Digital Literacy Survey

Comp. Literacy Requirement

QUESTIONS

TO EACH SCHOOL

1. Does your school have a school-wide computer literacy requirement? If so, what is that requirement?  Is it based on the IC3 standard?

2. If you do not have a school-wide computer literacy requirement, do you have computer literacy program requirements? If so, typically what is the requirement (i.e. CS120, CS121, etc.)? Does each program set its own computer literacy requirement?

3. If you do have computer literacy requirements, can a student test out of them? If so, how do they do that? i.e. What test do they take? Who administers it? Is there a fee?

Blue Mountain CC

We have a computer literacy requirement for ALL degrees for all new students starting during or after Fall 2008. Students have two options:

* Pass a test (we use an IC3 prep test - not the real thing, but close enough).

* Take a course (4 approved courses: CS120, BA131, AGR111, ED235)

The testing option is administered by our testing center. There is no fee because the license we have for the test we use was a onetime purchase of enough copies for all of our centers. The license does not limit the number of people who can take the test.

The test we use is the DCC Testing Center IC3 Practice Exams (distributed by Teknimedia -http://teknimedia.com/html/ic3_prep_tests.html). As with the IC3 test, there are actually 3 tests. To pass, they must have an average score on the three tests of 75% or above. If they score 85% or above, we also offer them CS120 credits by exam (85%-89% they get a B, 90% or above they get an A).

FYI: According to our testing center, about 40%-50% of the students who have attempted the test have passed it.

Central Oregon CC

Yes, it is based on the IC3 standard. It is take and pass CIS 120 OR pass 2 of 3 IC3 exams. Our Testing and Tutoring Center buys IC3 exams with a free retake for $25. They charge the student $30. This will "go away" for AAOT students next year but we are hopeful it will remain college policy for AAS degrees.

Yes - students can test out by passing 2 of 3 IC3 exams. Our Testing and Tutoring Center buys IC3 exams with a free retake for $25. They charge the student $30. Since the IC3 exam is a National Standard and can only be taken in an "authorized Certiport Testing Center" and Certiport maintains an electronic digital transcript for all test takers - we do not care where they take the exams. We can access their digital transcript through Certiport.

Computer Competency Requirement All COCC associate's degrees (AAOT, AS and AAS) require that students demonstrate basic computer skills prior to graduation. To meet this requirement, students must: successfully complete CIS 120: Computer Concepts, or pass two of three IC3 Exams of their choice. (Exam areas are Computer Fundamentals, Key Applications and Living Online.) The IC3 exams may be taken at the COCC Tutoring and Testing Center or any authorized Certiport Testing Center. Locally, appointments can be made through the Tutoring and Testing Center located in the lower level of the Library. A $30

fee is charged for each test; one free retake is included in the $30 fee. If a student needs to retake the exam a third time, another $30 fee is charged. Passing two of three exams does not provide students with course credit; instead, a notation is placed on the student's account so that the testing may be used to meet degree requirements. Students who have proof that they previously received the IC3 Certification will also receive a notation that the competency requirement has been met (documentation must be submitted to the Admissions and Records office). Note: CIS courses may be required in some AS or AAS programs

and the competency test will not substitute for that requirement;see individual program descriptions for details.

Chemeketa CC

1. For the most part yes.  All CTE degrees that do not have a technical component (such as visual communications or business technology) have a literacy requirement.  The CTE class is not IC3 based (CIS101) but we offer a IC3 based alternative class (CIS120).

2. Some programs can set their own literacy requirement; but the majority use CIS101.

3. We do not currently have a placement test, but the CIS program is going to do a trial run with one this spring term.  The intent is to offer this to incomming students as soon as next year.  Contact the CIS department chair James Finholt for more information on this.

Clackamas CC

Students completing an AGS must prove their computer literacy by either passing CS 90 or scoring an equivalent value on the computer literacy placement test. The placement test is written to the IC3 standards and is also used to assess whether students are placed into CS 90, CS 91, CS 120, or CS 121. Clearly, however, CS 90 level of performance is below the IC3 standard. Our CS 120 course is the course that uses the IC3 for its outcomes.

Some programs, most notably nursing and allied health programs, do continue to have a computer literacy requirement. These programs select the appropriate level of course for themselves, although currently all programs with a computer literacy standard use CS 120.

The placement test is administered in the testing center just like the math, reading, and writing placement exams. There is no fee associated with taking the test.

