San Diego Community College District
Miramar College

CBTE 120 - Beginning Microsoft Word

Spring 2024

Professor: Ed Brunjes

Course CRN: 53599 On-line.
Zoom Hours: Tuesday beginning February 6, 2024, 6:00 pm (duration depending on the number and types of questions and issues - typically 1 hour). Days and times may change as class needs arrise.

For Course Submissions and communication Please Use - capt.ed.brunjes@gmail.com.  

Be sure to log into the class home page in Canvas for the latest updates and class information.

Syllabus Sections

Text and Materials

Attendance

Class Resources contains references and videos on how to use MSWord

Article Reviews

Evaluation

Module Activities

Examinations and quizzes

Class Schedule contains assignments and due dates

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Textbook and Materials:

• Vermaat. Microsoft Office 365/Word 2021. Cengage:Boston, MA. (ISBN 13: 978-0-357-67709-4).
• All projects and readings will be from this text. Access to Word 2021, Office 365, or office on-line. It should be noted that Word 2019 may also be used
  however, the page numbering, at times, may be different and can not be ordered through the bookstore.

Required Text The ebook may be ordered by         clicking on this link. Or it may be purchased from the   Miramar College book store.

Course Objectives:

Upon successful completion of the course (75% or better) students will be able to:

1. Create, format, and edit a Word document with a graphic;
2. Create a research paper with references and sources;
3. Create a business letter with a letterhead and table;
4. Create a document with a title page, lists, tables, and a watermark;
5. Use a template to create a resume and share the finished document.

Attendance:

The student is expected to participate in activities and communicate with the professor at least once per week by sending completed assignments, email communication, etc. Failure to communicate as expected may result in the dropping of the student from the course.
Although attendance is NOT directly calculated into the final grade, failure to attend or communicate with the professor may result in being dropped from the class or the assignment of a failing grade.

Student Responsibilities:

Student academic behavior must be consistent with the District's Code of Conduct (Policy 3100).

If the student has an issue with an assigned grade, it is the student's responsibility to provide documentation and any additional information that supports the issue. The evaluation will be reviewed and remediation (if appropriate) will be implemented.

• It is the student's responsibility to drop all classes in which he/she is no longer participating or attending.
• It is the instructor's discretion to withdraw a student after the add/drop deadline date due to excessive absences.
• Students who remain enrolled in a class beyond the published withdrawal deadline, as stated in the schedule, will receive an evaluative letter grade in the class.
• Assignments are due on the "Due Date" as posted in the "Class Schedule" - linked below (unless modified and posted on the class home page). Assignments that are submitted late are subjet to a 25% penalty. Assignments more than one week late are not typically accepted for evaluation. Please make sure your name appears on each of your submissions.

Class Resources:

This page contains a number of Internet references and tutorials have been accumulated and are linked. Students are encouraged to share any useful resources and files that may be necessary to complete the assigned projects.
Module Resources contains links to files that are used to complete many of the projects. The links are organized by Module.

Methods of Evaluation:

There will be several projects and activities required for each text module. Work for each module will have a maximum value of 100 points. After you have completed Module Two, two article reviews are required and two addtitional reviews are required along with Module 4 (four "Article Summaries" in all - refer to the section below), each summary will have a value of 25 points. Articles may be from the Internet, magazines, journals, etc. and must be at least 300 words in length. Each review MUST cite your reference or article source (magazine, book, internet site (URL), etc.). You may not use advirtisements for your reviews.

Module Activities and Project Expectations:

The link above also leads to Module Resources (files, etc.) and expectations with respect to submissions.The Module Exercises contain activities that reinforce information presented in each of the modules. Each Module Exercise must be submitted as an attachment or attachments to an e-mail and sent via the gmail account, above. All Module Exercises are due the week after the exercises are indicated in the tentative schedule. The module requirements are listed in the Class Schedule, below. Each Module Exercise will have a value of 100 points. Please make sure your name appears on each of your submissions.

Once again note that completed projects must be submitted via attachments to an email (note my email address above), NOT via Cengage's MindTap or SAM systems.

Examinations and quizzes:

There are no exams scheduled for this course.

Article Reviews

The link above leads to the descriptions of each of the Article Summaries that each student will be required to complete. Four article summaries will be required prior to the end of the course. Each summary will have a value of 25 points. Note the due dates and requirements for each of the summaries. Please make sure your name appears on each of your submissions.

The general class policy is that late work will have a 25% penalty; work more than 1 week late will not be accepted.

Final Grade distribution:

There are 800 possible points that you can accumulate (5 modules at 100 points each, Final Project at 200 points and 4 article reviews at 25 points each).
HOWEVER-- the final grade will be based on the highest point accumulation for the class (the highest score).

A - 92 to 100%
B - 85 to 91%
C - 75 to 85%
D - 65 to 75%

Dishonesty policy:

In the event that two or more students submit duplicate assignments (projects, midterm, final or article reviews) an evaluation of 0 will be assigned to all papers in question. It is up to each student to maintain security of their work.  In the event there is a grade dispute, the student must make every reasonable attempt to resolve the issue with the professor, if the issue is still not resolvable, the issue may be taken to the department chairman, and the dean. Other Student Conduct issues and remedies as described by SDCCD Policy 3100 are included herein by reference.

Disabled Student Notice:

If you are a disabled student, you should contact me as soon as possible and contact the Disabled Students Programs and Services (DSPS) office through their e-mail miradsps@sdccd.net. DSPS can be contacted at (858)536-7212 or (619)388-7312.

Every effort has been taken to make this course accessable to all students. If you encounter a problem accessing anything in this course, please contact the professor and Disability Support Programs and Services (DSPS) Office.

Class Schedule:

The schedule is the sequence of activities that will be required through out the semester along with the due dates. Note that generally the module exercises are due the week after they are assigned. No late module assignments will be accepted unless agreed upon by Prof. Brunjes. Please make sure your name appears on each of your submissions.

Please refer the Class Schedule, linked above, for due dates.