BUSA 2201 - Computer Information
Systems – Online
Syllabus
Spring
2015
It is your responsibility to read this entire syllabus.
GENERAL
INFORMATION
Instructor’s Name: Penelope Lyman
Email Address: plyman@ung.edu
Web Site: http://faculty.ung.edu/plyman/
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Office Hours: |
Room 550 SRC |
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T 10:00am – 12:00pm |
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& 1:00pm – 1:30pm |
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R 10:00am – 12:00pm |
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F 9:30am – 10:00am |
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Email is the official tool for contacting me during the
semester.
Email policies for this class are
as follows:
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Students are required to
use their school email account for all communications.
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Students are expected to check their email
accounts on a daily basis.
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Do NOT use the eLearning email tool in D2L to send me emails.
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Please include your name in the email and 2201 in the subject line.
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UNG Netiquette expectations (the tone and civility of emails) may
be viewed at https://classes.ung.edu/L/lyman.p/2201/CourseInfo/GOODNETIQUETTE.htm.
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I will respond to your emails within 24 hours of receipt EXCEPT on
holidays. If I don’t respond, assume
that your email was eaten by cyberspace.
Please resubmit.
Prerequisites:
Area A MATH with a
grade of C or higher.
Important
Dates:
Drop/Add:
Full Session: Jan 5-Jan 9
MLK Day Holiday: Jan 19, Monday
Spring Break: Mar 16-21
Last
Day to Withdraw Without Academic Penalty: Full Session:
February 27
Last
Day of Class: Full Session: Apr 24
Final Exam
Dates: BUSA 2201 Final Exams will be
held face-to-face on the Oconee campus with the instructor (free) or with a UNG
unaffiliated proctoring agency (for a fee)--meeting times as follows (based on
CRN#):
§ CRN 7534, Wednesday, April 29, 10:20am - 11:20am, Oconee campus Room 304
§ CRN 7535, Wednesday, April 29, 11:20am - 12:20pm, Oconee campus Room 304
I
make every effort to make sure the dates above are accurate. However, the dates above are subject to the
schedules and calendars posted online at the University of North Georgia (UNG)
website. http://ung.edu/academics/academic-calendar.php
Academic Calendar
It is the student’s
responsibility to verify these dates as they could be subject to change.
Changes to the
Syllabus:
I reserve the right to change the syllabus,
including assignments and exams, with prior notice communicated by email to the
class.
TEXTBOOKS AND MATERIALS
All
three of the books listed below are required for the class. NOTE!! The UNG bookstore returns books to the
publisher at the semester midpoint. Not
having your book is not an acceptable excuse for failure to submit an
assignment.
1. Discovering
Computers, Enhanced,
Vermaat; ITP, Pub 2015;
ISBN13: 978-1-285-84550-0
Publisher link for rent or ebook/echapter versions (reduced price): http://www.cengagebrain.com/shop/search/9781285845500
Link to UNG
bookstore for hardcopy textbook lists at http://ung.edu/bookstore/.
The links to
the publisher for ebook/echapter
or rentals are also shown as links on eLearning under Content.
COURSE DESCRIPTION
BUSA 2201 is
a required course in Area F of the Business Administration Core Program and is
a required course in several career programs.
BUSA 2201 is an introductory course including a study of basic computer
concepts, management information systems, data and file processing, systems
analysis, the hardware and software available for meeting information systems needs, computer privacy and security, and the
various types of information systems. Students will gain extensive hands-on
microcomputer experience applying spreadsheet, database management, and word
processing software to solve information problems. Students may not receive
credit for BUSA 2201 and CSCI 1250. This course replaces GSC’s CISM 2201.No prior
computer experience is assumed, but since this is a college-level course, it
may require a good deal of time for those particularly unfamiliar with
computers.
COURSE OBJECTIVES
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To
present a survey of microcomputer concepts, including information systems
terminology. |
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To
integrate basic information systems, word processing, spreadsheet, Internet,
and database software into one logical business-based educational experience. |
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To
provide students with the skills needed to utilize the present computer
technology and to adapt those skills as the technology advances. |
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Note:
Weekly learning objectives that are measurable and consistent with the course-level
objectives above may be viewed at https://classes.ung.edu/L/lyman.p/2201/CourseInfo/BUSA2201CourseObjectives_byweek.pdf
or opened from the Content tab in eLearning under the Course Information
topic. |
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METHODS OF
INSTRUCTION AND EVALUATION
Course Policies:
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Attendance/Participation ·
Online students are not required to attend classes on
campus EXCEPT to take the Final Exam. You
MUST take the Final Exam. It is a
REQUIREMENT of all online courses at UNG to have a proctored activity worth a
minimum of 10% of the course grade.
Your BUSA 2201 Final Exam is that proctored activity. The Final Exam will NOT be open-book. You must bring your ID to the Final Exam;
your ID will be checked against the roll.
