Welcome to CAPP 065 Online!
CAPP 065 - Formatting Term Papers with Microsoft Word
1 unit
Prerequisite: None
Recommended Preparation: OTEC-144A or 2 equivalent experience. Keyboarding speed by touch at 25 wpm desirable.
This course will focus on how to use the formatting features of Microsoft Word for setting margins and tabs, line spacing, creating headers, footers, hanging indents, page numbers, widow/orphans, outlines, and references in MLA and APA styles. This class is for students who will be taking classes that require documented term papers and reports that may include footnotes, endnotes, works cited, bibliographies, or other references.
This welcome letter is for students enrolled or considering enrollment in Computer Applications 065, Formatting Term Papers with Microsoft Word courses taught by me, Micah Orloff. I will be the facilitator for your journey through this online class. As a facilitator I will be available to assist you when you come upon any stumbling blocks, and when you need assistance. However, as a facilitator, my primary function is to guide you in a direction, but let you choose the path. The path you choose will afford you many learning opportunities and hopefully by the end of the course you will have garnered enough knowledge to improve your understanding of writing styles and applying them efficiently through the use of the Microsoft Office Word word processing application.
The online version of the class covers the same topics covered in the CAPP 065 face-to-face course. The chief difference in the online course is there are no regularly scheduled, face-to-face meetings. All assignments are completed online. Papers are submitted through the Blackboard course website at my.msjc.edu. Discussions, collaborative activities, chats, and surveys/quizzes/tests are conducted within the Blackboard course web-site.
The course materials will be presented on a weekly basis, thus you will not be able to work ahead. This is not an independent study course.
You may, however, work at your own pace and when it is convenient for you to complete the work. Access to course materials is available, via the Internet, 24 hours per day, seven days per week. I will be in the lab/classroom to assist you with the technology issues related to accessing the course materials, to provide lecture/discussions and at times to present video materials.
This course incorporates and takes advantage of the vast resources accessible via the Internet. Many of the web-based materials I use are located within the Blackboard course website and the world wide web.
IMPORTANT NOTE: All students officially enrolled at MSJC will receive an msjc.cc e-mail account. Additionally, each students officially enrolled in a course(s) at MSJC will have access to course website via the Blackboard Learning Management system located at http://my.msjc.edu.
Log in to Blackboard Learning Management System at http://my.msjc.edu:
Logging in to your Blackboard course website requires knowing your username and password. Your username is your first initial of your first name, followed by your last name in all lower case letters and followed by the last three numbers of your student identification, e.g. John Doe with a student identification number of 08257891 would be jdoe891. Your initial password is the (mmddyy) of your birthdate, e.g. someone born on February 26, 1977 would have the password 022677. If you have previously used Blackboard, your password will be the last password you entered.
PLEASE NOTE: Blackboard is a web based program and you do not need to purchase it. You simply need to have access to the Internet to use Blackboard.
You will best benefit from the web-based materials presented in this class by downloading Internet Explorer 6 or 7 for the Windows 2000 or XP operating system. (You may already have IE 6 or 7 loaded onto your computer.) If you have Windows Vista please follow the steps here to configure your system to work with the Blackboard course website. You can also use Netscape 4.78 or 7.1, Firefox 1.x or later or the Safari 1.2 browser on Apple Mac OS. However, to take advantage of all Blackboard features and capabilities, the Internet Explorer 6 browser works best.
Additionally, you should set your display at 1024 x 768 24-bit true color (800 x 600 will be okay; however, it may require more scrolling horizontally.) This will afford you the opportunity to view the materials in a congruent fashion.
IMPORTANT NOTE:
In addition to a different role than you are accustomed to from an instructor, you may not see any of your classmates throughout the course, if you are electing to complete the course wholly online. Also, most of your contact with your classmates will be text based either in discussion boards, chat, or e-mails.
Because of the anonymity of text based conversation and the inability to discern body language and nonverbal cues, it is imperative that all communication be professional and appropriate for a classroom setting within an institution of higher learning. Failure to comply with these requirements will result in disciplinary action and potential dismissal from the class. Please review the concept of appropriate netiquette for further details.
Good luck and take the time to review the sample course syllabus below. If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact me via voice mail, email, or post a comment in the appropriate discussion area and be sure to check the announcements page regularly for any updates.
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