Syllabus:
CGS 1871: Multimedia 3 cr.
Spring Term 2003 Section: 09371
SITE:
Brandon Campus BTECH 217
DAY/TIME:
Wednesday 5:30-6:45 p.m..
Section 09371
HCC
Course Description:
+Focuses on design, development, and implementation of
interactive media. Topics include
videodisc, CD-ROM, digital audio, and digitized video.
+ A.S. and Institutional credit only
CGS 1871 is required for A.S. Multimedia Technology degree.
Instructor: John
T. Taylor

http://www.hcc.cc.fl.us/Faculty/john_taylor/magicmen/magicmen.html
Office: Brandon BACA 210a
Office Phone:
253-7824 HCC Phone Messages: 253-7808
E-MAIL
: jtaylor@hcc.cc.fl.us or jtaylor@masterlinx.net
(each student is
expected to have an E-mail address via Hotmail/Juno/MailExcite/Mail.Yahoo)
Web
Site:
http://www.hcc.cc.fl.us/faculty/john_taylor/index.htm
Required
Textbooks:
An Introduction
to ToolBook Instructor 8.5
and
The Actions
Editor and Simulation Object in ToolBook Instructor 8.5

ISBN
0-9667711-6-8 ISBN
0-9667711-7-6
For More Information Contact:
phone: 252-758-4590
Address: TCC Publishing, Box 2481, Greenville, NC 27836
Course Content:
This Two-Volume set
consists of the following books: An Introduction to ToolBook Instructor
8.5 and The Actions Editor and Simulation Object in ToolBook
Instructor 8.5. These textbooks take a modular approach in presenting
ToolBook Instructor 8.5 and are the latest in a series of books by the author
on ToolBook Instructor and Assistant. Book 1 (510 pages, spiral bound) provides
an introduction to click2learn's ToolBook Instructor 8.5 and includes a module
on Multimedia Tools not included in the earlier book on Instructor 8. The main
change is that everything pertaining to the Actions Editor has been removed
from the first book and a separate book (actually a continuation of the first
book) has been created. Book 2 (266 pages, spiral bound) contains the following
modules: The Actions Editor (revised with additional lessons), HTTP Post
Action, ActiveX in ToolBook, Flash in ToolBook, and the Simulation Object. Thus
the lessons formerly found in the Actions Editor module and a Special Topics
module on Flash, ActiveX, and HTTP Post are now in separate modules.
An Introduction to
ToolBook Instructor 8.5:
Module 1 gives a brief
introduction to multimedia and a comprehensive look at ToolBook with emphasis
on the latest releases from click2learn.com, ToolBook Instructor 8.5. This
module provides a look at TooBook’s Author level tools including the Tool Bar,
Tool Palette, and the Catalog. It also provides a good look at ToolBook
concepts, properties of objects, and an introduction to working with the
various ToolBook objects. Short lessons are designed to get you familiar with
ToolBook. Module I also provides an introduction to the Object Browser, Page
Browser, Property Browser, Templates, the Actions Editor, and the Coach.
Module 2 provides a
series of lessons on the tools needed for obtaining the various multimedia
elements. This includes Paint Shop Pro, Animation Shop, Cool Edit 2000, Ulead's
Video Studio, and Flash 5.
Module 3 provides an
overview of the various installed components in this version of ToolBook
including the ToolBook II Utilities.
Module 4 provides an
overview of the various tabs of the Startup Dialog box.
Module 5 provides an
insight into how to add the various multimedia components to a ToolBook
application. Short lessons are provided to show you how to add the various
multimedia components including audio, video, graphics, backdrops, and
animation.
Module 6 provides
eighteen basic lessons to get you acquainted with ToolBook including an
introduction to OpenScript.
