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Orientation to Computer
Technology
Class
Name, Number, and PIN Number
Orientation to Computer Technology, IT 1411,
Instructor
Name, Phone Number, and Office Number
Cliff Layton, 918-343-7665, (Office) HH 253
Office
Hours: Office Hours: MT, 7:30 AM to 8:30
AM in HH 253 or the RSU Business and Technology Advising Center; MW,
7:30 to 9:00 AM; TR, 8:30 AM
to 10:30 AM in HH 253; F, 7:30 AM to 8:30 AM.
Course
Prerequisite
Enrollment
at RSU and interest in the study of information technology (IT). This
course is required of all beginning freshman IT bachelor''s degree majors, and open to
others.
Course
Description
This
course offers an overview of the field of information technology
(IT), and of the Rogers State University
IT
bachelor''s
degree program. IT topics to be covered include the following: job
potential, salary expectations, and IT fields including web
development and e-commerce, systems analysis, software engineering,
networks and network administration, computer hardware and
operations, programming, databases, multimedia development, and
artificial intelligence.
Required
Text(s) and Materials
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Discovering Computers 2008, Complete,
Shelly, Vermaat, and Cashman,
Course Technology, 2008, ISBN 10: 1-4239-1205-5
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Course
Objective(s)
The
student shall demonstrate understanding of the following topics as
measured by unit assignments and course exams.
1.
How Computers are Used in the Modern World
2.
The Importance of Computer Applications Software and the World Wide
Web
3.
Computer Careers and the Related Importance of Education and Training
4.
How Computers Developed and Became More "Intelligent" Over
Time
5.
The Components and Interconnectivities of a Typical Computer System
6.
Kinds and Uses of Typical Computer Input and Output Devices
7.
Kinds and Uses of Computer Data and Information Storage
8.
The Internet
9.
Computer Operating Systems and Environments, and Utility Programs
10.
Kinds and Scopes of Computer/Communications Networks
11.
Computer Databases and Information Management
12.
Computer Information Systems Development
13.
Computer Programming Languages, History and Evolution
14.
Computer Related Multimedia
15.
Computer Related Security, Ethics, and Privacy Issues
Teaching
Methods (Student-Instructor Interaction)
The
primary modes of Teacher/Student interaction in the course will be
face-to-face, e-mail and e-file transfer; supplemented by
threaded discussion.
You
should communicate with me, and send files to me through e-mail and
e-mail attachment, regarding your questions, assignments, etc. I will
communicate with you similarly.
Multiple
files should be sent in one attachment, where appropriate, by zipping
the files together prior to sending the result; and I may send
several files to you zipped together, with unzipping required at your
location. If you do not have zipping/unzipping software or do not
know how to use it, I will send you instructions on how to get it, or
on how to use it.
Threaded
discussion topics, appropriate to several of those involved in the
course at one time, will be posted and added to in the threaded
discussion area, which should be checked frequently.
Excepting
holidays, sometimes weekends, and cases in which I am on trips away from
e-mail, I will respond to e-mail and e-file-transfers daily. I hope
you will do likewise.
Other
forms of Teacher/Student interaction such as phone, FAX,
online-conferencing, etc. may also be used in the course
Evaluation
Techniques
Grading
will be done in our orientation course based on three aspects.
1.
Self-Test answers which should be given to your instructor, or sent
to your instructor by e-mail.
2.
Threaded discussion participation posted in threaded discussion
areas, in the weeks in which they are assigned.
3.
Exam answers on proctored exams.
Self-test
will be non-proctored, and due weekly with any exceptions
noted. Self-test scores will count 35% grade-wise.
Threaded
discussion participation should include at least an answer to each threaded
discussion question, and will additionally include your responses to
the answers of other students. Threaded discussion
participation will count 40% grade-wise, and must be done per
assignment in the week in which the assignment given, unless an exception
is negotiated.
Proctored
exam scores will count 25% grade-wise. Taking proctored exams
will require you arranging for a proctor and taking your exam under
proctor supervision; please see information below relative to this
matter.
As
you start your studies you must locate an acceptable site for the
proctored exams. Acceptable locations might be on a college campus,
in the personnel office at your corporation, at your public library,
etc. When you have found a site send in the name of the institution,
its address, telephone number(s), fax number(s), and appropriate
email addresses, including the area code and appropriate phone
extensions, and the name and title of the responsible person who will
personally be administering the tests. Please note, for an individual
to be acceptable as a proctor, they must have an email address and a
fax number available to them!
