WELCOME TO

BUS2301

CONTACT INFO:

• Name: Lisa Dowling

• E-mail: dowlinl@algonquincollege.com

• Office: B372

• Teach: Tuesday Room B164 2 PM – 4 PM

Wednesday Room B383 9 AM – 11 AM

Wednesday Room B364 2 PM – 4 PM

Thursday Room B366 8 AM – 10 AM

COURSE COORDINATOR:

• Name: Shirley Haug

• E-mail: haugs@algonquincollege.com

• Office: B222B

• Phone: 613.727.4723 ext 3304

OPTIONAL MEETINGS/ OFFICE HOURS

• Office hours are to be determined.

• Meetings with individual students are based upon a mutually agreed upon.

• Emails are checked and responded to within 48 business hours.

EMAILING ME

• You must use your ALGONQUIN COLLEGE e-mail address. This is Algonquin College policy

• EACH time you e-mail me, you must have your full name in the body of the email.

• Ensure your emails are crafted with proper email etiquette.

• One site to refer to for proper email etiquette rules is:– http://www.emailreplies.com/

EMAIL

• Your Algonquin College e-mail address is

username@algonquinlive.com

• Access your email account at https://liveac.algonquincollege.com/default.aspx

STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES

• Location: C142• Phone: 613.727.4723 ext 7683• Email: csd@algonquincollege.com• For further information:

http://www.algonquincollege.com/studentservices/csd/index.htm

• Students with disabilities, please identify yourself to me after class

WHY ARE YOU HERE?

EXCELEXCEL

POWERPOINTPOWERPOINT

WORDWORD

VISTAVISTA

Why is TECHNOLOGY Important?

• 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!!!!

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.business situations.

How “MS Office” Will Help in Some Other Courses

•Marketing –Word (everything)– PowerPoint (presentations)– Excel (calculations)

•Accounting – Excel

•Economics – Excel

•English – Word– PowerPoint

•Business Law – Word– PowerPoint

WHAT WILL YOU NEED?

• Student ID• Min 3 hours after class time• Learning Resources (refer to next slide)

DO NOT NEED Office on your home computer!

Learning Resources:

• Pearson Education MS Office 2007 bundle– Package ISBN 0132498537

• Comes with:

– myitlab - 3 year access– PHIT TIPS (course cards) for: Vista,Excel,

PowerPoint, and Word• Price: $118.30•  Must have (or purchase) headphones

OPTIONAL TEXTBOOKS

OPTIONAL

• OFFICE ULTIMATE 2010 -- ONLY $89!!

Go to the following Microsoft website:http://www.microsoft.com/student/discounts/theultimatesteal-ca/default.aspx

• Click on "Buy Now”• Offer expires December 31, 2010

Open Access LabsVista/MyITLab Locations

• B373a is an open access lab for business students.  It has most or all of the computers running Vista, and has MyITLab installed on all computers.

• C102, an open access lab across from the Registrar's Office Waiting Room, has computers in the right row with Vista installed.

• All the computers in the College, regardless of the operating system, have MyITLab installed.

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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.

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BUS2301 Course FormatPER MODULE

TRAINING

EXAM

by MODULE

HOMEWORK/

ANYWHERE IN CLASS

FINAL

EXAM

by MODULE

IN CLASS

IN-CLASS

ASSIGN-MENT

by MODULE

EVALUATION

• Students must pass each of the 4 exams with a grade of 50% or better to pass the course.

• The final grade is not an average of the 4 exams and therefore if a student fails 1 of the 4 exams, then the student fails the course.

• A student may only miss an exam for medical reasons, or extreme extenuating circumstances. 

EVALUATION

• 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. 

Module 1: VISTA/OUTLOOK

Training 2%(no partial marks possible)In-class Assignment 7%Final Exam 10%Total 19%

Module 2: EXCEL

Training 3%(no partial marks possibleIn-class Assignment #1, 2, 3 4%, 5%, 8%Final Exam 15%Total 35%

Module 3: POWERPOINT

Training 2%(no partial marks possible)In-class Assignment 7%Final Exam 10%Total 19%

Module 4: WORD

Training 3%(0 or 100%)In-class Assignment #1, 2 5%, 7%Final Exam 12%Total 27%

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

• Training must be completed before the assigned exam date and time– due MIDNIGHT the night before your class

RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN DOING TRAINING & EXAM MARKS

EXCEL TRAINING [Pts: 100 Weight: 5% Category: Assignment]

EXCEL FINAL EXAM [Pts: 100 Weight: 15% Category: Exam]

100 88

100 93

100 95

0 58

0 61

0 43

Those who did 100% of their TRAINING got high marks in their Final Exam

Those who did NOT do their TRAINING got lower marks in their Final Exam OR DID NOT PASS THE EXAM

ASSIGNMENTS

• 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

• You may have more than 1 assignment per module

– HOWEVER, only 1 of these assignments will be marked at the discretion of the instructor

• IF YOU MISS THE CLASS, YOU WILL RECEIVE A “0” IN THIS ASSIGNMENT

– as per outlined in “The School of Business Procedures.pdf”

FINAL EXAMS Per Module

• 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

• ALGONQUIN STUDENT ID CARDS will be checked for ALL exams

• Exams are password protected

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%

REWRITES

– 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.

• FYI: 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.

TO SUMMARIZE THE EVALUATION

• 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.

Cheating

• Cheating is grounds for dismissal

• Exams are “locked down”, so you are unable to open other programs

• 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.

14 Week Schedule

• Indicates dates for your exams and assignments

• Attendance will be taken. You must be in class in order to qualify to have your assignment marked.

• Keep Informed! If you miss a class, you will receive a ZERO for that assignment or exam

MOS CERTIFICATION

• Microsoft Office Specialist– “Performance based” exams 45- 60 minutes each– Globally recognized certification

• There is a folder in myitlab (at the bottom) for all the questions you would have to do in a real MOS exam– You will have 3 year access to these exams!!

• This is fantastic simulation testing to prepare you for the actual MOS test

• In the real MICROSOFT test to become an expert you don’t get 2nd chances etc.

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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.

BLACKBOARD

• Let’s take a look at the BUS2301 Blackboard site

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). 

NEXT WEEK cont.:

• Download and PRINT your: "14 Week Schedule".   Put it in a safe place and refer to it every week. 

• Do the "Netiquette" quiz:  BLACKBOARD  >  COURSE INFORMATION  >  NETIQUETTE (3rd item from the bottom 

– Post a "thread" in the: "Introduce Yourself" Discussion Board

WEBSITES FOR STUDENTS TO KNOW

• www.algonquincollege.com

• 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/

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FREE “TIP OF THE WEEK”

• Each week I will be providing for you, a “tip”—either free software, amazing websites, or other exciting info

• However, you only get these IF YOU COME TO CLASS!!

• I will not be posting these anywhere—so yet another reason for you to attend class!!

• I really, really would like to see EVERYONE do well in this course!!

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FREE “TIP OF THE WEEK”

FREE ANTI-VIRUS PROGRAM:

–Go to: http://www.free-av.com/

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