Semester: Fall / Spring
Office: O'Hare 205
Phone: 341-3192
Room: O'Hare 235
Instructor E-mail: keenanj@cox.net; keenanj@salve.edu
Office Hours: Monday / Wednesday: 11:00 - 1:00 or by appointment  
                     Tuesday / Thursday: 2:15 - 3:00 or by appointment                                                 
ISM 103: mydata.salve.edu;
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Weekly Schedule for Computer Literacy Basics: A Comprehensive Guide to IC3

COURSE DESCRIPTION

Computer Literacy BASICS provides an introduction to computer technology and concepts. This text maps to the IC3 standards and is organized into three key components: Computing Fundamentals, Key Applications, and Living Online. It provides thorough instruction on the various uses of the computer, important accessories, networking principles and covers key applications such as word processing, spreadsheets, and presentation applications. In addition, Computer Literacy BASICS covers e-mail and Internet principles such as managing e-mail and contacts, searching for a topic online, and how computers affect every day life. Strong end-of-chapter exercises and review material reinforce important topics covered in the lesson and allow students to demonstrate their knowledge of the material. (taken from the Certiport site)

TEXTBOOK

Computer Literacy BASICS: A Comprehensive Guide to IC3
CEP Inc., Ann Ambrose, Marly Bergerud, Donald Busche, Connie Morrison, Dolores J. Wells
ISBN 13: 978-0-619-24382-1 © 2006
ISBN 10: 0-619-24382-1

Table of Contents

MISSION RELATED OBJECTIVES

• Acceptance of personal responsibility-accountability
  
• Respect for human Values; respect for human dignity, sensitivity
  
• Self-awareness-positive values and ethical standards
  
• Personal commitment to excellence

PROFESSIONAL OBJECTIVES

• Ability to conduct computer based and literary research
  
• Ability to utilize Microsoft Office software for business applications
  
• Ability to make effective presentations utilizing PowerPoint and other visual aids
  
• Ability to prepare reports using MLA format and other forms of business communication
  
• Ability to integrate technology instruments with traditional methods and procedures to help solve business problems and manage systems and personnel
  

GRADING AND EVALUATION CRITERIA

Incomplete Assignments

Students will not be given an incomplete grade in the course without sound reason and documented evidence as described in the Student Handbook. In any case, for a student to receive an incomplete, he or she must be passing and must have completed a significant portion of the course.

To appeal a grade, send an e-mail to your instructor's e-mail address within two weeks of receiving the grade. Overdue appeals will not be considered.

COURSE POLICIES

Teaching Methodology

This course introduces principles, theories, technologies and applications in the electronic commerce environment. Members of the ISM Academic Advisory Board think that students who study information systems will be more marketable in areas such as accounting, finance, marketing, human resources management, law, and economics.

Business professionals require extensive knowledge and understanding of eCommerce, Web-based systems, good communication skills, and competent technical aptitude. We will focus on the role and concerns of business professionals entering into the online business arena.

Class Attendance

Class attendance is mandatory and will be taken at the beginning of every class. Any absence will affect a student's grade. Athletes must give written notice of game conflict from the head of the Athletic Department. Any student missing a class or lab is responsible for obtaining any and all information pertaining to each missed class/lab session.

Lecture, Laboratory, and Examination Schedule

You are expected to read each assigned project prior to the lecture. Lectures will be short, to the point, and address the highlights of the Project for that week. Most of the class time will be spent working on your Laboratory assignments.

Weekly Laboratory assignments can only be handed immediately BEFORE lecture begins the following week. Laboratory assignments handed in after lecture begins are considered late.

No assignments will be accepted more than one week late. Late assignments are penalized 25 %, and assignments two weeks late are penalized 50 %. Plan to spend approximately six to eight hours each week working on laboratory assignments.

Make sure your name, student ID, and exercise number appear in the upper-left corner. If an exercise has multiple sheets, then staple them together. Do not staple different assignments together. Disorganized assignments (pages out of order, mislabeled, unreadable, etc.) will receive zero points. If your assignment is multiple sheets, sequence it according to the order of the exercise.

Plagiarism Policy

Students are expected to uphold the school's standard of conduct relating to academic honesty. Students assume full responsibility for the content and integrity of the academic work they submit. The guiding principle of academic integrity shall be that a student's submitted work, examinations, reports, and projects must be that of the student's own work. Students shall be guilty of violating the honor code if they:

1. Represent the work of others as their own
   
2. Use or obtain unauthorized assistance in any academic work
   
3. Give unauthorized assistance to other students
   
4. Modify, without instructor approval, an examination, paper, record, or report for the purpose of obtaining additional credit
   
5. Misrepresent the content of submitted work

The penalty for violating the honor code is severe. Any student violating the honor code is subject to receive a failing grade for the course and will be reported to the Office of Student Affairs. If a student is unclear about whether a particular situation may constitute an honor code violation, the student should meet with the instructor to discuss the situation.

For this class, it is permissible to assist classmates in general discussions of computing techniques. General advice and interaction are encouraged. Each person, however, must develop his or her own solutions to the assigned projects, assignments, and tasks. In other words, students may not "work together" on graded assignments. Such collaboration constitutes cheating. A student may not use or copy (by any means) another's work (or portions of it) and represent it as his/her own. If you need help on an assignment, contact your instructor.

Plagiarism methodologies now include all electronic methods of communication such as the use of cell-phones, paging devices, palm pilots, wireless devices, e-mail and instant messaging systems. Use of non-electronic communications such as American Sign Language (ASL) for the purpose of transmitting evaluation information is likewise prohibited.

Electronic Distraction and Bandwidth Considerations

Use of electronic devices or public or campus-supplied bandwidth (cable-oriented or wireless) for nonacademic or personal use is strictly prohibited during class-time, lab-time, student presentations, faculty presentations, or guest lecturer presentations or whenever such activities interfere with the delivery, collection, distribution, or normal flow of academic curriculum an content. Instant Messaging systems, cell-phones, audible paging devices, and any other real-time systems must be turned off during class, lab, and presentation periods.

Disability Accommodation Statement

Salve Regina University is committed to providing equal and integrated access for students with disabilities to all of its educational programs as required by the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973. Students with disabilities should meet in person with the director of the Academic Development Center to determine appropriate accommodations, and then submit a signed and current Notification of Accommodations form to the professor within the first two weeks of class. This form is available from the Office of Disability Services in the Academic Development Center in McKillop Library, room 308. Students are advised to speak directly with the professor concerning requests for reasonable accommodations.