TRINITY VALLEY
COMMUNITY COLLEGE
VCT/INTERNET
SYLLABUS
ACC2402 MANAGERIAL ACCOUNTING
Summer 2008
PROFESSOR
INFORMATION
Name: Jerry W. Rogers
Phone Number: 903-675-6339
(office)*
903-681-0486 (Cell)
Faculty Fax# 903-675-6316*
Email Address:
·
These
are located on campus and summer courses are handled from home so these will be
checked only randomly. Therefore please
use either the email addresses or the cell phone.
COURSE INFORMATION:
Course# and Title: Acc2402
Managerial Accounting
Beginning Date of Session:
Monday, June 2, 2008
Ending
Date of Session: Wednesday, August 20, 2008
Student access to the
Accounting classes
require a lot of work and discipline to stay on task and meet the due dates
with assignments and tests whether taken in a regular classroom environment or
via distance education. If you do not
have the personal discipline, or feel that you cannot learn that discipline in
short order, then you should not register for this course. More people either drop or fail this course
because they don’t have the personal discipline to prepare the assignments in a
timely manner than those who drop or fail because they cannot do the
assignments.
TEXTBOOK(S) AND REQUIRED
MATERIALS
Title: Accounting
Author: Warren, C. S.,
Reeve, J. M., & Duchac, J. E.
Publisher: Thomson South-Western
Year Published: 2007
Edition: 22E
ISBN: Bundle: Text + CengageNOW™ 2-Semester Printed Access Card
ISBN-10: 0324625162 | ISBN-13: 9780324625165
(This is a package which includes a new textbook and CengageNow™, a program utilized in preparing homework and
taking tests. This package is available
through the TVCC bookstore utilizing the ISBN numbers given above. It is also available directly from the
publisher but no ISBN number is used. It
is simply referred to as “BUNDLE”.
Should the textbook and/or CengageNow™ be acquired from sources other than the TVCC bookstore or
the publisher, the following ISBN numbers should be used: For the textbook 0-324-40184-1. For CengageNow™ 0-324-64189-3. The
TVCC bookstore also has used textbooks and stand-alone CengageNOW
packages.
The student should have
either a 2003 version of Microsoft Office® which contains Microsoft Word and
Microsoft Excel or the new 2007 version of Microsoft Office which contains
Microsoft Word and Microsoft Excel. In
addition, if the student is using the 2007 version of Microsoft Office®, the
student must know how to utilize the features of the 2007 version to save
documents so that they may be accessed with the 2003 version of Microsoft
Office®.
The Textbook + CengageNow™ package for the course may be purchased by
mail, fax, phone, or in person through the bookstore located on the
The
Attention: Bookstore
The
903-675-6316
The
903-675-6223
If contact is made with
the bookstore by email, fax, or phone, the student must have a credit card
number that may be used to purchase the course required materials. If a credit card is not available, the
student may still contact the bookstore to determine the price of the course
required materials and then payment may be made by mail.
While students are not
prohibited from purchasing textbooks or course materials from other sources,
care should be taken to secure the exact resources required. The textbook may be acquired from sources
such as EBay or Half-Price Books or Amazon.com, but it is unlikely that the
textbook +CengageNow™ package can be acquired any
place other than through the TVCC Bookstore or directly from the
publisher. The TVCC bookstore carries
the stand-alone CengageNow™ program.
For VCT students: Your host college bookstore can probably
acquire the textbook, the CengageNOW program, or the
entire Textbook/CengageNOW bundle for you directly
from the publisher using the ISBN
numbers given above.
Failure to acquire the textbook in time for the
submission of the first assignments due is not an excuse for the assignments
being late. If course enrollment causes the bookstores to
run out of textbook packages, special arrangements will be made. These “special
arrangements” will be made for only those students attempting to acquire the
Textbook + CengageNow™ through the TVCC Bookstore. Make arrangements
early for the Textbook + CengageNow™ package. No other items from the textbook
publisher such as working papers or study guides are required. However, a
student may want to visit the publisher’s web site and view some of the
supplemental materials that are available directly from the publisher. None are recommended or required. Everything except the Textbook + CengageNow™ package needed for the class is either
available for free on the publisher’s web site or from the instructor.
The Textbook + CengageNow™ package, Microsoft Office® 2003 or 2007, and a
storage device for your work are the only required items for this course. It is highly recommended that a removable
storage device, such as a flash drive, be utilized for storing all items for
the course. It is also highly
recommended that none of the items for this course be stored on your computer’s
hard drive. One crash and you are sunk!
Another strong
recommendation is that students make stand-by arrangements for acquiring access
to another computer in the event the student’s computer should crash. The possibility of a crash is the reason that
everything should be saved to some type external storage device which can be
utilized with different computers.
The publisher’s web site has
a wealth of information available to the student for free. You will be utilizing much of this
information.
To access the publisher’s
web site, you may follow this URL:
http://websites.swlearning.com/cgi-wadsworth/course_products_
When the web site opens, at
the top left under Business and Economics, click the “Select A
Discipline” down arrow.
Click “Accounting” and then
“Go”.
Under “Find Your Book” at “Search”,
type
When new page opens, make
sure the bubble at Higher Education is filled.
Click on
“Students”.
Click on “Accounting, 22nd
Edition”.
Click on blue “Companion
Site”.
This gets you to the Student
Resource Page. The starting point after
reaching this page is to select a chapter on which you wish to work.
COURSE PREREQUISITES:
Financial Accounting,
or its equivalent.
COURSE POLICIES:
Specific assignments and due
dates will be provided electronically.
Initial chapter assignments will be available the first day of class and
future assignments will be posted as the semester progresses. The assignments will be completed utilizing CengageNow®. When
completed, they will be submitted to CengageNOW®
where they will be graded and results reported immediately to the student in
the case of assignments and at the end of the allotted time period in the case
of tests.
All assignments utilizing CengageNow™ will be available for approximately one
week. The assignments will consist of
three areas. The first area is
homework. The homework assignments will
be taken from the Practice Exercises, Exercises, and Problems located at the
end of each of the chapters. Some of the
assigned homework items will be exactly like the items at the end of the
chapter. Others will be algorithmic.
This means that the assigned item will cover the same concepts as are covered
with the end of the chapter items, only with different numbers. The homework must be submitted for grading
before any of the other assignments for the chapter may be accessed. Also, after chapter 15, the Chapter Test for
the previous chapter must have been submitted for grading before the homework
for the next chapter may be accessed.
Homework may be done and submitted for grading a total of three
times. If homework is submitted for
grading and problems are missed, then when the homework is opened for a second
time, only the problems missed will need to be reworked. The program saves the correct work from
previous attempts. The homework is not
timed and the program allows a student to quit and save and return later
without it being counted as an attempt. The average of the homework assignment
grades will count for 25% of the semester grade.
The second area is a Practice
Test. This test is optional and can be
accessed only if the homework for the chapter has been submitted for
grading. This test will be graded and
the grade recorded on the CengageNOW grade sheet, but
will not be considered in the final semester grade determination. It is highly recommended that this Practice
Test be worked, but it is not required.
The questions for this Practice Test will be taken from the Practice
Exercises, Exercises, and the Problems at the end of the chapter, as well as
some True/False and Multiple Choice Questions from a separate test bank. Some of these questions will come directly
from the items at the end of the chapter, and some will be algorithmic. The
Practice Test may be done and submitted for grading a total of two times. If the Practice Test is submitted for grading
and problems are missed, then when the Practice Test is opened for a second
time, only the problems missed will need to be reworked. The program saves the correct work from
previous attempt. The average of the
Practice Test grades will not count for any credit toward the semester grade.
The third area is a Chapter
Test over the materials of the chapter.
The questions for the Chapter Test will be taken from the Practice
Exercises, Exercises, and Problems from the textbook, as well as some
True/False and Multiple Choice questions and possibly some problems from a
separate test bank. Some of these
questions will come directly from the items at the end of the chapter, and some
will be algorithmic. The Chapter Test will be timed and only one attempt will
be allowed.
More details on utilizing CengageNOW will be available when class begins.
With this syllabus, each
student is granted a waiver on one late assignment, provided the instructor is
notified before the assignment is due and the reason for the assignment being
late is explained, and an estimated time of submission of the assignment is
given. The waiver is granted regardless
of the reason. When the student is ready
to complete the assignment, the instructor must be notified so that the CengageNow™ program may be ”set” by the instructor to allow
access by the student. The instructor
will acknowledge the request and give the time when the requested assignment
may be accessed.
Since the CengageNOW program will be set to allow access to
individual chapters for only one week, if a student fails to complete the
assignment within this time period, access will be denied and can only be
gained by the instructor opening the assignment to the individual student. Penalties may be imposed for late
assignments.
With adequate notice, the
student will be granted access to assignments and tests prior to their
scheduled posting times. The instructor will acknowledge the request and
identify the time frame when the requested item(s) will be available.
The most important thing in
any accounting class is EFFECTIVE TIME MANAGEMENT. A student should not expect to wait until a
few hours, or even a day or two, before an assignment is due and then expect to
be able to satisfactorily complete the assignment. Many years of experience indicates that it
can’t be done!
Incomplete Grades
An “I” (incomplete grade)
is given at the discretion of the professor and may be given only when an emergency
or illness prevents the student from completing course requirements. It will not be given because a student
fails to complete the requirement for the course during the semester. Replacement of an “I” by a grade shall be
determined by the rules and policies of the host institution in the case of
Virtual College of Texas students. Some
colleges do not allow an “I”, or its equivalent, to be given, but instead
require that a letter grade be awarded.
For students enrolled
through
STUDENT’S RESPONSIBILITIES:
This syllabus contains
information, policies and procedures for a specific course. By enrolling, the student agrees to read,
understand and abide by the policies, rules, regulations, and ethical standards
of
Limitations to the Number
of Withdrawals from Courses
A
new THECB Rule has been established to address a new law enacted by the
legislature regarding the number of withdrawals (“W’s”) that a student may have
during their academic career (THECB Rules: Chapter 4, Subchapter A, 4.10). The law states that any student whose first
semester in college is fall 2007 or later may not have more than six unexcused withdrawals (W’s) during their
academic career. This applies to a
student’s academic record from all higher education institutions attended. If a student has six unexcused withdrawals, they will no longer be allowed to withdraw
from a course without receiving a grade in the course (which will be an
“F”). To determine if a withdrawal is
excused, a student must initiate a withdrawal request through the guidance
services office or, in special circumstances, through the faculty member. It is the student’s responsibility to
officially withdraw from a course and to verify that the withdrawal has been
posted to their transcript.
Further
information, and/or updates to this procedure will be posted online at http://www.tvcc.edu/instruction/withdrawal
COURSE COMPETENCIES:
Upon completion of the
course, the student will have demonstrated a mastery of the objectives given in
the textbook for each chapter covered.
These objectives are given at the beginning of each chapter of study,
discussed within the body of the chapter, and then summarized at the end of the
chapter. Mastery of these objectives
shall be demonstrated by successfully completing various assignments and tests
covering the materials.
HOW TO DROP THIS COURSE:
To drop this course, the
drop process must be begun in the proper department of the host institution and
follow the instructions supplied by the personnel there.
HOW
TO ACCESS YOUR COURSE:
Communications for this
course will be by using Blackboard. To
utilize Blackboard, the student’s computer must be configured correctly with
the proper tools, one of which is Java. The correct version of Java is critical. Without it, you will be denied access to
Blackboard. USE
THE URL BELOW TO ACCESS THE BLACKBOARD LOG-ON PAGE. BEFORE YOU ATTEMPT TO LOG ON, REVIEW ALL OF
THE DATA PRESENTED ON THIS LOG-ON PAGE AND MAKE SURE THAT YOU HAVE EVERYTHING
REQUIRED. THE MOST IMPORTANT FOR PROPER FUNCTIONING OF BLACKBOARD IS THE PROPER
VERSION OF JAVA. Two sets of
instructions are included at the end of this document which deal
with Java. One set is on determining
what version of Java you currently have installed on your computer, and how to
uninstall it if you have the wrong one, and then how to acquire and install the
proper version. The second set gives instructions for turning off the automatic
update feature of Java.
This course shall be
available on-line on Monday, June 2, 2008.
It may be accessed by going to: https://courses.tvcc.edu. (Note:
To students who took on- line courses prior to the spring 2008 semester,
this is a new URL for accessing the courses.
Note that the first item is https….an “s” has been added where none was
present before.) A screen will open
which asks the student to log in and asks for the student’s
For Trinity Valley
Community College students, the
Blackboard I. D. is the student’s last name followed by the first letter of the
first name as enrolled, and this followed by the last four digits of the
student’s social security number. All of these are small case and there are no
spaces in it. If I were a student in this class, my
For VCT students, the Blackboard I.D. is the student’s last name
followed by the first letter of the first name as enrolled, and this followed
by the last four digits of the student’s college I. D. number issued by the
host college. If the host college does
not issue a college I.D., then the last four digits of the student’s social
security number will be used. If I were a VCT student and my host
college issued me a Student I.D. Number of 123456, then my Blackboard I.D.
would be rogersj3456. Notice all of these are small case and there
are no spaces or other symbols in the I.D. This Blackboard I.D. will remain the
same throughout the semester.
For all students, the student’s initial Password is the same as the
Blackboard I.D. with this one exception.
The first letter of the last name is capitalized. If my Blackboard I.D. were rogersj1234 or
rogersj3456, by initial Password would be Rogersj1234 or Rogersj3456.
At the initial log in, the
student will be asked to change his/her Password. The following criteria must be met with the
new Password:
a.
The Password
must contain at least 8 characters.
b. The Password must contain at least 3
of the following 4 types of characters: (1) Uppercase letters; (2) Lowercase
letters; (3) numbers; and (4) symbols.
The following would be
acceptable Passwords: BackwoodDude234,
SlidingIn2Home, GunS1inger .
The following would not be
acceptable Passwords: backwooddude432; homerunking; sevencome11
REMEMBER THIS:
GET YOUR SYSTEM SET CORRECTLY WITH THE PROPER PLUG-INS, INCLUDING THE
PROPER VERSION OF JAVA, BEFORE YOU EVER DO YOUR FIRST LOG IN. YOU WILL BE ABLE TO LOG IN THE FIRST TIME IF
YOU DON’T HAVE THE PROPER PLUG-INS AND JAVA, BUT YOU WON’T BE ABLE TO LOG IN
AGAIN.
Please note this: Access to the course will be on
Monday, June 2, 2008. This course will
not officially begin until Monday, June 9, 2008, even though
Also during this first
week, each student should definitely do the following three things:
1. Get the CengageNOW™ program activated. Follow directions that came with the CengageNOW package.
(A set of step-by-step instructions follows at the end of this
document.)
2. Get familiar with
communicating with your instructor.
3. Get familiar with the publisher’s
web site and all of the materials that are available on it.
COURSE DELIVERY
METHODOLOGY
This course is offered as a
distance-learning course.
1. Access to the Internet
2. An e-mail address
3. General knowledge in:
Internet browser settings and
configuration
e-mail and file
attachments
Uploading and downloading files
Using a word processing package
Students who have not
mastered these skills should not enroll for this course.
COURSE
OUTLINE
Historically, the first
courses in accounting has been taught as if all students taking the course were
taking it to become accountants, thus the emphasis was on producing accounting
data. More recently, the emphasis has
shifted from teaching students to be producers of accounting data to being
users of accounting data. To be an
effective user, one must know the sources of the data. It is in line with this
more recent emphasis that this course is taught. The course will cover the basics of managerial
report preparation. The course will also
place emphasis on using this data in decision making.
The most important element
in the successful completion of any accounting course is EFFECTIVE TIME MANAGEMENT. Learning accounting is much
like building a house: a good foundation must first be laid, and then the rest
of the house is built on this foundation.
In building the house, certain things must be done before other things. After the good foundation is laid, the studs
must be raised before the ceiling joists can be put in place. The ceiling joists must be in place before
the rafters can be put in place. The
rafters must be in place before the roof decking can be put in place. And so it goes. The order of completion is important; one
thing builds on another. And so it is
with accounting. A good foundation in
the basic concepts of accounting is important.
After that good foundation, the course builds on it. Concepts are presented in a predetermined
order. It is learning the concepts at
each step, and then building on them at the next step, that gets the job done
in accounting. The work in accounting
can not be postponed until shortly before an assignment is due and then expect
to be completed satisfactorily.
The following paragraph
should be referred to regularly as the student studies each of the chapters of
the course. This paragraph contains an
approach that the instructor has found to be effective to other accounting
students in the 20 plus years that the instructor has taught accounting at the
college level.
In doing accounting, one
should first read the chapter objectives.
These objectives, located at the beginning of each chapter, identify to
the student what the student should learn from the chapter. The objectives will
be developed in the chapter. At the end
of each chapter, these objectives are summarized. You might look at these summaries first to
get an idea of what the objectives are about, and what you are expected to
learn from the chapter.
After looking at the
objectives, and the summaries of the objectives, the student should next look
to the Study Guide posted by the instructor.
Within the Study Guide, the instructor has summarized the materials from
each of the chapters, explaining some of the materials that often cause trouble
for students, and pointing out important materials.
With the objectives in mind
and knowing what the instructor has to say about the chapter, the student
should then read the chapter to get an idea as to the total content and see how
all the various materials presented tie together. This first reading should be
to get an overview of the materials from the chapter. Attention should not be paid to minute
details. At this point, the student just
wants to get an over-view of the materials of the chapter.
After having read the
chapter the first time, the student should go back and read the chapter a
second time. This time, read more
slowly, taking time to reflect on the materials presented. When example problems are presented, the
student should work these problems to see how they apply to what has been read.
As the chapter is being read this second time, the chapter objectives should be
kept in mind. Also while reading the
chapter this second time, the student should be completing the Practice
Achievement Test provided by the instructor. (Note: The instructor will also provide the answer
key to the Practice Achievement Test so that immediate feedback may be had.) After reading the chapter two times and
preparing the Practice Achievement Test, the student should next go to the
publisher’s web site and prepare the Tutorial Quiz for the given chapter. The Tutorial Quiz will give instant feedback
as to how well you understand the concepts tested. The Tutorial Quiz is for the student’s own
use. Grades will not count toward the
semester grade. After all of this, the
student should be ready to prepare the various assignments for the chapter
utilizing CengageNOW™.
The following outline is
given as an overview of the materials that will be covered in the course. Some of these materials will be emphasized
more than others.
I: CHAPTER 15: Bonds Payable and Investments in Bonds
a.
Financing Corporations
b.
Characteristics, Terminology, and Pricing of Bonds Payable
c.
Accounting for Bonds Payable
d.
Payment and Redemption of Bonds Payable
e.
Investments in Bonds
f.
Corporate Balance Sheet
g.
Amortization of Bond Discount and Bond Premium
II: CHAPTER
16: Statement of Cash Flows
a.
Reporting Cash Flows
b. Statement
of Cash Flows – The Indirect Method
c.
Statement of Cash Flows – The Direct Method
d.
Spreadsheet for Statement of Cash Flows – The Indirect Method
III: CHAPTER
17: Financial Statements
a.
Basic Analytical Procedures
b.
Solvency Analysis
c.
Profitability Analysis
d.
Corporate Annual Reports
IV: CHAPTER
18: Managerial Accounting Concepts and Principles
a.
Managerial Accounting
b.
Manufacturing Operations: Costs and Terminology
c.
Financial Statements for a Manufacturing Business
d.
Uses of Managerial Accounting
V: CHAPTER
19: Job Order Costing
a.
Cost Accounting System Overview
b.
Job Order Cost Systems for Manufacturing Businesses
c.
Job Order Costing for Decision Making
d.
Job Order Cost System for Professional Service Businesses
VI: CHAPTER
20: Process Cost Systems
a.
Overview of Process Manufacturers and Process Costing
b.
The First-In, First-Out (FIFO) Method
c.
Journal Entries for a Process Cost System
d.
Using the Cost of Production Report for Decision Making
e.
Just-In-Time Processing
f.
Average Cost Method
VII: CHAPTER
21: Cost Behavior and Cost-Volume-Profit Analysis
a.
Cost Behavior
b. Cost-Volume-Profit Relationships
c.
Mathematical Approach to Cost-Volume-Profit Analysis
d.
Graphic Approach to Cost-Volume-Profit Analysis
e.
Special Cost-Volume-Profit Relationships
f.
Variable Costing
VIII: CHAPTER
22: Budgeting
a.
Nature and Objectives of Budgeting
b.
Budgeting Systems
c. Master Budget
d.
Income Statement Budgets
e.
Balance Sheet Budgets
IX: CHAPTER
23: Performance Evaluation Using Variances from Standard Costs
a.
Standards
b.
Budgetary Performance Evaluation
c.
Direct Material and Direct Labor Variances
d.
Factory Overhead Variances
e.
Recording and Reporting Variances from Standard
f. Nonfinancial
Performance Measures
X: CHAPTER
24: Performance Evaluations for Decentralized Operations
a.
Centralized and Decentralized Operations
b.
Responsibility Accounting for Cost Centers
c.
Responsibility Accounting for Profit Centers
d.
Responsibility Accounting for Investment Centers
e.
Transfer Pricing
XI: CHAPTER
25: Differential Analysis and Product Pricing
a.
Differential Analysis
b.
Setting
c.
Product Profitability and Pricing under Production Bottlenecks
XII: CHAPTER
26: Capital Investment Analysis
a.
Nature of Capital Investment Analysis
b.
Methods of Evaluating Capital Investment Proposals
c.
Factors that Complicate Capital Investment Analysis
d.
Capital Rationing
Assignments from the above identified areas of study
will be available the first day of class. The assignments will consist of
practice exercises, exercises, and problems to be worked, practice tests to be
completed, and chapter tests to be completed.
These assignments will be done utilizing CengageNow™. Some assignment will be highly algorithmic in
nature. The class will cover the last 12
chapters from the textbook. Greater
emphasis will be placed on some chapters than others.
FORMAT AND SUBMISSION OF
ASSIGNMENTS
The CengageNow™ program
will report results immediately to the student as completed, and will compile
the results for the instructor.
GRADING
CRITERIA
The semester grade awarded
in this class will be determined based on the results obtained on the assigned
homework problems and the tests. Test
grades for the 12 chapters will count for 75% of the semester grade, and homework
problems will count for the remaining 25% of the semester grade. In the case of homework assignments, the
correct answers are saved from each attempt and only missed problems will need
to be worked on subsequent attempts. The
cumulative grade from all attempts will be recorded for credit. Since chapter tests may only be taken one
time, the grade made on that chapter test will be the one used in determining
the semester grade.
GRADE NOTIFICATION AND
INSTRUCTOR FEEDBACK:
A successful distance learning
experience requires a flow of communication between instructor and student
throughout the session. Instructor comments are considered essential to the
learning process. As each assignment is
completed using CengageNow™, immediate feedback of
the results will be provided to the student.
On items missed, the student should try to determine why the item was
marked wrong. If the student it unable
to do so, then a copy of the entire problem with the marked answer should be
posted on the Discussion Board, along with an explanation of the approach used
by the student in attempting to solve the problem. On the Discussion Board, separate files will
be created for each of the chapters and any questions or comments relative to a
given chapter should be posted under that chapter number. The Subject line of the posting should
contain the source of the problem (homework or Practice Test) and the specific
question number. Other students are
encouraged to reply to any requests for help.
If no student replies are forthcoming of if the student reply is wrong
or incomplete, the instructor will reply with an explanation of the correct
approach to the problem.
Progress reports will be
issued to the administration of the host institutions of VCT students upon proper
requests by such institutions. Progress
reports for TVCC Internet students will be provided to TVCC administration
personnel upon proper requests.
ACADEMIC
HONESTY/PLAGIARISM:
Plagiarism is the
presentation of someone else’s information as though it were your own. If you use another person’s words, ideas or
information or if you use material from a source – whether a book, magazine,
newspaper, business publication, broadcast, speech, or electronic media – you
must acknowledge the source. Failure to
do so violates Trinity Valley Community College’s ethics policy.
RESEARCH
RESOURCES:
Many accounting textbooks
exist, along with hundreds of other books that may be used as references for
accounting. Each of these will cover the
same basic materials. However, they
generally will do so in a manner that is different from the way the class
textbook does it. It is for this reason that the instructor strongly advises
against seeking help outside the class textbook. As the student progresses in more advanced
accounting courses, the student will be well advised to seek multiple
approaches; not so in this class. In the event the student wishes to view
additional materials, follow this link to the Library Services module.
COURSE EVALUATION
Each
session, all TVCC students are requested to evaluate their courses. The
evaluation process is an important one and provides students with an anonymous
and confidential way to give meaningful feedback to the College. Summary information and comments are provided
to faculty after the close of the session.
Students’ identities are not disclosed.
Students will be notified
through the Blackboard system of the Course Evaluation procedures. Usually, the evaluations take place during
the last two weeks of the session.
Please take advantage of this opportunity and participate in the
evaluation process. This provides
valuable information to both the college and the instructor and is utilized to
improve distance education courses.
VCT students are also asked
to evaluate the instructor and the course.
These evaluation forms will be provided via Blackboard with instructions
for completing and submitting.
INSTRUCTIONS FOR
REGISTERING ON CengageNOW
STUDY THIS
PROCESS CAREFULLY BEFORE YOU EVER BEGIN THE REGISTRATION PROCESS. YOU DON’T WANT TO MESS UP BECAUSE IT MAY TAKE
YOU WEEKS TO GET IT FIXED.
1.
Go to
academic.cengage.com. When you get to
this site, across the top you will see CENGAGE LEARNING. Down on the lower half of the page, on the
right side, you will see a panel which contains the following: at the top of the panel, you will see cen-gage: (sen’-gaj). At the
bottom of this panel, you will see double arrows pointing to the right. Click the arrows and this will bring you to
the next panel. On this panel, you will
see Cengage Delivering Results. Click the arrows again, and another panel
will appear. This panel will likely be
promoting some type textbook. Click the
arrows again, and another panel will appear.
This panel will have 4 LTR Press and a bunch of colored circles. Click the arrows again and this will take you
to the next panel. On this panel, you
will see CengageNOW.
This is the panel you want. Click
anyplace on this panel. A new screen
will open.
2.
On this
screen, click “Create An Account” and a new screen
will appear. On the next screen, select
“student”. This will take you to the
next screen.
3.
On this
screen you are asked to furnish personal information. When you get all of the data entered, click
on “Continue” and you will be taken to the next screen.
4.
This
screen will be entitled “My Dashboard”. THIS IS WHERE MOST PEOPLE GO ASTRAY. YOU DO NOT WANT TO FILL IN ANY OF THE BOXES
OR CHECK ANY OF THE SQUARES ON THIS PAGE. You want to get off this page and to the next
one. There will be a button or something
to click that will take you to the next step of the registration process. (This is a page where a student can purchase
supplemental materials for his/her course.
You don’t need any supplemental materials so you don’t need to enter
anything on this page.)
5.
On this
screen, you will be asked certain information about your school. You must choose
6. On this screen you are asked to enter your Course
Key. Your Course Key is for this course
is E-4JPAKWKFHS82F . When you get Course Key entered, click “Submit” and this completes the
registration process.
Just a couple of
notes on terms used in this registration process: (1) Access Code is what allows you to
get into CengageNOW.
Without it, you cannot get into CengageNOW. This Access Code will either be bundled with
your textbook if you purchase the bundle, or you will have to acquire it
separately from the textbook. It can be
acquired through the TVCC Bookstore in
The Access Code you
must purchase. The Course Key is given
to you in item # 6 immediately above.
You must have both of these!!!!
The following are two
documents that students have found useful in removing a version of Java that
will not work with Blackboard and replacing it with one that will work.
How to Remove and Install Java
First - Remove All Versions of Java
- From Windows XP, click Start
menu, select Control Panel.
- From the Control Panel
window, double-click Add or Remove Programs.
- In the Add or Remove
Programs window, scroll down and locate Java 2 Runtime Environment.
- Click Java 2 Runtime
Environment and click Remove.
- When prompted to remove
click Yes.
- Repeat this process to
remove all versions of Java.
- If asked to restart, click Yes. After restarting windows, continue to next
set of instructions.
Second - Install Java
- Go to
Java Runtime Environment.
- Click Download JRE (NOT
JDK), which is the second link under "JRE 5.0 Update 11",
and save the file to your desktop.
- Close your browsers and
double-click on the file.
- Follow the instructions and
choose “ Typical installation” when prompted.
- When the installation is
complete, restart your computer and try WebCT
again.
If the above
steps do not resolve the problem or you already have the correct version of
Java, follow these steps:
- Close all browsers
- From Windows XP, click Start
menu, select Control Panel.
- From the Control Panel, open
Java.
- Click the Security
tab.
- Select each WebCT certificate and then click Remove.
Remove all WebCT certificates.
- Click Close and then
click OK.
After you get
the new version of Java installed, then you will need to turn off the automatic
update function. Otherwise, just as soon
as a new version of Java comes out, it will be automatically loaded onto your
computer and you will again have the wrong version of Java.
Turn off automatic java updates
- Log into Blackboard. This
will cause the Java icon,
,
to appear in the windows system tray at the bottom right-hand corner of
the screen. - Right click on the icon and
select Open Control Panel from the list of options.
- Click the "Update"
tab and uncheck the box labeled "Check for Updates
Automatically."
- A box will appear asking if
you want to "check monthly" for updates or "never
check." Select Never Check.
- Click OK.