When
I receive all that, I will review the information and contact you
with approval/d isa
pproval and any
additional questions I may have about the location.
However,
if you are a student in the Rogers State University service area, you
are required to take all the proctored exams at the Claremore,
Bartlesville, or Pryor, testing sites. Their testing hours are
Wednesday through Saturday as shown below: Claremore - University
Preparatory Center Bartlesville Testing Site Pryor Testing Site:
Wednesday through Fridays 8am - 8pm (except Bartlesville - they open
at 10am) Saturdays 8am - 5pm (except Bartlesville - they open at
10am)
Grading
System
The course grading system is keyed to the Evaluation Techniques indicated above and on the
General Topic Outline and Agenda below, according to the following
scale.
90%
-- 100% A
78%
-- 89% B
64%
-- 77% C
50%
-- 63% D
0%
-- 49% F
Attendance
Policies
This
course is an online course in which attendance corresponds to contact
between student and instructor at least twice per week. Attendance
and late arrivals are not directly factored into grading in the
course, but it is highly likely that students in the course not
having contact with the instructor at least twice per week will
generally do well in the course. Also, students MUST participate in
Threaded Discussions within the weeks in which they are assigned, in
order to receive credit for the assignments, unless exceptions are
negotiated.
Late
Assignments and Make-up Work Policy
Late assignment turn-in and test
make up will not be allowed, subject to negotiation (not encouraged).
General
Topic Outline and Agenda
For
a Summer course, please map the work in weeks 1 and 2 (below) to week
1 (in Summer), the work in weeks 3 and 4 to week 2, etc., so that the
course will become an 8-week course in Summer with the coverage
indicated below.
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Week
Number
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Chapters or
Other Info. to be Studied
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Assignment or
Test Due at Week End
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Worth
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1
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Chapter 1, Media Lecture
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Self-Test, Threaded Discussion
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5%
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2
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Chapter 2
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Self-Test, Threaded Discussion
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5%
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3
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Chapter 3, Media Lecture
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Self-Test, Threaded Discussion
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5%
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4
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Chapter 4, Media Lecture
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Self Test, Threaded Discussion
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5%
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5
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Chapter 5 and 6, Media Lecture
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Self-Test, Threaded Discussion
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5%
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6
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Chapters 7, Media Lecture
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Self-Tests, Threaded Discussion
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5%
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7
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Chapter 8, Media Lecture
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Self-Test, Threaded Discussion
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5%
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8
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Chapter 9, Media Lecture
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Self-Test, Threaded Discussion
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5%
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Chapters Covered in First Eight
Wks
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Mid-Term Exam
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10%
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9
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Chapter 10, NO Media Lecture
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Self-Test, Threaded Discussion
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5%
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10
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Chapter 11-12, Media Lecture
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Self-Test, Threaded Discussion
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5%
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11
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Chapter 13, Media Lecture
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Self-Test, Threaded Discussion
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5%
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12
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Chapter 14, Media Lecture
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Self-Test, Threaded Discussion
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5%
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13
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Chapter 15, Media Lecture
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Self-Test, Threaded Discussion
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5%
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14
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Chapter 16, Media Lecture
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Self-Test, Theaded Discussion
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5%
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15
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Artificial
Intelligence, Media Lecture
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Threaded Discussion
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5%
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16
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Review and Final
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Comprehensive Final
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15%
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The
end of a week will be considered to be Monday immediately following
the week at 11:00 PM.
The
Rogers State University Plagiarism Statement
Plagiarism is the representation of the
words or ideas of another as one’s own, including: direct quotation
without both attribution and indication that the material is being
directly quoted, e.g. quotation marks; paraphrase without
attribution; paraphrase with or without attribution where the wording
of the original remains substantially intact and is represented as
the author’s own; expression in one’s own words, but without
attribution, of ideas, arguments, lines of reasoning, facts,
processes, or other products of the intellect where such material is
learned from the work of another and is not part of the general fund
of common knowledge.
Statement for Students with Disabilities
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Rogers State University is committed to
providing students with disabilities equal access to educational
programs and services. Any
student who has a disability that he or she believes will require some
form of academic accommodation must inform the professor of such
need during or immediately following the first class attended. Before any educational
accommodation can be provided, it is the responsibility of each
student to prove eligibility for assistance by registering for
services through Student Affairs.
Students needing more information about
Student Disability Services should contact the office of Student
Development at 343-7707.
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