Nt1330 Unit 1 Assignment
Unit 1 Assignment
Instructions:
Download this document to your computer before filling it out. Each of the responses below should be appropriately filled in and the document saved again before submitting to the Unit 1 Dropbox. Be certain to answer each question completely.
Unit 1 Assignment
Outcomes practiced in the assignment
• Describe some of the technological challenges created by computers and technology • Explain the digital divide • Define the term “computer literate” • Understand how becoming computer literate can help you in your career
Course Outcomes practiced in this unit:
• IT190-1: Demonstrate operating systems software functionality • IT190-3: Understand competiveness and collaboration …show more content…
in a global economy
Unit 1 is a Master Learning Unit. A Master Learning Unit presents an opportunity for you to grow and improve as a student. In order to qualify for Master Unit Grading you must:
• Respond to all questions • Make a determined first attempt • Cite your responses • Submit your assignment on time
If you meet the above criteria, your instructor will grade your assignment, and return. If your assignment needs improvement, you will receive feedback and then be allowed to resubmit.
Once you have received recommendations for improvement, you have 72 hours to resubmit your assignment for grading. If you do not make the recommended changes within the 72 hours, your original assignment will be graded.
*It is the student’s responsibility to periodically check the Gradebook for recommendations for improvement. Your instructor may not contact you once your assignment has initially been graded; therefore, it is very important that you regularly check the Gradebook once you have submitted your assignment as the 72 hours begins once your instructor has submitted his or her recommendations. The instructor can grade your assignment at any time once it has been submitted. He or she does not need to wait until the due date/time to grade your assignment!
Do not forget, whenever you look up information, you need to cite your sources! Please copy and paste the full URL of any website you use in researching your answers to the following questions. If you use your book, please place the page number from your book in parentheses next to the answer.
Requirements:
1. This chapter lists many ways that knowing about computers (or becoming computer literate) will help you. Do some research on your career choice using sites such as CareerBuilder® or Yahoo! ® Jobs®. What type of computer skills are employers looking for in your chosen career? (If you are unsure of your career concentration, select something that interests you, and do your research on that career.)
a. What is your career choice?
b. List 5 computer skills employers are seeking in your career area.
c. Explain how you believe this course will help you to begin your path in achieving the skills required for your chosen career (Minimum 100 words)
Plagiarism:
d. From the KU Campus, click on My Studies, choose the Academic Support Center, Click on Writing, Reference Library, select research Citation and Plagiarism, and select Kaplan University’s Plagiarism Policy.
i. What happens if you are caught plagiarizing material while you are a student at Kaplan? Be sure to indicate what happens for the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd offense. (Paraphrase your response – Do not copy!)
ii. There are 3 specific times when quoting is appropriate. Find the Basic Citation Guidelines. Please explain (in your own words) when direct quotes should be used.
iii. What is the difference between paraphrasing and summarizing?
e. Find one other source that defines plagiarism.
i. What is the URL? http://www.wadsworth.com/english_d/special_features/plagiarism/definition.html
ii. What is the definition of plagiarism (in your own words)?
For this question, you must review the requirements for the Final Assignment.
f. Where can you find a copy of the final project?
g. How many employees will there be in the combined company?
h. What are the options for the format of the final project? (What programs can you use to present your project?)
i. During which unit is your final project due?
2. There are four activities that you are required to participate in each week: Seminar, Discussion board, Learning Space, Assignment. Answer the following questions about each activity.
a. Seminar
i. What day and time is your Seminar?
ii. How do you earn full credit in Seminar (hint – review the syllabus)?
iii. What is the alternate activity if you miss the Seminar?
iv. How many points is Seminar worth each week?
b. Learning Space
i. How do you earn credit for the Learning Space?
ii. How many posts do you need to make to the Learning Space to earn full credit?
iii. How many points is Learning Space worth each week?
c. Discussion Board
i. How do you earn full credit for Discussion Board (hint – review the syllabus)?
ii. How many posts do you need to make each week?
iii. By what day must your first post be made?
iv. On how many days must you post?
v. How many points is your Discussion Board worth each week?
d. Assignment
i. On what day is your assignment due?
ii. Where can you find assignment templates?
iii.
iv. How many points is your assignment worth each week?
Review the grading rubric below before beginning this activity.
Project 1 grading rubric =50 points
|Project Requirements |points possible |Points earned by student |
|IT Literacy |0-15 points | |
|Plagiarism |0-10 points | |
|Final Assignment |0-10 points | |
|Course Requirements |0-15 points | |
|Total (Sum of all points) | |
Directions for Submitting Your …show more content…
Assignment
Before you submit your assignment, you should save your work on your computer in a location and with a name that you will remember.
Compose your assignment in Microsoft Word and save it in the following format: Username-Assignment- Unit#.doc (Example: TAllen- Assignment-Unit 1.doc). Submit your assignment by selecting the Unit 1: Assignment Dropbox by the end of Unit 1.
For instructions on how to submit your assignment to the Dropbox, click on the Academic Tools tab in the class. [pic]
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Network Administrator
| |MDI Group, Ariens Corporation, TSYS, Systemtec Inc. SAIC Corporate.
