Welcome Cyberstudent

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August 16, 2017

Welcome Cyberstudent:

You are currently registered for Word Level II (OAT158) online. Though the class does not start until Monday, August 21, 2017, you need to become aware of a few things.

All of the web pages important to you as a Delaware Tech college student are located at the portal called, MyDTCC. Use either website address (hold down the CTRL key to click on link directly from this document) http://my.dtcc.edu or http://www.dtcc.edu (at this link you would then need to click on MyDTCC (located on the right side of the webpage). You should bookmark the MyDTCC website address. You will need to use your DTCC username and password to login. The username and password needed to set up this account is provided on your registration form. For example, username may be jsmith and your password may be 010169 (date of birth). If you have misplaced your registration form you can call 302-857-1750 (a Dover number). This site will provide college wide, as well as, Owens specific information. Once you enter into MyDTCC you can access the sites discussed below without having to log into them individually.

· My Courses (BlackBoard): All of your courses, including this online course, are located at the My Courses tab (Blackboard). Possibly, not all of your instructors will be using BlackBoard as part of the course. There is also a student help web site provided to acquaint you with Blackboard located at http://my.dtcc.edu.

· Web mail E-mail System: All of the course information I send through e-mail will go to your @dtcc address. You need to check your school e-mail regularly. It’s important to remember you can send e-mail through BlackBoard, but you can only check e-mail through Web mail.

· BannerWeb Student Record System: Current students can register for classes, get unofficial transcripts and check on financial aid status through Banner Web.

The next item you will want to double check is that you have purchased the correct textbook. There are two books for this course.

· Microsoft Word 2016: Benchmark Series, Paradigm Publishing. The ISBN is 9780763873790 (2 codes: 1 for E-book and 1 for SNAP access code--training and assessment software). This is available at the Owens Bookstore in Georgetown, DE.

· The 2nd book is a simulation project book that is no longer available via the publisher and won’t be sold in the bookstore. I have books available for you to use on a loan basis. You can also look up the book and order from Amazon or somewhere pretty cheap. You only need the book, not the CD, I have all files on Blackboard that you will need. (Advanced Word Processing Simulation, Small Business Institute, Amrose & Jones, Thomson Publishing, copywrite 2005, ISBN 0-538-43755-3.)

The phone number for the Owens bookstore is (302) 259-6116. You may also click on the link I have provided to order the book online from the Owens bookstore. You may have another Del Tech campus order the textbook for you as well. The software needed is Office 2016, which contains the word processing application Word and Access, which will be used for mail merge. This course teaches word processing features using Word 2016.

I look forward to working with you. I hope everyone is up for the challenge of completing the course. Once I release the additional course information on Monday, August 21, 2017, and you access the course web site, I hope it will be very easy for you to navigate. Follow all buttons in order and read everything carefully. Print out all documents which you feel are necessary. The calendar, for example, is very important and will have to be strictly followed. Late assignments are not an option. Hope you find this information helpful. If you have any questions e-mail me at .

Sincerely,

Mrs. Kimberly Burton, Instructor

Business Department