CIS120 "The Internet" Syllabus"

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Course Description

CIS 120  The Internet  (From the UCC Web Site) This course is all about the Internet. Topics include background of the Internet, ethics and etiquette of the Web, protocols, basic UNIX commands, HTML, designing and creating for the World Wide Web.  Students entering this course should have basic keyboarding skills, knowledge of computers and Windows.   Prerequisite: ADM 101 or equivalent. 3 credit hours. 2 lecture and 2 laboratory hours per week.

Prerequisites:

ADM 101: Keyboarding for the Computer I (or the ability to keyboard 25 WPM - meaning you don't  feel the letters are in a different place each time you sit down)

Student Learning Objectives

The student will be comfortable with the various ways of using and contributing to the Internet.

Specifically be able to:

Importance of using all resources

Because reading instructions carefully and following them precisely are critical to using computers effectively, please read the pages linked to below and those they hyperlink to particularly

Use the software's Help pages, References and Tutorial Sites. 

Topics:

Professor:

Text:

See the text page for a complete description of which books and good places to purchase them.
You can buy your books at the bookstore or online, which is cheaper. 
I take into account shipping time of 2 weeks.

Materials:

Online Resources:

This course is ALL about using online Resources

Collaboration:

The web has enables people from different departments, different companies, different counties to collaborate.  This may be its biggest impact on society.  This course will try to introduce as much collaboration as possible.   We will collaborate on:

Grading Policy:

Assignments

The only way to learn the Internet to Use it !   This will be one of the more, if not THE MOST, hands-on class you'll take, both in class and at home.

There has been an attempt to make the assignments as real life as possible, as relevant to each person as possible and varied as possible to appeal to different learning styles.  Success in "real life" is dependant on doing your job in a timely and professional manner.  As you can see from the grading, completing your assignment in a timely and professional manner is key to getting a good grade in this course.

Calendar

Assignments are due on the date indicated on the calendar.  Assignments loose one letter for each week late.

We are all human and have busy personal lives, if you have a problem, please contact me via email (or phone).
Work is due on the date indicated on the calendar. 

Attendance

See UCC policy.  For F2f classes,  Attendance is taken at each class.  As an online course there is no physical class. 
 However the WebBoard and the Wiki is where this class meets.  You are expected to be there at least twice a week and to "raise your hand and make contributions to class discussion. 
 In an online class those are web post.

Lateness

Again in an an online class "late" has a different meaning.  It means that your assignments are not submitted in a timely manner so that they are not there for review with those of your fellow classmates

Academic Integrity

Students are expected to uphold the school’s standard of conduct relating to academic honesty. Students assume full responsibility for the content and integrity of the academic work they submit. The guiding principle of academic integrity shall be that a student's submitted work, examinations, reports, and projects must be that of the student's own work.

The penalty for violating the honor code is severe. Any student violating the honor code is subject to receive a failing grade for the course and may be subject to disciplinary action as described in the Student Handbook. If a student is unclear about whether a particular situation may constitute an honor code violation, the student should meet with the instructor to discuss the situation.

For this class, it is permissible to assist classmates in general discussions of computing techniques. General advice and interaction are encouraged. Each person, however, must develop his or her own solutions to the assigned homework and laboratory exercises. Unless otherwise directed, students may not "work together" on graded assignments. Such collaboration constitutes cheating. A student may not use or copy (by any means) another's work (or portions of it) and represent it as his/her own.

See further discussion of "quizzing and grading philosophy" of this course.

Special Needs

If you have any disability (either permanent or temporary) that might affect your ability to perform in this class, please inform me immediately. I will adapt methods, materials, or testing so that you can participate equitably. To learn about the services that UCC provides to students with disabilities, contact the Coordinator for Students with Disabilities, by phone at (908) 709-7164 or by e-mail.

See the UCC Policy on Special needs.