Module 7 provides comprehensive lessons on how to use the the
Specialists to build applications. Focus is placed on the following: Quick
Specialist, Presentation Outline, Simple Training Outline, Quiz Book Option,
Custom Outline, and Lesson Design Specialist. The Presentation Outline lesson
includes lessons on the building an application that includesbuttons and
fields, text, images, icons, and clipart. The Simple Training Outline lesson
includes lessons on using the audio and video clip players along with
introducing you to the multiple-choice question object. The Quiz Book Option
lesson shows you how to build the following questions: multiple-choice,
true/false, fill-in the blank, matching, and order text. The Custom Outline
lesson introduces you to hotwords, animations, graphics, and shows you how to
add your own hyperlinks.
Module 8 provides an overview of AutoPackager, the utility
provided with ToolBook II that makes it easy to create files for distribution
to CD-ROM.
Module 9 provides an
overview of the Internet, the World Wide Web, Distributed Learning
applications, Neuron, and WebBooks. Lessons are provided to show you how to
create a Neuron application and how to write an HTML file for its display.
Another lesson shows you how to create an application and convert it to DHTML.
Information is also provided on how to distribute these types of applications
to Internet using the Web Specialist.
Module 10 contains twenty supplementary lessons for ToolBook,
focusing primarily on additional question objects from the Catalog. Short
lessons also show how to set up animated GIFs for the Web, several other useful
Catalog objects, cel animation, building a Glossary, and linking between books
along with importing pages from another book.
Module 11 shows
how to use the various media players. This includes sections on using the
Universal Media Player, the Popup Video Player, Video Synchronizer, Flash,
MPEG, MP3, and the RealSystsem G2 object.
Module 12
provides lessons on better ask and request boxes, creating a custom Catalog,
using the Repair Kit, an introduction to Dlls, the popMenu function, and
lessons on tracking and bookmarking using getIniVar and setIniVar functions.
Module 13
provides an introduction to Learning Management Systems including Ingenium and
the ToolBook Learning Management System. The ToolBook LMS section shows you how
to create and publish a course using the eLN Connection to the ToolBook LMS.
The Actions Editor and
Simulation Object in ToolBook Instructor 8.5:
Module 1 shows many of
the features of the Actions Editor including prompts, setting properties,
playing media, and much more.
Module 2 shows how to
use and control ActiveX controls in ToolBook. Lessons show how to use the
Animated GIF Active-X control, The Adobe Acrobat Control, the Internet Explorer
Browser control, and the Microsoft Agent Control in ToolBook.
Module 3 shows how to use Flash in ToolBook and how to control a
Flash movie with the Actions Editor
Module 4 shows how to
use the HTTP Post Action in the Actions Editor to send E-Mail, store
information in log files on a server, and store information in an Access
Database.
Module 5 shows you how
to make the most out of the new Simulation Object found in Instructor 8.5.
An Online Resource Center
(access to files on the World Wide Web) accompanies this textbook.
OPTIONAL TEXT:Toolbook II Instructor for
CBT Developers version 8;
4th ed 200; Albert Wolf & Nancy
Pfaltzgraff; Institute of Academic Technology (IAT), Asymetrix
Corporation-spiral bound notebook with 24 lessons plus optional supplement.

http://home.click2learn.com/training/atc.html
Authorized Training Center: HCC
OPTIONAL Text: Developing
with Asymetrix Toolbook;
1st ed 1996; Stephen F. Hustedde; ITP;
(student
needs 7 disks to copy workbook tutorials after purchase of text)

http://www.hcc.cc.fl.us/faculty/john_taylor/cgs1871/devtbk00.html Hustedde’s Table
of contents links
Course
Goals:
This course is
designed for people who are not necessarily multimedia majors, computer programmers, web technologies
majors, or computer information specialist (CIS) majors, but for people who
want to create their own Windows application for one or all of five distinct
categories:
1. training software or courseware (Computer
Based Training [CBT] );
2. presentations;
3. entertainment (games);
4. database management; and
5. applications and/or utilities.

The primary software package to be used
is Toolbook II Instructor (version 8.5) by Click2Learn
formerly Asymetrix Corporation.
Toolbook II Instructor is designed as a user friendly authoring tool to
aid teachers, trainers, content specialist, and instructional designers in the
creation of customized training tools for the personal computer. The challenge
of the course is to put a powerful/useful tool in the hands of future
developers who are NOT computer
programmers and provide them a starting point for their success as CBT
developers. The only prior knowledge
needed to succeed in this course is how to use a computer and function in Windows
95/98.
