Welcome to CS113!

Academic Strategies for the Business Professional

Unit 1 – You Can Do It!

Kay Oistad

Agenda for Seminar 1

• Instructor Information• Getting acquainted!• Technical issues• Seminar information• Kaplan classes

• Syllabus• Sending email• Submitting homework• Discussion• What is due in week 1

Instructor Information

• Professor Kay Oistad

- Please feel free to call me

Prof Kay or Prof O

Professor O or Mrs. O

Prof

Whatever makes you most comfortable

Let’s Get Acquainted

• What is the phrase of the week?

• Tell us where you’re from!

Methods of Communication

• AIM - kloistad• Email - koistad@kaplan.edu• Virtual Office

Contact me for all class related issues

Hint: Needed for Unit 1 homework

Office Hours

• Office hours are held in AIM:

Sundays 6 PM to 7 PM EST and

8 PM to 9 PM EST

If you see me logged into AIM, please feel free to contact me at other times

Hint: Needed for Unit 1 homework

Email

Are you aware that you have an email account with Kaplan?

Have you checked it? Be sure to check it regularly as I use email all the time to keep you

informed.

Yourname@student.kaplan.edu

Help Desk Phone Number

1-866-522-7747Option 1

Option 0

Remember that your instructor is not equipped to help you with technological issues

Seminar

Every Sunday evening – what time??(please adjust to your time zone)

Hint: Needed for Unit 1 homework

How the Seminar is Conducted

• Seminar time is limited and goes

by quickly

• Please review Our Seminar Protocol (in Doc Sharing) and Netiquette

• Please adhere to the following guidelines to be sure that we can cover everything for the week!

How the Seminar is Conducted…

• First, when you respond to a comment someone made, try to preface it with their first name. For example, if their screen name is Mary Smith, say: Mary - What you say is correct. My perspective is ____”

How the Seminar is Conducted…

• Second, when you want to ask a question, please use the // symbol and I will call on you.

• I don’t want to miss any questions!

How the Seminar is Conducted…

• Third, please refrain from off-topic and sidebar conversation

How the Seminar is Conducted…

• Fourth, when I ask the entire class a question...• No need to raise your hand• Everyone should try to respond

• Student responses should never be one or two words. Most responses like this do not help others to understand what you are saying.

Get into the habit of adding value to each and every response you make. Great discussion is what makes

our seminars successful!

Special Seminar Guidelines

Please do not announce that you are late or

that you are leaving the seminar early

Why?It tends to take the class off-track because people feel rude if they do not acknowledge

you

Think about thisIf you were late in a ground class, would you stop the class to announce when you arrived?

Make a point to attend Seminar

• Expands on the readings

• Adds to your understanding of the weekly material

• A time when we can interact with each other

• Tips for the discussions and assignments!

• Although not mandatory, it is part of the coursework

• Form good habits for your academic career!

Kaplan Classes

• Classes are 10 weeks in length - The last week does not have a seminar, but there is a final assignment!

• Each week comprises 1 unit- Week 1 = Unit 1; Week 2 = Unit 2; etc.

• Units begin every Wednesdayand end on the following Tuesday

Kaplan Classes - continued

• Each Unit will include the following:

- Seminar (except Unit 10)

- Discussion Board

- Homework Assignment (except Unit 5 and Unit 7)

• Quiz in Unit 5 and Unit 6

Course Expectations - Syllabus ~ Print it!

• Where do you find it?- Go to Course Home,

click on Course Syllabus

• Where else? I emailed it to you!

• Where else? Doc Sharing

• Why? It’s important!!

Download from Doc Sharing

How to Send Email

Instructor and class members are listed here.

Click on the names and then click Add. The chosen names will drop down to this box.

Your subject line should begin with the course, section, and your user name. Then add the subject of your message.

A sample subject line would be: CS113-05 Question on Unit 1 Homework.

Submitting Homework• To submit

homework, click on the Dropbox tab

• Select “Submit an Assignment” and then choose the correct “Submit to Basket.”

• When assignments are submitted, use the correct naming convention for your document

Username-Unit1-ScavengerHunt.doc

SuzySmith-Unit1-ScavengerHunt.doc

Dropbox

Drop Box is your key to homework submittal and to review returned work with instructor comments…..

Note the little paper Icon that shows that the work was submitted correctly.

Now, click on it to check it ~ be sure it is what you meant to send.

Calendar of Units

Course begins: Wednesday, April 20, 2011

Unit One begins: Wednesday, April 20, 2011

Your first seminar: Sunday, April 24, 2011

Unit One ends: Tuesday, April 26, 2011(midnight) – this includes Discussion 1

Unit One assignment due April 26, 2011 & no longer accepted after May 10

(late penalty up to one week – 20% or 12 points; two weeks – 30% or 18 points)

Unit Two begins: Wednesday, April 27, 2011

Your second seminar: Sunday, May 1, 2011

Unit Two ends: Tuesday, May 3, 2011

Unit Two assignment due May 3, 2011 & no longer accepted after May 17, 2011

Follow this same pattern throughout the course.