Clatsop CC

Columbia Gorge CC

EOU

Klamath CC

We are in the process of overhauling our CIS 120/CIS 121 program. Essentially, I use the IC3 standard as the computer literacy baseline. CIS 120 is part of the KCC General Education (GenEd) program that is required of all our students. CIS 121 is then required of students in the Information Technologies programs or is available as a Math/Science/Computer Science elective for non-Info Tech students. However, since the OCCC decision a year ago to drop the CIS 121 number, I've been working (slowly) to migrate the IC3 standards into just the CIS 120 course, with a new curriculum and shallower topic depth in

order to cover more material in the available time. CIS 121 will then go away. That said, literally when I finish this e-mail to you, I'm headed into a Department Meeting with a discussion topic of "What would a CIS 101 class entail?" My gut feel is that a CIS 101 would be a 1-credit class teaching the very basics of computer use, basic keyboarding, setting up student on-line access accounts, and fundamental word processing, spreadsheet and presentation graphics skills. I am very interested in what you come up with at LBCC, as our aim is to be as consistent with other colleges as possible for student transferability.

Lane CC

We did have a computer literacy requirement many years ago and after trying to implement it for several years we dropped it.

1) No,

2) Yes - the AAS programs set their own. They either require CS120 or have a choice of CS120 or CIS101. Both are basically IC3.

3) No test-out, however students do have the option of Credit-by-Exam for the CS120 course. This is administered by the dept. that offers the course. Usually it's a combination of the standard midterm and final exam for the class. Fees for the Credit-by Exam are slightly less than regular tuition.

Linn-Benton CC

Mt. Hood CC

We at Mt. Hood are very similar to Umpqua CC, so I did not want to repeat what you have already seen...just a ditto with one caveat.

We have CIS120 and CIS120L in our scheduling. Basically what everyone else has as CIS120. We just separated out the lab component.

As a point of historical reference, only about 1/2 of the student who challenge the classes receive a grade higher than a C.

Oregon Coast CC

OIT

OSU

There's no university-wide computer literacy requirement.

OSU's College of Liberal Arts requires a computer course for graduation with a B.S. degree (instead of a B.A. degree). Some other programs may have computer literacy (course) requirements. Most do not.

The computer course required for the BS degree by the College of Liberal Arts can be met by "any computer science course approved by the student's major department" (3 to 4 crs). I believe that these often may include CS 101, CS 195, CS 295, and CS 151. (I will check with the folks who program the graduation audits.)

CS 101 Computers: Applications and Implications would meet the IC3 standard. It has a typical enrollment of 200 students per term Fall, Winter and Spring terms, or 600 per academic year. CS 101 is offered some terms through OSU's Ecampus.

Portland CC

PSU

Rogue CC

We do not have a school-wide computer literacy requirement in the sense that all programs require computer literacy.

Most of our AS, AAS, and One-year certificates do have a computer proficiency requirement. CS120 is the course used to satisfy that requirement. Each program does set its own computer proficiency requirements, but it is very difficult to get a program approved by our Curriculum committee without it. Our AAOT did require computer proficiency until this year, but it has been removed due to the changes to the AAOT. At least any direct reference to a computer proficiency requirement has been removed from the AAOT. CS120 is now a prerequisite to WR122, and therefore effectively still a requirement of the AAOT.

Students can take a faculty created computer proficiency exam instead of taking CS120 to meet the computer proficiency requirement of our programs. We charge $50 for the exam and it is proctored by a part-time CS120 instructor. Our CS120 course covers the IC3 outcomes+, and our exam does the same. At this time we are not intending to use the Certiport exam for this requirement.

SOU

Southwestern Or. CC

Tillamook Bay

Treasure Valley CC

Umpqua CC

UCC does not have a school-wide computer literacy requirement.

We use CIS 120 for this course. Our CIS 120 is now using the latest IC3 text book from Cengage (just released for this fall term). Most UCC AAS programs (but not all) require CIS 120 and this is established by each program in conjunction with advice from their advisory committee. Since Douglas County is somewhat rural and economically challenged, we believe CIS 120 will remain one of our key tools in providing computer literacy to our students.

Students can test out of CIS 120 by passing an exam created by faculty. The exam is similar to IC3's exam in that it has a multiple choice exam and an intermediate level lab in each MSOffice 2007 program. Students are given 2 hours to complete the challenge, for which they pay $15. The exam can be administered by college proctors or faculty (if we choose to do so). I have completed Certiport's paperwork so UCC can become an IC3 testing center. Once we get that approved and in place, we plan to replace our current practice with requiring students to pass the three IC3 tests to successfully challenge CIS 120.

Note: We also articulate CIS 120 with a number of local high schools. We are using Articulate to create Flash presentations for the entire course and plan to provide a complete online course to high schools starting next term.

U of O

WOU

1. WOU does have a campus wide digital literacy requirement.  There are different standards for the School of Ed. vs. School of Liberal Arts on the course requirement.