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Date
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Topic
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Assignments
(see next
section for details)
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1
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Jan 20
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Introduction: Email |
Chain
email, binary #s
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2
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24
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Bits & Bytes, Number Systems |
Ch.
1,3; EoCE;
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3
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27
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Ch 1: Using
Computers; Ch 3: Components of the
System Unit; |
1-page
paper
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4
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31
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Ch 4-6: Input;
Output; Storage |
Ch.
4-6; EoCE
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5
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Feb 3
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Computer Architectures, classification |
Ch.
2, 8; EoCE
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6
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7
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Ch 2: Application SW
& the WWW; Ch 8: OS &
Utilities |
Homework
#6
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7
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10
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Projects 1-3:The Desktop;File,
Document, & Folder Mgt & Windows Explorer |
Homework
#7
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8
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14Y
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Word Project 1: Creating
& Editing a Document |
Homework #8 |
9
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17
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Word Project 2: Wizards
& Templates |
Homework #9 |
10
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21
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Word Project 3: Tables |
Homework #10 |
11
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24
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Test 1 |
Tech News (#11) |
12
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28
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Ch 7: Internet,
WWW, browsers |
Surfing paper
(#12) |
13
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Mar 2
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WWW continued; FTP; Word
Integration: Web Pages (Bring
a diskette to class) |
Web page (#13) |
14
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6
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Web pages (Bring
the same diskette to class) |
Homework #14 |
15
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9
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Websites finalized (Please, bring the diskette) |
Homework #15 |
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13-17
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S p r i n g { B r e a k
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16
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20
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Excel Project 1: Worksheets
& Embedded Charts |
Homework #16 |
17
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23
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Excel Project 2: Formulas,
Formatting, Charts, Web Queries
Discussion: Are we more/less social because of
the Web? Click SOCIAL
ISSUES |
Homework #17 |
18
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27
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Excel Project 2 (Cont'd)
Discussion: The Microsoft Antitrust
Litigation? Click Microsoft Ruling |
Homework #18 |
19
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30
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Excel Project 3: What-if
Analysis & Large Worksheets |
Homework #19 |
20
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Apr 3
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Test 2
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21
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6
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Excel Project 4: Templates
& Workbooks w Multiple Worksheets, & Web Pages |
CLASS
CANCELLED
Homework #21 |
22
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10
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(Class starts @ 12:30) Excel Integration: Excel
Worksheets in Word Documents
Telecommunications Fundamentals I |
Homework #22 |
23
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13
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Telecommunications Fundamentals II |
Homework #23 |
24
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17
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Access Project 1:
Creating a DB -- Design & Datasheet Views |
Homework #24 |
25
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20
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Access Project 2:
Querying a DB Using the Select Query Window |
Homework #25 |
26
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24
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(Class starts @ 12:30) Access Project 3:
Maintaining a DB -- Design & Update features
|
Homework #26 |
27
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27
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Part of Access Project
4: Reports, Forms & the Web |
Homework #27 |
28
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May 1 |
Review & Problem Solving |
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May 8 |
FINAL EXAM -- 11:45-2:45 |
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The
work you submit must be your own. Cite all
sources in a bibliography
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Do not
discard your files on the 1-page papers. You will need
them to post on your web page and to turn in at the end
of the term. Items marked in
GREEN
will be collected. |
You must properly
label the Assignments that you hand in -- or you may not
get the credit you deserve.
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As instructed in the
syllabus, on the upper
right-hand corner of the first page handprint
your name, section, the correct assignment number (e.g.
1 for Jan 25), due date, and problem numbers actually included in the packet. Submit each
homework, separately.
...Items marked in GREEN
will be collected. |
1. Email, etc
(due on
3rd session)
(Please, buy 2 or more
diskettes)
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A. Obtain
your email user name and password if you do
not have them
B. Chain email?
Form a group of 4 or more (e.g. Ashley,
Boyd, Richardson, Ying). Alphabetically, the
first member (in this case Ashley) sends a brief
message to B (with cc: R
& Y) as to what this term's CIS theme
ought to be. B adds a brief comment,
forwards to R (with cc: A
& Y), etc. Last person (Y)
adds comment (with cc: A & Y)
& forwards to papayano@andromeda.
Please, begin Subject line
with the code MIS.
