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Purpose and Content of the Course: 
This course offers students an introduction to computer applications in Kinesiology. In P200 and K506, students will learn the basics of microcomputer applications programs in a Windows environment, including word processing, spreadsheet, database, presentation, electronic mail, creating podcasts, World Wide Web (WWW), and Web site development (Dreamweaver). In addition, students will learn to use searching strategies on the WWW and library databases, computerized library applications, and using the IU network. By learning these programs, students will learn how to learn about technology and be prepared for future changes in technology.

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Rationale of Course: 
It is critical that students have opportunities for intensive study and practice of current computer applications as a part of their preparation into the Kinesiology professions. This is grounded in students having opportunity to complete practical projects with their computing skills and creativity. Students will also practice learning new technologies including hardware and software.

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General Objectives of the Course:

  • Strengthen skills in understanding and following written instructions.
  • Practice learning new technology, both hardware and software.
  • Identify, describe and respond to questions regarding computer applications as they relate to work requirements in Kinesiology.
  • Identify and explain the benefits of some of the commercially available computer applications to Kinesiology.
  • Understand how computers work, specifically typical hardware functions in a personal computer, printer and accessories.
  • Understand the ethical use of computers in the workplace including basic rules for use in communicating with others.
  • Understand using online resources for downloading and storing data.
  • Understand the procedures and techniques used in word processing, including creating and editing, document layout, columns, tables, and graphics.
  • Understand the procedures and techniques used in spreadsheet program including creating a spreadsheet, creating formula, layout and formatting, reporting, linking to word processing documents and uses in the workplace.
  • Understand the fundamental procedures and techniques used in databases including creating tables, forms, queries and reports; understand the importance of data integrity and the basic data input techniques including file management and data import.
  • Have knowledge of electronic mail and World Wide Web use, including quality development of a Web site.
  • Have knowledge of podcasting and creating podcasts. This includes audio and video editing.

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General Instructor Information:

Instructors:

Email

Phone

Office & Hours

Margaret Lion

mlion@indiana.edu
You MUST type your section number in the subject line or your email will not be answered.

IU Mypage: http://mypage.iu.edu/~mlion/

812-856-0006

HPER Rm 166;
W 10:15-11:00am- or by appointment

Contacting/Communiucation with Instructors:

Ms. Lion checks her email M-F from 8 am - 5 pm. If you send an email on the weekend, you may have to wait until Monday to receive an answer. When emailing Ms. Lion you MUST put something in the subject line of your email or Ms. Lion will not answer it. (In the old days a blank subject line meant potential virus. Plus it is polite.)

Ms. Lion WILL be posting Announcements that will appear as emails in your Inbox. YOU MUST READ THEM! Important class and project information will be given. If you do not read these emails, you will be behind in the class.

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Course Times:

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Final Exam Date and Time:
No Final Exam! There will be a final project that will require you to integrate the skills you have learned throughout the class. The Final Project is due on or before the Tuesday of finals week. For Summer 2012 that date is Saturday, June 16th at 11:59 pm. Nothing will be accepted after this date and time.

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Course Homepage:
Homepage is:  http://www.indiana.edu/~hperp200/. You will find all needed information about P200 on this site. Note that grades and announcements will be found in Oncourse. You will also be required to load your finished projects into the Assignments 2 section of Oncourse.

ONCOURSE: https://oncourse.iu.edu.  You will use Oncourse for keeping track of your grades, taking exams, backing-up your work, and submitting your projects.

To save your work in Oncourse, do the following: Log in to CAS, Select Resources on the left and My Workspace Resources. You will see the space you will use to keep additional copies of your P200 project files throughout the semester. You will be required to save some of your work in My Workspace. Detailed instructions will be found in the handbook Windows 7 @ IU.

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Required Texts:

Note: Technology changes quickly! Therefore there may be times during the class when you will have to adapt your instructional materials to the technology you are using in the classroom. Be prepared for this! Being able to adapt is part of using technology.

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Required Materials:
All students are required to purchase:

  1. At least 4 Gb USB Thumb (flash) Memory Stick. This should come in your textbook bundle. If it does not be sure to buy a stick immediately. However this is NOT part of the eTextbook and you will need to be sure to purchase your own 4 Gb stick. ALSO: If you have an iPod (but not an iPod Touch) or another MP3 device you may use this as your USB stick. Just remember to bring the proper connecting cord to class.
  2. Headphones. You will need to have headphones for the podcasting section of P200. Any headphone set will do. You may bring in your own for testing on the computer. Do this BEFORE the podcasting section starts. You want to be able to hear whatever is playing on the computer.

