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<body stylesrc="Initial_No_Frames.html" background="../../../images/scarletback.gif" bgcolor="#FFFFCC" text="#000000" link="#FFFFFF" vlink="#FFFFFF" alink="#FFFFFF">  <div align="left"> <table border="0"> <tr> <td align="right" valign="top" width="115"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="115" height="95%"> <tr> <td align="right" valign="top" width="115"><a href="Initial_No_Frames.html#TOP" target="Initial_No_Frames"><font size="1" face="Arial"><strong>TOP</strong></font></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right" valign="top" width="115"><img src="../../../images/dot_clear.gif" align="top" width="110" height="10"></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right" valign="top" width="115"><a href="../AIS99.html#copyright" target="_parent"><font size="1" face="Arial"><strong>COPYRIGHT NOTICE</strong></font></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right" valign="top" width="115"><img src="../../../images/dot_clear.gif" align="top" width="110" height="10"></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right" valign="top" width="115"><img src="../../../images/dot_clear.gif" align="top" width="110" height="10"></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right" valign="top" width="115"><img src="../../../images/dot_clear.gif" align="top" width="110" height="10"></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right" valign="top" width="115"><img src="../../../images/dot_clear.gif" align="top" width="110" height="10"></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right" valign="top" width="115"><img src="../../../images/dot_clear.gif" align="top" width="110" height="10"></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right" valign="top" width="115"><img src="../../../images/dot_clear.gif" align="top" width="110" height="10"></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right" valign="top" width="115"><img src="../../../images/dot_clear.gif" align="top" width="110" height="10"></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right" valign="top" width="115"><img src="../../../images/dot_clear.gif" align="top" width="110" height="10"></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right" valign="top" width="115"><img src="../../../images/dot_clear.gif" align="top" width="110" height="10"></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right" valign="top" width="115"><img src="../../../images/dot_clear.gif" align="top" width="110" height="10"></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right" valign="top" width="115"><img src="../../../images/dot_clear.gif" align="top" width="110" height="10"></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right" valign="top" width="115"><img src="../../../images/dot_clear.gif" align="top" width="110" height="10"></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right" valign="top" width="115"><img src="../../../images/dot_clear.gif" align="top" width="110" height="10"></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right" valign="top" width="115"><img src="../../../images/dot_clear.gif" align="top" width="110" height="10"></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right" valign="top" width="115"><img src="../../../images/dot_clear.gif" align="top" width="110" height="10"></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right" valign="top" width="115"><a href="../AIS99.html#Initial Computer Assignment" target="_parent"><font size="3" face="Arial"><strong>BACK</strong></font></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right" valign="top" width="115"><img src="../../../images/dot_clear.gif" align="top" width="110" height="10"></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right" valign="top" width="115"><font color="#FFFFFF" size="2"><em>Last updated</em></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right" valign="top" width="115"><font color="#FFFFFF" size="2"><em>09/06/99</em></font></td> </tr> </table> </td> <td valign="top" width="15"><img src="../../../images/dot_clear.gif" width="15" height="1"></td> <td valign="top" width="450"><p align="center"><img src="../../../images/rutgers.gif" alt="Rutgers" width="152" height="53"><br> <img src="../../../images/dot_clear.gif" width="300" height="1"></p> <h1 align="center"><a name="TOP"><font color="#000099">Initial Assignment</font></a></h1> <h2 align="center">33:010:458<br> <font size="6">Accounting Information Systems</font><br> Fall 1998<br> </h2> <div align="left"><table border="0" cellpadding="3"> <tr> <td valign="top"><img src="../../../images/dot_clear.gif" hspace="10" width="1" height="1"></td> <td valign="top"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" colspan="2">The following initial computer assignment is due September 13. It is intended partly to provide an opportunity for you to familiarize yourself with some of the Internet tools that we will be using this semester, and partly to provide me with information that will be used in administering the course and in making team assignments for group projects. Consequently, although the assignment will not be graded there will be a 25 point penalty for failure to complete it by the due date. In addition, no credit can be accrued towards group projects or class participation until your registration form is submitted.</td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top"><img src="../../../images/dot_clear.gif" hspace="10" width="1" height="1"></td> <td valign="top"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td><font face="Arial"><strong>Before September 8 Classes</strong></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top">1</td> <td valign="top">Material useful in completing the steps below can be found by reading pages 1 - 25 and 57 - 63 of the optional text:<em> "The Internet Guide for Accountants"</em> by Kogan, Sudit and Vasarhelyi.