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Summer 2008   Blackboard Vista Online Course
CCA’s Summer Online Courses start on
Monday, June 2nd, 2008.

 

Please Read Carefully:
This course is being offered using Blackboard Vista as the Learning Management System. If you have never used Blackboard vista before, please visit the orientation site.  http://www.ccconline.org/support/vista

 

You will access your CCA Blackboard Vista course at http://online.ccaurora.edu

 

Note:  You will not be able to access your course until the start date, June 2nd.

New this semester: A support desk is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week to assist you with setting up your computer and solving problems. http://www.ccaurora.edu/students/helpdesk/

 

 

Business Communication & Report Writing

Bus 217-376&-377 (online)

03 Credit Hours

(June 2 to Aug 9)

 

COURSE DESCRIPTION:

 

Emphasizes effective business writing: letters, memoranda, reports, application letters, and resumes. The class will also include the fundamentals of business communication and an introduction to international communication. Basic word-processing skills needed.

 

COURSE WEBSITE:

 

http://online.ccaurora.edu

 

INSTRUCTOR INFORMATION:

 

 

 

Name

 

Dr. Delinda D. Wunder

 

Phone

 

307-472-3160 (do not call this number after 8:00 p.m.)  – I prefer you communicate with me via email.

 

E-mail

 

wndriver@gmail.com

 

Fax

 

NA

 

Mailbox Location

 

NA

 

Other

 

 

 

 

 

REQUIRED COMPUTER SKILLS:

 

·        Send/receive mail

·        Download files to your computer and then open them

·        Basic word processing skills 

·        Experience with the Blackboard Vista tool or having read the orientation guide at http://www.ccconline.org/support/vista

 

 

 

REQUIRED TEXT BOOK(S):

 

--Hacker, Diana. Pocket Style Manual (4th ed.).

-- Ober, Scot. Fundamentals of Contemporary Business Communication. 2nd Edition

 

REQUIRED MATERIALS:

 

 

 

REQUIRED HARDWARE/ SOFTWARE:

 

·        Supported Web-browser

·        Supported version of Java

·        To confirm your software is supported, run the Browser Check at http://online.ccaurora.edu

 

HOW TO GET STARTED:

 

Go to the Business 217 Vista WebCT Course Content page. There you will find a syllabus and a course calendar. Read through that information, print out the course calendar so that you are familiar with the due dates; this will also enable you to know a due date if you are not near a computer or having issues accessing Vista. Secondly, read any course announcements. Then go to the Assignment section, to complete your first assignment and each subsequent assignment thereafter.

 

ORIENTATION SESSION/FIRST MEETING:

 

Not applicable

 

 

 

 

OTHER INFORMATION:

 

Please submit all of your assignments as Word (.doc) or RTF (.rtf) attachments to the appropriate assignment or quiz section in Vista. Do not submit and Word Pad or Wordworks (.wps) documents, as my word-processing program cannot read that type of document.

I look forward to working with you during the semester!

 

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