1. Welcome This presentation explains what you need to know and do to prepare for the Oracle Academy Pre-Institute virtual training

2. The Timeline Preparation for Pre-Institute training The Oracle Academy Institute Virtual training online Web Chatting Training Weekly online lessons Weekly practice problem sets Weekly online quizzes Pre-Institute Qualifying Exam You Are Here Week #135476892

3. Weekly Web Chatting Meetings Each week during the Pre-Institute web chatting meetings, your adjunct instructor will: Review the week’s lesson Answer questions about the lesson’s concepts Review assigned practice sets Update you on information about the Institute

4. Getting Ready The Oracle Academy team is committed to your success! However, your success will depend on your commitment to being ready for the first week’s web chatting lesson as well as for each of the following Pre-Institute weekly sessions. Here’s where to start.. Identify an email account that you can access from work or home Begin thinking of a “best” day of the week that you can attend the weekly web chatting sessions. Each session will be approximately 60 minutes. Attendance is mandatory! Identify a computer with high speed Internet connectivity that you can use to participate in the weekly web conferences. Access the following link for a complete explanation of the commitment required for the program. https://academy.oracle.com/pages/prog_commitment.htm https://academy.oracle.com/pages/prog_commitment.htm

5. To get your computer ready… How to get the Java component, if needed Go to http://java.com/en/ Select Download Now>>Java Runtime Environment Version 5.0 Update 6 Follow the install instructions.http://java.com/en/ Enable Active X Controls Right click the Internet Explorer icon and select Properties - then choose the Security tab - then choose the Custom Level button or open the Internet Explorer browser. Select Tools – then Internet Options – then select the Security tab- then choose the Custom Level button. Scroll through the Settings listed and choose the Enable radio button for all items related to Active X Control Temporarily disable all other pop-up blockers You may have disabled pop-ups in your browser. In Internet Explorer click Tools in the menu bar. In the drop-down menu choose pop-up blocker and choose Turn off pop-up blocker.

6. Accessing the Online Curriculum The Oracle Academy curriculum is delivered online at http://academy.oracle.com http://academy.oracle.com During the Pre-Institute, the online curriculum will be your “book”. In order to be able to view the curriculum, however, you will need to have installed on your computer the required Macromedia Flash Player plug-in. You can download it at: http://www.macromedia.com/shockwave/download/index.cgi?P 1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash

7. 1)Login at http://academy.oracle.com using your username and passwordhttp://academy.oracle.com Click here first

8. Now Click here

9. Your username is firstname.lastname Your password is oracle123 Be sure to change your password when you login the first time

10. After you login, you should click “Play” to see the lessons Click here to change your password You will see more topics here

11. Outline The Virtual Training Lessons and homeworks are under Section 0 Click here to see (and hear) the lessons Quizzes are located in the regular curriculum for each section – see weekly schedule for a list of quizzes and due dates Check out these buttons too!

12. Bookmark These Resources http://academy.oracle.comhttp://academy.oracle.com – Oracle Academy main site, monthly updates and instructor information, and login to curriculum http://iacademy.oracle.comhttp://iacademy.oracle.com – HTML DB – Used later in the course, you will receive information about your login in a few weeks academy_us@oracle.comacademy_us@oracle.com – email to contact the Oracle Academy for your school’s implementation questions nancy.hoffman.oracle@gmail.comnancy.hoffman.oracle@gmail.com – email to contact Nancy Hoffman for your curriculum questions