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Hello ACCT 110 DL Summer Students: My name is Lauren Psomostithis and I am delighted to have the opportunity of being your instructor for this online class. In addition to welcoming you to ACCT 110 DL – Introduction to Bookkeeping I – this letter serves as an online orientation and provides information needed to access the course as well as other important information. Please take the time to carefully read this letter and refer to it in the future (your first quiz will be on the information contained in this orientation). If you are unfamiliar with webCT, please also read the ‘webCT Instructions’ letter. Online learning can be an incredibly rewarding and exciting adventure. It provides flexibility and an opportunity for students who might not otherwise be able to take advantage of a college curriculum; however, you should be aware that self-discipline, self-motivation, and attention to detail are required to complete the course successfully in this format. Students must be committed to meeting deadlines for reading and homework assignments. It is the student’s responsibility to log onto the site often enough to remain abreast of what is going on in the class. I will post announcements in the ‘instructor notices’ section of the discussion room. No on campus meetings will be required for this class. The course will be taken entirely online. Read this orientation carefully and contact me should you have any questions ([email protected]). You should also read the course syllabus which includes expectations and grading criteria. The course will be available for login on the first day of the quarter – go to http://elvis.sccd.ctc.edu:8900 and use your full student ID for the login and password. Many of you have never taken an online course and are somewhat apprehensive about the endeavor. I assure you that you have nothing to fear – and the discussion room provides you with plenty of interaction with classmates, so you won’t feel disconnected. If you live near campus, please know that we have excellent tutors available at no charge on a drop in basis Monday – Thursday (room number and times to be announced). You should have a basic level of computer literacy that will permit you to perform tasks such as using a word processing program, a web browser, and excel. Once the class begins, all email is conducted via the internal email system. Please be sure to read all instructor notices when they are posted in the discussion room. Additionally, you must sign in to the course and participate within the first three days of the quarter – begin by familiarizing yourself with the course tools, and then post a short bio on yourself providing some information about your education, any accounting background, and career goals (post this in the ‘introductions’ section of the discussion room). The following pages contain a walk-through of what to expect (click on the yellow ‘sticky notes’ for additional details). I look forward to a great quarter with all of you!
Hello ACCT 110 DL Summer Students: My name is Lauren Psomostithis and I am delighted to have the opportunity of being your instructor for this online class. In addition to welcoming you to ACCT 110 DL – Introduction to Bookkeeping I – this letter serves as an online orientation and provides information needed to access the course as well as other important information. Please take the time to carefully read this letter and refer to it in the future (your first quiz will be on the information contained in this orientation). If you are unfamiliar with webCT, please also read the ‘webCT Instructions’ letter. Online learning can be an incredibly rewarding and exciting adventure. It provides flexibility and an opportunity for students who might not otherwise be able to take advantage of a college curriculum; however, you should be aware that self-discipline, self-motivation, and attention to detail are required to complete the course successfully in this format. Students must be committed to meeting deadlines for reading and homework assignments. It is the student’s responsibility to log onto the site often enough to remain abreast of what is going on in the class. I will post announcements in the ‘instructor notices’ section of the discussion room. No on campus meetings will be required for this class. The course will be taken entirely online. Read this orientation carefully and contact me should you have any questions ([email protected]). You should also read the course syllabus which includes expectations and grading criteria. The course will be available for login on the first day of the quarter – go to http://elvis.sccd.ctc.edu:8900 and use your full student ID for the login and password. Many of you have never taken an online course and are somewhat apprehensive about the endeavor. I assure you that you have nothing to fear – and the discussion room provides you with plenty of interaction with classmates, so you won’t feel disconnected. If you live near campus, please know that we have excellent tutors available at no charge on a drop in basis Monday – Thursday (room number and times to be announced). You should have a basic level of computer literacy that will permit you to perform tasks such as using a word processing program, a web browser, and excel. Once the class begins, all email is conducted via the internal email system. Please be sure to read all instructor notices when they are posted in the discussion room. Additionally, you must sign in to the course and participate within the first three days of the quarter – begin by familiarizing yourself with the course tools, and then post a short bio on yourself providing some information about your education, any accounting background, and career goals (post this in the ‘introductions’ section of the discussion room). The following pages contain a walk-through of what to expect (click on the yellow ‘sticky notes’ for additional details). I look forward to a great quarter with all of you!
