BA271 - Information Technology in Business
Summer Term, 2005
This class teaches how to use a computer as a partner in everyday managerial
tasks like preparing presentations, building websites, or managing transactions.
To do well, you will need to practice these activities on a computer and you
will have to show us first-rate computer-usage skills combined with an ability
to think clearly and write well.
Announcements:
July 13, 2005:
The midterm is cancelled at this time. Instead, there will be a
short quiz next week about internet searching. The majority of the midterm
(and it's associated points) will be included in the final exam.
July 11, 2005:
The class lecture schedule and assignment due dates have been updated
on the Lecture Schedule page. The Graded
Activities page has been deleted.
June 29, 2005:
As I described in today's class, there are three things you must
complete by Wednesday, July 6th when the Bexell computer lab close:
- Prerequisite Exam. Go to the Prerequisite page and follow the
link to get started.
- Multi-media assignment we did in class today. If you missed
class, contact me for more information.
- Treasure Hunt assignment. Complete 1-16. As discussed in
class today, you can complete 17-26 or wait for modifications to be
posted sometime before Thursday night. You may chose any 6 items
to skip without deduction in points if you type "I did not do this one"
in each line.
Class schedule: Since we have resolved and worked through the
confusion of the COB servers moved to a building across campus and the
various problems related to accessing your classwork folders. I will enter
the dates on the class schedule. Students who were concerned with the
changes in the schedule were allowed to look at the printed schedule I had
available during class. I expect I will have them posted on the
website sometime tomorrow.
There will no class next Monday because of the national
holiday, July 4th. We will resume class Wednesday, July 6th.
If you have questions or need assistance, you may call me at home or on my
cell phone. If Portland is long distance, send an email to me that
includes the number where you would like me to call you. Corvallis is
not long distance for me. Refer to the Syllabus handout for my phone
numbers.
June 21, 2005:
I will use this web page to make announcements throughout the term.
Please check this page whenever you arrive at the BA271 website. You are
responsible for checking for new announcements at least once a week.
Opening activities: Begin by reading the course
syllabus and the other top-level web pages for the BA271 website. These
pages explain the course structure and have many ideas to help you make the
class a success.
- Spend time examining this website. Become comfortable with its
organization, read the rules in the syllabus, look at prior exams and
assignments, and think about my suggestions for "How to Succeed". Read the
rest of this page carefully.
- Learn about the College of Business computer systems by reading these
Computer Support pages
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Accounts Overview -- How to use the college's user accounts,
email boxes, and file storage locations, and understanding business versus
ONID accounts.
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Email -- How to use the college's Exchange email system or
the university's ONID email system, and how to forward email from one system
to another.
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File Storage --How to store files or create web pages.
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Remote File Access -- How to reach the college's file server
from off campus.
- Make sure you feel comfortable using the college's email system. I will
periodically send email to your College of Business mailbox.
- Your mailbox's formal name is Username@bus.oregonstate.edu, where
Username
is replaced with your seven or eight digit code that you use to log onto the
college's network.
- If you do not plan on checking this mailbox frequently, you should learn
how to forward messages automatically from it to the mailbox that you
actually check for incoming mail (such as a hotmail account or your
university-provided ORST mailbox).
- The college offers two ways to check your email:
- Within Bexell hall, I recommend using Microsoft Outlook. This email
client provides the best features, but it only works reliably within the
building.
- If you are somewhere else, then you should go to the
College of Business home page and
click on Web Mail.
- I sent everyone registered for BA271 a "Welcome to BA271" message on Monday, March 28t. Verify that you
received this message. If you have difficulty finding and reading the
"Welcome to BA271" message, make sure you attend a help session, drop by
my
office, or send me an email message. Taking this class without being
connected to email properly would be like wearing sunglasses while driving
at night.
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