Experimental
COMP 100 Course Schedule Spring
2006
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Week |
Class Outline& Objective |
Class Discussion |
Lab Activities |
Homework Assignments |
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Week 1 |
Class 1- Course Introduction, COMP 100
labs, Time Management Class 2- CSUN Resources :CSUN account
creation set up, SAM set up, CoursePort set up, WEBCT, Webmail |
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v COMP
100 Labs Login v SAM
Login/Join section v CoursePort/Join Class v View
Book’s website v View
Profs website v |
v Do
Time Management Sheet v Read
Special Feature (33-46) v Do
Timeline 2006 Questions v Install
SAM on home PC v Read Chapter 1 (P1-29) /Key
Terms v Practice Test Discovery Ch 1 (Courseport) |
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Week 2 |
Class 1 - Chapter 1 – Intro to
Computers Intro to operating
systems & MS Window XP (using
SAM Win XP Part 1 & 2) Class 2 – Survey –
practice quiz for Chapter 1 Class 3-CSUN Resources Continued
(Library Research, Librarian assistance) |
Chapter 1 -
Highlights |
v Take
Pre-semester Survey - Wed v CSUN
website v Library
Resources - Friday v Quiz
:Discovery : Chapter 1 v Windows
XP |
v SAM
Win XP Part 1(3 tries) v SAM
Win XP Part 2 (3 tries) v Library
Assignment v Read
Chapter 2 v Practice
Test Chapter 2 |
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Week 3 |
Class 1 - Chapter 2 – The Internet & World Wide Web & Chapter 8
- Communications & Networks of
Concepts book, email basics, (webmail and one other
(e.g. Yahoo, Hotmail etc.), Password techniques, viruses, attachments , WWW
browsing and Search techniques – WEB HUNT) Class 2 –) Start with MS-Word Creating, Editing and Formatting a
Document File
manipulation: open, save (different formats), Editing: cut, paste, copy, find
and replace, Formatting and style
(text and paragraphs): font, alignment, control on the style, bullets and
numbering |
Discovery Chapter 2 MS Word Chapter 1 |
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Quiz Discovery Chapter 1 v
Quiz XP 1-2 v
SAM Evaluation – Word Ch 1 v
Web Hunt v
Word Project 1 – WD4-Wd62 v
Intro to Search Engines v
Intro to Web Hunt |
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SAM Word 1 – All Tasks v
SAM Word 1 Training or 90% on
evaluation v
Read Chapter 2 v
Practice Test Discovery Ch 2 v
Word Project 1 – In the Lab 1,
2, or 3 print one announcement v
From Webteach: Enter one post in the hypernews discussion v
TimeLine v
Read Chapter 8 v
Practice Test Discovery Ch 8 |
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Week 4 |
Chapter 3 (Application Software, use Courseport Creating a Research Paper (one week) MLA
Documentation Style (margins, spacing, headers and footers, footnotes,
Indentation, pagination, tables (insert, cell height and width, borders,
frames) and charts, sorting , proofreading (spelling, grammar, thesaurus),
table of contents, locating information using Research Task Pane, emailing
document, work cited |
Discovery Chapter 3 MS Word Chapter 2 |
Quiz
Discovery 2 – Word 1 (using SAM) – on SAM
evaluation for Word 2 Friday: time to work on library project Discuss
Application Software |
SAM
Word 2 – all tasks Discovery
3-& 7 - Practice Test Word: Chapter 2 – Research paper
– one Webteach: one post Library
Assignment (group work) (please |
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Week 5 |
Creating a Resume and a Cover Letter
(one week) Wizards,
templates, tabs, clipboard, bullets and numbering, smart tags, print an
envelope Discovery
– Chapter 7. |
Discovery
7 MSWord
Chapter 3 |
Quiz
– Discovery 3 and Word 2 SAM
– evaluation for Project 3 WebHunt
–with established groups (on Friday) |
Webhunt SAM
Word 3 – all tasks |
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Week 6 |
Creating a Document with a Table,
Chart, and Watermark Discovery
Chapters 8 |
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Quiz Discovery 7 – Word Chapter 3 |
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Week 7 |
Class 1 - Mid- semester Test
on MS-Word & Discovering Computers Chaps 1-2-3-7-8 & Win XP, using
SAM Class 2 – Introduce Chapters 4-5-6 of Concepts Book (Computer hardware: Components of
the system unit, Input/Output, Storage) Class
1 – Chapter 10 - Practical
Computer Security etc. Class 2 – Start with MS-PowerPoint - Creating a Presentation |
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Test on Friday |
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Week 8 |
Creating a PowerPoint Presentation Basic
design of a presentation, selecting outline of content, editing Applying & Modifying Text &
Graphics Objects Enhancing
PP using drawing, paint tools, spelling |
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Week 9 |
Using Excel to manage data &
developing a Professional Looking worksheet (one week – Tutorials 1 & 3) |
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Week 10 |
Excel - Working with charts &
Graphics (one week – Tutorial 4) |
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Week 11 |
Excel - Working with Formulas &
Functions (one week – Tutorial 2) How
to buy a PC Homework (utilizes Chaps 4-5-6 and Excel) |
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Week 12 |
Test on MS-Excel using SAM Introduction to MS-Access, creating
& maintaining a database (one week – Tutorials 1 & 2) |
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Week 13 Week 14 Week 15 |
Application & Collaboration Group
Projects MS-Word Advanced Desktop Publishing Creating
a professional newsletter/brochure, columns, watermarks, clipart, floating
graphics, WordArt, Drawing tools,
page borders, drop caps, text boxes. Collaborating with others –
Writing a Grant Proposal Import
and export concepts and interface with other applications, Merging documents,
embed Excel worksheets, link excel chart, modify a document for online
distribution, creating web pages MS-PowerPoint Advanced Presenting a slide show Special
effects and transitions, inserting objects as graphs/charts, WordArt Integrating PowerPoint with Other
Programs and Collaborating Links
to other documents. Importing, exporting to other applications. MS-Excel Advanced Working with Excel Lists (Tutorial 5) Collaborating on a workbook & Web
Tools (Tutorial 7) MS-Access Advanced Querying a Database (Tutorial 3) FINAL STEP: Online Publishing - Put
it all on a web page |
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