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Welcome to the web site for Candy Smith at Folsom Lake College and welcome to Fall semester 2009.
To see all the information on this page, register as a student by clicking on the class name and click on register for this course. This does not register you as a student for Los Rios Community College, it only registers you to see information using the classjump web site.
Fall Semester 2009 starts August 22, 2009, my course web sites will be available August 24, 2009.
This fall I will teach the following courses:
Econ 302
Econ 302
Bus 300
Mgmt 315
For more information about the fall courses I teach please click on course link found on the right hand side of this page under "classes".
About me:
I am a teacher at Folsom Lake College. Currently I teach courses in business and economics. My education includes a Master of Arts in Business Management, a Bachelor of Arts in Social Science/Psychology, and an Associate of Arts in Social Science. I am currently a student at California State University East Bay participation in an Online Masters of Education in Online Teaching and Learning.
SIFE - Students In Free Enterprise
For the past eight years I have served as the adviser for an national award winning competitive student business team: Students In Free Enterprise. This team helps students complete community-based business projects, including assisting those facing foreclosure by providing Spanish translation services at local community meetings, creating educational workshops to school children on business and personal ethics, promoting environmental sustainability using on-campus recycling and helping students learn to stay out of debt.
Check out the team's web site at:
Folsom Lake College SIFE Team
Blackboard and D2L
Currently the Los Rios Community College system is switching course management systems from Blackboard to Desire to Learn or D2L. You will receive an email from your instructor the week before class starts indicating which course management system to use to find the course web site.
Here is the basic information about how the the D2L and Blackboard systemsworks. When you register for a course I teach, you will find a web site which supports the course. The web site is found at d2l.losrios.edu for Desire to Learn and blackboard.losrios.edu for Blackboard. Typically the web site will be available to students the first day of the semester.
To access D2L or Blackboard you will need a username and password, your username is your student number with a lower case "w" in front of it, your password is your birthday typed this way mm/dd/yyyy. After you initially login you can change your password.
You will find additional information on how to use and navigate in D2L or Blackboard under the course information, click on the name of the course (right hand side of this page). I have created a course called "About Taking Online Courses". This is a course filled with tutorials and information that will prepare you to be successful in online courses at Folsom Lake College. |
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Getting Started
updated July 9, 2009
Welcome to the web site which supports the courses taught by Candy Smith. All of the courses taught by Candy Smith are supported by the Desire to Learn (D2L) or Blackboard course management systems....
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This class is a tutorial on taking online courses at Folsom Lake College. It will help you learn how to successfully complete online courses and answer many questions you may have. It is recommended that you take this course before starting your online course.
Welcome
Welcome to the web site for courses taught by Candy Smith at Folsom Lake College. Congratulations in enrolling in an online course. Your instructor for this course is Candy Smith.
How to Access the Course:
Your course can be accessed through the World Wide Web at d2l.losrios.edu.
We recommend that you access the course using the Mozilla Firefox web browser.
It is also critical that you not use”www” before the web address for this course.
How to Login to the Course:
Once you enter the Desire to Learn or D2L site for Folsom Lake College, you will find detailed login instructions. If this is your first experience with the D2L system your login instructions are as follows:
Your username will be your student number with a lower case “w” in front of it.
Your password is your birth-date mm/dd/yyyy.
If you are an existing user to the D2L system, you may have already changed your password. If this is the case, please use the same username as above and then use your updated password to enter the D2L system.
Your Personal Screen:
Once you have logged into the D2L system a personalized welcome screen will welcome you to the D2L site and show you all the courses you have enrolled in that are supported by a D2L site. This screen will provide you with direct links to the specific course sites listed. To access these course sites, click on the name of the course, this is the link to the course site.
Individual Course Sites:
Each course that you have enrolled in, which has an individual site may be accessed by clicking on the course name. The name of the course is an actual link to that specific course web site. Course web sites are designed by the instructors who teach your course. Each site may be different. The course instructor has the ability to customize course web sites to meet the specific educational needs of that specific course. Typically you will find the following links to specific course information on the course D2L site: the
Course Syllabus, Course Assignments, Course Information, Course Materials, Instructor Information, Course Exams, Course Communications including: Email, Discussion Boards, Virtual Classroom, Messages, Course Tools including: Gradebook, and Personal Information.
Link to A Primer to Online Courses 101 |
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Course Description:
This course provides a survey of all business areas, including Accounting, Law, Computer Information Science, Management, Marketing, Economics and Finance. The course is designed to be taken by all beginning students interested in business. It is a core requirement for business majors. This course provides an overview often very helpful in assisting students' selection of a specific career in the field of business.
For more information about this course, please see the course syllabus found by clicking the course link look for course downloads.
The textbook for this course is Contemporary Business 2009 Update 12 edition by Boone and Kurtz.
Link to Business 300 - Introduction to Business |
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Course Description:
This course is a graphical and functional analysis of the economy as a whole. It focuses on the economy's well-being, problems, and possible solutions. Major topics include: market demand and supply; macroeconomic sectors, goals, and problems (unemployment, inflation, business cycles, and deficits); the economy's output and price level; aggregate demand, aggregate supply, and equilibrium; and macroeconomic policies (fiscal and monetary) aimed at solving problems and stabilizing the economy. Related topics such as international trade, international finance, and economic growth are also discussed. Course work includes solving algebraic equations and graphing straight and curvilinear lines as taught in Intermediate Algebra.
For more information about this course, please see the course syllabus found by clicking the course link look for course downloads.
The textbook for this course is Macroeconomics 7th edition by David Colander found in the campus bookstore.
The syllabus will be available by August 10.
Link to Economics 302 - Introduction to Macroeconomics |
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Course Description:
This course is a graphical and functional analysis of the units (sectors) making up the economy. The focus is on the sectors’ choices and interactions, microeconomic goals (efficiency and equity), problems, and solutions. Major topics include basic principles of economics; basic economic analyses; demand, supply, and equilibrium in a market; markets and applications; costs and production; product and resources markets; and microeconomic problems (externalities, public goods, and income inequality). Time permitting, related topics such as international trade and health economics may also be discussed. Course work includes doing arithmetic problems, solving algebraic equations, and graphing straight and curvilinear lines.
For more information about this course, please see the course syllabus found by clicking the course link look for course downloads.
Textbook: The textbook for this course is Microeconomics by David Colander 7th edition, found in the campus bookstore.
The syllabus will be available by August 10.
Link to Economics 304 - Introduction to Microeonomics |
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Course Description:
This course provides a practical overview of the public policy process and its implication for government decision-making. It explores a number of concepts associated with policy analysis and aims to provide students with practical hands-on skills that can be used in a variety of policy settings. Topics covered in this course will include policy writing and research, political lobbying, the legislative process, stakeholder consensus building, and ethics in policy making.
For more information about this course, please see the course syllabus found by clicking the course link look for course downloads.
The textbook for this course is Public Policy, Politics, Analysis and Alternatives, 3rd edition by Michael E. Kraft and Scott R. Furlong. The bookstore could not secure the 2nd edition so the third edition is being used this semester. If by chance you bought the second edition it will still work, however the third is the better fit with the textbook publishers web site.
The syllabus will be available by August 10.
Link to Management 315 - Government Relations and Policy Development |
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