HYBRID (HYB) DESIGNATION DESCRIPTION

A hybrid course HYB is a combination classroom/Internet course. You meet in a classroom once or twice a week at a regularly-scheduled time and place, and the rest of the time you work online. Both parts of the course - classroom attendance and online work - are mandatory. You are expected to subscribe to an email discussion list, to communicate regularly with your instructor, and to collaborate extensively with others in your class. To take a hybrid course, you must be able to use your computer to send and read email, to find information on the Internet, and to participate in online discussions. Basic instruction in computers or the Internet will not be provided. Hybrid courses are identified in the schedule with the HYB code.

Here is the IDS 180 Class Syllabus. You may read it here or on Canvas, and/or print it from either location.

Please fill out the "Literati" online survey due by Sunday, January 20, 2013, 1:00pm.

COURSE POLICIES

The course is comprised of two areas: (1) computer concepts, and (2) hands-on software application activities covering word processing, presentation, spreadsheets, databases, electronic communication and the internet. Computer concepts are incorporated into each weekly lecture.

This class is conducted in a computer lab and online. Assigned reading, concepts reviews, skill set reviews, AND online tutorials should be done before the topic is covered in class. Class lectures and lab demonstrations are used to reinforce and emphasize parts of the assigned material.

Students may demonstrate competency in Computer Literacy by either of the two procedures below:

1. Taking and passing one of the specified Salem State University courses approved as satisfying the Computer Literacy core requirement and identified as such in its catalog course description. A transferred course, which a student wishes to use to satisfy the Computer Literacy core requirement, must be reviewed and approved in writing by the Chairperson of the Computer Science department.

2. Achieving a passing score on the Computer Literacy Exemption Examination given four times per year by the Computer Science department. The examination should be taken within 30 credits of enrolling as a degree-seeking student. The computerized examination consists of assessing knowledge of computer concepts and software applications. Details are provided by the Computer Science department or the Learning Center.

ATTENDANCE

Attendance is required. The student is responsible for keeping abreast of all reading assignments and practice exercises, lecture material, and computer assignments whether or not in class. Technology failure is NOT an acceptable excuse for late or missed assignments. The university has several computer labs on campus to use if your personal computers fail or are stolen. If a student must miss class, the student should visit the course website for what to do when absent, and how to obtain the missed assignment(s), if applicable or allowed.

ACADEMIC DISHONESTY POLICY