Students in this course fall into five
categories:
1. beginners with curiosity about multimedia
development,
2.
commercial CBT developers who specifically
need to learn to use Toolbook,
3.
teachers who want to develop CBT for their
classroom,
4.
CIS
majors who are seeking a two year
degree in Multimedia development.
5.
CIS
majors who know programming techniques and are taking this course as a degree
elective requirement.
The instructor’s goal is to make this course
a meaningful experience for each person, therefore the course requirements fall
into several tracks: beginners, regular,
programming or individual.
The
beginner and regular students will complete about 30 lessons in the first
required textbook supplemented with similar handouts focusing on the
fundamentals. Their grade will be
determined as outlined below.
The
CIS and/or programming track will first focus on the fundamentals then
branched into the second required text with an emphasis on completing weekly
tasks requiring programming techniques or hyperscripting (A separate book may
be purchased from Asymetrix for scripting). The grade will be determined with
modifications to the outline below.
The
individual track is for the
professional developer who will incorporate the course objectives into a
specific product. The grade will be
determine by individual contract and none of the course requirements apply.
Office Hours :
Hours for John Taylor
For
John Taylor’s Current Hours Link to site: http://www.hcc.cc.fl.us/faculty/john_taylor/office/office.html
Office By
Appointment:
John Taylor is available for five additional office hours by appointment. Appointments must be made at least two days in advance, except for extreme emergencies. Office hours are subject to change. The official office hour schedule will be posted on BACA 210a. Please note: if the instructor is not present during scheduled office hours, a note will be placed on the door with the alternative time or check his whereabouts in the computer labs BTECH 217 or BACA 214/216.
Software:
The primary software for the course will be
Click 2 Lear (Asymetrix) Toolbook II Instructor.
The comprehensive
desktop authoring solution designed to create highly interactive,
standards-based e-learning content.
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Call (800) 448-6543 for upgrade, education and government pricing or send
an email to sales@click2learn.com. |
ToolBook Instructor is a comprehensive desktop authoring solution designed
for course developers and instructional designers who want to create
standards-based content. With Instructor, you can easily create highly
interactive content with a catalog of smart objects, including assessment and
simulation support. Customized behavior can also easily be created using
ToolBook's Actions Editor, Simulation Editor and extension capabilities.
http://home.click2learn.com/ Asymetric
Corporation is Now; Click2Learn.com
All
software for the course is available to the students at designated HCC
labs. No software needs to be purchased
to complete the course. However,
software may be purchased directly from Asymetrix any of their products at a
reduced educational price(~$899).
There is also a $99 student version available directly from Asymetrix,
which allows a student to develop but not publish. It is the full version without the publishing capability (does
not include runtime version and must have Toolbook installed). This course will focus on the CBT version of
Asymetrix Toolbook II 8.5. Students
will be able to access these versions at the Brandon lab BTECH 217.
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The HCC/Asymetrix software license allows
students to be trained and use the software.
However, the student may not distribute the runtime version of any
product developed at HCC without personally owning a license. Therefore, it is suggested that if a
student will seriously use the software after the course, the student should
purchase the student version ($99) for
home use during the course as a start towards a professional license ($899) at
the end of the course. The retail price for Toolbook II is $2595 with a street
price of $1900 to $2100.

The student will spend one night using the
Microsoft Agents. Module 2of the second book shows how to script MS Agents into
a toolbook.
Toolbook II has the option to convert the *.tbk
file to JAVA and HTML
languages so that II products run directly on the Internet. However, Toolbook’s scripting language: Open
Script may NOT be used for
books that run on the Internet and other serious limitations exist about
converting files for the Internet. The Actions editor allows you script books for the web without using the
plus-in. When running Toolbook II
students must decide if they are developing with CBT or for the Internet.
If the Internet, then the student must save the work two ways: one for
Explorer and the other for Netscape.

