Welcome to our Learning Community of ESL 322 and Computer Applications (CA) 306. As students in a Learning Community, you are expected to enroll in both ESL 322 and CA 306. 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 306 RECOMMENDED TEXTS: The Getting Started with the Internet manual you will use for the class will be provided for you. If you wish to complete additional projects, you can purchase the book recommended for our class in the bookstore. This book is Light on the Internet by Wendy G. Lehnert.

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 additional 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 306 COURSE GUIDELINES:

This is a basic computer skills course designed to teach the fundamentals of the Internet. This includes skills such as utilizing Microsoft's Internet Explorer's (IE's) pull-down menus, searching the web, copying and saving text images (graphics), and downloading information. You will also learn how to use an Internet mail tool (e.g., Yahoo mail) and save pages (bookmarks). The course includes an orientation session, a workbook containing exercises to complete, and a competency assessment at the end of the course.

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 the Internet.

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    

COURSE CONTENT:

Course content includes either exposure to or experience using the following Internet Explorer technologies and concepts:

·        Creating documents

·        Overview of Internet Explorer and Netscape Navigator graphical user interface

·        Pull-down menus

·        Mouse commands and key combinations

·        Web servers and URLs

·        Domains and portals

·        Internet Service Providers (ISPs)

·        HTML tools

·        Research techniques

·        Self-extracting files

·        Copyright laws

·        E-mail tools

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 Internet Explorer. Toward that end, it is expected that by the end of the course, you will be able to:

·      Create and save documents on the hard drive and floppy disks

·      Use either Internet Explorer or Netscape Navigator to access the Internet

·      Use the pull-down menus to change user options and customize the user interface

·      Use either mouse clicks or key combinations to copy and save Web pages and perform Web-based operations, such as copying and saving Web pages

·      Set up access to Web servers and type URLs correctly

·      Understand the difference between public and private URLs

·      Use Web portals and commercial information services such as AOL or Yahoo to access a variety of Web services

·      Use Web browsers to access information on the Internet

·      Understand different HTML tools and software modules such as plug-ins and viewers

·      Search for information on the Web by entering search criteria and downloading pages and files

·      Download and install software from the Internet  

·      Read copyright information and understand how to use information gathered from the Internet

·      Establish e-mail accounts using software providers such as Yahoo and Hotmail

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)