What you are required to do in CNIT 100 each week

Important Homework information:

  1. Start every week by reading the Insight class homepage, then scroll down to the current week's section and read the week's task list.  You should do all tasks in the task list by the due date.

  2. You must log in to the class at least once a week, but I recommend at least 3 times a week.
  3. You must check your official CCSF student email account at least once a week. You will receive important announcements there.

  4. Calendar icon When is homework due?  You can find the due date in the Schedule, or in the top section of the Insight class.  Here's an example:
    Week 1:  January 17 - 27, 2010                    (The due date is the last day of the week)

    Note     that each week has its own section, and in that section the date will show the last day of the week as Thursday.  However, homework is due the next day, Friday at 11:55pm PST. Usually there is a 2 day grace period and homework can be turned in through Sunday night, and if there's a holiday, that due date will be at the top of the class home page.  The final exam may not be taken late and there is no grace period.

  5. Weekly Tasks:  A detailed description of weekly homework tasks can be found in the week's task list in the section for the week.  I suggest you print this out! 


    • Insight Icon for a document Read and print the task list for the week.  Pay particular attention to the week's task list.  Some weeks there might be chapters to read, a quiz or test, a graded forum, a myitlab assignment or a document to turn in - do everything required for the week.  All work must be completed by the due date, or if there's a grace period, by the end of that period.
    • Insight Book icon  Every week you are required to read the online Course Content book.  It contains a summary of the week's material, links to online tutorials, and other useful information. Some weeks there is only a one page chapter summary, not a complete book.
    • Insight icon for an upload assignmentTurning in assignments:  If there's something to turn in (true in some but not all weeks) use the upload assignment activity in the week's section (Assignments are also available in the Activities block).
    • Email iconImportant: Check your official CCSF student email (@mail.ccsf.edu) every week. There is a link on the Insight login page to your student email account, also at www.ccsf.edu. You'll be receiving important messages from the school and your instructor there.
    • forum icon Participation: You are expected to read all the forum postings every week.  Pay particular attention to "Instructor Announcements" because I leave important announcements there. You also need to be present in our online "classroom" by posting to a forum at least 3 times a month.  Participation is part of your grade.    Some forum assignments are graded.  If so, this will be described in the week's task list.
  6. MyITLab Logo MyITLab Office 2007 homework:
    • Every student must purchase his/her own access code and create their own myitlab login account.
    • The myitlab homework is based on a chapter in the GO! Office 2007 textbook, which is available inside myitlab.  It will teach you how to use Microsoft Office 2007 programs such as Word, Excel, Access and PowerPoint.
    • Read the Insight online Course Content book for the week. It will have important information about your homework.
    • Optional: Follow the assigned chapter tutorial in GO! Office 2007 E-Book in myitlab.  You would learn a lot more in this book.
    • Take the myitlab trainings for the week's chapter.
    • Take the myitlab practice tests for the week's chapter - this doesn't count, but will prepare you for the graded test.
    • Take the myitlab Graded test for the week's chapter.  This score will be transferred into Insight on the Monday or Tuesday following the due date.
  7. image of textbook Chapter homework in the Computer Concepts Textbook:
    • Read the assigned chapter in your textbook, GO! Technology in Action.
    • Insight Book icon In Insight, read the online Course Content book or chapter summary for the assigned chapter.
    • Quiz Icon Chapter Quizzes:  Every week we cover a textbook chapter, there is a chapter quiz.  All chapter quizzes (also tests) are open book, but timed, so you don't have time to look up all the answers.  Be sure to study for them!  You can take each chapter's quiz 3 times only, and the highest score counts towards your grade.  (There is also a practice quiz, but its score doesn't count.  This is to help you prepare for the chapter quiz.)
    • Insight icon for an upload assignment Some weeks you must also turn in a file to the upload assignment in the week's section, or make a post to a graded forum forum icon.