Attendance:
This course is a 50-50
course. It meets only ½ the regular time of a 3 credit class. Students are
expected to work through the exercises described in the texts.
The instructor
will ask each Level 1 student to give his or her word that they will attend
every scheduled class. Attendance is a
must. Each week assignments are due and
an on-line quiz may be taken. If a
student is absent for a class, he or she has missed an entire week’s
instruction. Students missing more
than one classes during the term must see the instructor outside of class time
to investigate alternatives for the student and deductions will be made in the
attendance grade. If absent, the
assignments and quiz must be submitted or completed by Tuesday before the next
class period or it is considered late.
Likewise, each student who attends every class may utilize the
additional weekend extension to complete a weeks work up to three times during
the course. Up to 10% of the student
final grade will be determined by weekly attendance.
The course may
be completed through self-paced instruction (DL) and the completion of the 17
additional modules for a grade.
Attendance is not required for self paced instruction as long as
student-set weekly deadlines are achieved.
Student absent should consult for weekly posting:
http://www.hcc.cc.fl.us/faculty/john_taylor/cgs1871/71wkmenu.html
note: (The instructor usually sends a
group email on the weekend to the students reviewing the previous week and what
will be covered in the next class. If possible these weekly emails will be
posted on the weekly menu: 71wkmenu.html which may hyperlink to week01.html through week16.html for weeks 01-16 during the term. Postings usually are updated
Sundays-none active as of 1/28/01)
Special Dates:
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Drop & Add Adjustments |
Jan 8-Jan 14 |
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Faculty/Counselor Adjustment |
Jan 15-Jan
21 |
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Administrative Adjustment |
see Dean
in BACA 207 |
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Last Day to Withdraw |
March 7 |
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Final Exam |
May 1 and May 6 |
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No classes scheduled |
Jan 20; Feb 17; Mar 10-16; Apr 18-19 |
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Last Day to Remove ‘I’ |
October 1,
2003 |
Links:
Tom Hall’s Web Site Important Links: http://tcc-pub.com/inst8/demos.htm
Multimedia Links and
Toolbook II Information Sites http://virtual.yosemite.cc.ca.us/cmpgr287/info_pages/links.html
ToolBook Showcase: http://home.click2learn.com/en/showcase/index.asp
Vector and Raster Graphics of the Week:
Each
week the instructor and the each student may submit to the Class Clip-Art
Library at least one graphic file.
Each student must submit at least 3 vector graphic images drawn from
Toolbook graphics during the course. The student will submit these images on a .tbk file with one drawing on a
page. The objects should be grouped to
form one cut and paste image for others to use in the Class Clip Art
library. On each page, the student should
include his/her name and date completed.
The book will also include a Table of Contents/Browser/Mapped Page,
which will be cut and pasted into the Class-Clip Art Directory. This menu page will include navigation from
the Class book to the student’s individual book and page of the Clip-Art. 3%
of the student’s final grade will be earned for this book.
The
student will submit at least 12 hand-drawn, scanned, or downloaded bit mapped
images during the term in either .BMP,
.TIF, .JPG, or .GIF file format.
These images may be drawn from any Paint program or graphics program
such as Corel Draw, Photoshop, or Paint Shop Pro. Otherwise, the student may submit bit mapped images during the
term which originates either from a clip art library (such as Corel Draw),
public domain clip art, or images scanned from magazines, or images downloaded
from the Internet. These images will be
submitted as a Clip-Art .tbk as well as the graphic file formation the
student’s master disk. 12% of the student’s final grade will
be earned for this .tbk and associated files
CBT-Quiz of the Week:
After the first few weeks, the students will prepare the quiz of the week using the CBT edition of Toolbook under the supervision and assistance of the instructor. Each quiz will have a minimum of 10 questions using five different CBT Question widgets. The quizzes are open book/notes, but must be completed individually without assistance from peers. Each student will prepare one of the 15 quizzes developed during the term using Toolbook’s Quick Specialist, covering one of the 24 lessons in the book. The student will also be responsible for developing an on-line Lesson demo for that chapter. These weekly quizzes (15 total) will be taken on-line, published on the instructor’s web site.
