Course Introduction

In class:

This week serves as an introductory session to the course and the hybrid format for instruction. It presents “standard content” for a first meeting for a college course and prepares the student for academic success.

  • Welcome
  • Student attendance sheet verification
  • Student introductions (name, employment, and hobby)
  • Syllabus review (updates via Google Docs)
    • Available online (print if you would like a hardcopy)
    • The after game highlights:
      • Office hours: by appointment
      • Textbook: None
      • Supplies: USB Drive and/or Dropbox account
      • Grading: 1000 points possible, standard grading scale applies
      • Late assignments are not accepted
      • No additional credit
      • Attend class regularly
      • No cheating or plagiarism
      • Mobile phone off
      • Computers off
      • No children in the classroom
      • Students will contact the instructor using the Blackboard Messages system
        • Select a course from the Blackboard main page
        • Click Tools | Communications from the left-hand menu
        • Select Messages on the Communications page
  • Course schedule review (updates via Google Docs)
    • Available online (print if you would like a hardcopy)
    • Highlights:
      • 16-week course with some in class and some online
      • Breakdown of in class and online sessions
      • Assignments listed with points possible
  • Safety discussion
  • Using Blackboard (the college’s course management system)
    • Faculty information
    • Syllabus and course schedule
    • Discussion boards
    • Assessments
    • Closed assignments
    • Gradebook
  • Using http://www.stevencombs.com (the instructor’s personal web page)
    • Faculty information
    • Faculty information
    • Syllabus and course schedule
    • Lecture notes
    • Lecture presentations
    • Open assignments
    • Supplemental resources
  • Discussion: Why do we need to learn about information technology as it relates to agricultural data management?

Online:

The online portion of this hybrid course will familiarize students with the college’s course management system and allow the instructor to determine the level of student information technology knowledge.

  • Discussion: Our First Discussion (10 Points)
    • Log-in to Blackboard
    • Select the appropriate course
    • Select the Discussion button on the course left-hand menu
    • Read the instructions/rubric
    • Select the Our First Discussion link
    • Select the +Thread button to begin
  • Information technology proficiency survey (20 Points)
    • Log-in to Blackboard
    • Select the appropriate course
    • Select the Assessments button on the course left-hand menu
    • Select the Information Technology Pre-Test link
    • Read the instructions
    • Begin the survey