This course will help me in my path to achieving my goal of being a Network Administrator because it is very informative. I’m not just going to be learning about one thing. I need to learn about how a computer works and how it processes information before I can just go be a Expert. Even though I use computers everyday I think this class will make me even smarter then I am now.This class is in my Degree plan and I plan on passing this class and continuing to take more classes. This is the stepping stone to a great life for me.
1st Offense the assignment it was found on will be received as a failure
2nd Offense If it happens again the Class with result in a failure
3rd Offense You will not be able to attend Kaplan any
more.
If you are caught with Plagiarism while you are a Kaplan Student the Provost’s office sends the student a letter of the action taken and informs the Academic Department Chair, the students Academic Advisor and the course instructor of and Plagiarism charges.
1. One is when you are critiquing someone’s exact words. Like in a magazine when someone is being interviewed. There words the say are in quotation marks.
2. Second is when you want to include conversation in your paper, make sure you use quotation marks for the exact words said.
3. Third Is when you can’t find a way to paraphrase the original authors words and still maintain the same meaning.
Summarizing is telling the main points of a story and you can not plagiarize here
Paraphrasing is making the story mean the same thing but in different words to make It make more since. You can plagiarize here.
Plagiarism is basically just taking someone work and copy and pasting it and claiming it is your work with out using them as a Source or Resource.
http://kucourses.com/re/DotNextLaunch.asp?courseid=7339677&userid=6650779&sessionid=1d2fff40c2&tabid=s2mNpdIhjKUQ9dl7Tj8uYMkbrAWrQF4mDhzA8/uGnAf7CYYHcCWImwgv1kN8l6ouwwc+QrYb3q7x576F3qZbqA==&sessionFirstAuthStore=true&macid=MRPv4CTmGvYvLTh/Cipozk6U9R3ey6D376393xtfMoVlv9jlOkPy6zp4AMKAKOZgseU/4Mr7CVNHKCixAJZDFgVGIRiWhf6XvXRvnpoCP6+Swa99yzUfh4pYvRtXBG/jmlfMaFhCJrqBIq6VuBcU3vNJ1JpYJK6Ub3rKzDcw7JzRrUrCcRAbgaPBxYyLaoBWjGMY0P0El2e748uGcdd3DRxZ3e8mSf49acYjZzQLihxfijZnogldeMADHzBz0a6r
In unit 9 the link is above.
You can use PowerPoint, Video/Audio, or a Written Paper
At the end of Unit 9
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Instructions:
Download this document to your computer before filling it out. Each of the responses below should be appropriately filled in and the document saved again before submitting to the Unit 1 Dropbox. Be certain to answer each question completely.
Unit 1 Assignment
Outcomes practiced in the assignment
• Describe some of the technological challenges created by computers and technology • Explain the digital divide • Define the term “computer literate” • Understand how becoming computer literate can help you in your career
Course Outcomes practiced in this unit:
• IT190-1: Demonstrate operating systems software functionality • IT190-3: Understand competiveness and collaboration …show more content…
in a global economy
Unit 1 is a Master Learning Unit. A Master Learning Unit presents an opportunity for you to grow and improve as a student. In order to qualify for Master Unit Grading you must:
• Respond to all questions • Make a determined first attempt • Cite your responses • Submit your assignment on time
If you meet the above criteria, your instructor will grade your assignment, and return. If your assignment needs improvement, you will receive feedback and then be allowed to resubmit.
Once you have received recommendations for improvement, you have 72 hours to resubmit your assignment for grading. If you do not make the recommended changes within the 72 hours, your original assignment will be graded.
*It is the student’s responsibility to periodically check the Gradebook for recommendations for improvement. Your instructor may not contact you once your assignment has initially been graded; therefore, it is very important that you regularly check the Gradebook once you have submitted your assignment as the 72 hours begins once your instructor has submitted his or her recommendations. The instructor can grade your assignment at any time once it has been submitted. He or she does not need to wait until the due date/time to grade your assignment!
Do not forget, whenever you look up information, you need to cite your sources! Please copy and paste the full URL of any website you use in researching your answers to the following questions. If you use your book, please place the page number from your book in parentheses next to the answer.
Requirements:
1. This chapter lists many ways that knowing about computers (or becoming computer literate) will help you. Do some research on your career choice using sites such as CareerBuilder® or Yahoo! ® Jobs®. What type of computer skills are employers looking for in your chosen career? (If you are unsure of your career concentration, select something that interests you, and do your research on that career.)
a. What is your career choice?
b. List 5 computer skills employers are seeking in your career area.
c. Explain how you believe this course will help you to begin your path in achieving the skills required for your chosen career (Minimum 100 words)
Plagiarism:
d. From the KU Campus, click on My Studies, choose the Academic Support Center, Click on Writing, Reference Library, select research Citation and Plagiarism, and select Kaplan University’s Plagiarism Policy.
i. What happens if you are caught plagiarizing material while you are a student at Kaplan? Be sure to indicate what happens for the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd offense. (Paraphrase your response – Do not copy!)
ii. There are 3 specific times when quoting is appropriate. Find the Basic Citation Guidelines. Please explain (in your own words) when direct quotes should be used.
iii. What is the difference between paraphrasing and summarizing?
e. Find one other source that defines plagiarism.
i. What is the URL? http://www.wadsworth.com/english_d/special_features/plagiarism/definition.html
ii. What is the definition of plagiarism (in your own words)?
