An
introduction to eCommerce for new or existing businesses planning
to create a business presence online. Learn about eCommerce, planning
and designing a Web site, Web assets, technology and Web architecture,
Web sales and security, attracting and keeping customers, maintaining
the business Web presence, legal issues and creating a simple business
Web site.
Lectures
are delivered via the Bus 89 instructor
website
Most
CourseWork is completed through the Blackboard online
instructional system.
Due
dates, schedules, coursework and grades are
viewable via either system. The
Blackboard Learning Modules show all assignments including
readings, plus due dates and late dates for each week.
Business
Idea - A specific Business Idea
for an eCommerce site is recommended and will make the coursework
more meaningful, but not required.
Attendance -
Attendance is required. There are 16 meetings including the Final
Exam meeting. You may be dropped as a no show the first week
of classes. If you miss more than 2 weeks of class sessions (2
meetings) you may be dropped. However, it is the student's
responsibility to drop a class. You recieve points for attendance.
You cannot pass the course with less than 70% attendance! (at
least 11 of 15 class days, not counting the final.)
Note: There
are no "make-ups" for missed days. Extra Credit may be
available.
Worksheets -
Worksheets
1-6 & 8 are online,
onscreen forms accessable from my class website (http://www.cabrillo.edu/~dambrosini/189Web/worksheets.html)
that will be filled out and answered onscreen and then submitted
by
clicking
on the "Submit
Form" button
at the bottom of the webpage. NOTE:
After submitting the worksheet, log into BlackBoard, click on
the Worksheet link and send a brief
message saying you have submitted the worksheet.
Worksheets
7 is a handout you
will be given where you will use a pencil to create a series
of "thumbnail sketches" and
a "Comp" to be turned in on paper. NOTE:
After submitting the worksheet, log into BlackBoard, click
on the Worksheet link and send a brief message saying you have
submitted the worksheet.
Worksheets
9-10 & 12 are require you to think and offer your
opinions and decisions and have no right or wrong answers.
Read the instructions then you will write short answers to
be turned in using Blackboard:
either typed into the turnin window (preferred), or cut and
pasted from a Word document you create into the turnin window
(preferred), or attached as a file if necessary (Not preferred).
Worksheet
11 is an Excel Spreadsheet that will calculate your
Business Startup costs. Using
Excel, edit the template , and turn it in via the "Assignments" choice
as a file attachment under "Course Tools" while logged
onto Blackboard by
the posted due dates.
Note: Late
Worksheet assignments will be 10 points off. Extra Credit may be
available.
LEXs -
Learning
Exercises - LEXs
1 to 5 and 7 to 12: are
Word documents that require you to think and offer your opinions
and decisions and have no right or wrong answers. You will write
short answers to be turned in using Blackboard:
either typed into the turnin window (preferred), cut and pasted
from the Word document into the turnin window (preferred), or
attached as a file if necessary (Not preferred). LEX
6 is turned in on paper in class. NOTE: After doing Lex6 and
turning it in physically in class, log into
BlackBoard, click on the Lex link and send a brief message saying
you have submitted the worksheet.
Discussion -
Online postings and responses via Blackboard.
At my class website, click on Discussions for
a list of topics to choose from for each Discussion. Post
one orginal answer of your own and respond to two postings from
your classmates. You
will
write short answers to be turned in using Blackboard:
either typed into the turnin window (preferred), cut and pasted
from the Word document into the turnin window (preferred), or
attached as a file if really necessary (Not preferred).
Note: Late
discussion postings will be 10 points
off. Extra Credit may be available.
Late
CourseWork - is
marked as "Late" two weeks after the Due Date on
the Assignments page. They are expected to be accurate
and thoroughly completed. The Blackboard "Due
date " is the Late date.
Xtra
Credit - You will have some opportunities
to get xtra credit points. They are noted on the CourseWork
page. Others may be added.
Withdrawal
policy -
You may withdraw from the course with a W grade until 75% of
the semester has elapsed. Contact the admissions and records
office for details. Failure to follow the withdrawal procedure
will result in an F grade being assigned at the end of the
semester. If you would prefer a CR/NC instead of a grade, you
must inform the instructor by the end of week 5.
You
will use the class website as your textbook. Enrollment
in this class gives you access to computers on campus. The
class website is published on the Internet and is not password
protected, thus you have access to the class website from any
Internet connected computer on or off campus. However, to
use a campus computer you need your class
login and password. Click here for
printable instructions. You may use the Library computers without
having to log in. Students will
use the same login for both Blackboard and classroom computers. (See FAQs for
more info)
Printing
on campus requires you to go to the CTC (Computer
Technology Center) in Aptos or Watsonville and open a printing
account with $5.00. You are charged $ .10 a page for black
and white, $.50 a page for color.
Students
needing accommodations should contact the instructor
ASAP. As required by the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA),
accommodations are provided to insure equal opportunity for
students with verified disabilities. If you need assistance
with an accommodation, please contact Disabled Student Services,
Room 810, 479-6379, or Learning Skills Program, Room 1073,
479-6220.
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