Welcome to our Learning Community of ESL 322 and Computer Applications (CA) 302. As students in a Learning Community, you are expected to enroll in both ESL 322 and CA 302. This particular Learning Community gives you the opportunity to learn about computers and, at the same time, a chance to study the technical vocabulary associated with the computer field. You will also have an opportunity to write about issues associated with computers.

By enrolling in this Learning Community, you will have a head start when you seek employment in the computer field. After you finish the course work associated with these courses, you will be more familiar with how computers are used in industry, what the basic terms mean, how to use the Internet to find information and how to describe these tasks to others. And, most importantly, you will be able to write and explain to others what computer tasks you perform each day on your job. This ability will help to ensure your continued success in finding and keeping a job in the "high-tech" field. We believe you will find the time spent in this Learning Community to be both exciting and profitable.

CA 302 RECOMMENDED TEXTS: The Getting Started with Windows manual you will use for the class will be provided for you. If you wish to complete additional projects, you can purchase the following book that's recommended for our class: Carey, Johnson, Salkind, Swanson. (Illustrated Brief Edition). Cambridge: International Thomson Publishing Company, 1999. ISBN: 0-7600-3274-2. This book is available in the campus bookstore.

CLASS HOURS & LOCATIONS: See the class sessions listed on the SJCC Web Site at www.sjcc.edu and on the "Get Started and Go !!!" course description. The class meets in GE118.

INSTRUCTOR: Lucy Dodge

OFFICE HOURS AND LOCATION: Wednesday afternoons 2 to 4 PM and other hours by arrangement.

TELEPHONE: GE118 298-2181 x3951

Instructor's 24-Hour Voice Mail: (408) 298-2181 X3978

E-MAIL address: LED511@yahoo.com

Class Web Site: http://www.sjcc.edu/title3 You can find information about this course and similar Getting Started courses that you might like to take to increase your skills in using additional computer applications.

CA 302 COURSE GUIDELINES:

This is a basic computer skills course designed to teach you fundamental computer skills such as using the mouse, opening and closing programs on the desktop, and saving information in electronic format in folders. The course includes an orientation session, a workbook containing exercises to complete, and a competency assessment at the end of the course.

Although there are no prerequisites for this course, you are expected to have enrolled in ESL 322 as part of the Learning Community. You will be expected to attend two 4-hour orientation sessions during Tuesday and Thursday afternoons. To complete the course materials, you will also be expected to have accumulated at least 20 hours using a computer. You will most likely be spending the majority of this time using the computers in the Technology Skills Center (TSC) in GE 118. Except for unusual occasions, the TSC is open from 9:00 AM to 7:00 PM Monday through Thursday and from 9:00 AM to 2:00 PM on Friday.

ESL 322 CONTACT INFORMATION:

ESL 322,  Sentence Development, 5.0 units                    Instructor: Leslie Takei

Room GE-213                                      Phone Messages: (408)298-2181x3882

Office Hours: Tues. & Thurs. 3:00 – 4:00PM.                    Office Room: GE 206O

Office Hours: Mon. & Wed. 10:00-11:00AM    

PROCEDURES YOU SHOULD FOLLOW:

Please familiarize yourself with the College's policy on attendance. You can read the policy in the Schedule of Classes and the College Catalog, available in the bookstore and online at www.sjcc.edu . If, for any reason, you decide that you no longer want to continue the course, please understand that it is ultimately YOUR responsibility to go to the Admissions and Records Office and complete the necessary paperwork to drop the course formally.

GRADING and SKILLS ASSESSMENT:

This is a self-paced, credit/no credit course. If you complete the Getting Started booklet and assignment sheet and attend one orientation session and the lab for a total of 24 hours, you will receive credit for the course. Each time you enter the lab after the initial introductory session, log into the timekeeper so that your hours are recorded on the computer.

In addition, you will be asked to take a skills assessment at the beginning and the end of the course. In this way, you will be able to determine how much progress you have made toward understanding how to use Windows.

COURSE CONTENT:

Course content includes either exposure to or experience using the following word processing technologies and concepts:

¨                  Windows programs

¨                  Windows terminology

¨                  Program icons

¨                  Windows desktop objects

¨                  Mouse and keyboard skills

¨                  Program menus and options

¨                  Dialog boxes, buttons, and scroll bars

¨                  Files and folders

¨                  Documents

¨                  Printers and other peripheral devices

COURSE OBJECTIVES:

Because the technology surrounding computer work of all kinds is changing so quickly, much of what you learn about specific hardware or software this semester may well be almost obsolete by next year or sooner. By the time you finish the class, though, you should have acquired several skills which will help you use Windows. Toward that end, it is expected that by the end of the course, you will be able to:

·        Use and understand basic Windows and computer terms

·        Use the correct names to refer to Windows interface elements, such as scroll bars, icons, and so on

·        Open and close programs on the Windows desktop from the Start menu and the desktop

·        Use mouse and keyboard shortcuts to open and close programs

·        Use the maximize and minimize boxes to manipulate the size of application windows

·        Use buttons and icons to open and close dialog boxes

·        Use scroll bars, boxes, and arrows to scroll through documents

·        Select options from program menus

·        Open, close, and locate files on the Windows desktop

·        Store files and move files from one folder to another on the Windows desktop

·        Use the Windows Explorer and My Computer to locate files

·        Format floppy disks

·        Store information on floppy disks

·        Copy files from the hard drive to floppy disks

·        Open Microsoft Word

·        Create and rename a document

·        Store a document on the hard disk and on floppy disks

·        Select a printer and print a document

IMPORTANT CLASS DATES

September 24                        Last day to add classes without signed add forms

October 12                        Turn in petitions for Graduation and Certificates to Admissions and Records

Nov. 22-24                        Thanksgiving Break - LABS CLOSED

Nov. 26                        Last day to drop a class and receive a "W" grade on a transcript

Dec. 20                        Official end of Fall 2001 Semester

January 9, 2002                        Grades available by phone:  (408-223-0300)