Frederick Community College CIS111A ONL – Word Processing (Word 2007) Fall 2008
Class Begins: 8/23/2008	Class Ends: 12/13/2008	Last Day to Drop: 11/3/2008

You must send your email address to the instructor before class begins

Instructor Information:
Name: Susan Boyne	Office: C222
E-mail: sboyne@frederick.edu	Phone Number: 301-846-2410
Office Hours: see Instructor information in Blackboard	Campus Mail Box #: 107

Course Information:
Credits: 3
On-campus Meetings: Orientation	On-campus Exams: 2
Prerequisites: CIS101 or CIS116D	Co-requisites: None

Course Description:

Covers the basic, intermediate and advanced features of word processing. Students create, edit, format and save personal and business documents. Along with data integration, special features such as mail merge, sorting, styles, columns, footnotes, outlines, table of contents, indexes, and templates are presented.

Core Learning Outcomes:

By the completion of the course students will:

1. Create and edit a Word document.
2. Create a research paper.
3. Create a resume using a Wizard and a cover letter with a table.
4. Create a document with a table, chart, and watermark.
5. Generate form letters, mailing labels, envelopes, and directories.
6. Create a professional newsletter.

Instructional Methods:

Reading assignments (text and online)

Software hands-on activities

 Course organization:

This course is to be taken on the Internet. With the exception of an orientation and two on-campus examinations, all correspondence, class instruction and notes, communication (both with students and instructor), assignments, and examinations are to be completed online using Blackboard (Bb).

Text for Course:

Zimmerman, Zimmerman and Shaffer, Microsoft Word 2007 Comprehensive, Course Technology, 2007

Evaluation Methods:	Final Grade Scale
Hands on projects 40% of grade On-line theory quizzes 20% of grade Theory exams 40% of grade	90% & above = A** 80% - 89% = B 70% - 79% = C 60% - 69% = D Below 59% = F
If the graded performance for online assignments differs significantly from the grade average for proctored assignments, the instructor reserves the right to administer additional tests.
**NOTE: It will be necessary to hand in every required tutorial assignment to receive an “A” grade in this course.

Attendance/Participation Policy:

Attendance: Attendance on campus is required for the examinations. You will have a week to take the exam in the testing center. You will be required to sign in and provide a photo id at the testing center. Exams are not timed.

The quizzes will be administered online. You will have an assigned week to log on and take each quiz. Quizzes will be taken at home and are timed.

Students are required to submit assignments via Bb's Assignment folder by the date assigned on the syllabus (unless otherwise instructed). Refer to the Assignments folder for final selection of weekly assignments.

Participation: Students are required to submit their work via the Bb Assignments area by the due date. Late assignments will be accepted with points deducted. However, late assignments will NOT be accepted once the exam for the tutorial has been completed. Occasionally, the discussion board will be used to post questions and provide responses to students’ questions.

Privacy/Communication in this course

E-mail is an instructional tool essential to student-instructor and student-student communication. In the Bb environment by default, your e-mail address is available to all students in this course. However, students are permitted to use e-mail addresses of other students in this course only for the purpose and the duration of this course. Students are required to use their myfcc e-mail address for this course.

The instructor can be expected to respond to regular student e-mail inquiries (grades, posted assignments, and tests excluded) within the time frame of 48 hours.

Academic Honesty

Work in this course is subject to the provisions of the FCC Code of Academic Honesty. Plagiarism in any form will not be tolerated. As a student, it is your job to practice academic honesty at ALL times. Make sure that all sources, particularly Internet sources, get proper credit for quotations, paraphrases, and ideas.

Progress Report:

Grades will continually be posted in the Grade Book section of the Bb site. Students can monitor their grades throughout the semester.

By the end of the sixth week of the semester, you will have an opportunity to evaluate your progress in this course and decide if you need to make any adjustments (additional study, tutoring, conference with instructor) to assure your success in this course.

Notes:

1. Within each week, you will be working in a self-paced environment in which you set the pace for reading and practicing the assigned tutorials and completing the assignments by their due dates. You are advised to use your time wisely and efficiently in order to set your work speed, to make decisions and to set priorities in order to meet the weekly tutorial, assignment and quiz deadlines.

2. You must have access to Word 2007 (either at home, work, or make time available to use computer lab). Please note: There are MAJOR changes in Word 2007 and you will not be able to following the directions in the book if you use earlier versions of Word!!!!!

