CS 107 Introduction to Data Processing

Spring 2006

Section 1 - Mon & Wed - 1:00PM to 2:20PM

Lectures / Weekly Topics

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Be aware - the schedule below is tentative and may be changed at the instructor's discretion

Students are expected to arrive in class prepared for discussion of the weekly topics and lecture materials. Students who are not prepared may be asked to leave the class. All reading should be done prior to the class meeting!


Computer Concepts - CC
Office 2003 - Office

Week

Day/Date

Topics

Book/Chapter

1 Monday - 1/30/06 Course Intro
What is a Computer
Current Computers
Bits, Bytes, and Encoding
Quantifying Bits
CC - Orientation
CC - Chapter 1, Section A
CC - Chapter 2, Section A
Wednesday - 2/1/06 Computer History
Intro to Windows XP
CC - Chapter 8, Section A
CC - Chapter 4, Section A & B
Office - Exploring the Basics of Windows XP
Office - Managing Your Files
2 Monday - 2/6/06 The Internet and the WWW

DNS Lookup, Ping, Traceroute

CC - Chapter 1, Section B
CC - Chapter 5, Section C & D
Wednesday - 2/8/06 E-mail and Browsers

http://www.onlinenetiquette.com/
Learn the Net - Netiquette - http://www.learnthenet.com/english/html/09netiqt.htm
Recommended Smileys and Emoticons - http://www.windweaver.com/emoticon.htm
Acronyms
Usenet
Blogs

CC - Chapter 1, Section C & D
CC - Chapter 6
Office - Browser and E-mail Basics
3 Monday - 2/13/06 Computer Hardware - Motherboard & Memory CC - Chapter 2, Sections B & C
Wednesday - 2/15/06 No Class
4 Monday - 2/20/06 President's Day - No Class
Wednesday - 2/22/06 Computer Hardware - Storage & Peripherals CC - Chapter 2, Sections D
5 Monday - 2/27/06 Word Office - Word, Tutorials 1 & 2
Wednesday - 3/1/06 Word Office - Word, Tutorials 3 & 4
6 Monday - 3/6/06 Computer Software

Newsmaker: Rockin' on without Microsoft - http://news.com.com/2008-1082_3-5065859.html

BSA - http://www.bsa.org/usa/report/

CC - Chapter 3
Wednesday - 3/8/06 Word Supplemental Material
Spring Break - March 13 to 18
7 Monday - 3/20/06 Networks
Network Topologies
  • Star -
  • Ring -
  • Bus -
  • Mesh -
  • Tree -
Computer Security
Computer Emergency Report Team - http://www.cert.org/
How Computer Viruses Work - http://www.howstuffworks.com/virus.htm
Computer Incident Advisory Capability - http://www.ciac.org/ciac/index.html
Urban Legends Reference Page - http://snopes.com/
Break the Chain - http://www.breakthechain.org/
CC - Chapter 4, Sections C & D
CC - Chapter 5, Sections A & B
Wednesday - 3/22/06 Excel Office - Excel, Tutorials 1 & 2
8 Monday - 3/27/06 Midterm Exam
Midterm Questions
Wednesday - 3/29/06 Excel - Excel, Tutorials 2 & 3
9 Monday - 4/3/06 Computers in Business CC - Chapter 9
Wednesday - 4/5/06 Excel Office - Excel, Tutorials 4 & ID 1
10 Monday - 4/10/06 Excel Group Project
Wednesday - 4/12/06 Excel Group Project
11 Monday - 4/17/06 Databases
Data Warehousing
Data Mining
CC - Chapter 10
Office - Access, Tutorials 1 & 2
Wednesday - 4/19/06 Access Office - Access, Tutorials 1 & 2
12 Monday - 4/24/06 Access Office - Access, Tutorials 3 & 4
Wednesday - 4/26/06 Power Point Office - Power Point, Tutorials 1 & 2
13 Monday - 5/1/06 Power Point / Presentation Grading Criteria Office - Power Point, Tutorials 1 & 2
Wednesday - 5/3/06 Final Project Presentations
14 Monday - 5/8/06 Final Project Presentations
Wednesday - 5/10/06 Final Project Presentations
15 Monday - 5/15/06 Final Project Presentations
Wednesday - 5/17/06 Reading Day - No Class
Final Exam - Friday, May 19


Last Updated: 4/23/06