This only occurs some weeks.) 
• Do the majority of the reading and activities
  (allow 3 - 4 hours and preferably break it into a
  couple days) 
• check the social cafe to read updates and to
  offer help (at least twice a week)
• Work on the semester long projects ( Semester
  Long Project 1 - Create and Use Tutorials
   Semester Long Project 2 - HTML and CSS )
  (allow 1 hour) 

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DANGER

• Skipping an online week is the same as cutting
  class.
• NOT just homework assignments.
• Brush over in class OR new material
• SKIPPING ?
• NOT easily done later.
• Library PCs and Backup ? no excuses

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Trouble?

• Start early
• Call Help 877-3340
• Ask for help on social cafe forum
• private help discussion board
• Volunteer to be a helper
• Call me 516-297-5241
• For emergencies E-mail me pepper_at_adelphi.edu
• Online Office help