Computer Applications I

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Computer Applications I

• Welcome toBUAD 128

Course Overview
Instructor Glen J. Coulthard
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Agenda
Todays Class

• Syllabus Overview
• Plagiarism Ethics
• Our Technology Toolkit
• WebCT and MyOkanagan
• Pearsons MyITLab
• Basic Computing Skills

BUAD 128
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Syllabus Overview

• What Am I Going To Learn How To Do?
• Basic to Intermediate-level document creation and
  editing skills for the following applications
• Word 2007
• Excel 2007
• PowerPoint 2007

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Syllabus Continued

• What Do I Have To Buy?
• Grauer et al., Exploring Office 2007 course
  package
• Includes MyITLab Access Code
• Additional items
• Headphones/earphones for tutorials
• 8MB USB Flash Memory Key
• MAKE BACKUPS!!!

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Syllabus Continued

• How Do I Get a Good Grade?
• 10 MyITLab Post-Tests for each Chapter
• 35 Word, Excel PowerPoint Periodic Exams
• 25 Hands-On Quizzes (Word Excel only)
• 30 Final Project (Comprehensive)
• No Final Exam!!!

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Cut-and-Paste Plagiarism

• From the New York TimesA survey of more than
  18,000 students on 23 college campuses indicates
  a growing incidence of Internet plagiarism among
  U.S. college students. According to the survey,
  conducted by Rutgers University management
  professor Donald L. McCabe, 38 percent of
  respondents said they had been involved in
  "cut-and-paste" cheating within the past year.
  This compares to 10 percent in a similar, though
  smaller, survey conducted three years ago. McCabe
  attributed some of the rise to growing ignorance
  among college students about what constitutes
  proper citation. Many of today's students, he
  said, "are convinced that anything you find on
  the Internet is public knowledge." Indeed, nearly
  half the students who participated in the survey
  said they did not consider copying several
  sentences or even full paragraphs without
  citation to be cheating.http//www.nytimes.com/
  2003/09/03/education/03CHEA.html

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Plagiarism Cheating

• What Is Plagiarism?
• The presentation of anothers work as your own
• What Is Cheating?
• Dishonest conduct, especially during exams
• What Is the Penalty?
• Decided by the Dean of the Faculty of Business
• Can You Beat the System?
• Work is selectively submitted for electronic and
  personal review for plagiarism detection

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Its All About Expectations

• What You Can Expect
• Accessible Available
• Patient Willing to Help
• On-Time Prepared
• Prompt Marking
• Knowledgeable
• Safe Environment
• Respect

• What I Expect of You
• Come Prepared to Classin fact, Come to Class
• Take Ownership
• Catch Up Missed Work
• Respect Deadlines
• Demonstrate Learning
• Respect For Others

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Introduction to WebCT

• What Is WebCT?
• Set of Internet tools used by instructors to
  organize, enhance, and expand course work using
  the Web
• How Do I Access MyWebCT Area?
• Log in at http//www.okanagan.bc.ca/onlinecourses
• How Do I Log Out of WebCT?
• Close your browser window to keep your files
  private

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Introduction to MyITLab

• MyITLab Software Simulation
• Study Plan
• Pre-Test
• Training
• Post-Test
• Skills-Based Training
• Periodic Exams
• Gradebook

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College Computer System

• Where Can I Save My Stuff?
• Drive C (Local DeepFreeze)
• Drive F (Private for your files)
• Drive K (Shared for our files)
• Your USB or Thumb Drive

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Microsoft Word 2007

• Creating and Saving Documents
• Editing and Formatting Documents
• Previewing and Printing Documents

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Microsoft Excel 2007

• Creating and Saving Worksheets and Workbooks
• Editing and Formatting a Worksheet
• Working with Formulas and Functions
• Creating Charts and Inserting Graphics
• Printing and Previewing a Worksheet

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Microsoft PowerPoint 2007

• Creating a PowerPoint Presentation
• Editing and Formatting a Presentation
• Inserting Graphics and Other Objects
• Publishing a Presentation to the Web

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Next Class
Spend Your TimeThis Week On

• Review first chapter of Grauers Exploring Word
  2007
• Bring your books and, especially, your MyITLab
  Access Code, to class!