Sam, Casegrader and Exam #1

The SAM institution code changed between semesters and I didnt update it for our class notes.  The new code is:  V7247944

 

To buy Casegrader seperately if you didnt buy the whole pack together:

"Students who do not yet have a SAM and CaseGrader keycodes will be able to purchase them both using Course Technology's online bookstore. Please note that this is a different ISBN for SAM than originally provided to us by Course Technology. 
Students will go to www.coursedirect.com
To order an electronic keycode (which will be emailed to them) for SAM 2007 enter ISBN 1423913477. Be sure they have a credit card and they must use a valid email address.
To order CaseGrader for Office 2007, they will use the same ISBN that is packaged with the IT 100 books, which is 1423998561. This will not be emailed to them since this is not yet set up this way. The will receive the keycode in the mail within a few days from when they order it.  Please remind students who have used books to go to www.coursedirect.com, have a credit card and order CaseGrader, using ISBN 1423998561. "

 

When using CaseGrader, please remember our policy on Academic Honesty.  This software easily detects dishonesty and it will save much time and effort by keeping this in mind.

Regarding the 6 exams this semester...  Maureen has already sent out an update to you regarding what is and what is not required reading.  There is no way that I or any other MU professor would ask you to read 200 pages in 3 nights, and I'm kind of disappointed that the many ways I had set up for you to contact me if you had any pressing questions that needed fast responses were not followed.  Be that as it may, you should now know what is required reading and I stress that the 4 sets of lecture notes that you have had available since day one of this class are the best study guide for exam #1.  As noted, due to the flexible nature of IT 102 we do not put exact dates on any class to be tied to the syllabus, and the syllabus explicitly does not call out dates for exams to happen.  We have had 3 weeks of discussion of the topics for exam #1 so it should be little surprise that the exam on this material was coming up and I would expect that a confirmation for this date earlier this week should have been sufficient warning. 

Exams 1-3 are written exams, all are short answer.  There are no true/false questions or fill in the blanks.  For exam 1 you should be able to intelligently discuss the parts of a computer and describe the differences between hardware and software, noting the many different roles each plays.

If you have any further questions which need immediate answer, please feel free to reply to my gmail account (sposten@gmail.com), my work email (samuel.posten@l-3com.com) or call my cell phone at 908 461 7181.  Again because I work on an army base it is not always possible for me to get to the posten@monmouth.edu address during the day so I have tried to make it crystal clear that the other contacts are your best bet to get any questions you have answered as soon as I see them. 

Sam