</td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top">2</td> <td valign="top">If you have not already done so, obtain an e-mail account from the university in the usual way.</td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top">3</td> <td valign="top">Using Netscape, Internet Explorer, or any other browser available to you, visit my Home Page at <a href="http://www-rci.rutgers.edu/~gillett/"><font color="#CC0000">http://www.rci.rutgers.edu/~gillett</font></a>.<br> Click where indicated to visit the brief biography page, and click on that page (try the photograph if you dont want to read the biography!) to reach the main Departure Board. From there, select Courses and then choose Fall 1999: Accounting Information Systems. Since this is the page you will probably need to visit most, you may wish to bookmark this page if you are using your own machine.</td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top">4</td> <td valign="top">Scroll down the page, noting the materials currently available (highlighted in color) and additional materials that will be made available to you later in the semester (in black). Print the course Syllabus, read it, and bring it class with you next time and on September 13.</td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top">5</td> <td valign="top">Print the course Timetable, read it, and bring it to class with you next time and on September 13.</td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top">6</td> <td valign="top">Print this Initial Computer Assignment page.</td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top">7</td> <td valign="top">Subscribe to the Listserve, so that you will receive mail related to this class. You are responsible for anything that I publish via the Listserve, and the Listserve is archived as a record of what was published. To subscribe to the Listserve you should send an e-mail message to Majordomo@raw.rutgers.edu containing the text "subscribe sob_ais_1999 <em>myaddress</em>" where <em>myaddress</em> is your own e-mail address; there should be no subject heading for this message. Alternatively, you can use the Rutgers Accounting Research Center's graphic interface to do this by visiting the <a href="http://raw.rutgers.edu/cgi-bin/lwgate/SOB_AIS_1999/subscribe.html"><font color="#CC0000">Mailing List WWW Gateway</font></a>. For your convenience, a hot link has been provided on the <a href="../AIS99.html#Contacts" target="_parent"><font color="#CC0000">Accounting Information Systems 1999</font></a> page to enable you to post messages to the Listserve. Be careful how you use this. When replying to e-mail from the Listserve, remember to send replies back to the Listserv only if you want them to go to everyone who has subscribed. Otherwise, reply directly to the original sender!</td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top">8</td> <td valign="top">Visit the class Newsgroup (Bulletin Board) located at <a href="news://rarc.rutgers.edu/rarc.sob.ais.1999"><font color="#CC0000">news://rarc.rutgers.edu/rarc.sob.ais.1999</font></a>. You can do this by pointing your browser to this address; if you have your own machine, you can configure your browser to use this Newsgroup by default. For your convenience, there is also a hot link to the Newsgroup on the <a href="../AIS99.html#Contacts" target="_parent"><font color="#CC0000">Accounting Information Systems 1999</font></a> page. You are encouraged to use this Bulletin Board as a way of sharing problems, solutions and other matters with the class. Postings to the Newsgroup will be considered as an element in determining class participation for the semester. Be aware that this is a public forum!</td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top">9</td> <td valign="top">In order to gain access to the main textbook for the semester, which is an on-line text, you will need to register with the publishers at <a href="http://www.cybertext.com"><font color="#CC0000">http://www.cybertext.com</font></a>. For your convenience in accessing the text during the semester, a hot link may be found on the <a href="../AIS99.html#Contacts" target="_parent"><font color="#CC0000">Accounting Information Systems 1999</font></a> page. If you use this link to register, you will need to move back one page in Cybertext's site, using the arrow icon they provide.</td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top"><img src="../../../images/dot_clear.gif" hspace="10" width="1" height="1"></td> <td valign="top"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td><font face="Arial"><strong>Between September 10 and September 13 Classes</strong></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top">10</td> <td valign="top">Finally, use the form that I have provided (via the link at the bottom of the<font color="#CC0000"> </font><a href="../AIS99.html#Contacts" target="_parent"><font color="#CC0000">Accounting Information Systems 1999</font></a> page marked "If you have not already done so, please go to the following page to <a href="http://gsma77.rutgers.edu/gillett/courses/fall99/Registration.html">register</a> yourself.") to submit data that will be used to build my grading database and to allocate students to groups for the semester. It is essential that you carry out this step satisfactorily to complete the assignment. Please do not register yourself more than once: be sure that you have correctly answered ALL the questions before you submit the form by clicking on the button at the bottom. PLEASE ENTER YOUR ID AS A SEQUENCE OF NUMERICAL DIGITS WITHOUT "-". BE SURE YOU CORRECTLY ANSWER THE QUESTIONS ABOUT A.I.S. AND INTERMEDIATE ACCOUNTING SECTIONS - THE DEFAULT ANSWER IS "NONE" IN BOTH CASES! (ALSO, DO NOT FORGET TO SELECT EITHER MALE OR FEMALE!!)</td> </tr> </table> </div></td> <td valign="top" width="5" height="23"><img src="../../../images/dot_clear.gif" width="5" height="1"></td> </tr> </table> </div>  </body>