Welcome to Introduction to Computers
This website is not the website you will be using for the class. You will only be accessing this website for the first week of class. This website is for information only. Most of the SWTJC online or distance learning classes will be held using the WebCT or BlackBoard format. WebCT and BlackBoard are Internet based software application that are specifically designed to deliver courseware on the World Wide Web. Our class will be using BlackBoard. Our class is at http://70.241.209.44/. You login to our Blackboard classroom with your SWTJC WebAdvisor user name for your User Name [such as for John Doe: jdoe or jdoe3048], use your birth date as your password [written as mmddyy, such as: 070488 for July 4 1988, the password must be six digits]. To find your Web advisor login name go to the SWTJC Home Page and select Web Advisor on the left menu list. On the Web Advisor welcome page click on Students. On the Current Students page select the What's my User ID link in the User Account section to receive your login name. If you need to help identifying your Web Advisor login name, you can email me or contact the computer help desk at 830-591-7323.
!!!The database manager for SWTJC's BlackBoard has loaded your login information to the database and everyone in the class should be able to log in to BlackBoard!!!
1.0 Read the Online Orientation (this will take several hours). Please read Topics 1 through 7 in the orientation.
2.0 Make your self known to the class.
2.1 Contact your instructor. E-mail me following the instructions from Topic 1 of the Orientation. You can do this before the class starts or during the first week of class.
2.2 Upload these same answers to the Posting Introduction assignment in our BlackBoard class. Do this during the first week of class.
2.3 Answer the questions for the Introduction in the Discussion forum. These questions are not the same ones as for 2.1 and 2.2. The answers should not contain any personal information.
3.0 After you are able to login at SWTJC's BlackBoard, review the class page for assignments and class information.
3.1 During the semester you will be creating Word documents, Excel spreadsheets, Access databases, and Power Point presentations.
3.2 You will also read the Discovering Computers textbook and taking your exams from this textbook.
4.0 You may contact me through the following e-mail address and phone number. The normal contact will be using the BlackBoard's e-mail in the class.
4.1 lemasterson@swtjc.edu
4.2 Office phone 830.703.1573
5.0 The syllabus.
While there will be plenty to do for the class, get ready to have fun!! We will have a great semester!!!!
Mr. Masterson's Home Page BlackBoard Home Page SWTJC Home Page
Welcome to the class.