More information about the Final Exam is described in 7D below. ·
BUSA 2201 is an activities-based course; students are
required to fully participate in all projects, modules and exams. ·
All work submitted for this course will be completed
without outside support or resources unless specifically allowed by the
instructor. Work submitted must be
completed by the enrolled student alone in order to receive credit. |
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Course Withdrawal
Policy ·
Students withdrawing from the class prior to the
midpoint date will receive a grade of "W". Students withdrawing from the class after
the midpoint date will receive a grade of "WF". It
is the student's responsibility to properly withdraw from a course. ·
To drop a course or to
withdraw from all courses, a student should click on the "Course Add,
Drop, or Withdrawal" link on Banner Web.
The link is one of the options under the Registration section. |
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No-Show Policy Online
Students must log into their eLearning courses prior to the end of the
DROP/ADD deadline to confirm their attendance. If you fail to log into the course prior to
the DROP/ADD deadline, I will report you as a “No-Show,” and I will restrict
your access to eLearning until you contact me via email. |
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Technology
Requirements ·
Hardware Requirements – You must have continuous access
to a reliable computer with high-speed Internet access (Broadband/DSL).
Students who work at home are responsible for their own Internet connection
and installation of software. No
excuses will be accepted for not meeting exam or assignment deadlines due to
home computer hardware or software problems and/or Internet connection
problems. ·
Software Requirements -- This class requires the use of
Windows 7 Operating System, MS Office 2013 and MS Expression. Assignment instructions are written for
Windows 7, Microsoft Office 2013, and MS Expression, the software available
on the UNG network. ALL MS Office
files submitted must have Microsoft Office 2013 extensions. For example: Word=.docx,
Excel=.xlsx, PowerPoint=.pptx,
and Access=.accdb.
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The first project is written exclusively for the MS
Windows 7 operating system software. ·
All software and hardware requirements for this course
are available in the UNG computer labs at Oakwood, UC400, Dahlonega or
Oconee. You might also have to use the
campus computer labs if you have off-campus computer issues or failures. ·
The UNG IT department has modified the required
software installed on UNG computers.
If you have the necessary hardware outlined above, and you are working
from home, you should install the UNG Virtual Lab software to gain access at
home to UNG software and your personal files (see next bullet). All lab projects should be completed
using either UNG campus computers or via your home computer using the UNG Virtual
Lab. ·
The UNG Virtual Lab allows you to access a computer in
the UNG Virtual Lab using your home computer and an Internet connection. Once you install the Virtual Lab software
on your home computer, you will be able to run any application from the UNG
Menu (including Microsoft Office 2013, MS Expression, and Adobe
Acrobat). You should also be able to
save your documents to your UNG network home folder. a)
You can access the UNG’s Virtual Lab at: https://my.ung.edu/departments/information-technology/Pages/Virtual-Lab.aspx. I also created a link on the eLearning
homepage to access the Virtual Lab startup webpage instructions. b)
The links you will need are on the right side of the
web page in (a) above. o
The Virtual Lab is available for Windows and for Mac
users. The tutorial will tell you
explicitly how to install the Virtual Lab software and how to access UNG’s
Virtual Lab once the software is installed. o
Depending on your computer's settings,
there are sometimes little glitches that can only be resolved with the help
of Lance Hundt, the Virtual Lab coordinator at lhundt@ung.edu.) o
If you are using a Mac, you should install
the Virtual Lab software several days before the first assignment is due. o Virtual
Lab install instructions may be found at https://my.ung.edu/departments/information-technology/Pages/Virtual-Lab.aspx. |
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Deadline Policy: ASSIGNMENTS
(Project, Modules, Exams) NOT TURNED IN ON TIME WILL RECEIVE A ZERO. There are no exceptions to this rule. There are no makeups. Technology failure or lack
of a textbook are not an acceptable excuses for failure to submit an
assignment on time. Don’t
procrastinate! Don’t wait until the
last minute to begin an assignment or start an exam or Module. All projects, modules and exams must be
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Assignment Sheet: All
graded work has due dates listed on the Assignment Sheet at the end of this
syllabus. You should use the Assignment
Sheet to make sure you submit all course work ON TIME. |
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COURSE
GRADING Your final
grade is based on your performance on Exams,
Modules, Projects, and the Final Exam. Grades will
be based on the following:
The scale
is: 90%=A, 80%=B, 70%=C, 60%=D,
<60=F detailed as follows:
Please
note: An 89% is NOT an A; a 79% is NOT a B; a 69% is NOT
a C, and a 59% is NOT a D. Your grade is based on the total number of points you
earned as outlined above. There
are no non-academic influences on final grades. Grades are posted promptly to eLearning.
Instructor upload errors are subject to correction. I reserve
the right to consider an individual's course performance when assigning a
final grade. A.
