Introduction
to Computer Applications
CS 115
FALL
2002
Instructor: Prof. Judy Hansen-Childers
Office: Room 209
Office Hours:
Monday, Wednesday, Friday: 9 –
10 AM
Tuesday & Thursday:
Tuesday:
You are welcome to drop by at
other times or make an appointment !
Office Phone: 859-1335
Home Phone: 582-7632
E-Mail hansenj@thomas.edu
Snow Phone/Cancellation Line:
859-1140
Class Schedule:
SECTION E: Monday,
Weds, Friday from
SECTION N: Tuesdays and
Thursdays - From
Text:
Microsoft Office XP Introductory Concepts and Techniques by
Shelley, Cashman, and Vermaat (Course Technology)
Searching and Researching on the Internet and World Wide Web by Ackerman and Hartman (Franklin, Beedle,
and Associates)
Materials Needed:
At least two formatted and labeled 3 ˝” High-Density
diskettes. These can be purchased at the
TC
COURSE DESCRIPTION: Prerequisite: None
This course introduces the student to Internet research and a suite of
software tools critical to academic and workplace success (word processing,
spreadsheets, E-mail, Internet tools, presentation graphics and databases).
COURSE OBJECTIVES:
By the end of the course, students should be able to create projects
using the following Microsoft applications:
- Word
- Excel
- Access
- PowerPoint
In addition, students will be able to:
- Understand basic computer
concepts and the Windows environment
- Utilize MS Outlook for
e-mail and personal information management
- Utilize the Internet and
its resources (such as directories, virtual libraries, search engines, and
specialized databases) for research
- Be able to evaluate,
import, and document online sources
ASSIGNMENTS:
Each week students will have readings from the texts as well as in-class
and out-of-class projects.
GRADING SYSTEM
A (94 - 100) A- (90 - 93) B+ (87 - 89) B (83 - 86) B- (80 - 82)
C+ (77 - 79) C (73 - 76) C- (70 - 72) D+ (67 - 69) D (63 - 66)
D- (60 - 62) F (below 60)
GRADING:
7 Quizzes.........................................…...35%
Lab Projects...........................................65%
ATTENDANCE:
Students are expected to attend all class sessions and to be prepared to
discuss the assigned readings and written homework. If a student must miss a
class session, it is the student’s responsibility to arrange other ways of
obtaining the information covered in class. Please notify the instructor in
advance if you have to miss a class. Students with excessive absences may
not receive a passing grade.
INTEGRITY OF SCHOLARSHIP:
Students who plagiarize
papers and projects or cheat on exams will receive zeros for the work in
question and may fail the course.
OTHER IMPORTANT NOTES:
·
Changes in the syllabus and assignments may
be modified as deemed appropriate by the instructor. All changes will be announced in class.
·
Students with a disability who are requesting
academic accommodations should contact
.
Important Links
TC
Information Technology Help
NOTE: Assignments
will be posted to this document on a regular basis – so please check it
frequently!
SCHEDULE
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TOPICS |
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Week of 9/3 |
Introduction to the Course Basic Computer Concepts http://www.zdnet.com/zdhelp/stories/main/0,5594,2294747,00.html Introduction
to the Internet and the World Wide Web ( Browser Essentials ( |
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Week of 9/9 |
E-mail Concepts and Outlook 2002 Finding Email
Addresses, Phone Numbers, and Maps (Ackerman, CH. 11) READ Searching
Email Discussion Group Archives and Usenet Newsgroup Archives (Ackerman, CH.
12) READ Microsoft
Outlook 2002 (Office XP, pages O 1.03 to O 1.55) READ QUIZ #1 |
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Week of 9/16 |
Internet Research Part I Using the World Wide Web for Research ( Directories
and Virtual Libraries ( http://www.smartcomputing.com/editorial/stoc.asp?guid=s659lzmi&vol=6&iss=9&type=3 |
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Week of 9/23 |
Internet Research Part II Search Strategies for Search Engines ( Using
Search Engines ( Metacrawler Dogpile Alta
Vista Yahoo
Google Vivisimo Word Processing Using Word 2002 Word Project
1 TOPICS FOR RESEARCH Microsoft Word 2002 (Office XP, pages WD 1.03 to WD 1.70) READ QUIZ #2 |
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Week of 9/30 |
Managing and Using Information
from the Internet and the Web ( Citing
Web and Internet Resources ( Microsoft Word 2002 (Office XP, pages WD 2.01 to WD 3.66) READ |
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Week of 10/7 |
Creating Web Pages Part I Creating
Web Pages Using Word (Office XP, pages WDW 1.01 to 1.14) READ No Quiz this week |
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Week of 10/15 |
Creating Web Pages Part II Creating Web pages using HTML
HTML
PRIMER QUIZ #3
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Week of 10/21 |
Researching and Creating
Databases Part I Specialized
Databases ( Microsoft Access 2002 (Office XP, pages A 1.03 to A 1.62) READ Access Project 1 |
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Week of 10/28 |
Researching and Creating
Databases Part II Microsoft Access 2002 (Office XP, pages A 2.01 to A 3.58) READ Access
Project 2 |
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Week of 11/4 |
Internet Research Part III Searching
Library Catalogs ( FTP: Searching Archives, Downloading Files ( Evaluating Information Found on the WWW ( Access Project
3 |
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Week of 11/12 |
Researching and Creating
Spreadsheets Part I Microsoft Excel 2002 (Office XP, pages E 1.03 to E 2.78) READ Excel Project 1 |
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Week of 11/18 |
Researching and Creating
Spreadsheets Part II Microsoft Excel 2002 (Office XP, pages E 2.01 to E 3.79) READ Excel Project 2 |
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Week of 12/2 |
Using PowerPoint to Enliven
Presentations and Web Pages Part I Microsoft PowerPoint 2002 (Office XP, pages PP 1.03 to PP 2.64) READ Quiz #6 |
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Week of 12/9 |
Using PowerPoint to Enliven
Presentations and Web Pages Part II Microsoft PowerPoint 2002 (Office XP, pages PPW 1.01 to PPW 1.13) READ QUIZ #7 |
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Week of 12/16 |
Wrap-Up all Projects |
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This syllabus may be
changed at the discretion of the instructor.
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