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Attendance:
Because this class is a tools course and has a laboratory setting, attendance is required and will be checked every class session. Also, it is very important that you attend your assigned section as different sections may be working at different paces, and, there are machine limitations.

You are responsible for keeping track of your absences.
You should keep track of the days you miss.

A student who is late for class by 10 minutes or more will be marked absent and it is up to the student to check with the instructor to have that absence changed to a tardy. Three tardies will be counted as an unexcused absence. Three early departures (10 minutes or more before the end of a class session) will be counted as an unexcused absence.

Students may have up to four unexcused absences, that is, absences that are at the student's discretion. After four unexcused absences, upon the fifth unexcused absence, the student's final grade will be lowered by one third of a letter grade at the end of the semester (eg: if a student has a total of 5 unexcused absences by the end of the semester and earned enough points to achieve a B- in the course, the grade would be lowered to a C+). After four more unexcused absences, the student's final grade will be lowered by yet another one third of a letter grade at the end of the semester (eg: if a student has a total of 10 unexcused absences by the end of the semester and earned enough points to achieve a B- in the course, the grade would be lowered to a C), etc.

Absences may be excused only under the following conditions.

Students should realize that it will be extremely difficult to catch up if they fall behind in the class sessions and assignments. We have also found that those who miss the first day of class never catch up.

Personal Academic Days. Occasionally Ms. Lion will hold Personal Academic Days. This is when students are free to attend to other academic duties during class time. Unless Ms. Lion announces there will be a Personal Academic Day, either in class or through email, assume the day is as usual and come to class.

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Special for H1N1/IU Policy: Illness Email: If before class you feel you are too ill to come to class then you may email your instructor BEFORE the class informing them of your illness. An email received before class will count as an excused absence. For example, if your class starts at 10:10 am and you send your email before 10:09 am, you will be excused. If you do not email the instructor before class you will need to get a doctor's note stating that you were ill in order for the absence to be excused. If you do not email the instructor or produce a medical note, your absence will be unexcused.

Note: Human Influenza A (H1N1) - "Swine Flu"

The University is keeping watch on the possibility of Human Influenza A (H1N1) breaking out on campus. For more information, visit http://www.iub.edu/~prepare/flu.shtml. If campus is closed the course will continue via the use of the Web. You will be notified via email of such changes should they arise.

If you feel you are coming down with the flu, DO NOT COME TO CLASS! Email your instructor immediately and then go to the doctor instead! If you are too sick to go to the doctor, go when you can and bring your instructor a copy of the doctor's note saying that you were sick. This is better than making all of us sick and keeping yourself ill.

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Adverse Weather Policy:
If class is cancelled due to snow you can still access the class via the Internet! Immediately check your email for instructions. Also keep track of critical situations by visiting Emergency Preparedness.

 

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Course Evaluation:
It is the policy of the School of HPER to evaluate all courses taught. Final student course and teaching evaluations will be conducted near the end of the semester in a manner that maintains the integrity of the process and the anonymity of evaluators. The instructor will give students the evaluations and then immediately leave the room allowing students privacy. When students are finished with their evaluations, a student proxy will deliver the evaluations to the Kinesiology secretary. Class will then resume with the instructor.

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Projects and Exams:

Note: You MUST schedule at least 6 hours per week to finish all P200 work.

Your progress in this class will be evaluated by how well you complete the class projects and exams. Projects and exams are listed on two separate Webpages. They are also listed in the Oncourse Gradebook and Assignments 2 section.

Your work projects will have three categories:

You will have two take home exams:

Weekly project information can be found on this Webpage: Weekly Projects.

Major projects, exams, and final project information can be found on this Webpage: Exams & Major Projects.

There will be one Final Project for this class. It is due during finals week. The final project is listed on Exams & Major Projects.

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Extra Credit:

Any extra credit, if given, is up to the individual instructor. You may or may not receive extra credit during the semester. Your instructor will notify you of any extra credit. Extra credit will be added in at the end of the semester after your coursework score has been calculated.

Ms. Lion's Extra Credit Policy. You are encouraged to do extra credit in order to help boost your grade. However know two things:

  1. If you are receiving an F, no amount of extra credit will pull your grade up.
  2. You will only recieve an A+ if you are receiving an A before extra credit is added to your score.

