CourseMaster for Records Management

Getting Started for Students

Preliminary StepsLocate your Access Code. If you purchased

CourseMaster from the bookstore, your Access Code is inside the CourseMaster booklet. Option: purchase it at www.CengageBrain.com

If you do not have a single-sign on account (SSO), go to www.cengagebrain.com or http://login.cengagebrain.com

Locate Student User’s GuideGo to www.cengage.com/officetech/read. Download and print the Student User’s

Guide. Details are available for getting started and various question types.

Single-Sign On Account (SSO)Go to http://login.cengagebrain.com to

register for the online course.Register as a new user or log in if you

already have a SSO account.

Creating an SSO AccountRegister and

complete the form to establish an SSO account.

Paste Student Access CodeOnce you have established an SSO account, Copy and Paste

your Access Code for CouseMaster for Records Management; it is found inside the printed booklet you

purchased.

Paste Course Key Copy the Course Key provided by your

instructor where shown.

Open the CourseOnce your

student access code is registered, your course will display.

Click Open.

Read the Opening ScreenThis information will display each time you

log on.Click Lessons tab to begin.

Table of Contents—Lesson Tab

• The TOC for the entire course displays.

• Click Chapter 1.

Exercise Tip #1Click the exercise number in the left navigation to open the

exercise. Read the directions carefully—they vary by activity.

Exercise Tip #2Click Submit button at the bottom of the exercise when

completed.

Incorrect answers are flagged. Click Rule to review the rule, click Try Again, and resubmit.

Indexing must be 100% correct before you can alphabetize the names when alphabetizing is required.

Exercise Tip 3Whenever you are alphabetizing a group of cards,

drag the first card to the lower left edge of the screen—this is position 1. Move the next card behind it. When column 1 is full, move the next card to the bottom of column 2.

Exercise Tip #4—Key to IndexWhenever you index by keying a name, each

letter must be keyed correctly; spelling counts; capitalization does not count as an error.

Do not key punctuation marks as they are not an indexing unit.

Close up space between words within a single indexing unit. For example: Key InAndOut for the name In-And-Out

Exercise Tip #5—Report Sheets: Simulation Directions for the

Simulation Report Sheets may be incorrect. If you get a mistake by keying just the card number, key both the card number and name in the correct indexing order (e.g. punctuation and spaces removed in names).

Student ReportsClick Report tab to view

various reports. Set drop settings as shown in either of the two illustrations.

Click Run.The points per exercise

display. You will not see the actual answers—only the points.

Complete AssignmentsSelect the exercise you want to complete.Follow the directions on screen. Once an activity is completed, click Submit. You

will receive feedback on incorrect answers and points for each completed activity.

Display the Reports to see points for each completed activity.

Read the CourseMaster Student Guide for further details, which is available for download at www.cengage.com/officetech/read. (See the left navigation area of the web page.)