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Agenda Your questions CIS101 Blackboard Site online.pace.edu and the online
orientation Excel Project One Next Week
CIS101 Online Lecture notes for Concepts and
Excel texts can be found in Course Documents
Discussion Board – practice posting a message including a working link
Week 02 is first online quiz (Concepts Chapter 1)
Lecture Notes Each assigned text reading has
lecture notes Week 02 – in course documents
Lecture notes for Concepts (2nd half of chapter 1)
Lecture notes for Excel Project One
Discussion Board Post a message to “Start Page”
thread in week 01 – week 07 forum Include a working link by either:
Use anchor tag and select html option<a href=“web address”>link text</a>
Or include full url and select smart text option
First Online Quiz 20 question, 30 minute quiz on
concepts chapter one Must be completed by midnight
before next class meeting If class meets on Thursday, must
finish quiz by 11:59 pm Wednesday Quizzes are located in Assignments,
Quizzes folder
Quiz Folder If using dial-up modem you should first
download and install Connection Keeper While taking quiz, your account may
appear inactive to your ISP, and you may be kicked off
Connection Keeper maintains connection to the Internet, even if you appear inactive
Prevents a “timeout” by your Internet Service Provider
Link to software under Web Sites button
Practice Quiz Each week has a practice quiz You can re-take the practice quiz
again and again When you are ready, take the quiz
that counts towards your grade Take the practice quiz now to try it
out
If you have problems Blackboard quiz sometimes has to
be reset If you lose your connection and
can’t get back to the quiz, send e-mail to your instructor requesting that your quiz be re-set
Pace online orientation Overview of technology and requirements
for online learning Designed to prepare students to effectively
participate in the online environment. To be considered as pre-approved for
online or Web-assisted courses need to complete the Online Orientation’s final assessment (passing is 70%)
Once you pass permanent record will reflect your pre-approved online learner status
Access online orientation "Orientation to Online.Pace.Edu
Learning Community" Located within Blackboard Will see it after you login under
"My Organizations” Also links to a portion of tutorial in
course docs week 01
What is Excel? Spreadsheet program with four parts
Worksheets – where you enter, calculate, manipulate, and analyze data
Charts – visual representation of relationships among data
Database – manage data (sort, search, select)
Web support – save in html format, access real time data using web queries
How do you plan a spreadsheet? Identify the following:
Needs Source of data Calculations Chart requirements
First Excel Project Dynamite Music Fourth Quarter Sales Needs: sales report for each product group Source of data: Chief Financial Officer (CFO) Calculations:
total sales for each of four product groups total fourth quarter sales for each of four stores fourth quarter sales for the company
Chart requirements: 3-D column chart comparing amount of sales for each product group within each store
The Excel Worksheet Row (numbered) Column (lettered) Cells (A1, C5) Toolbars (invoke commands and
functions)
Selecting a cell Use mouse to move the block plus
sign to the cell and then click Use arrow keys to select cells A cell is active when a heavy
border surrounds the cell
Start entering text (1.17) Click cell A1 A1 becomes the active cell and a heavy
border surrounds it Enter text “Dynamite Music” Text displays in the formula bar and in A1 The text in A1 is followed by the insertion
point (a blinking vertical line), indicates where the next typed character will display
More Excel Practice If there is time continue practice
with Excel by completing “In the lab” at the end of project one, either #1, #2, or #3
Summary of Project One Enter and format data (text and
numbers) Select a single cell, or use the
mouse to select a range of cells Use auto sum function Apply auto format to a selection of
cells Name a cell
Summary cont. Create and embed a chart in a
specific location on your worksheet Use Excel help system Save, print, and re-open your
worksheet Use the Auto Calculate area Fix errors and change information