IST 203 Information and Computer Technology
Software Tools (IST 203, Sec. 986)
Summer 2005 (Tuesday & Thursday)
6: 00 pm to 9: 00 pm, East Center (Off-Campus)
Cleveland State University
Instructor: Sanchita Mal-Sarkar
Office Location: BU 325 (Main Campus)
E-mail:
Web page: http://grail.cba.csuohio.edu/~sanchita/sanchita.html
Work phone number: 216 523 7524
Office Time: Thursday after class, other time by appointment.
Prerequisite: None
Number of Credits: 3
Course Objective:
· Understand the basic concepts of computer information technology and its terminology.
· Learn the features of windows operating environment, word processing, spreadsheets, presentation graphics, Internet, electronic mail, and external database searching.
· As a part of this course, students are expected to use Microsoft Word, Excel, Access, and Power Point, to solve business problems.
Text: The O’Leary Series Microsoft Office 2003 and Microsoft Windows XP, Timothy J. O’Leary and Linda I. O’Leary, Volume 1, McGraw-Hill Irwin
Supplies: Each student is required to have three 3 1/2" floppy disks (1.44 MB). These diskettes are required for assignments. Each student needs to save all of his assignments in one disk before he submits and he is not allowed to modify the assignments after submission.
Grading Scheme:
Your course grade is based on your overall performance through the entire semester.
The relative weights for the final grade are the following:
Assignments / 100 / 20 %
Project / 50 / 10 %
Midterm / 150 / 30 %
Quiz / 50 / 10 %
Final / 150 / 30 %
Grading Scale:
Grading Scale450 - 500 = A, A-
400 - 449 = B+, B, B-
350 - 399 = C+, C
300 - 349 = D
299 or less = F
Last day to Add: Wednesday, May 25, 2005
Last day to Drop (without W grade): Friday, May 27, 2005
(with W grade ): Friday, June 17, 2005
Examination Policy:
All examinations and quizzes are closed book and closed notes. Dates of the midterm and quiz are provided in Course schedule.
Final Exam Date: Friday, July 1, 2005 from 6:00 – 8: 00 pm in East Center off-campus.
Assignments:
You are not allowed to submit your assignment through e-mail.
All assignments must be individually and independently completed and must represent the effort of the student turning in the assignment. If two or more students submit substantially the same solution or program, in the judgment of the Instructor, the solution will be considered a group effort. Both or all involved in a group effort will receive a zero for that assignment. A student submitting a group effort assignment more than once will automatically receive a "F" for the course.
All assignments are to be completed by computer - handwritten assignments will not be accepted. Each assignment must have a cover page indicating your name, student id, class, section, assignment#, due date. You will lose points if you do not include a cover page. All assignments must be submitted on the last class day of instruction.
Late Assignments:
Late assignments will not be accepted.
Make-Up Exams:
Make-up exams will be given only in the case of serious need and only when the instructor is notified PRIOR to the exam time. In case of a missed exam, valid reason must be provided along with supporting document (e.g. doctor's note). The doctor's note MUST state that you were unfit to take the exam, not just that you visited the doctor that day. Without proper documentation, no marks will be given for a missed exam.
Student work for Course Portfolio:
The professor reserves the right to retain, for pedagogical reasons, either the original or a copy of your work submitted either individually or as a group project for this class. Students’ names will be deleted from any retained items.
Course Schedule:
The tentative schedule of topics and their order of coverage is given in the table below. Assignments are subject to change.
Date
/Topic
/Special Days
Tues 5/24/2005 / Introduction: Essential Computer ConceptThurs 5/26/2005 / Windows: Exploring the Basics, working with Files, Internet Explorer & e-mail
Tues 5/31/2005 / Introducing MS Word – Basics, Editing & Formatting, Creating a Multiple Page Report, Table
Thurs 6/2/2005 / MS Word - Headers, Shading, Desktop Publishing
Tues 6/7/2005 / MS Power Point –Introduction, Graphics for slides, MS Power Point – presentation (Animation)
Thurs 6/9/2005 / MS PowerPoint – project, Review fro Midterm
Tues 6/14/2005 / MS Excel – Introduction, Midterm / Midterm
Thurs 6/16/2005 / MS Excel - Using Worksheets, Creating Charts, Modifying Charts
Tues 6/21/2005 / MS Excel: Modifying Charts, Review for quiz
Thurs 6/23/2005 / MS Access – Introduction, Quiz on Excel / Quiz on Excel
Tues 6/28/2005 / MS Access - Maintaining databases
Thurs 6/30/2005 / MS Power Point -Student -Presentation