Remember assignments that are more than 2 weeks late are not accepted except in extreme circumstances.

Homework Expectations

• Assignments are due by midnight on Tuesday

• Do not wait until the last minute to submit

Plan ahead!You never know what will prevent you from meeting the deadline

When Will I Get My Grades???

Discussion grades will be posted each week no later than Sunday midnight of the week

following the Unit’s completion

Assignments (course projects) will be graded no later than Sunday of the week following the Unit’s

completion

Discussion Expectations

• Respond to at least two classmates (or my posts) commenting on their response to the discussion question. Responses should be in the 30-40

word range or at least 3-5 sentences.

• You must post to the discussion board on at least three (3) separate days during the unit

• To do this, make three or more postings during the week by posting your original post and then replying to 2 or more classmates on separate days showing meaningful* interaction

* Responses must build on the ideas of others and relate to the unit material

Discussion Expectations

• Discussion is worth 50 points each week and 45% of your overall grade!

• Requirements for Discussion Questions are in each Unit

• Plan to make your first response by Saturday of each week – earlier if possible

• Initial response must be no less than 100 words or roughly 7 to 10 sentences

Discussion Expectations

Thoughtful note

Just because we set a minimum does not mean this is what you should do. That is for people who are only doing this because it is an assignment, rather than understanding the value of this activity.

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"No one ever attains very eminent success by simply doing what is required of him; it is the amount and excellence of what is over and

above the required that determines the greatness of ultimate distinction." Charles Kendall Adams

Discussion ExpectationsCheck

Did you answer the question? Did you answer all parts of the question? It is not uncommon for students to get a little off-track and forget to answer the question asked. Make sure this does not happen to you as it can affect your grade.

Suggestion

Type it in Microsoft Word - This gives you time to think it through and to correct errors in spelling and/or grammar, which also can affect your grade….and count your words! Copy and paste the text; do not attach a document.

Discussion Grading Rubric

15 points All questions answered

7.5 On topic and professional

7.5 Demonstrates analysis

10 Response to 1 classmate

10 Response to 2 classmates

_________ _____________________

50 Total before deductions

Possible deductions:

-5 Not 100 words

-5 Main post not by Saturday

-3 Responses on only 2 days

-6 Responses on only 1 day

-2 Spelling errors

-2 Grammatical errors

-2 Punctuation errors

Unit 1 Deliverables

So what is due in Week 1?

Week 1 Discussion and ParticipationBe sure to include the following…

• Go to the Keirsey website and take the KTS-II Assessment. Do sign in and use a good email address. You are not obligated to do any additional surveys.

Week 1 Discussion and Participation

You are not obligated to do any additional surveys. You should choose the FREE REPORT at the bottom to get your results. There is no cost to this assessment.

Week 1 Discussion and Participation

If you miss a question or have a problem, scroll down to this area for a message to correct the issue.

Your name

…….

Week 1 Discussion and ParticipationBe sure to include the following…

Part 1: Introduce yourself to your classmates and instructor! For this first Unit discussion, please tell us briefly something about yourself and why you chose your major. Also include a few sentences on what you learned from taking the Keirsey Temperament Sorter II Personality Instrument.

Part 2: Share with us one of your previous "first-time" experiences. This should be something that you might have been concerned with learning how to do at first but later found easier. Some suggestions are:

Your first time learning how to send an e-mailYour first time learning how to use instant messageYour first time learning how to buy something onlineYour first time learning something new

Your answers to these questions should all be submitted together as one response, but two separate paragraphs are greatly appreciated!

Participation - Post at least 2 other messages in response to your classmates’ initial postings. Please try to greet everyone who responds to your post in addition to reading and responding to the initial posts of at least two students.

Discussion

There are 2 parts to Week 1 discussion

1.Introduce yourself and tell what you learned from the Keirsey2.Answer one of the questions listed.

Click the Respond link to add your first

discussion response.

Week 1 Reading

Week 1 ReadingBe sure to read

everything. Click the arrows and make sure that you read every page

Assignment

Assignment

Assignment

Where are the Academic Tools?

Hint: Needed for Unit 1 homework

• SYLLABUS HOLDS ANSWERS TO - Grading scale

- Course Policies

- Naming conventions

- Acceptable extenuating circumstances

- Online Attendance/Tardiness

- Late Work

- Plagiarism - Including the sanctions for this type of offense

- Early discussion policy

- Early project submission

- Some general discussion and participation guidelines

- Kaplan University Policies

Hint: You will use the Syllabus for the Unit 1 homework

More Hints

• Don’t lose 3 points each week! Rename your document with your own name added.

i.e. KayOistad-Unit1-ScavengerHunt.doc

BEFORE you begin to type in the information

• YOU MUST HAVE MICROSOFT WORD -.doc or .docx (.rtf is an alternative)

Microsoft Works (.wps) is NOT Microsoft WORD

Don’t Forget – Every Week!

• Your course is CS113

• Your section number is ???

You need this information for your homework!

Questions?

• What questions do you have regarding the material covered tonight?

• Have a great week and I’ll see you in the discussion board!!