During the first few weeks, the student will
complete at least 10 on-line quizzes from the Hustedd text using the
instructor’s HTML template. http://www.hcc.cc.fl.us/faculty/john_taylor/cgs1871/71chap0qnt.html
15%
of the total grade will be the completion of the weekly quizzes and 10% of the students final grade will be
assigned for preparing one of the quizzes with Toolbook. Some weeks, two or more students will
prepare a quiz, thus adding multiple forms of the test to the Course Quiz
library. With a small class students may need to prepare more than one test,
with the second test incorporating more multimedia.
WEEKLY
Evaluations Assignments:
Each
week (beginning the third week) the student will submit a weekly
evaluation. The assignment may include
lessons from text or problems from the programming book., Students may receive
each week a sample evaluation (when different from the programmed text) and directions
for the assignment to be graded in form of a .tbk file on a disk. The
weekly directions will be posted on the Internet via email and a special
directory will be created on the server to allow students to download the
sample. There will be at least 12
weekly assignments due and no more than 15 total assigned. The class progress will determine the depth
of the assignments, but each assignment is designed to take no more than two
hours per week to prepare outside of class.
Up to 25% of the final grade will be determined from the weekly
evaluations. By the sixth or seventh
week the weekly assignments should contain a small segment of the final
project. The file format for submission will Mod plus the assignment
number, followed by the two letters of the student’s name.
For example: Mod01JT.TBK
Some
of the assignments will be posted on the Internet. Each student will be given
web space on John Taylor or Bob Harrell’s server. See FTP below.
Final
Course Project:
Each student
will author a final course project, which might be a game, a tutorial for a
course or on-job training, a multimedia presentation of a talk, a data base
management system such as a video archive, or some other courseware
project. This project will count at
least 20% of the student’s final grade and no more than 35% as determined by a
grading contract with the instructor.
This multimedia project may be prepared to assist another instructor’s
course with CBT supplemental material
or may assist you on-the-job. The instructor will provide his Magic Numbers
Game, Magic Characters Game, Electron Configuration Tutorial, Element-Symbol
Tutorial, Polyatomic Ions, Periodic Chart, Lewis dot Structure, Discovery Wheel
Assessment, Learning Styles Inventory and other Toolbooks as samples for final
projects. Multimedia projects may use the “Help You Spell” literacy program.

http://www.hcc.cc.fl.us/Faculty/john_taylor/asymetrix/LrnStyWeb/lsikolbe.html
Kolbe Learning Styles Inventory Questions
FTP
Requirement:
During
the course, the student will have to transfer many files (uploading
and downloading). The student will download an FTP program such as
WS_FTP. Your on-line Mastering the Internet Web Yoda course has the following
Problem #6 which is worth 50 points for completion:
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Visit the WebYoda
FTP site ftp://ftp.webyoda.com/. |
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Click on the directory pub. |
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Then click on the file ws_ftple.exe to download the
software. |
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Download it to your c:\temp directory. |
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Make a note at Problem #6 in your homepage.htm of where to
find WS_FTP on the Internet (the
URL). |
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Save your file, view your class project in the browser,
and hit the reload/refresh button. |
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Other instructor led activities may be added. |
The student may acquire either through his/her ISP web space or one of the free sites:
www.brandonfla.com
(See Bob Harrell)
www.webcertification.info
(John Taylor’s New site) or
www.free.prohosting.com
www.geocities.com
www.tripod.com
www.fortunecity.com
www.angelfire.com
www.spree.com
www.bravenet.com
The
student will make directories at the web site and upload their homepage, Web
Yoda course projects, and images used. Obtaining the web site outside of
the instructor’s is worth 25 points, making this section worth 150
points total.
