SYLLABUS FOR INTRODUCTION TO WEB PAGES

INTRODUCTION TO WRITING WEB PAGES

CBIS 29A SYLLABUS

Instructor Information:

Gloria Henderson
OFFICE B-5 (Business Building)
OFFICE HOUR: Wed: 12-1 p.m.
PHONE (760) 252-2411 ext. 7284
2700 Barstow Road
Barstow CA, 92311
EMAIL ghenderson@bcconline.com

ON-LINE INSTRUCTIONS

YOU MUST FILL OUT THIS SYLLABUS IF YOU INTEND TO TAKE THE COURSE!

To enter the requested information, click the white boxes to have the insertion point appear where you will type your responses. After completing the questions in the syllabus, click the Submit button at the end of the syllabus.

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Email:
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Course Description

Units: 3.0
Lecture: 2
Lab hours: 3
Prerequisites: Recommended: CBIS 2  Windows And The Internet ( the fundamentals of how to use a computer and the Internet)

Fundamentals of HyperTextMark-up Languages (HTML) and electronic publishing on the web. Students will learn how to produce a multi-page web site with images, text, links, tables, frames, forms and simple multimedia. Uploading and modifying web documents to a web server.

Learning Outcomes

At the end of this course, you will be able to:

In the box below, list the learning outcomes for this course?

Materials and Computer Requirements

- Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows NT, or Windows 2000, Windows XP, Vista
- Pentium 200 Mhz processor or better (preferably 400 Mhz)
- 32 MB of RAM (preferably 64 MB of RAM)
- Mouse

In the box below, please list the materials that you need for the class? 

Username and Password:

You must use a username and password after the first week of class. Without these items you will not be able to access the course materials. Username and password are the same: First four letters of last name last four numbers of social security. 

EXAMPLE ONLY BELOW.  USE YOUR OWN INFORMATION TO FIGURE OUT YOUR USERNAME AND PASSWORD. EACH USERNAME AND PASSWORD IS UNIQUE TO EACH STUDENT!
 

EXAMPLE USERNAME: smit1234
EXAMPLE PASSWORD: smit1234

                                            In the box below, type your username and password for this class:

 

Student Responsibilities and Online Instructions:

It is your responsibility to make sure the instructor has the all the contact information stated at the top of this syllabus by the start of classes!! It is your responsibility to e-mail the instructor if you have any problems or do not understand this syllabus. 

It is your responsibility to confirm your enrollment either via the Internet at https://bcregweb.barstow.edu/ or by calling (760)252-2411 x7236 if you are having problems accessing the course material.  After you have confirmed your enrollment, go to http://www.bcconline.com/orient/ and read the password link.  Following this procedure will ensure you are helped in the fastest manner possible.

By enrolling for this class, the assumption is that you possess the necessary skills to read at the college level, to enter and perform research on the internet, to email using proper email etiquette and to post to the discussions.

When e-mailing your instructor: ghenderson@bcconline.com  include your full name. Send all e-mail with the name of the course in the subject line and Chapter Number or use the words: problem, question or comment. Many times I have received e-mail with no name in the body of the email.  Type all e-mail with your name, or else you will not receive a reply and your assignment will not be graded.

E-mail without an appropriate subject line will be deleted and will not be read. With the current high incidence of viruses and unsolicited email, I delete all email without appropriate subject lines automatically.

Remember I do not answer e-mail on the weekends, Therefore, to determine the 48 hours response time, do not include Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays and holidays. If an e-mail with the word “problem, help, or question” in the subject line is sent on Monday through Thursday you can expect a response within 24-48 hours.  If an e-mail with the word “problem, help, or question” in the subject line is sent on the weekends, there will be a longer turn around time, but the e-mail will be answered by Tuesday of the following week. 

E-mail assignments will have a one week turnaround time, and you should not expect an answer to a successfully submitted and completed assignment before the end of the one week turnaround time period. 

Online classes are NOT conducted via instantaneous transmission.  Just as I am giving you a NINE day period to complete your work, I am to be given SEVEN days to reply to your assignments.  In addition, the above stated timelines apply to ALL students and ALL responses to your questions and concerns. 

I appreciate your understanding of the above stated timelines and will respond to ALL questions and concerns about this class within the timeframes stated above.

A posting place at the top of the discussion page indicates the instructor’s message board to you. Be sure to check this each week so that you don’t miss messages and clarifications; remember that sometimes no instructor posting will have been made.  Students are not to post in the instructor's posting area.  Should you have a concern with your class please e-mail me your question.  It is not appropriate for students to post their concerns in the instructor's posting area. Students who post in the instructor's posting area will receive a warning and their posting will be deleted unanswered.  Students who ignore the warning and post again to the instructor's posting area will be dropped from the class. 

