IS 2241 MYITLAB (FOR SPECCY THE PROFESSOR only)

1. This week we start Excel. You need to read Chapters 1 and 2 in the text. You will need to work through this chapter on your own and work the problems before you attempt the assignment to be turned in. You will probably need to spend more time in Excel than was necessary in Word because of the formulas required. There will be a heavy emphasis on formulas; there will be lots of formula questions on the Excel exam.

2. View the lectures for Excel Chapters 1 and 2 or you can use the audio version that is listed in MyITLab. Within your chapters are creamed colored pages that contains “Hands-on” exercises, you need to work these exercises to help you better understand Excel. Only completing the MYITLAB training is not enough to fully understand Excel’s formulas and functions.

3. Assignment: You need to complete Excel Chapter 1 Grader Project for Homework in MYITLAB under the Week 5 folder. Please read through the chapters thoroughly before attempting this assignment.

4. Take your MyITLab Word exam. The exam will start Monday, April 14th at 6pm Central time and will end on Wednesday, April 16th at 6pm Central time. The exam will be available in the Exams folder in MyITLab. It will consist of simulations and concepts questions from Word Chapters 1-4. Remember that completing the Word Trainings and reading the text are the best ways to prepare for the exam. If you do not take this exam on the scheduled dates/times, you will need a university documented excuse on letterhead. You already know how to the take an exam in MyITLab because we did a practice exam and training during Week 2 when we joined MyITLab. Stating “MYITLAB does not work, I did not enroll in MyITLab, I forgot, did not remember the dates or I do not have a working computer” are not valid excuses. Because this is your first MYITLAB exam I will allow you to take it twice. exams/training scores after Tuesday 15 Apr, at 6 pm CST.

Please remember I will be posting your Word trainings (Chapter 1, 2, 3, and 4) grade as I post your Word exam scores. You will have 1 hour to complete this exam. If you try to go over the time-frame, the exam will automatically shut-down and submit. All your exams will be timed. The Chapter trainings will be graded. Repeat the All-training questions until you no longer need the Hint and Show Me features. The ALL Training is ONLY for practice. Chapter trainings are for a grade. Please do not wait until the last hour of the last day to complete this exam because sometimes technical problems occur. You will have 4 tries to get each question correct. Because this is your first application exam, I am giving you two tries with this exam. This is the ONLY exam you will have two tries to score.

The exam will be listed in the Exams folder within MYITLAB

The password is: project

5. Complete the MyITLab training for Excel Chapters 1 & 2.

I will also post the ALL Training for Excel Chapters 1-4 for practice just as I did with Word.

Summary:

· Reading assignment

· Lectures on Excel Chapters 1 & 2

· Grader assignment to be turned in (We already completed this 97.5%

· Take the Word exam using MyITLab (Monday-Tuesday)

· Complete MyITLab training for Excel Chap 1 & 2

Please do not email me any homework assignments because they will not be graded.

All assignments are due by 11:55 PM on Saturday night of each week. Any late assignment will be penalized by 5 points per day off your grade. I will have your WD2 graded by the middle of the week.