Patrick Mahoney
City College
Room A17 E
619 388-3112
E-mail until 1/26/2009 - pmahoney@sdccd.edu.
After Spring 2009 semester starts, use WebCT e-mail at class site.
The instructor will NOT Add students to this class.
Students will be added to class by the SDCCD Online Office from the class waiting list as spaces open up (As registered students withdraw).

Your instructor will be available to personally meet with you and provide assistance for two hours each week at the times and location listed below. Make a point to try to come by and meet the Prof at least a couple of times this semester.

• 11:15 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. on Mon. in Room T-301, City College
• 11:15 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. on Wed. in Room T-301, City College
  

1 book is available at the City College bookstore.

This text should also be available from the KB Books Store located at 1045 14th Street [(619) 232-8398] next to City College.

This text is is also available at the SDCCD Online Bookstore.

Business Data Communications - Introductory Concepts and Techniques, Fourth Edition, [ISBN:0-7895-6806-3 © 2004] by Shelly, Cashman, Serwatka; Course Technology Publishing {Publish Date: 11/4/2003; 488 pages}

Purchase Textbook Online at the SDCCD Online Bookstore

Intro to Communications
Data Communications
Media, Servers, Clients
Communications Equipment
Data Transmission
Network Protocols
Wide Area Networks

Required course software is Internet Explorer v7, Adobe Reader v9, Flash Player v10, Shockwave v11, Word Processing Software, Java Plug-In for WebCT Vista .

Hardware and Software:
To successfully complete this online course, you will be required to meet the minimum hardware and software requirements. View Hardware and Software Requirements.

Additional Supporting Software Required:
In addition, you must have the following software installed on the computer you intend to use for class work.

• Adobe Reader v9 (Free download from Adobe) Macromedia Flash Player v10 & Shockwave Player v11 (Download Web Players from Adobe) File Compression Software
  • Windows XP and Windows Vista have the compressed folder capability
  • Without the compressed folder capability, Download WinZip shareware which is available from many sources, Download WinZip )
  Software for viewing Video files (should come with Windows or Apple Operating System Software)
• Apple QuickTime Player for Multimedia Files (Download Free QT Player, Do NOT Buy QuickTime Pro)

Hardware and Software:
To successfully complete this online course, you will be required to meet the minimum hardware and software requirements. View Hardware and Software Requirements.

Internet Browser:
You must use a supported Internet browser in order to successfully work in WebCT, the online course management system for this course. To see a list of supported Internet browsers, click here. Internet Explorer v7 is recommended for this class.

This course is designed to provide students with a fundamental working knowledge of voice, data, and video telecommunications that can be applied in their business and personal lives. The course introduces telecommunications networks, transmitting, receiving, and satellite technologies. Topics covered in this course include basic communication theory, fundamentals of telephone systems, components of data communications systems, and basic Web page development using an HTML editor. This course or sections of this course may be offered through distance education.

(FT) Transfer Credit: CSU and/or private college/univ. 2 Units. Grade Only.

• Identify fundamental principles and concepts of telecommunication systems
• Identify common terminology used within the telecommunication industry
• Describe public telephone network systems and services
• Describe basic concepts of local wide-area networks
• Identify various media utilized in telecommunications systems
• Describe the telecommunications components of Voice, Data and Video
• Describe the dynamic nature of the Internet; including history, client-server relationships, the WWW, browsers, linkages, proper network etiquette, etc.
• Demonstrate basic competency in developing a simple Web page using an HTML editor

REGISTRATION DIRECTIONS:

1. Complete Online Application (for new SDCCD students). Go to Student Web Services

2. Receive registration appointment and instructions by email or mail.

3. Register online at the Reg-e, our online registration system

4. Make sure that you pay your tuition so that you don't lose your registration!
   Tuition and Fees Information.

5. Order textbooks online. Visit our online bookstore.

6.  After completion of registration on Reg-e, and several days prior to the start of the semester, you will receive an email with course login instructions. If you don't receive an email please go to http://www.sdccdonline.net and login on the first day of class as follows:
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Type your WebCT ID = 7-digit College Student Identification (CSID) number
Type your Password =  mmddyyyy (birthdate with no hyphens, slashes, or spaces)
For example:  1010101 (CSID number used at registration)
                          06231980 (password for birthdate June 23, 1980 ) 

7.  If this course is closed, please login to Reg-e to be placed on a waitlist. If the waitlist is full, you will not be able to add your name to the waitlist.

You will not be able to login to your online course until the first day of the semester!!!
You must login to your online course on the first day of the session to avoid your enrollment being dropped. Follow the login instructions at http://www.sdccdonline.net/login.htm

Course Schedule:
The SDCCD Online course schedule is also available on the Internet at: http://www.sdccdonline.net/schedule.htm

To find out if you have the technical and student skills necessary to succeed with online learning, take the Online Learning Readiness Assessment.

For directions to login to your online course, go to: http://online.sdccd.edu

You will be able to login to your Spring 2009 course on the first day of class (1/26/2009)

 
CBTE-200 is a demanding course which requires a lot of organized student effort on an almost daily basis. This is an online class, not a self-paced class. You are expected to login to this class at least four times a week. You must have regular access to the course-required software. By the end of each week, you will be expected to (1) submit basic info using WebCT's email service, (2) Post a Discussion Board Message & Respond to Other Student Postings, (3) Take an online concepts quiz, (3) Upload and submit answers to text discussion questions, (4) Upload your solution file(s) for any assigned lab exercise, and (5) Access Announcements and Class Discussion Boards. Additional exercises and projects will be assigned on a regular basis during the course.

Students taking this class must be aware of school policies with respect to plagiarism and academic cheating. College Procedure 3100.3, [copies can be obtained in the Office of the VP, Student Services], describes the Academic and Administrative Sanctions for students who are found to be cheating. Several students have been removed from recent CBTE-200 classes with appropriate sanctions for using someone else's work or allowing their work to be used by another. You must NEVER use another student's file! You must Never allow any of your files to be used by another student! Please be alerted in advance!!! No exceptions!!!

Please complete tutorials on how to use the course tools within WebCT prior to starting your course.

Face-to-face (in class) 1-hour orientations on how to use WebCT.

Orientation will cover how to login to WebCT, navigating in WebCT, technology requirements and troubleshooting, sample online course, strategies for success in an online course. Please attend one of these optional orientations for help and information about online courses.

Self-Paced WebCT/Blackboard Orientations

WebCT Vista Tutorial