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Guidelines for Submitting Course Work:
All work in the class will be submitted electronically. The work will be put in the appropriate section of Assignments 2 in Oncourse. If your work is not in the correct section of Assignments 2, it will not be graded. Make sure you have put your work in the correct section. Guidelines for submitting your projects are given below:

  1. Upload project in appropriate Assignment 2 section. Detailed instructions for uploading projects in Assignments 2 are given in Windows 7 @ IU. Also each Assignments 2 section will have submittal instructions.
  2. Projects around creating Websites will have you posting Web addresses into a Submission Textbox in the appropriate Assignment 2 section. Your instructor will cover this procedure with you. Instructions also exist in the Assignment 2 section Website sections. You may upload zipped folders of your work only if you cannot publish the Website.

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Late Work Policy:

No work in this class will be accepted late!
Late work wil not be graded!

You will be given two dates for each project: Due Date and Accept Until Date. You will find these dates in each projects section of Assignment 2. To receive full points for your projects you MUST submitt them by the due date and time. However if you cannot do this you will be given two calendar days to submit your work up to the Accept Until date. If you submit under Accept Until you will lose 20% of your total points earned after grading. If you cannot submit your work during this time, then your work will not be graded.

For example: If your project was due on October 3, 11:59 pm you MUST have it turned in on or before October 3, 11:59 pm. If for whatever reason you can't make this deadline, turn the project in on or before the the Accept Until date of October 15, 11:59 pm. If you cannot turn your work in by then, your work will not be graded. No exceptions.

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Working Ahead:
You may work ahead all you wish. If you work ahead you still need to attend class and participate in any discussion or demonstration happening that day. Remember that working ahead does not mean you will be graded ahead. All grading of projects will happen together.

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Work Back-up:
It is recommended that keep two backup copies of all of your work!! One copy should be on your USB stick and one should be in your Resources section of Oncourse.

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Grading & Grading Scale:
Grades will be updated regularly and are available through Oncourse https://oncourse.iu.edu/.  Any question about the grade must be given to the instructor within one week of the grade being received.  Please do not hesitate to notify the instructor by email, phone, or before or after class.  Any request after that time will not be honored. 

The following are the graded events of the class. Note that the below scale does not include Distance Learning Day points:


Point Break Down for P200

Exam 1

100

Total Weekly Projects

250

Exam 2

150

Major Project 1

150

Major Project 2

150

Major Project 3

150

Major Project 4

150

Major Project 5

150

Final Project

250

Total Score

1500
   
IF they occur, Distance Learning Day Points
will be added to the final score		 # added to total

Grading Scale:
The P200 grading scale is based upon a POINT system, NOT a PERCENT (%) system.  This approach to grading is a design that has been proven to be valid through multiple semesters of P200.  Students that complete class work on-time and have good attendance can expect to have success with this scale.


A+

1500-1480 Points

A

1479.99-1435 Points

A-

1434.99-1415 Points

B+

1414.99-1394 Points

B

1393.99- 1295 Points

B-

1294.99-1275 Points

C+

1274.99-1254 Points

C

1253.99-1145 Points

C-

1144.99-1125 Points

D+

1124.99-1100 Points

D

1099.99-995 Points

D-

994.99-975 Points

F

974.99- Points

Keep track of your grade points. This is not a percentage class so keeping track of your points will help you gauge roughly where you are grade wise.

Note: You will be able to see the points you receive for each project from your Oncourse gradebook. You will have one week only to question your score from the time it has been posted. Questions about points will not be taken after the one week period.

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Class Etiquette:
To ensure that every class member has optimum conditions for success during class, and to maximize the time that we have together, we will abide by the following policies:

During class students shall:

    • Give instructor full attention when s/he is lecturing or leading a demonstration. This means you must refrain from:
      • Instant messaging
      • Emailing
      • Talking
      • Playing online games
      • Commenting on Twitter, Facebook, and other social network
      • Using personal entertainment devices
      • Using cell phone and other communication device
      • Leaving cell phone and other communcation device on. (All communication devices must be turned OFF.)
      • If you have an important call you must take during class, inform the teacher before class starts. If you receive the call during class, answer it in the hallway.
    • Arrive on time and only leave early if previous arrangements have been made with the instructor.
    • Raise your hand or call your teacher's name when requesting assistance from the instructor.
    • Keep all P200 conversations, emails, social network postings, and class projects G-rated and extremely polite. Any harrassment of classmates or instructor in any form (including but not limited to racism, sexism, classism, or homophobia) will result in your grade being lowered by at least one letter! Or more.
    • During Lab Time, Ms. Lion is more than happy to have you turn on your communication devices and Websites. If this helps you study, then you should do it. If it doesn't, then don't.
    • Instructors have different personal preferences on some issues. Find them out and follow them.

