Section 004
T Th 12:30pm - 1:45 pm, 121 MSB, Call No. 14505
Instructor
Dr. L. Gwenn Volkert
Section 004T Th 12:30pm - 1:45 pm, 121 MSB, Call No. 14505 InstructorDr. L. Gwenn Volkert |
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| Homepage | www.cs.kent.edu/~volkert |
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| Office | 216 MSB |
| Phone & VoiceMail | (330) 672-9037 |
| Mailbox | 239 MSB |
| volkert@cs.kent.edu | |
| Office Hours | Monday and Wednesday 10:30 am - 12:00 pm, other times may be scheduled by appointment. Many questions can easily be handled through email. |
| Course Grader | Jalaa Hoblos |
You may earn the equivelent of one Lab grade by downloading and installing Open Office on your computer and generating a Open Office word processing document (e.g. a fictious letter, a short report, or some other typical type of document) using at least five different formating styles. Email your completed document as an attachment with "CS10001 Extra Credit" as the subject line by November 7th, 2008.
For extra credit download and complete the Computer Evaluation Worksheet Email your completed document as an attachment with "CS10001 Extra Credit 2" as the subject line by November 27, 2008.
To locate sytem information on a Windows XP computeri refer to this file.. You may wish to look at a completed Computer Evaluation Worksheet as an example. If you have any questions send an email with Extra Credit Question" in the subject line.
| lecture | date | topic | book chapter (read before class) |
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| 1. | 8/26 | Course Overview and Motivation | N/A | |
| 2. | 8/28 | An Introduction to Data and Information | Chpt. 1 pg 2-22 & Chpt 9 pg. 437-441 | |
| 3. | 9/2 | Computers in Todays World | Chpt. 2 pg 48-50 | |
| 4. | 9/4 | Discussion on RFIDs | Prepare for discussion using internet search | |
| 5. | 9/9 | Information/Data oon the Web, in Files and Directories (i.e. Folders) | 2.5 | |
| 6. | 9/11 | More on Encoding Information on the Web and in Files | ||
| 7. | 9/16 | Hands on the Internet and the Web - CLASS MEETS IN LAB - Room 162 MCS | Chpt. 3 pg. 111-120 | |
| 8. | 9/18 | NO FORMAL LECTURE - Work on "Comparing Web Browsers Project" - complete assignment and email to instructor by Sept. 19th, 2008 (download assignment) | Chpt. 3 pg. 121-128 | |
| 9. | 9/23 | Internet Basics | Chpt. 3 pgs. 106-110 | |
| 10. | 9/25 | Cookies, Spam, Spiders and other things we don't eat on the net | Chpt. | |
| 11. | 9/30 | Email Clients, Browser Plug-Ins, and other Web Tools | Chpt. 3 pgs. | |
| 12. | 10/2 | MidTerm I | Study Guide | |
| 13. | 10/7 | Overview of Application Software | Chpt. 4 Lecture Slides | |
| 14. | 10/9 | Getting the most out of Productivity Software | Chpt. 4 | |
| 15. | 10/14 | Hands on Spreadsheet Lab - CLASS Meets in LAB - Room 162 MCS Take-Home Portion of Lab has been CANCELED | ||
| 16. | 10/16 | Overview of Systems Software | Chpt. 5 | |
| 17. | 10/21 | A closer look at the Program Manager and the File Manager | Chapter 5 Lecture Slides | |
| 18. | 10/23 | Understanding and manipulating Multimedia files | Chpt. 4 | |
| 19. | 10/28 | Understanding and manipulating Multimedia files | Chapter 4 Lecture Slides | |
| 20. | 10/30 | A closer look at Image file formats | Chpt. 4 | |
| 21. | 11/4 | NO FORMAL LECTURE - GO ***VOTE*** Take home assignment will be handed out in Thursday's class | Chapter 6 (this chapter is really worth reading) | |
| 22. | 11/6 | Managing tasks to ensure good performace of your computer | Chapter 6 Lecture Slides | |
| 23. | 11/11 | KSU Veterans Day Holiday - No Classes | ||
| 24. | 11/13 | MidTerm II | Study Guide Chpt 4, Study Guide Chpt 5, and Study Guide Chpt 6 | |
| 25. | 11/18 | Networking and Security | Chapter 7 Lecture Slides | |
| 26. | 11/20 | Networking | Chapter 7 | |
| 27. | 11/25 | Security - Protecing your PC from Hacks | Chapter 7 | |
| 28. | 12/2 | Inside Webpages and Introduction to HTML - HTML Tag Chart | Chpt. 13 pgs. 636-639 and Lecture Slides | |
| 29. | 12/4 | Course Review | Study Guide Chpt 7, Study Guide Chpt 9 | |
| 30. | 12/9 | Final Exam - Tuesday, 12:45-3:00pm |
| Midterm 1 | = 15% (to calcualte points toward final grade take your grade/100 * 15) | |
| Midterm 2 | = 15% (same as above) | |
| Attendence | = 15% (1/2 point for each lecture) | |
| Discussion | = 10% (answering and asking questions in class - in general if you show up you've earned this) | |
| Labs/Homework | = 20% (2 labs, 2 homeworks each work 5 points) | |
| Final Exam | = 25% (to calcualte points toward final grade take your grade/100 * 25) | |
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| = 100% | ||
| Extra Credit | = ?? (each worth 5 point i.e. the same as one lab ) |