For this question, you must review the requirements for the Final Assignment.
f. Where can you find a copy of the final project?
g. How many employees will there be in the combined company?
h. What are the options for the format of the final project? (What programs can you use to present your project?)
i. During which unit is your final project due?
2. There are four activities that you are required to participate in each week: Seminar, Discussion board, Learning Space, Assignment. Answer the following questions about each activity.
a. Seminar
i. What day and time is your Seminar?
ii. How do you earn full credit in Seminar (hint – review the syllabus)?
iii. What is the alternate activity if you miss the Seminar?
iv. How many points is Seminar worth each week?
b. Learning Space
i. How do you earn credit for the Learning Space?
ii. How many posts do you need to make to the Learning Space to earn full credit?
iii. How many points is Learning Space worth each week?
c. Discussion Board
i. How do you earn full credit for Discussion Board (hint – review the syllabus)?
ii. How many posts do you need to make each week?
iii. By what day must your first post be made?
iv. On how many days must you post?
v. How many points is your Discussion Board worth each week?
d. Assignment
i. On what day is your assignment due?
ii. Where can you find assignment templates?
iii.
iv. How many points is your assignment worth each week?
Review the grading rubric below before beginning this activity.
Project 1 grading rubric =50 points
|Project Requirements |points possible |Points earned by student |
|IT Literacy |0-15 points | |
|Plagiarism |0-10 points | |
|Final Assignment |0-10 points | |
|Course Requirements |0-15 points | |
|Total (Sum of all points) | |
Directions for Submitting Your …show more content…
Assignment
Before you submit your assignment, you should save your work on your computer in a location and with a name that you will remember.
Compose your assignment in Microsoft Word and save it in the following format: Username-Assignment- Unit#.doc (Example: TAllen- Assignment-Unit 1.doc). Submit your assignment by selecting the Unit 1: Assignment Dropbox by the end of Unit 1.
For instructions on how to submit your assignment to the Dropbox, click on the Academic Tools tab in the class. [pic]
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Network Administrator
| |MDI Group, Ariens Corporation, TSYS, Systemtec Inc. SAIC Corporate.
This course will help me in my path to achieving my goal of being a Network Administrator because it is very informative. I’m not just going to be learning about one thing. I need to learn about how a computer works and how it processes information before I can just go be a Expert. Even though I use computers everyday I think this class will make me even smarter then I am now.This class is in my Degree plan and I plan on passing this class and continuing to take more classes. This is the stepping stone to a great life for me.
1st Offense the assignment it was found on will be received as a failure
2nd Offense If it happens again the Class with result in a failure
3rd Offense You will not be able to attend Kaplan any
more.
If you are caught with Plagiarism while you are a Kaplan Student the Provost’s office sends the student a letter of the action taken and informs the Academic Department Chair, the students Academic Advisor and the course instructor of and Plagiarism charges.
1. One is when you are critiquing someone’s exact words. Like in a magazine when someone is being interviewed. There words the say are in quotation marks.
2. Second is when you want to include conversation in your paper, make sure you use quotation marks for the exact words said.
3. Third Is when you can’t find a way to paraphrase the original authors words and still maintain the same meaning.
Summarizing is telling the main points of a story and you can not plagiarize here
Paraphrasing is making the story mean the same thing but in different words to make It make more since. You can plagiarize here.
Plagiarism is basically just taking someone work and copy and pasting it and claiming it is your work with out using them as a Source or Resource.
http://kucourses.com/re/DotNextLaunch.asp?courseid=7339677&userid=6650779&sessionid=1d2fff40c2&tabid=s2mNpdIhjKUQ9dl7Tj8uYMkbrAWrQF4mDhzA8/uGnAf7CYYHcCWImwgv1kN8l6ouwwc+QrYb3q7x576F3qZbqA==&sessionFirstAuthStore=true&macid=MRPv4CTmGvYvLTh/Cipozk6U9R3ey6D376393xtfMoVlv9jlOkPy6zp4AMKAKOZgseU/4Mr7CVNHKCixAJZDFgVGIRiWhf6XvXRvnpoCP6+Swa99yzUfh4pYvRtXBG/jmlfMaFhCJrqBIq6VuBcU3vNJ1JpYJK6Ub3rKzDcw7JzRrUrCcRAbgaPBxYyLaoBWjGMY0P0El2e748uGcdd3DRxZ3e8mSf49acYjZzQLihxfijZnogldeMADHzBz0a6r
In unit 9 the link is above.
You can use PowerPoint, Video/Audio, or a Written Paper
At the end of Unit 9
The will be 10 employees in the combined company.
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