At the conclusion of the class you may find out your grades by calling (760) 252-6868 (local or out of state) and (877) 336-6868 (toll free within California).  You may also find out your grade by going on the Internet at https://bcregweb.barstow.edu/.  I will send you a progress report with your current grade regularly. After you take the final exam, I will send you a final progress report with your final grade.

In the box below type the following: I understand and agree to abide by the online instructions written above.

Critical Thinking Assignments

Critical thinking tasks include (but are not limited to) the following:

Methods of Instruction

This course may be learned through various techniques, such as use of the Internet, videos, online tutorials, and online demonstrations, CD labs, and CD videos. I will utilize the following to help you learn the objectives for this course:

1.    Lectures via web-pages 
2.    Class Discussion via on-line discussion groups 
3.    Individual Instruction 

Class Activities

Since this is an online course, the learning environment is different than in the traditional "in room" class gathering. It is expected that you read all material required and complete all assignments, but in addition, you should also visit the discussion boards at least twice a week. 

Attendance

Visit the discussion board at least twice a week. Attendance is based on your weekly postings to the discussion group. Posting two comments each week on different days to the discussion board will prevent your grade from dropping. Should you decide to stop participating, posting to the discussion group, or turning in assignments, it is your responsibility to drop the class, not the instructor’s. If this is not done, a grade of "F" may result.

Attendance is important. How will you make sure that I know you are attending?

Time Management

Plan your time.  It is important that you follow the instructions carefully and spend the time needed to complete the work.  Do not procrastinate and put off doing any work for several days and then try to do all the sections in one sitting. As you get tired, you will become less productive, make more mistakes, and understand or retain less information.

It is expected that most students will need to spend about five (5) hours a week practicing on the computer (as with a traditional classroom) plus "study" time, which in college standards is approximately 1-3 hours per each hour of class time (meaning somewhere between 5-15 hours depending upon your study skills, knowledge, and abilities. While this may sometimes be frustrating and time-consuming, there is a very real feeling of accomplishment when a program suddenly performs as you expect, and you realize you can control the computer.

Please type below how much time you are expected to spend reading, doing discussions, completing assignments, posting, testing, and studying:

Due Dates

Your assignments are due by midnight Pacific Coast time on the date listed on the Home Page. Grades for assignments submitted after midnight will be lowered.

                                    Please type below when your assignments are due:

Course Completion Requirements

By reading the course outline , you will see the assignments that I will be covering and a schedule for each week. Before you do the assignments in the textbook, you will download student files from the publisher's website. After you submit the syllabus, I will give you web space where you can upload your assignments for me to grade. At this time, I do not plan on having you e-mail your assignments to me. Every week I will expect you to do the following:

  • Read and complete the tutorial.
  • Upload Tutorial Review Assignment to server
  • Upload Case Problem Assignment to server
  • Post Discussions (a minimum of two "quality" posts per week)
  • Take a Quiz

What are the five things you that will be expected to do weekly?

Getting Help

For help in the class, you can send e-mail to me at ghenderson@bcconline.com. If you do not have Windows XP on your home computer or want to do your work on campus, you can go to the Barstow College Computer labs anytime they are open. If you need help with the website, tutorials are available for you here: http://www.bcconline.com/orient/ or you can e-mail the webmaster@bcconline.com for help. 

If you have a question, what can you do to get help?

Asking Questions

When the question is about grades or is personal or when the subject under discussion is not clear, students are encouraged to communicate with me via e-mail. You will receive priority by entering the word "question" or "help" in the subject line of your e-mail message.

Class Participation

Class participation is important. I expect e-mail from anyone having trouble and expect that some sort of dialog between you and the other students in the class will take place on the discussion board area. Every week, I will post a topic to discuss, and it is up to you to respond to the topic and to at least one of your classmate's responses. Failure to do so could result in a lower grade.  You will notice throughout the week on the discussion board, I will post a variety of questions to help facilitate discussion topics.  You are not obligated to answer EVERY question I post, as long as you've met the grade standard you will receive full credit.  

I encourage you to post comments to the discussion group, especially with respect to asking questions when the subject under discussion is not clear. Since attendance is based on your weekly postings to the discussion group, posting comments each week will prevent you from being dropped from the course.

E-mail

Paying attention to a few details will help ensure that all of your assignments and your points are entered in your grade file. I cannot tell you how many emails I get from students that send mail with no name and want a reply. 

Never assume that your Instructor knows who the email is from because your email program may place an alias or nickname to the email header or even worst use a default one if you are using someone else's computer or one at the computer lab.  Your instructor isn't going to know who "The Nickster" or something as obscure as "Campus Computer Lab User" is. You should keep in mind that the Instructor has quite a few students taking the same course as you and could also be teaching several courses as well.  More than likely, the instructor will be using a single email account so all the mail from all his/her students are sending emails to the same mailbox. Configure your mail account to accept HTML so messages, links and graded papers can be sent online with feedback.

