Hello, students. I am Doctor Mia Simmons Holman and I will be your instructor for introduction to computers. I know that throughout the course you may have questions or you need to get in contact with me. The best way to do so is to email me at M Simmons at Lakewood dot E D U M SI M M O N s at Lakewood dot E D U. If you forget that, it's also on the home page of this course. In this course, you'll be introduced to productivity software within the framework of business applications. We're gonna be looking at windows operating systems, computer components, word processing, spreadsheets, presentation, graphics and the internet and email. We will also cover database management just to make you aware of what databases are and how they work. And in addition, we're gonna look at computer ethics and computer careers and how you can move through and make decisions and work on different projects by having the basic understanding of computers. Some helpful tips to be successful in this course is to one make sure when you're completing your discussion questions, you have a minimum of five sentences to receive full credit also on your assignments. It is very important that you include your references. Always, you always want to give credit to the original author and the content and where you've pulled the data from. If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to email me so that I can assist you throughout the course. I'm excited to teach the introduction to computers because in this day and age, we cannot get away from computers. So to have a basic understanding of how computers are used and how they're integrated throughout our world is gonna be a great benefit for you. So sit back and learn.