File Formats:
Windows
as well as other Microsoft Programs allow the user to save files in a
ridiculous fashion, which causes many problems on the web. What happens when a
students opens a word processor or other application and types the first
letter, is that Microsoft in their great wisdom creates a temporary name for
the file which includes the first words typed or the title at the top of the
page. This includes the NO! NO! spaces between words and super long file
names. When the student saves the file, the student is to overwrite the program’s attempt to create these long file names
with spaces and other non-letter/number symbols. It is best to keep the file name to eight letters before the
period and the extension.
When
working with unsaved files, many programs such as HomeSite will make a back-up
save, which includes a tilde: ~hs_80sylS01.html . The tilde ~ will truncate extra long files. The ~tilde in URL’s have a different meaning such as: http://www.ju.edu/~mbessma/ . Please do
not use more than eight letters or numbers in a file name with no other symbols
(except the underscore if you just have to have a space in the name). The
instructor will forgive pushing it to 10 or 14 characters, but no more.
Next: Do NOT use Uppercase letters, except as noted above to replace a
space between two words. For every file the instructor has to view, which
violates the rule of the class, 50
points will be deducted.
Grading
Scale:
A
= 90% or more
B = 80-89 %
Under 70% is not acceptable behavior and may
result in a D or F final grade.
Grading outline:
http://www.hcc.cc.fl.us/faculty/john_taylor/cgs1871/71grdS03.htm
(not
functioning as of 1/7/03)
On-Line
Grading Calulator:
http://www.hcc.cc.fl.us/faculty/john_taylor/cgs1871/71grdcal.html
(not functioning 1/7/03)
Instructor’s
Right to Change or Modify Grading Procedures:
The instructor
reserves the right to modify or change the grading progress as the course
proceeds. No additional course assignments will be added. Some may be modified or deleted. The instructor will not add major
examinations as a modification. The
instructor reserves the right to reassign work to students if the instructor
senses the work submitted is not the work of the student. (No questions
asked-The instructor will tell the student to resubmit the work to earn the
weekly grade or course project grade).
E-MAIL :
jtaylor@masterlinx.net and jtaylor@hcc.cc.fl.us
Each student is expected to
have an E-mail address. Upon request a free email is available from Brandon
C.S. department in BTECH 203 with a hccbrandon.net Free Emails may also be
obtained from Hotmail
[ http://www.hotmail.com ], MailExcite
[ http://www.mailexcite.com ], or Yahoo [ http://www.mail.yahoo.com or all other
search engines and many web sites such as http://www.disney.com
. Students with a private ISP without form mail access (remote site access)
must also get a free email and configure the form mail to secure emails from
the private ISP. However, Earthlink, Road Runner, and AOL may be accessed from
HCC’s classrooms
E-Mail assignments to:
and
jtaylor@masterlinx.net
and/or cc's to jtaylor@hcc.cc.fl.us
Subjects of emails must
describe briefly the assignments being submitted. Please begin each email
subject with 71:
to represent CGS 1871 class
Sample subject: 71: first email
Instructor Requested
Information:
On the first day of class,
the student will fill out a 4x6 (or 3x5) file card to give to the instructor at
the end of class or complete and on-line form the first day in the computer
lab. The instructor has provided a sample below with his personal data and his
block scheduled time. The completion of
this card is worth 20 points toward the students final grade;
Data Card (4x6 file
card): Front
Side (Personal Data)
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Name: John Taylor CGS 1871
Jacksonville, Florida 32224
Telephone: 361-4379 cell (after 9 or
Wkends) (Jax 904-992-2052)
E-MAIL : jtaylor@masterlinx.net or
jtaylor@hcc.cc.fl.us
Employment: Hillsborough Community College (1969)
253-7936 (yes) Full time computer science facuty
Major: instructional Technologies Minor: Chemical Education
Long Term Goal: Educational Software Developer,
Webmaster, Operate Web Hosting Company
Prerequisite: CGS 1107/ CGS 1100 equivalent
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Data Card (4x6 file card): Back Side (Scheduled Time Blocks)
Spring 2003 Data
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COP 2822 |
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COP 1000 |
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On-Line Office Hours:
8-10 Fri; Sat; Sun see:
http://www.hcc.cc.fl.us/faculty/john_taylor/office/virtoffice.html