How can I send a Useful E-mail to the Instructor that is Concise and Informative?

Using the appropriate subject line in your e-mail messages will help me organize your assignments and respond faster to your questions as I receive them. Although, I will receive many e-mail messages, I can guarantee that messages such as the following will get top priority:

  • Messages which need a quick response that begin with the word: Question

The e-mail should have accurate subject information that includes who the e-mail is from, a useful subject line description, and Class #/Session# information to separate you from my other courses. I would recommend using the following format:

What should be in the Subject Line of your E-mail Message:

First Name, Last Name, Course, Week, anything else.

EXAMPLE: John Wayne, CBIS 29A, Tutorial 1

What accurate subject information should you include in the subject heading of your e-mails?

Class Etiquette

Rule: Treat others as you want to be treated. Be respectful and courteous in your e-mails to instructors, peers, and in discussion postings. If you send or post defamatory or offensive messages, you may receive an "F" or be dropped from this class.

Grading

The following grading scale and grade distribution are predicted; however, the instructor reserves the right to curve final grades (upward or downward) based on overall class performance.

Final grades will be based on the total points earned during the semester. Grades will be assigned based on the following standard:

Percentage Grade Grade Points Quality

94-100

A

4.0

Work is of superior quality

90-93

A-

3.7

Work is above average

87-89

B+

3.3

Work is above average

84-86

B

3.0

Work is above average

80-83

B-

2.7

Work is average

77-79

C+

2.3

Work is average

73-76

C

2.0

Work is average

70-72

C-

1.7

Work is below average

67-69

D+

1.3

Work is unsatisfactory

64-66

D

1.0

Work is unsatisfactory

60-63

D-

0.7

Work is failing

0-59

F

0.0

Work is failing

I

Incomplete

0

Class work is incomplete. Student has an opportunity to finish work within one additional semester. This grade is reserved for students missing a major test or whom have had a major life altering event. Incompletes are given only when you have completed most of the course.

 

Grade Distribution
  Tutorial Web Page Assignment 20%
  Review Web Page Assignment 20%
  Quizzes 20%
  Discussions 20%
  Final Exam (proctored, closed book;
  one page of notes only)		              20%
  Final Project

Extra Credit

 

Methods of Evaluation

Grading standards for Tutorial Review and Case Problem Assignments

You must create two web page assignments for each tutorial. For each web page assignment that is completed and uploaded on time, you can earn 100 points. Uploading your tutorial and case files might seem a bit challenging the first few times, but after some practice, it will seem easy to you. For each late submission, 20 points will be deducted.

You will be required to upload all of your web page files to the server that will be provided to you during the first week of the course. If you have problems, it is your responsibility to contact the instructor and make sure you acquire the information to upload files to server provided to you for this course.

For technical assistance, call our Web Mistress, Nancy Olson at 252-2411, Ext. 7319, email: mailto:webmaster@bcconline.com. 

Grading standards for Quizzes and Exams

(True/False and/or Multiple Choice) for each lesson will be given online. You can earn 100 points for each quiz and exam. The number of correct answers earned from the total number of questions determines the points for each quiz or exam.

Grading standards for Discussions

Since we only meet for eight weeks, the number of Discussion Topics will be eight. You are required to post twice a week. Full credit for discussion means you have posted a minimum of twice per topic on at least two different days. Therefore, your total postings must be no less than 16 high-quality comments. High-quality posts are demonstrated by critical thinking, original ideas, and appropriate grammar. Spelling is important, too. Be very accurate, precise, and articulate in all your postings.

You can earn a total of 100 points for eight (8) high-quality postings (each posting will be worth 12.5 points) made during the first half of the class, and you can earn 100 points for posting eight (8) more high-quality discussions for the last half of the class. I will record grades for postings just two times during the course for a total of 200 points. For errors or for less postings, your grade will be lowered.

Below is an example of a "high-quality" post

INSTRUCTOR'S POST: "What is the difference between a LAN and a WAN?"

FULL CREDIT ANSWER BY STUDENT:  "The difference between a LAN and a WAN is the geographical area in which a area network covers.  A LAN stands for Local Area Network and generally is located within one central building.  The building could be 20 stories high, but is still located geographically within one area.  A WAN stands for Wide Area Network and can be compared to a LAN in which a WAN would create a network connecting more than one building(s) or LANs together over a distance of a minimum of 50 feet.  "Most often WANs cover geographical areas up to 1000s of miles of distance." (New Perspectives textbook page 231.)

