Comp25: Fall 2008 Comp 25 Course Materials

Interesting Reading: Bill Gates Speech in 1989 about Computing and Networking

Computing and Networking
Week Homework Due* Reading Due* Lectures / Other Lab Due**
Week 1
Aug 25 -
Aug 29
  Syllabus
Information Processing Cycle
Class Orientation and
Computing Today

LAB #1 MANDATORY FOR ALL STUDENTS 

Enroll in Blackboard

Complete Lab1 in Blackboard
Information Processing Cycle:

Week 2
Sep 1 -
Sep 5

Email to Your Professor

Mon Sep 1 (Labor Day - No Class)

Binary Numbers
 

Binary and Hex Numbers

Hardware
Software

Binary and Hex Numbers
Practice Online

Week 3
Sep 8 -
Sep 12

Computer Purchase

Sep 8 Last Day to Add

Operating System
Hard Disk Drive
Defragmentation
Root Directory

Operating Systems and
Disks and File Management


Computing Quiz

Network File Management

 

Week 4
Sep 15 -
Sep 19

More File Management

Networking

IP Address
Domain Name & DNS
Windows Security Checklist

Networking,
Packets, IPs, and Domains, and
Security

IP Packets

Networking and Security Terms

Sep 19 Last Day to Drop w/o "W"

Website Development
Week Homework Due Reading Due Lectures / Other Lab Due

Week 5
Sep 22-
Sep 26

Networking and Security and
What's Your Business?

 

Introducing HTML
Basic HTML Tags
Links

Forbidden Errors

Beginning HTML,
Navigation, and
File Management & Networks Quiz

Create Homepage index

Week 6
Sep 29 -
Oct 03 

Pages & Navigation
 

Troubleshooting

Images 

Transparent Images

HTML Resources

Images

Styles and Style Sheets
Reading Review

Company Logo

Fall Student Break - Friday Oct 3

Week 7
Oct 06 -
Oct 10

Products Webpage

Colors
External Style Sheets
Printable Quick Ref

Styles and Style Sheets
Tables

Web Quiz

Style Sheet 1

Week 8
Oct 13 -
Oct 17
Style Sheets
HTML Tables Java and Sound
Test 1
Bells & Whistles Java Scripts
Spreadsheets using Microsoft Excel
Week Homework Due Reading Due Lectures / Other Lab Due

Week 9
Oct 20 -
Oct 24

Using Tables

Intro to Excel

How To

Basic Formatting

Excel Basics
Functions & Formulas

Income/Expense Report

Week 10
Oct 27 -
Oct 31

Payroll

Basic Calculations
Enter Formulas - MS Training

Conditional Formulas =IF

Conditional Functions

Multiple Sheet Workbooks

Excel 1 Quiz

Commissions & Benefits

Week 11
Nov 03-
Nov 07

Benefit & Sales Analysis

Grouping Sheets
Great Excel Features

Making Charts in Excel

Charts Excel 2003

Charts Excel 2007
Text and Data
 

Customer Mailing

Databases using Microsoft Access
Week Homework Due Reading Due Lectures / Other Lab Due
Week 12
Nov 10 -
Nov 14
Sales Charts Access Overview
Tables
Importing Data

Access Basics

Tables

Excel 2  Quiz

Create Tables

Week 13
Nov 17 -
Nov 21
Orders Table  Queries Queries  Query Set 1

Week 15

Nov 24 -

Nov 28

Thanksgiving Week !

Week 14
Dec 01 -
Nov 05
Query Set 2C Forms Forms Introduction
VBA
Reports
Customer Order Form 

Week 16
Dec 08 -
Dec
12

Buttons on Form

Reports

Report Design

Access Quiz

Reports & Mailing Labels

 


Finals Week

Orders Summary Report

Final Project

 

 


* Homework and Reading are due on the Monday or Tuesday of the week indicated (Sections 1-2 are due on Monday, Sections 3-5 are due on Tuesday).

** Labs are due on the Thursday or Friday of the week indicated (Sections 1-2 are due on Friday, Sections 3-5 are due on Thursday).