This is only a plan. The assignments will be added as the semester proceeds.
Most weeks are from Monday to Friday; however from Fall break to Thanksgiving weeks run from Wednesday to Tuesday. This keeps all the lecture and lab sessions in step.
Week of | Lectures & Reading | Assignments & tests | Labs |
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Aug 24-28 | Introduction to the course Chap. 1 |
Lab 1
Windows and email |
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Aug 31-Sept 4 | Digitization and processors Chap. 2 & 3 |
Lab 2
Files and directories |
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Sept 7-11 | Storage devices Chap. 4 |
Lab 2 continued
due to system problems |
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Sept 14-18 | Software Chap. 5 |
Lab 3
Word processing |
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Sept 21-25 | Numeric processing Chap. 6 |
Test on Chap. 1-5 Computer fundamentals |
Lab 04 Internet HTML |
Sept 28-Oct 2 | Chap. 7 & 8 Text and databases |
Lab 5 Internet search |
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Oct 5-9 | Chap. 9 Image processing |
Lab 6 Hardware |
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Oct 12-16 | Chap. 10 Graphics |
Lab 7 Databases I |
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Oct 21-27 | Chap. 11 & 12 Audio and video |
Lab 8 Databases II |
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Oct 28-Nov 3 | Chap. 13 Networking |
Lab 9 Photoshop Scanning |
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Nov 4-10 | Chap. 14 & 15 Compression and LANs |
Test on Chap. 6-12 Applications |
Lab 10 Presentations |
Nov 11-17 | Chap. 16 The Internet |
Lab
11 Authoring |
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Nov 18-24 | Chap. 17 World Wide Web |
Lab
12 Spreadsheets I |
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Nov 31-Dec 4 | Chap. 18 Multimedia integration |
Lab
13 Spreadsheets II |
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Dec 7-11 | Chap. 19 & 20 AI and ethics |
Home page assignment | Class presentations |
Dec 14-18 | Final exams | Sects. 1 & 3 -- Tues 1:40-4:10 Sect. 2 -- Tues 6:00-8:30 |
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