When you sign in to the class you will find these buttons: 1- The course syllabus button will take you to the syllabus which provides information on course objectives and expectations, as well as grading criteria. 2- The lecture notes and sample problems button will take you to chapter specific notes (these provide additional clarification on text material and extra information for some chapters); the sample problems are taken from the 11th edition of the text and walk you through the solutions. The sample problems are in power point, but are set so that you go at your own pace (just remember to click on the speaker icon for sound) 3- The online resources tab provides a link to the text site (which has videos, power points, problem templates, practice self-tests, and much more!) and links to many useful accounting related sites. 4- The practice activities and templates button links you to chapter specific activities - these are for you to work on your own and then check your answers (please post questions you have about these in the discussion room). It is very important to do these as part of your weekly review. There are general excel templates provided here, as well as the template for the mini-practice set 2 which is your project for this course (this is a large project - so please do not procrastinate when I set time lines for this). Chapter specific templates for the homework problems will be posted each week in the discussion room.
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Please sign in and click around on these tabs to become familiar with the site.
The primary communication tools used in this course are e-mail and the discussion room. . Mail. This mail icon is what you will click to access the class e-mail system - this is how you can e-mail both me and your classmates. This is also the e-mail you will use for submitting your homework, exams, and class project - it is much safer than other methods because messages do not get lost, and the inbox is never full. . Discussions. The discussion room will be your 'classroom' for this course. This is where we will discuss topics of interest and questions about how to solve a homework problem or practice activity. Each week I will post a message in the appropriate week outlining the activities for the week and any typical difficulties (along with explanations). . The discussion room is divided into different sections, including: Instructor notices - this is where I will post non-chapter related messages. Introductions - this is where you will post an introduction (tell us about yourself, why you are taking the course, accounting background, etc..) Student comments & Questions - this is for general questions Week _ Activities - this is where I post weekly outlines, as well as where you post questions about how to solve homework problems or practice activities. Additionally, if you have the time it is recommended to work as many of the unassigned exercises as possible - if you post these here I will check them for you. . As you can tell, I encourage you to post your questions, rather than e-mailing me directly - this is because it is very likely that if you are confused about something, you are not the only one - and it helps your classmates to read your question and the responses to it. I do answer questions that are posted in the discussion room, but this also provides you with the opportunity to answer each other's questions as well. Every quarter I have students tell me that they don't understand something, but are afraid to post because they feel like they are the only ones not getting it - this just isn't the case - so please ask questions!! You'll get a lot more out of the course if you are not trying to stumble through all on your own.
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Please check these often enough to keep up with weekly activities and stay abreast of what is going on in the course - it is your responsibility to be aware of what is going on in here.
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Click here to write your own message.
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Click 'browse' and select the e-mail recipient.
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After selecting the file to attach (browse), click the 'attach file' tab - wait until you see the attachment before you hit send
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This is your e-mail page - select your inbox to view messages sent to you, and your outbox to view sent messages. If you want to check that your assignment has been sent, you will need to refresh the page after sending it in order to see the message in your outbox.
The first step is to select the topic - if you are posting, select the appropriate topic. If you are reading messages - look in the 'unread' column to see where you have unread postings.
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The 'status' of each topic shows if it is unlocked or not - the weekly activities will remain locked until the appropriate week.
Actions Apply these actions to the message(s) selected above.
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If you select 'threaded' then all related responses will be kept together in one thread; this can be useful when you have the 'all' messages selected.
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If you select 'all' then every message will be included in the thread. Unread messages will be in bold.
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If the green arrow is pointed to the right, the messages are condensed with one title. If you click on the arrow so it points down, then all messages in the thread will be displayed along with the author of the message (so if you want to read just one you can select it).
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After you post, you need to click 'update listing' in order to view what you just posted.
When you click on the quiz icon you will be taken to the page with all of the quizzes for the quarter (as can be seen on the following page). Each quiz has a specific period of time during which you may take it, so be sure to take it in advance of the ending date/time. Each quiz is also timed - you have 40 minutes to complete the quiz (which is more than enough time) - you will see a box in the upper right hand corner which says 'time remaining' that lets you know how much time you have left. The box also has a 'question status' which lets you know which questions are unanswered, answered, and answered but not saved. Be sure to save your answers as you go (you may still go back and change an answer, but this way if you have computer trouble it is not lost). When you are done with the quiz, click 'finish' and you will see your score and feedback.
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The quizzes in this class consist of 15 questions - true/false and multiple choice
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There are graded quizzes each week - the first quiz consists of questions relating to this orientation. In addition to the graded quizzes there are practice quizzes for each chapter (these are found after all of the graded quizzes).
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Additional icons found at the bottom of the class homepage are: Class Schedule: this is where the assignments for each week are posted. Grade Book: this is where you can check on your progress during the quarter. Course Content: this is provided by the publisher – if you go into this, then click on the chapter you are reading, you will find resources such as the narrated slides (which some students find very helpful!) iPod Content: this is also provided by the publisher should you prefer to listen to this on your iPod.
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Summary of Grading Criteria (see syllabus for details) Homework (6 assignments @ 10 each) 60 Quizzes (6 @ 15 each) 90 Mini Practice Set 2 100 Exam 1 125 Exam 2 125 Total points possible: 500
