Course Overview

Week 1: January 4-6

• Course requirements and procedures
• Assignment: Read chapter 1 in Hofstetter's book, do the exercises at the end of the chapter (some of these may be on the first quiz).

Week 2: January 11-13

• We discuss the desktop, the mouse, and disk drives.
  Windows NT Lecture Notes I
• We talked about the clipboard and how it is used to transfer information from one application to another. We also discussed how to backup your work on a diskette.
  Windows NT Lecture Notes II

Week 3 January 18-20

• We discuss shortcuts, shortcut keys, and MS-DOS commands.
  Windows NT Lecture Notes III
• We begin to explore the UNIX environment. UNIX Lecture Notes I

Week 4 January 25 - 27

• We continued looking at UNIX commands (script, redirection, pipe, ...).UNIX Lecture Notes II
• Please mark this down in your daily planner:Quiz 1 is scheduled for Feb. 10 at lecture.
• Assignment: Read chapters 2 & 3 in Hofstetter's book, do the exercises at the end of the chapter (some of these may be on the first quiz).

Week 5 February 1 - 3

• We began looking at Microsoft Word. We discussed the Word environment, Tabs, Text Boxes, Headers and Footers, inserting graphical images among text.
• I will be in 1E01 Forbes on Friday 10:00am-11:15am. If you need help, stop and see me then.
• Quiz 1 Topics
• We discussed the basics of word processing. Word I Lecture
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Week 6 February 8 - 10

• We are discusssing how to build a web page this week.
• Homework 1 is now available.
• Word 2 Lecture

Week 7 February 15 - 17

• Next week is the hands-on midterm, I will discuss the topics in lecture this week. Bring a brand new formatted disk with you to lab next week for the exam.
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• Quiz solutions
• Discussed building a web page with Word.
• Study Guide for Hands-on Exam

Week 8 February 22 - 24

• This is midterm exam week. Good luck!
• Here are some additional html markup codes for you to try Additional HTML Codes
• We started to look at Excel. Excel Lecture Notes I
• We continued discussing Excel. Excel Lecture Notes II

Week 9 March 1 - 3

• We dicussed how to create a chart from a table of data and how to construct a template (a reusable spreadsheet). We also discussed the differences between abosolute, relative and mixed addressing when copying formulas from one cell to another.
• Quiz 2 will be given on 3/17/99. The topics include UNIX, building web pages with HTML and Microsoft Word. Topics
• I will post the second homework very soon. It will be due on Monday March 22 at lecture (not at lab). Have a nice SPRING BREAK!

Week 10 March 8 - 10

• S P R I N G * B R E A K

Week 11 March 15 - 17

• This week we discuss anonymous ftp (transferring files from remote computers).

Week 12 March 22 - 24

• Archie is a search tool used to locate files and directories at anonymous ftp sites.
• Discuss uuencode and uudecode.

Week 13 March 29 - April 1

• The java.doc file is ready to be copied from the ftp site or from the class directory. Use whichever method is easier for you. See lab 11 for instructions.

Week 14 April 5 - 7

• We discussed Tables today. More information on Tables Copy the file calendar.html from the class directory. Complete the calendar by adding additional rows to the table. Try to test some of the other attributes (color a row, align text, merge cells).
• Last Homework Assignment

Week 15 April 12 - 14

• We discussed Frames today in class.
• The last quiz will be held next Monday (April 19, 1999).
  Quiz Topics
• Study guide for hands-on exam and written exam Guide
• Practice activities for hands-on

Week Finals April 26 - 30

• The solutions to the quiz 3 will be posted on 4/28/99 at 4pm. Solutions