Lead Instructor:
Professor
Carl K. Chang
Email: cs103@cs.iastate.edu

 

 

Executive Instructor:
Director of Distance Education, Computer Science
Dr. Shu-Hui Chang
E-mail: shchang@iastate.edu

http://www.cs.iastate.edu/
~shchang

 


 

 

Welcome

 

Take Com S 103, "Computer Literacy and Applications", via the World Wide Web! This four-credit course is entirely online and accessible through Blackboard. About 800  seats will be available for the spring of 2012. For the sections 1 to 20 on campus class, students must attend a face-to-face orientation session (location: 109 Pearson Hall.  Login to AccessPlus, click "class schedule", then you will see Com S 103 class, and meeting time etc.) at the beginning of the semester, and must take several examinations scheduled through out the semester in room 60 Carver Hall test center at ISU.  If you have time conflict with your section’s orientation, please send an email to the instructor for approval to attend a different section’s orientation.

 

For the section XV and XW, students will attend online orientation and take examinations in a proctored environment. If you are in Ames during the semester, you can take these tests in room 60 Carver Hall test center.

It is the department's policy that students should not switch sections once the school starts. 

After the orientation, you will be expected to do all the online coursework in Blackboard, the standard ISU classroom portal. The course uses the Windows 7 operation system and Office 2010 software.  The face-to-face help desks each week will be provided to answer any questions and solve any problems students may have. We hope you enjoy this course and benefit from the modern pedagogy that advocates collaborative and just-in-time learning. We look forward to your active participation in the course!

 

Note: Please click on the "Sample Syllabus" link on the menu to view more information regarding the textbooks.