Spring Term 2011-2012

This is your academic resource site for your courses with James Finholt at Chemeketa Community College in Salem Oregon.  This website is a living instrument for my classes and is always changing.  Be sure to check in regularly for course and material updates.  If you cannot find the information you need please contact me via the "Contact Me" link on the left or by using the email link below.  (The links on the left of this page provide you quick shortcuts to the most important resources you may need to be successful in this course.  Please take a minute to visit each site.)

To help you GET STARTED with your courses please click the GETTING STARTED link on the left.  It will provide you with the important information you need to know to successfully interact with this course the 1st week of school as well as the rest of the term.

Each "blue   ball" link shown below  is your access to the course syllabi and supplements to the readings and labs assigned from the textbooks.  Most of the classes listed have an Internet presence including the classroom Discussion Board.  Each class ONLINE site can be found via the eLearn link on the left.  The Discussion Board area of your course eLearn site link is also a great way we can all make comments, questions, and concerns regarding course materials. Should you find an issue you know the answer to PLEASE provide this solution to everyone. It will make your class more efficient and will provide each of you with the quickest opportunity to resolve any issues you may have. The eLearn site may also be used for assignment retrieval, submission and course testing.  This will help students become more comfortable and confident with standardized online certification exams.  I will always be monitoring the Discussion Board to help you complete your course successfully.

	CIS101 Introduction Microcomputer Application (Digital Literacy) (All Terms)
	CIS125A Databases MS Access (Summer Only)
	CIS125E Spreadsheets MS Excel (All Terms)
	CIS145 Microcomputer Hardware (Winter, Summer Only)
	CIS179 Introduction to Client-Server (Windows 7) Networks (Spring Only)
	CIS280 Cooperative Work Experience (CWE) ( All Terms)
	CIS288 Advanced Client-Server (Server 2008 R2) Networks (Fall Only)
	CIS289 Advanced Network Application Management (Spring Only)

MICROSOFT OFFICE 2007 USERS PLEASE READ!

All course have been written around Win7 and the MSOffice 2010 suite....NOT MSOffice 2007 or earlier versions.  Open Office and/or MSWorks will not work for this course.  All required textbooks and course materials have been adopted to match these technologies.  If you are using the MSOffice 2007 suite you may need to adapt the course materials to your system should you not have Win7 or Office 2010.  Remember it is NOT the instructor’s responsibility to create materials or text modifications for the technology you are using.

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As you define your destiny in life you will have to select one of two paths ... that of the wondering generality or that of the meaningful specific.  Make certain you make the right choice as that choice is the one people will remember you by for the rest of your life.

Zig Zigler

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Copyright March 2012,  All Rights Reserved, Authored by James A. Finholt

Phone: 503.589.7813        Email:  James A. Finholt
4000 Lancaster Drive  Bldg 37-124     Salem,  Oregon  97309