Fall 2010 (CIT 12 30460 and 30461 COMPUTER LITERACY)
UPDATE 08/10/10:
{{{The following messge was sent out to ALL enrolled students, if you did not receive this email message make sure have your email account for FCC setup, you can find more information about this email on the FCC website}}}message was sent out on 8/10/2010 at 4:15pm by riowaller@gmail.com.
My name is Rio Waller and I'll be your professor for the next 18 weeks, our class officially starts on Monday August 16, 2010 and it' s important that you and your computer are ready to GO! Our Blackboard course is now available, your username and password will generally be your Student ID. Once you log into Blackboard you should review the syllabus and then click on ToDo's to start looking at Week 1 work.
This course has a very long waiting list and I want to give students that are waiting an opportunity to take this class, so it's VERY important that enrolled students complete the following requirement by 5pm on Monday 8/16/2010 to remain in the course:
1. Login into Blackboard - find our course listed under the "My Courses tab"
2. Review the syllabus and Week 1 items (click on ToDo's to see Week 1 work - there are several items inside Week 1)
3. Reply to this message letting me know if you are still interested in taking this course and what is due for Week 1, you can reply to this message anytime between now and Monday (8/16/10).
If I don't hear from enrolled students by Monday 8/16/2010 at 5pm then I will drop them as a no-show and give students on the waiting list an opportunity to take this course. Now I hope all enrolled students are still interested and excited to take this course, so make sure you complete this requirement.
I look forward to our time together, let's make this fun for all of us!
Rio Waller
CIT Professor
Fresno City College
UPDATE 08/09/10: Our Blackboard course will be available sometime this week, so it's a good ideal to make sure you can login into
Blackboard use your Student ID (make sure you include the zero at the beginning) and generally your Student ID is also your default password and I'll cover how to change this during Week 1 video(s). Here is the syllabus for the
Fall 2010 CIT12 course, if you have any questions regarding our course make sure to use my course email - riowaller@gmail.com.
I will be sending out a message when the Blackboard course is available, it will be VERY important that you received this email message, because you will need to reply to the message to remain in the course. See information below on how to setup your required email accept for Fresno City College.
WAIT LISTED STUDENTS
I will be offering add codes to the first 5 students on the waiting list, you will received an email from me (riowaller@gmail.com) before the semester begins on Monday (08/16/10) so make sure you look for that message. I will only be adding additional students if enrolled students are marked as non-shows.
UPDATE 06/24/10: Just wanted to give you all some additional information regarding our Fall 2010 CIT12 Computer Literacy class. The required materials are a textbook (Using Information Technology 9e Complete Edition) and Simnet for Office 2007. Both can be purchased at the campus bookstore or online, but make sure to get them by the first week of class. VERY IMPORTANT is the new email accounts required for FCC students, this is even MORE important for online students, I have created a short video to walk you thru the process of creating your email account, check it out. I will generally send out a "Welcome Message" in the beginning of August and this message will be sent to this new email account (lastname_studentid@my.scccd.edu) so it is VERY important you get this message, so make sure you get this email setup.
UPDATE 04/29/10: As of today both classes are full, you are welcome to get on the waiting list. Some students may drop this class before the semester starts and the students on the waiting list are processed by first come first serve, meaning the further up on the list you are the better your chances to get into the class, I will be adding a few students (from the waiting list at the beginning of the Fall Semester). Make SURE to register early for online classes in the future, they fill very quickly.
I will be updating this course over the Summer 2010 and will add more information regarding the requirements, but you can see the Syllabus from a previous semester below. At this point make sure you have created your email account for Fresno City College (click here for more information). All communications with the campus and this online course will be done with that email address. I will be recording a video soon to walk students thru the process of setting up their my.scccd.edu accounts. You are welcome to email me (riowaller@gmail - copy this email address into your email) any questions you may have before then.
Spring 2010 (CIT-12-24896 COMPUTER LITERACY)
UPDATE 01/14/10: This class is full and I will NOT be adding any more students, please register early for online classes in the future, they fill very quickly.
UPDATE 11/20/09: This course is listed as FULL in Webadvisor, in additional the waiting list is FULL. You are welcome to check Webadvisor to see if someone drops, but make sure you understand how I add students from the waiting list (see below)
For the Spring semester there will be only one section of CIT12 Computer Literacy online for Fresno City College, so make sure you enroll in the class as soon as possible, because it will fill very quickly. I will be adding more information about this course as we get close to the Spring 10 semester, what is most important is to have a current email account and to make sure that email is up-to-date in both WebAdvisor and Blackboard.
If you are enrolled, then make sure you check your email first thing on the first day of the semester, because I will be sending out a message that morning on what you need to do to make sure you are NOT marked as a NO-SHOW and therefore dropped from the course, so make sure (again) your email in Blackboard is up-to-date.
If you are on the waitlist, here is how I handle the waitlist: I will only be adding 10 students from the waitlist and only those students that respond to a message I send out a week before the class starts will be given this opportunity, so (again) make sure you email in Webadvisor is up-to-date so you get this very important message.
If you have additional questions about this course, you can email me riowaller@gmail.com (copy this into a new email). As an online student it is VERY important that you read all the information provided here because it will answer MOST questions I get from students.
About CIT12 Online
Students often want to know about the course before they enroll, or they are enrolled and want to know what will be covered in the class. To answer most of these questions I will provide the Fall 2009 syllabus, which will be very much like the Spring 2010 syllabus.
One important part of this class will be watching video, so here is a link to the course overview for the Fall 09 class. I provide this link for two reasons: first it is a good way to see if your computer is able to review the video and second to give you more information on how the course is structured. I will be making some changes to the course for the Spring 2010, but 90% of what is in this video will be the same for the Spring class.