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Instructor:

Don_Gaber

Don Gaber

Email: gaberdh@uwec.edu
Office: Schneider 414 - Office hours: 10:00-12:00 MTWRF, or anytime my door is open!
Phone: (715) 836-3965
Class Schedule: IS240.001 - MWF @ 1:00-1:50 in Schneider 100, IS240.002 - MWF @ 2:00-2:50 in Schneider 100

Welcome to IS-240

Course Description: A study of information systems in business to include management decision support systems, concepts of systems analysis and design, and information processing. Students will learn to use productivity tools.

As the lead instructor for IS-240, I look forward to changing many preconceived ideas about large classes being anonymous, impersonal, or boring, into a positive learning experience! As a very interactive instructor, I look forward to class discussions, offering feedback on your assignments, and frequent communication as a means of getting to know each of you. I do my best to respond to emails and give feedback quickly by checking my email frequently during the day and most evenings. I am also available quite often via Skype chat at Don.Gaber for immediate help.

Course Materials:

CaseGrader

Textbooks:

Rental: Baltzan, Phillips, and Haag. Business Driven Technology, 3rd Ed., Boston: McGraw-Hill Irwin

*Purchase: Parsons, Oja, Ageloff, and Carey. New Perspectives on Microsoft Office Excel 2007, Comprehensive, Boston, MA: Cengage, Inc.

* The purchase of a new Excel textbook from the UWEC Bookstore includes the CaseGrader booklet required for the Excel assignments. If you share a textbook or purchase a used Excel textbook, you will have to purchase the CaseGrader booklet separately from the UWEC Bookstore. The CaseGrader includes a unique KeyCode for one-time registration, and cannot be re-used.

Other:

i>clicker: (Schneider 100 sections) Available through the UWEC Bookstore. Check out the i>clicker Web site for more information.

Access to a PC with Microsoft Office 2007 and high speed internet access is required. Office 2007 has been the UWEC standard since 2007. You can purchase your own copy of Office 2007 at WISC for $72 or directly from Microsoft's Ultimate Steal @ http://www.microsoft.com/student/discounts/theultimatesteal-us/default.aspx for only $59 bucks!!

All College of Business students are required to provide their own laptop computer for classes that require laptops. IS-240 is one of the classes that occasionally requires laptops for labs. For information on the COB Laptop initiative, check out the web site at http://www.uwec.edu/cob/technology/computing_recommendations.htm

Course Learning Objectives - Upon completing IS 240, students are able to:

Identify and explain the components of an information system
Explain the impact of information systems on business activities
Apply a common project process to the development of systems
Use information systems to ethically solve problems and make decisions

5. Differentiate information systems concepts and vocabulary

6. Apply collaborative skills to produce team projects

7. Utilize a variety of personal productivity software

* Communications:

Check your e-mail and D2L News daily for class-related updates or announcements.
Use the Raise Your Hand discussion forum to post questions related to course content and assignments. Fellow student replies are encouraged. These areas are accessible to all class members, often getting you help before I can respond. Please do not provide complete homework files.
Also available are Hallway Conversations, Want-ads, and Hints, Tricks, and Shortcuts discussion forums for your use.

Email criteria:

Include your name, class section, and when appropriate, your team number in your correspondence.
In business, as with course-related correspondence, email is regarded as a professional means of communication. Proper capitalization and punctuation are required.
Be sure to use your campus email address, as other addresses are often automatically sent to a junk folder, or seen as SPAM.
3-Before-Me - For email questions regarding assignment help: Before emailing the instructor, practice your problem-solving skills and attempt to find the answer on your own first - it's how you learn! In the event that you cannot find an answer to your question, be sure that you cite three sources that you tried first in your email, such as the assignment sheet or syllabus, a team member or fellow student (include name), a Google search (include search parameters), the software built-in help, etc.
NOTE: Do not expect timely responses to emails composed immediately prior to assignment deadlines.
Emails not following proper criteria may receive a blank reply or a link to this criteria.

Accommodation of Disabilities:

Students with disabilities are encouraged to discuss their needs with the instructor, preferably during the first week of class. All reasonable accommodations will be made to see that disabilities do not restrict a student's opportunity to learn. Help is also available from Office for Services to Students with Disabilities (Old Library 2136, phone 715-836-4542).

Contact Don Gaber with concerns/questions regarding this page
Last updated October 2, 2009