3. It is the student’s responsibility to gather the assignments and due dates from the Bb site and adhere to the schedule. Students may hand in assignments late; however, points will be deducted. Tutorial assignments will NOT be accepted after the exam for that tutorial has been graded.

4. Computer problems or failure to connect to the Internet to access Bb/e-mail will not excuse the student from completing the course requirements by the due dates. The computer lab is available during posted hours.

5. Student data files will be downloaded from the text's Web site. There is a link to the text's Web site in Student Data Files folder in Bb and the link is also listed in the text. Read the directions on downloading files BEFORE you attempt to download the data files.

6. In order to fully understand the concepts introduced in each tutorial, to successfully complete the required assignments/cases at the end of the tutorial, and to receive the best possible grade in this course, all tutorial exercises will be completed and submitted as part of the hands-on assignment grade. FYI: In the past, students were unsuccessful in this course if they did not read the required tutorials and complete the exercises within the tutorials.

7. All assignments will be saved as directed in the book with one modification: Please include your last name as the first part of the file name. e.g. Boyne_Financial_Services.docx

8. You are welcomed (and encouraged) to send your assignments to me as soon as you finish them (as opposed to waiting until the due date). I can then provide immediate feedback and grading, which may help in completing remaining assignments.

9. All graded work will be submitted via Bb's Assignment folder. Occasionally work will be e-mailed to the instructor as an attachment at the e-mail address listed in the Instructor Information section of this syllabus.

10. Quizzes: Online theory quizzes must be taken each week. Quizzes are only available in the Assessments folder of Bb during the assigned timeframe. Quizzes will expire and will no longer be accessible after the due date.

11. Please notify the instructor immediately of any change in phone number(s), residence address, or any other means of contact**. Also make these changes in Bb.
** You are required to use your myfcc email address (unless you are a student from another college)

12. If you have any questions or concerns, please notify the instructor by e-mail.

CIS111A Topical Outline
Week 1 Week of: 8/23/2008	Reviewing the basics: File Management: Creating/Working with Files/Folders in Windows XP Tutorial 1: Creating a Document Display screen elements Entering and edit text Work with AutoCorrect/AutoComplete Create envelopes	Tutorial 1 Assignment Tutorial 1 Quiz
Week 2 Week of: 8/30/2008	Tutorial 2: Editing & Formatting Documents Delete/move/copy test Find & Replace Change margins/line spacing Align text Emphasize text with character formats	Tutorial 2 Assignment Tutorial 2 Quiz
Week 3 Week of: 9/6/2008	Tutorial 3: Creating Multiple Page Reports Set tabs Format documents in sections Create/modify tables Add headers	Tutorial 3 Assignment Tutorial 3 Quiz
Week 4 Week of: 9/13/2008	Tutorial 4: Desktop Publishing & Mail Merge Work with Hyperlinks Create/edit WordArt Format text in newspaper style columns Insert/modify graphics Merge main document and data source	Tutorial 4 Assignment Tutorial 4 Quiz
Week 5 Week of: 9/20/2008	Tutorial 5: Working with Templates and Outlines Create/use/modify/define and apply styles Footnotes and endnotes Change character/paragraph spacing Table of contents	Tutorial 5 Assignment
Week 6 Week of: 9/27/2008	Tutorial 5: Working with Templates and Outlines CONT	Tutorial 5 Assignment Tutorial 5 Quiz
Week 7 Week of: 10/4/2008	Theory Examination 1: Tutorials 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 Administered on campus at the testing center during this week only! Assignments for Tutorials 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 will NOT be accepted after this week
Week 8 Week of: 10/11/2008	Tutorial 6: Using Mail Merge Use Mail Merge Task Pane Create/edit/select mail documents Create/edit/select data source Create mailing labels Create telephone directories	Tutorial 6 Assignment Tutorial 6 Quiz
Week 9 Week of: 10/18/2008	Tutorial 7: Collaborating with Others & Creating Web Pages Integrate objects from other programs Linking and embedding Distributing Word documents online Format a Web page Create/edit hyperlinks	Tutorial 7 Assignment Tutorial 7 Quiz
Week 10 Week of: 10/25/2008	Tutorial 8: Customizing Word & Automating Your Work Creating and using templates Automating Word using AutoText Using Smart Tags Creating Watermarks Customizing Toolbars Automating Documents Using Fields	Tutorial 8 Assignment
Week 11 Week of: