Adobe Acrobat Pro 9 - CAOA 173, Section 72563

CAOA 173
NINE Week Online Course
1.5 units; Grade or Pass/No Pass Option

Begins: Monday, October 18, 2010
Ends: Friday, December 17, 2010

One Mandatory Orientation Meeting:

Saturday, October 16, 10 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
San Luis Obispo Campus, Room 3412

You MUST ATTEND THIS MEETING in order to retain your seat in the online course.

Welcome to CAOA 173 at Cuesta College, for the Fall of 2010. This course is a nine-week course in Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro. I am Jill Schubert, your instructor. This letter is to inform you of some important details prior to the start of the class. Please read this page carefully.

Instructor: Jill Schubert

E-mail: jschuber@cuesta.edu

Voicemail: 591-6200 x4530

Website: http://academic.cuesta.edu/jschubert

Office: N2416 (North County Campus)

General Considerations

Please be prepared to spend 12 hours per week on coursework for this class.

You must have access to a computer, an email account, and a reliable Internet connection. You must have a backup plan in case your internet provider or computer goes down. All of your assignments and tests will be sent to me via Blackboard. It is essential that you understand the basic concepts of email; web navigation; computer security including firewalls, cookies, trusted sites; and online communication to succeed in this course. Are you wondering how successful you may be at a distance education course? Take the Self-Assessment Survey at http://library.cuesta.edu/distance/survey.htm

This course is taught using Blackboard CE8.  Students will have access to the Blackboard class the Friday before the semester begins. This is a Web-based tool used to facilitate teaching an online class. This platform provides the framework for the CAOA 173 class including multimedia presentations, student data files, the tools to receive and send course materials, and a grade book. Using the communication tools, you can communicate using e-mail, and you can share materials and ideas with other course participants via the discussion board or in chat rooms.

Course Overview

Instruction of Adobe Acrobat Professional 9. The goals of the course includes:

  • creating Adobe PDF files from: MS Office programs, authoring programs, image files & Web pages
  • learning to review and comment on existing PDF files;
  • customizing output quality by compressing file size;
  • adding signatures and security to documents
  • converting paper forms to interactive online forms;
  • creating presentations.

Course Requirements

EMAIL

You will need to have an e-mail account and access to the Internet. All Cuesta students have an email address that comes with registration. Your email address is typically firstname_lastname@my.cuesta.edu. If you already have an email account, I would suggest having the Cuesta email account forward the email to your preferred account. This way you will not miss any important correspondence from your instructors.

TEXTBOOK

There is a course textbook you are required to purchase for the class. You can purchase the textbook online or at the Cuesta bookstore.

Textbook: Adobe Acrobat 9: Classroom In A Book (W/Cd Only),
Publisher: Adobe Press Peachpit

ISBN-10: 0321552970

ISBN-13: 978-0321552976


SOFTWARE APPLICATION

You will need access to Adobe Acrobat Professional, Version 9, to complete this course. You can purchase the software as a stand-alone application, or find it combined with other Adobe applications in one of the Adobe Suites. If you choose not to purchase the software, it is available at student-use computers at Cuesta College ), at both the main campus in SanLluis Obispo (Computer Lab, and the North County Campus (Library).

Options to purchase the software will be posted here soon.

 

COMPUTER SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS

Adobe Acrobat Pro 9

Blackboard 8

First week assignment and instructions

Please check your MyCuesta email account the Friday before the semester begins for  important class information and additional first week assignments before the mandatory orientation.  Purchase the course materials and bring them with you to the MANDATORY on-campus orientation.

Please confirm that the information you provided to Cuesta College when you registered is current, especially your phone number, address, and an up-to-date email address. Most of you should have received a Cuesta email address. If you have not, please contact Admissions and Records.

The course syllabus contains the schedule for all homework, chapter assignments, and test dates. The syllabus will be available on the Blackboard site at the beginning of the semester. The Blackboard address to access the CAOA 173 class and login instructions will be provided at the beginning of the semester (login to Blackboard not available until the Friday before the semester starts) and at the mandatory class session.

School Policy:  Each student is required to follow all school guidelines and comply with all school deadlines including personal responsibility for adding and/or dropping this class. Each student is responsible for obtaining updates or changes to the syllabus and/or assignments for the course.

 If you have any additional questions prior to the first day of class, please feel free to e-mail me. I look forward to meeting and working with you!

Jill Schubert

email: jschuber@cuesta.edu