CS 1011: Introduction to Computers and Software

Spring 2001

Lecturer: Rich Maclin

Teaching Assistant: Luke Scharenbroich

Syllabus

Final Grades

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Class reminders from email sent out 4/9/2001.

Class reminders from email sent out 4/24/2001.

Class Calendar (all items tentative until the day of class)

WeekReadingsLab Assigned (Due)Homework Assigned (Due)Exam (Date/Time)
1 (1/16-1/19)Ch. 1-21: Ch. 1 Checkpt., pg. 1.44 (1/24)
2 (1/22-1/26)Ch. 31: Windows 98 Tutorial 2 (1/29)
Working with Files
pg. WIN 98 2.1
2: Ch. 2 Checkpt., pg. 2.53 (1/31)
3 (1/29-2/2)Ch. 42: MS Word Tutorial 3 (2/5)
Creating a Multiple-Page Report
pg. WD 3.01
3: Ch. 3 Checkpt., pg. 3.36 (2/7)
4 (2/5-2/9)Ch. 53: MS Word Tutorial 4 (2/12)
Desktop Publishing a Newsletter
pg. WD 4.01
4: Ch. 4 Checkpt., pg. 4.34 (2/14)
5 (2/12-2/16)Ch. 64: MS Excel Tuts. 1 and 2 (2/19)
Using Worksheets to Make Business
Decisions
and Creating a Worksheet
pg. EX 1.03 and EX 2.01
5: Ch. 5 Checkpt., pg. 5.32 (2/21)
6 (2/19-2/23)Ch. 85: MS Excel Tutorial 3 (2/26)
Developing a Professional-Looking
Worksheet
pg. EX 3.01
6: Ch. 6 Checkpt., pg. 6.34 (2/28)Midterm 1
2/21 18:00-19:10
7 (2/26-3/2)Ch. 106: MS Excel Tutorial 4 (3/5)
Creating Charts
pg. EX 4.01
7: Ch. 8 Checkpt., pg. 8.32 (3/7)
8 (3/5-3/9)Ch. 117: Int. MS Office Tutorial 1 (3/19)
Integrating Word and Excel
pg. INT 1.03
8: Ch. 10 Checkpt., pg. 10.40 (3/21)
Break (3/10-3/18)
9 (3/19-3/23)Ch. 98: MS Access Tuts. 1 and 2 (3/26)
Introduction to MS Access 2000
and Maintaining a Database
pg. AC 1.03 and AC 2.01
9: Ch. 11 Checkpt., pg. 11.38 (3/28)
10 (3/26-3/30)Ch. 79: MS Access Tutorial 3 (4/2)
Querying a Database
pg. AC 3.01
10: Ch. 9 Checkpt., pg. 9.40 (4/4)
11 (4/2-4/6)Ch. 1310: MS Access Tutorial 4 (4/9)
Creating Forms and Reports
pg. AC 4.01
11: Ch. 7 Checkpt., pg. 7.42 (4/11)
12 (4/9-4/13)Ch. 1211: MS PowerPoint Tutorial 1 (4/16)
Using Powerpoint to Create
Presentations
pg. PPT 1.03
12: Ch. 13 Checkpt., pg. 13.36 (4/18)Midterm 2
4/11 18:00-19:10
13 (4/16-4/20)Ch. 1412: MS PowerPoint Tutorial 2 (4/23)
Creating and Modifying Text and
Graphics Objects
pg. PPT 2.01
13: Ch. 12 Checkpt., pg. 12.42 (4/25)
14 (4/23-4/27)13: Int. MS Office Tutorial 2 (Cancelled)
Integrating Word, Excel, Access
and Powerpoint
pg. INT 2.03
14: Ch. 14 Checkpt., pg. 14.34 (5/2)
15 (4/30-5/4)14: Build a Web Page (5/7)
Creating a Web Page
CWP 1
Alternate FINAL
Engineering 204
5/2 18:00-19:55
Bring Your Lab Book!
FINAL (4/30-5/4)FINAL
Engineering 204
5/9 18:00-19:55
Bring Your Lab Book!

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