EXAMS ·
There are 11 chapter exams covering Chapters 1-11 (and
a comprehensive Final Exam discussed below).
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Questions will be delivered one at a time. ·
You will have one chance to answer each question. You
may NOT revisit a question. ·
You will have 25 minutes to complete each chapter exam (not including
the final), so keep your eye on the ticking clock once you start the
exam. Once the 25 minutes are up,
you will not be able to answer any more questions. If the time for an exam expires before you
are able to click the “Go To Submit Quiz" button, email me, and I will
force submission for the questions you were able to complete. You should click the Save button BEFORE you click the Next Page button. ·
Be sure to click
the “Go To
Submit Quiz” button after you complete your exam. Just to be safe, click the Save All Responses button before you
submit your quiz. ·
Click the Submit
Quiz button in the Quiz Submission Confirmation window to submit your
quiz. Let me
know immediately if you cannot view your grade in the eLearning gradebook
after you submit an exam. You have one
week after an exam's due date to email me if you have any questions about
your score for that exam. Your first Exam is due by 1:00pm on January 22 per the assignment
sheet. Technology
happens, so don't wait until the last minute to take an exam. B.
MODULES ·
All questions will be displayed. ·
You will have 20
minutes to upload your answers, so keep your eye on the clock. Save each answer to each question as you
progress. ·
Be sure to click
the “Go To
Submit Quiz” button after you complete your exam. Just to be safe, click the Save All Responses button before you
submit your quiz. ·
Click the Submit
Quiz button in the Quiz Submission Confirmation window to submit your
quiz. ·
Let me know immediately if you cannot view your
grade in the eLearning gradebook after you submit an exam. ·
It is YOUR responsibility to contact me ASAP if you
have a problem submitting your Module Quiz.
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You have one week after a Module Quiz's due date to
email me if you have any questions about your score for that module.
C.
PROJECTS Note: The publisher has provided free access to student
labs to increase your comfort with the course material and technology. These publisher labs are not required, but they offer extra practice
and may be helpful as you work through each project's new material. The free labs offer presentations of
chapter material, interactive exercises that reinforce the videos,
and quizzes that will provide practice and feedback over the material in each
project chapter. To access the free interactive
materials 1.
Go to the publisher's Website at http://www.cengagebrain.com/shop/search/9781285166025 2. Click on the Free
Materials tab. 3. Click the Access now
button. 4. Select the chapter you
wish to access. As mentioned under
Course Policies above, work submitted must be completed by the enrolled
student alone in order to receive credit. Be sure to BUY YOUR MS EXPRESSION BOOK BEFORE the
semester midpoint. The campus
bookstore sends back unpurchased books at the midpoint. Failure to purchase your textbook in a
timely fashion will mean that you might not be able to complete the
Expression portion of your projects which will result in a zero for the three
chapters in those assignments. D.
FINAL EXAM It is a
REQUIREMENT of all online courses at UNG to have a proctored activity worth a
minimum of 10% of the course grade.
Your BUSA 2201 FINAL EXAM is that proctored activity. YOU
MUST TAKE THE FINAL EXAM. There
are 3 options available to take
the BUSA 2201 Final Exam. Option
1: Face-to-face with me on the Oconee campus (free) Option
2: Proctor U (for a fee) Option
3: An authorized “Approved Testing Locations in Georgia” (for a fee) See
below for details on your options. I
will email you with the deadline for notifying me which option you plan to
adopt when I receive notice from the college about the date and time of the
Final Exam. OPTION 1
(no fee - best option) The
Final Exam will be administered face-to-face on the computer on the Oconee
campus. ·
The Final Exam date/location/time will be shown on the
Assignment Sheet, the eLearning homepage AND at the beginning of the syllabus
as soon as I know that information. ·
You must bring a UNG picture ID to the Final Exam which
I will check against my roll. ·
It takes a minimum of 1 ľ hour to 2 hours to get to
Oconee from Dahlonega. It would be
better to schedule 2 ˝ hours, just to be safe. OPTION 2:
(ProctorU-for a fee) Contact
Proctor U, a webcam proctoring service.