Start each message with your email address followed by
your name (last name, first)
C. Binary arithmetic
exercises, (click here). |
2. Read Ch. 1, 3
|
End of
Chapter Exercises |
3. Paper
|
1-page paper on Hardware
as per class discussion. (due Feb 7) |
4. Read Ch. 4-6
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End of
Chapter Exercises |
5. Read Ch. 2, 8
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End of
Chapter Exercises |
6. Windows Project 1
(due Feb
21)
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Items
marked in GREEN
will be collected.
A. Read WIN Project 1,
B. Do True/False & Multiple Choice problems,
C. Do "Using Help to Obtain Help"
Exercise (p. WIN 1.60),
D. Do Exercise 3,
marked "In the Lab" (p. WIN 1.63), |
7. Windows Projects 2 & 3
(due Feb 21)
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A. Read WIN Projects 2 & 3,
B. Do True/False &
Multiple Choice problems,
C. For Project 2, Do Exercise 3, marked
"In the Lab"
D. For Project 3, do all "Test your
Knowledge" questions (hand in Multiple Choice),
E. Do Exercise 3,
marked "In the Lab" (p. WIN 3.67). |
8. Word Project 1
(due Feb
21)
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"In the Lab" Exercise 3 (probably on p. WD 1.68) "Composing
an Announcement..."
You are directed to download a graphic. Print and hand in the
resulting document.
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9. Word Project 2
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"In
the Lab" Exercises 1
&
2 (probably on pp. WD
2.57-59) ...... (due Feb 24) |
10. Word Project 3
|
"In
the Lab" Exercise 2 (probably on p. WD 3.59) ...... (due
Feb 24) |
11. Tech news (due Mar 2)
|
Comb the
press for relevant news, especially pertaining to the
Internet/WWW/e-commerce |
12. Paper (due
Mar 6)
and also
Read Ch.
7
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Surf the Web & write a 1-page
paper on 2 of the following types of sites:
(a) Financial (b) Internet Radio (streaming
audio) (c) Computer viruses (d) Art Museums. The 2
segments of the paper need not share the paper 50-50 but
they must each have a title and a reference with a
hyperlink to the source that you describe. Do spell
checking & tight editing |
13. Web page (due Mar 9)
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Create the
public_html directory and place your initial (home) page
according to class discussion |
14. Web pages (due Mar 9)
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In the
public_html directory add pages & graphics according
to class discussion |
15. Web pages (due Mar 20)
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Complete
work on your website with interlinked multiple pages that
include your home page, 1-page essays (spell- &
grammar-checked), graphics, & links to the MIS course
webpage and one or more external sites. You can have the FTP
program -- see note above. Hand in
a Site Map of your own website (basically, a list
of the pages in your site with a brief description of
each page). |
16. Excel Project 1
|
"In
the Lab" Exercises 2
&
3 ...... (due Mar 30) |
17. Excel Project 2
|
"In
the Lab" Exercises 2
&
3 ...... (due April 3) |
18. Technology news
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Review the
ideas pertaining to Microsoft's trial (and the precedent
of IBM's "unbundling") that we discussed in
class. Also read and mull over the items under IT
Headlines. This stuff is included in the material for
next Monday's test. |
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Excel Project 3
|
"In
the Lab" Exercise
3 ...... (due April 3) |
April
6
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As you know, classes were cancelled
today. We will make up the deficiency over the next
several weeks by starting class at 12:30 pm on Mondays. |
21. Excel Project 4
|
"In
the Lab" Exercises 2
...... (due April 13) You
can do this Exercise without much effort. Our coverage of
Project 4 will be very limited to an understading of what
a template is. Read a few pages at
the beginning of Project 4 to get some sense of the
template idea & do the
exercise |
22. Excel Integration
|
"In
the Lab" Exercises 2
&
3 ... (due
April 17) |
23. Telecommunications
(due
April 20)
Review Class Notes handouts
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1. Briefly, compare & contrast
modems and navy signalmen
2. Which of the {star, bus, ring}
architectures is
....(a) best in providing privacy of
communications? (b) Worst? Explain
3. I want to download a 2MB file
using my 56K modem. What is the least amount of time the
task would require for completion? |
24. Access Project 1
|
"In
the Lab" Exercise
3 ...... (due April 24) |