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HPER Cell Phone/Laptop Policy:
Laptops are not permitted in class for notes without prior consent of the instructor.  Cell phones and similar mobile devices are to be turned off and put away from the start to the end of class. If at any time a cellular device is being used and considered distractive to either another student or the instructors, the device will be confiscated for the remaining class period and the offender will not be permitted to participate in the remaining class activities for that day (if applicable.)  The instructor will document the offender’s name and date of infraction. S/he will retain a copy of this documentation and provide a copy to the student when the cellular device is returned at the end of class.  After the 3rd infraction, the offender will be referred to either the School of HPER Executive Associate Dean who administers undergraduate programs or to the Department Chair, to address personal misconduct in the classroom through repeated offense of classroom policy.  Your actions may result in referral to the Office of Student Ethics and Anti-Harassment Programs.

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Academic Integrity:
All class members are to follow the fundamental principles of academic integrity and personal conduct outlined in the CODE OF ETHICS FOR STUDENTS. The Policy on Academic Misconduct appears in the Schedule of Classes. The basic principle is that students take credit only for the ideas and efforts that are their own.

It is expected that assignments (or for P200 projects), will represent the student's own work. This means that you can ask for help, ask another student to show you how to do a task, BUT you may NOT copy a file even if you modify it yourself later. Copied work will receive a grade of zero and may be grounds for failure of the course or expulsion from the University. Help is available during class time and during instructor office hours. The instructor can be reached via email listed above. Instructors check their email accounts every week day during work hours.

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Must Use Suite 2010 & Internet Explorer:
You must use the Microsoft Office Suite 2010 for this class. Your textbook and assignments will be based on the 2010 Suite. If you use another Suite you may not be able to complete the projects and thus lose points. If you use the Office Suite 2003 or previous versions, your work will not be graded. If you do not have Suite 2010, you can do your work in one of the STC labs across the campus, purchase the Suite from IU, or download it from IUware Online. If you wish to download it prepare yourself for a few hours of download time.

The first handbook in class, Windows 7 @ IU, will be about computing at IU and using the Windows 7 operating system. If you do not have this operating system on your computer you do not need to add it, just complete your work in class or at an STC lab.

If you have a Mac you can download Office for Mac 2011 and that will work just like 2010 on a PC. You will however need to finish your Windows 7 work during lab time or at an STC lab.

You must use Internet Explorer (IE). IE is easier to manipulate when downloading files from the Web, and you will be doing that a lot. No matter what you use at home, when in class use IE.

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Education Is A Job:
Getting an education is like a job. Think of P200 as part of your work schedule. In an education setting, when you do the class work, you learn the tasks and are rewarded with a good grade. In a job, you complete your tasks and are rewarded with a paycheck. Coming to class is like coming to work. Doing your work in class and turning it in on time is like starting and finishing tasks for your boss. If you don't come to work, can't get to work on time, or don't turn in work assginemtns on time, your boss will either fire you or give you a bad review which will result in a lower paycheck and/or firing in the future. If you don't come to class, come to class late, and/or don't turn your work in on time, you will get a bad grade. Welcome to life. Remembering this just might help you stay on target in P200 and help you in the workplace in the future.

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How to Get An A in P200

  1. Make a calendar of due dates and subjects. Also add days you were or will be absent. Plan your class work accordingly.
  2. Make back-ups on both USB stick AND Oncourse.
  3. Learn to work on your Desktop.
  4. Do the work and turn it in on time.
  5. Do as much of your class work as possible in class lab time.
  6. Ask questions when you don't understand. This includes asking questions via email.
  7. Always bring textbook and materials to class.
  8. Always use Microsoft Office Suite 2010 and Internet Explorer (IE).
  9. Always save your work and put it on your USB stick and Oncourse at the end of each class.
  10. Never whine.

Now remember: You Can Do It!!!

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How to Get An F in P200

  1. Never keep track of due dates or absences.
  2. Never make back-ups of your work.
  3. Never work on the Desktop.
  4. Never attend class.
  5. Come to class late.
  6. Never do your class work during class lab time.
  7. Never ask questions when you don't understand.
  8. Never bring textbook and materials to to class.
  9. Never use Microsoft Office Suite 2010 and Internet Explorer (IE).
  10. Never save your work and put it on your USB stick and Oncourse at the end of each class.
  11. Whine.

Subject to Change:
This syllabus, like this course and technology, are subject to change. When changes occur, students will be notified and the changes will become the new rules/projects/procedures.

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Last modified: May 1, 2012
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