You will need to register to take your Final Exam no less than 72
hours prior to the exam. If less than 72 hours it will cost more. ·
You will need to have a UNG photo ID as mentioned
above. ·
You will be given 1
hour to take the exam which will be scheduled to coincide with the
face-to-face exam, but you should login to Proctor U at least 20 minutes before
the Final Exam is scheduled to begin to get set up. ·
For more information about the ProctorU
option see: OPTION 3: (Approved Testing Locations in
Georgia) Contact
an authorized “Approved Testing Location” on this list https://my.ung.edu/departments/distance-education/Pages/Approved-Proctoring-Locations.aspx
no less than 15 days prior to the Final Exam to make an appointment to take
the exam there. ·
NOTE: You cannot use any of the UNG testing sites for a
proctored test. ·
You will need to bring a UNG photo ID as mentioned
above. ·
You will be given 1 hour to take the Final Exam which
will be scheduled to coincide with the face-to-face exam. Note:
Proctor U is generally the cheapest option if you cannot drive to the Oconee
campus. Your exam will still be closed
notes and books, and the webcam proctoring service will ensure you adhere to
these requirements. If you decide to take the Final Exam with a
fee-based proctor service, you will not be given access to the Final Exam
unless I am able to confirm the scheduling with the proctoring service. If for some reason, you do not meet one of
these options for taking the FINAL EXAM, you will not receive a grade for the
Final Exam. |
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Save
your work often! Outages and error messages
are hopefully infrequent, but they do happen.
Unsaved work is lost! It also
would be a good idea to back up your work. |
SUPPLEMENTAL
SYLLABUS COURSE INFORMATION
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UNG
Supplemental Syllabus general requirements may be found at the following
link: http://ung.edu/academic-affairs/policies-and-guidelines/supplemental-syllabus.php ·
Academic Success Plan Program ·
Students with Disabilities (includes contact
information for Disability Services) ·
Academic Integrity Policy ·
Disruptive Behavior Policy ·
Class Evaluations ·
Academic Exchange ·
Inclement Weather ·
Course Grades and Withdrawal Process |
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Student
Support Services may be found at the following link: http://ung.edu/distance-education-technology-integration/student-resources.php
Examples
of links found on this site include ·
Tuition and Fees (Business Office) ·
Student Financial Aid ·
Admissions ·
Office of the Registrar ·
Registration and Reporting Guide ·
Academic Advisement Center ·
Academic Course Catalog ·
Student Handbook ·
Bookstore ·
Current Students & Cadets Resources ·
Library Technology Center ·
Banner ·
Learning Support Center ·
Access to eLearning (D2L) online courses ·
Division of Information Technology ·
Testing Center |
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Student
Involvement Activities may be found at the following link: http://ung.edu/student-involvement/index.php
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Clubs and Organizations ·
Community Service ·
Commuter Services ·
Greek Life ·
Leadership ·
Recreation and Intramurals ·
Student Government Association |
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COURSE
CALENDAR ASSIGNMENT
SHEET
BUSA 2201 – Online
All exams, projects and
modules are due each Thursday by
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Jan 8 1:00pm |
No
assignment due. Read
the syllabus. |
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Jan 15 |
Deadline
for Project 1 MS WINDOWS 7 |
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Jan 22 |
EXAM
1 CHAPTER 1 MODULE
1 DUE Deadline for Project 2 MS Word Chapter 1 |
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Jan 29 |
EXAM
2 CHAPTER 2 Deadline for Project 3 MS Word Chapter 2 |
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Feb 5 1:00pm |
EXAM
3 CHAPTER 3 Deadline for Project 4 MS Word Chapter 3 MODULE
2 DUE |
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Feb 12 |
EXAM
4 CHAPTER 4 Deadline for Project 5 MS PowerPoint Chapter 1 |
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Feb 19 |
EXAM
5 CHAPTER 5 Deadline for Project 6 MS PowerPoint Chapter 2 |
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Feb 26 |
EXAM
6 CHAPTER 6 Deadline for Project 7 MS PowerPoint Chapter 3 MODULE
3 DUE |
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February 27 LAST DAY TO WITHDRAW WITH A "W" |
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Mar 5 1:00pm |
EXAM
7 CHAPTER 7 Deadline for Project 8 MS Excel Chapter 1 |
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Mar 12 |
EXAM
8 CHAPTER 8 Deadline for Project 9 MS Excel Chapter 2 MODULE 4 DUE |
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SPRING BREAK Mar 16-21 |
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Mar 26 |
EXAM
9 CHAPTER 9 Deadline for Project 10 MS Access Chapter 1 |
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Apr 2 1:00pm |
EXAM
10 CHAPTER 10 Deadline for Project 11 MS Access Chapter 2 MODULE 5 DUE |
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Apr 9 1:00pm |
EXAM
11 CHAPTER 11 Deadline for Project
12 MS Expression Chapter 1 |
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Apr 16 |
Deadline for
Project 13 MS Expression Chapter 2 |
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Apr 23 |
Deadline for
Project 14 MS Expression Chapter 3 MODULE
6 DUE |
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Oconee Campus (Option 1-free) or fee based Proctoring Agency
(Option 2 or Option 3) |
CRN 7534, Wednesday, April 29, 10:20am - 11:20am, Oconee campus Room 304 CRN 7535, Wednesday, April 29, 11:20am - 12:20pm, Oconee campus Room 304 |
This syllabus
is subject to revision as deemed
necessary by the instructor. Please
email me if you have questions regarding the syllabus.