CTS 135 – INTEGRATED SOFTWARE
Fall 2007
Class meets – M – TH - 1:00 – 2:15
Room – Herring 114

Instructor:  Pinda Byrd                  Office:  Herring 114                     Phone: (910) 296-2550
Office Hours: Monday 8:00 – 8:30, 10:30 – 11:30 & 12:00 – 1:00;
Tuesday & Wednesday 8:00 – 8:30 & 12:30 – 1:00; Thursday 12:30 – 1:00
Email address:  pbyrd@jamessprunt.edu

Prerequisite:  CIS 110 or CIS 111, CTS 125, CTS 130, DBA 110

Text:   Microsoft Office 2003 Advanced Course and Microsoft Office 2003 Projects, Bundled with Student Guide to Blackboard 6.0.  Thomson Course Technology.  ISBN 1423985834.

Other materials: Flash Drive

Course Description:     This course provides strategies to perform data transfer among software programs.  Emphasis is placed on data interchange among word processors, spreadsheets, presentations graphics, databases, and communications products.  Upon completion, students should be able to integrate data to produce documents using multiple technologies.

COURSE COMPETENCIES:

The student will:

   1.    Be able to integrate Word and Excel documents.
   2.    Be able to merge data between Access and Word.
   3.    Be able to export an Access table to Excel.
   4.    Be able to insert a Word outline into a PowerPoint presentation.
   5.    Be able to embed a Word table into a PowerPoint slide.
   6.    Be able to embed an Excel chart into a PowerPoint slide.

• Be able to export a PowerPoint presentation to Word.

                
COURSE METHODOLOGY:

1.   LECTURE/DISCUSSION/DEMONSTRATION: The instructor will present information relevant to the course at all class meetings except for test days.  Functions and proper procedures for equipment and software will be explained.  Students will take notes to use when completing lab assignments.

2.   LAB:  Students will complete exercises to improve proficiency with the software package.  Completion of lab assignments may require time outside of class.  The instructor will be available to provide assistance during lab time.
 

• TESTS:  Tests will be given on material relevant to class discussion and reading assignments at times deemed appropriate by the instructor.

• CLASSROOM ETIQUETTE: Please turn off all cell phones and pagers before coming to class.  Phones and pagers ringing are very disruptive.  If you need to be contacted in an emergency you can be reached through our department secretary at 296-2532.

Course Evaluation:

Final grades for the course will be determined as follows:

            Tests                                  75%
            Labs                                     20%
            Class participation               5%
                                                    100%

• Tests:  Tests will normally be announced at least one class period in advance.  Tests will normally be given only at the announced class time (i.e. no early tests or makeup tests will be given).  A student who is absent on a test day will be given a zero (0) for that test.
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• Attendance:

                      
    1.    You are expected to attend each scheduled class.  Attendance is considered in the 5% class participation grade.  You are permitted 3 absences for any reason without penalty.   The instructor reserves the right to drop or lower the final grade of any student who misses more than 5% (5 days) of the scheduled classes.

• Coming to class late disrupts the discussion and is unfair to other students.  Once class starts the door will be closed.  No one will be allowed in the classroom.  If you have a cell phone or pager please turn them off or put them on vibrate. Calls will disrupt the class.

 

• No profanity is allowed in the classroom at anytime.

Final grades will be computed on the following basis:

     93-100         A
       85-92         B
       77-84         C
       70-76         D
  Below 70         F