| Date | Assignment | Reading | Subject | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 23 | HW1 | intro to class, checking software installation, Moodle, panther | ||
| Jan 25 | P&O Orientation A-C | security & privacy basics | ||
| Jan 27 | data representation | |||
| Jan 30 | P&O chap. 1 | issues: tracking & marketing, etc. | ||
| Feb 01 | HW1 due; HW2 | Word documentation; homework assignment |
Using a WYSIWYG word processor | |
| Feb 03 | More Word documentation, as necessary to do assignment |
Formatting, tables, & graphics in a word processor | ||
| Feb 06 | Last day to add classes | |||
| Feb 06 | More Word documentation, as necessary to do assignment |
Cross-references, indexes, contents, bibliographies | ||
| Feb 08 | HW2 due; HW3 | Using a WYSIWYG Web editor; putting up a Web page | ||
| Feb 10 | Formatting & graphics on the Web | |||
| Feb 13 | P&O chap. 7 | The Web, HTML, HTTP, etc. | ||
| Feb 15 | Dave Raggett's
Introduction to HTML; My list examples; my table examples |
Under the hood: raw HTML | ||
| Feb 17 | Dave
Raggett's Introduction to CSS; W3Schools' CSS Tutorial; my simple CSS example |
More Web stuff: CSS? | ||
| Feb 20 | Dr. Siegfried's notes on evaluating sources; an article on identifying Bad Books | Using search engines; credibility and fact-checking | ||
| Feb 21 | Last day to drop classes | |||
| Feb 22 | HW3 due; HW4 | Dr. Siegfried's notes on library databases | What's not free on the Web; using library databases | |
| Feb 24 | Dr. Siegfried's notes on citation | Citing sources: why and how | ||
| Feb 27 | HW4 due | P&O chap. 2 | Microcomputers | |
| Feb 29 | The storage hierarchy | |||
| Mar 02 | I'm away at a conference; no class | |||
| Mar 05 | HW5 | Hardware security | ||
| Mar 07 | P&O chap. 3 | Application software | ||
| Mar 09 | Issues: piracy, journalism, auto-upgrade, open source, É | |||
| 3/12-3/16 | Spring break | |||
| Mar 19 | P&O chap. 4 | Operating systems | ||
| Mar 21 | File systems & file management | |||
| Mar 23 | Command-line interfaces | |||
| Mar 26 | HW6 | Excel
roadmap 1-2 (for Mac) or Basic Tasks in Excel (Windows);
Excel Topics |
Using a spreadsheet | |
| Mar 27 | Last day to withdraw from classes | |||
| Mar 28 | Formatting in a spreadsheet | |||
| Mar 30 | Excel roadmap 3 | Formulae | ||
| Apr 02 | Excel roadmap 4 | Charts and graphics | ||
| Apr 04 | Exploring with Excel formulae | |||
| Apr 06 | HW6 due | P&O chap. 5 | Network basics | |
| Apr 09 | More networking stuff | |||
| Apr 11 | Encryption, privacy, etc. | |||
| Apr 13 | P&O chap. 6 | Internet basics | ||
| Apr 16 | Research day: no classes | |||
| Apr 18 | Kinds of internet services | |||
| Apr 20 | Network security | |||
| Apr 23 | HW5 due; HW7 | Access tutorial; Access topics | Using a database: tables, fields, and queries | |
| Apr 25 | Multiple tables | |||
| Apr 27 | Linking tables | |||
| Apr 30 | Limits of computation: intractability and information-hiding | |||
| May 02 | More on encryption | |||
| May 04 | HW7 due | Limits of computation: detecting infinite loops | ||
| May 07 | Artificial intelligence? | |||
| May 08 | make-up for Mar 2 | catch up and review | ||
| May 14 | 170 final exam, 10:30 AM-12:30 PM | |||