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TR 4:30 PM - 5:30 PM (IO 115)
Students may contact me from 9:00 AM - 9:00 PM via text at (806) 340-0027.
Students may contact me by email through the course in Blackboard (Messages). If you would like to schedule a set day and time to meet, flexibility in my scheduling is available. Please do not hesitate to ask for a specific time if needed.
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ITSC-2335-001 Application Software Problem Solving
<p>Prerequisites: BCIS 1305</p>
Utilization of appropriate application software to solve advanced problems and generate customized solutions.
Student ResourcesStudent Resources Website
Notice to Students enrolled in an educational program for preparation of issuance of certain occupational licenses:
Students enrolled in an educational program in preparation for obtaining certain occupational licenses are potentially ineligible for such license if the student has been convicted of an offense. For further information, please contact:
Melodie Graves
Justice Involved Advocate
Student Service Center 117
mgraves24@actx.edu
806-371-5995
Make appointment at https://melodiegraves.youcanbook.me
You can also contact the Legal Clinic, or the faculty member in charge of the educational program that you seek to enroll in. The further information you will receive will include notification to you of your right to request a criminal history evaluation letter from the licensing authority in order to clarify your particular situation.
(3 sem hrs; 2 lec, 4 lab)
Online Course
[MyITLab W/E-text Access Card For Your Office 2016
**Recommended**[Bundle Your Office Microsoft Excel 2016/MyITLab Access Card; Kinser]
The physical textbook is not required, but highly recommended. Either option can be purchased at the AC Bookstore. Should you choose the first option and later decide you also want the printed text, the text can be purchased directly from the publisher for an additional fee (roughly $35 plus shipping).
The MyiITLab access code is valid for 1 year
*** Please do not open the booklet that contains the MyITLab code until you have enrolled in the class through Blackboard and then MyITLab.
You could already have a valid code if you are concurrently enrolled OR if you were in one of the following classes in this past year - ITSE 2309, POFI 2350***
Students will utilize word processing and spreadsheet software, with a focus on understanding the impact of computer use and technology on our society and culture.
At the completion of the course the student will be able to:
- Use Excel to manage business data, and analyze empirical data from various sources using complex functions and other tools
- Use Excel to prepare visual representations of data through charts and graphs.
- Use Excel to create financial models. Students will learn to create amortization models. In addition, students will learn to use tools and features that help with bonds and investment analysis and depreciation of assets in a business.
- Use Excel to create Statistical models wherein students will learn to use tools to predict business outcomes, relationships between data, and predict future values.
- Use Excel to manage data to facilitate data driven decision making.
- Students will learn to use some powerful features in Excel such as PowerPivot, PowerView, etc. These features help you connect to external data within Excel and perform analysis.
- Students will learn to use the Mail Merge feature in Word using Excel as the data source.
The main focus of this course is to understand and use various business software applications including word processing, spreadsheets.
In order to receive your AC Connect Email, you must log in through AC Connect at https://acconnect.actx.edu .
If you are an active staff or faculty member according to Human Resources, use "Exchange". All other students, use "AC Connect (Google) Email".
Students are expected to maintain a high standard of individual honor in their scholastic work. Students who are guilty of cheating, plagiarism, copying, dishonesty, or an integrity violation in MyITLab may be removed from class with a grade of F; or, in flagrant cases, may be suspended from Amarillo College,
The faculty of the CIS Department reserve the right to ask a student to verify any portion of a test, exam, or project by reproducing any specific section or all sections of any assignment in question. Any action that compromises the computer systems at Amarillo College, including but not limited to hacking or cracking, can result in a grade of F in this course and possible further disciplinary action.
Integrity violations (using all or part of another student’s file) in MyITLab will result in both parties receiving a 0 on the assignment and no make-up assignment is permitted.
COURSE GRADE
>89.5% = A
>79.5% = B
>69.5% = C
>59.5% = D
<59.5% = F
SUMMARY OF ASSIGNMENTS
Training Projects (25%)
Training Projects are required and will be graded. Training will always remain open. You have 3 attempts to complete each project successfully.
Chapter Quizzes (15%)
You will have one quiz that will be questions out of the textbook. It will have questions that will test your understanding of the concepts being covered that week and the added features that will help enhance your ability to use them as needed in your work environment.
Chapter Projects (30%)
Each chapter project will use downloaded files from MyITLab that you alter based upon a set of instructions. The altered files will then be uploaded to MyITLab for grading. Projects are an effective tool for demonstrating an understanding of chapter concepts. Students are permitted 2 attempts on each of these projects. Students are highly encouraged to locate and correct any errors on the first attempt in order to support the learning and integration of the chapter concepts. The higher grade of the two attempts will be recorded in the Blackboard grade book. This is a simple way to add points to your grade.
Midterm Exam (15%)
The Midterm Exam will be a grader project that will cover most of what you learned in the first half of the course. (See the MOS Certification Exam substitution option below.)
Final Exam (15%)
The Final Exam will be a grader project that will cover the entire course. (See the MOS Certification Exam substitution option below.)
MOS Certification Exam (optional)
A MOS Excel exam may substitute for the final exam.
Completion of MOS Certification Exams will satisfy the Final Exam requirements (see below):
All Week 1 assignments must be completed by Monday, 6/10 @ 11:00 PM, in order to be considered Present in the course. Failure to complete all assignments by this date may lead to an administrative drop from the course.
DAILY – Check your AC email (xxxxx@amarillocollege.com) and any course announcements in AC Connect/Blackboard for communications and additional instructions.
Two scheduled times for MIDTERM EXAM
Two scheduled times for FINAL EXAM
*** Please let me know if you have a class conflict or work on either day. I will work with you so you can take the test on another date. You can also schedule to take it at the AC testing center before the final scheduled exam date.
For successful completion of the course, students should anticipate spending 12 – 15 hours per week developing skills and completing assignments.
The schedule below represents a planned outline for the course. Actual assignments and dates are subject to change. Please check your email daily for course updates from your instructor.
WEEK 1 (June 3 - June 9)
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WEEK 2 (June 10 - June 16)
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WEEK 3 (June 17 - June 23)
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WEEK 4 (June 24 - June 30)
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WEEK 5 (July 1 - July 7)
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WEEK 6 (July 8 - July 14)
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WEEK 7 (July 15 - July 21)
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WEEK 8 (July 22 - July 25)
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IMPORTANT DATES TO REMEMBER:
June 3: Online Summer Semester Begins
June 10: Census Date
July 4: Independence Day (College closed)
July 15: Last Day to Withdraw (8-week classes)
July 25: Online Summer Semester Ends
06/01/19 12:21 PM
06/10/19 10:30 AM