Below are reason you may not receive full credit for your posts:

  1. You don't post a at least two times on two different days.

  2. Bad grammar, format, and spelling.

  3. Your answers are not "complete"

  4. You plagiarized (copy verbatim from the Internet or another written source with out proper sourcing)

Examples of Partial Credit Postings: 

PARTIAL ANSWER BY STUDENT:  "LANs and WANs are different because they cover different amounts of area." (very weak answer, need to elaborate more.  Must use at least a sentence or two of information that you learned about the topic from the book or the Internet.  If you quote the textbook or the Internet you must give reference to the Internet site or the textbook. This post would lose 10 points)

"I agree with Shelly, LANS and WANs are different" (no credit for answers like this; zero points)

"Hey, does anyone know the answers to question 3?" (obviously this question doesn't even belong posted under the topic.  Questions such as these need to be moved to the "Problem, Questions, and Lessons Learned" area; zero points)

"LANs an WANs are really important to networks.  without them we cannot have networks" (answering a topic question not relevant to the topic will cause you to lose points, as well, there is misspelling.  This topic post would lose 7 points)

                        Please type in the box what you consider to be a "high-quality" post?

Posting each week on the discussion board will prevent you from being dropped from the course, too. Since responses to the discussion questions will be counted for attendance, you will not be given credit if these are submitted late. Please note that even though you will not get individual feedback from me on these discussions, I do read them and count your on-line participation in lieu of on-campus attendance. I will respond with my thoughts on the discussion topics as often as possible.

To improve your grade, you should post often. By posting regularly, you will learn to use the discussion board, learn more about the topics on which you are working, and get to know your classmates by participating in the group discussion. In addition, if you participate often in the discussions with good-quality comments, your discussion grade will be higher.

Please post any general problems, questions, comments, or issues that may rise during the course instead of e-mailing. If you help other students within this area of the discussion, you will receive extra points towards your participation grade.

I check my e-mail more often than I check discussions boards, so if your problem needs immediate attention, please use your discretion on whether to post or e-mail me.  Many times I have found that students do not receive general e-mail that I have sent. Therefore, I may back-up general correspondence by posting the information on the discussion board. I recommend that you check this area once at the beginning of the week, and again, at the end of the week to keep up-to-date on any changes that may have occurred or other important information.

How many times must you post to the discussion board each week?

Late Work or Work Not Submitted

Students are expected to take the exams and turn in assignments when they are scheduled, and each exam must be completed during a specified time limit. Late assignments will receive half credit and will not be accept if it is more than two weeks late. No late work will be accepted during final's week or after the class has ended. Any assignments, quiz, or exam not turned in by the end of the course will receive zero points (F).

Academic Dishonesty

Plagiarism and cheating are serious offenses and may be punished by failure on exam, paper or project; failure in course; and/or expulsion from the college. If more than one person turns in the same work, both people will be punished for the offense and will receive an F grade. You may do perfect work and still fail the course, if you are caught plagiarizing, cheating, or giving someone else your work that they submit as their own.

Need for Assistance

If you have any condition, such as a physical or learning disability, for which you need extra assistance, please let me know immediately. If you have already met with Special Services, please provide me with information regarding your special needs as soon as possible so that appropriate accommodations can be made.

Checking Grades

Grades are not recorded instantly after assignments are submitted. It takes time to grade, record scores, and prepare progress reports. Since I grade all assignments at the same time to assure consistency, I may not grade assignment until the due date, even if they are submitted early.

By the end of each week, I will e-mail you a progress report showing the grades that I have recorded for you to date. Let me know immediately if you have any questions about your progress report.

Final Exam and Proctor

The final exam is given the last week of class. The final exam will be given at Barstow College. If you cannot take the final at Barstow College, Ft Irwin, or Miramar sites during the last week of the course, then it is your responsibility to find an instructor-approved proctor and fill out the Proctor Request Form for this course.

A proctor is someone that you must find who will guarantee to give your final exam. The proctor must meet the Barstow College requirements for proctoring your exam and must be instructor approved. A family member, friend, coworker, or neighbor is not an acceptable proctor. A good place to look for a proctor is at your local library, church, college, school, or library. Find a military educational officer, a librarian, a clergy member, or educational officer and an approved site, such as a military educational center, a church, a library or an educational center (school) for the exam. The approved site will need Microsoft Office 2002.

For extra credit, you can do the final project.

What is a proctor, how can you go about looking for one, do you need one if you take the final exam on campus or at Fort Irwin?

 

Disclaimer Statement

A syllabus is not a contract between instructor and student but rather a guide to course procedures on attendance, requirements, grading and objectives. The instructor reserves the right to amend the syllabus when conflicts, emergencies or situations arise that necessitate a change. Students will be notified of any changes.

By submitting this form you are stating that you have read and understood what the syllabus is about, what is expected of you to successfully complete this course, and that you know how to contact me.

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