AGRI
002 (3 Credits)
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Dr. Jonathan Leonard |
Spring
Semester 2005
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208H Morrill Hall, UVM |
Section
A (10457) Tuesday, 12:30 - 1:45 p.m., 101 Stafford Hall
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jleonard@zoo.uvm.edu |
Section
B (10467) Thursday, 2:00-3:15 p.m., 207 Lafayette
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x62979 (w) 434-3787 (h) |
Labs |
General Course Goals: To prepare
students with a solid foundation of information technology
skills and knowledge to enable them to use current and future software
and hardware.
Specific Course Objectives: Upon passing AGRI 002 students will:
Course Requirements1. Become familiar with information technology hardware including types of computers and telecommunication hardware.
2. Understand the role of Operating Systems and demonstrate knowledge of UNIX, and Windows XP.
3. Demonstrate file and folder management on PC and Unix (AIX) Server.
4. Understand, detect and eliminate Computer Viruses & Spyware.
5. Demonstrate proficiency with electronic communication: e-mail, signature files, listservs, and WebCT courseware.
6. Demonstrate proficiency in presentation graphics applications by giving a presentation in front of a class.
7. Demonstrate proficiency in word processing applications.
8. Demonstrate proficiency in spreadsheet and graphics applications.
9. Understand and demonstrate how to present and interpret data in graphic form.
10. Find useful data on the Internet, be critical of those data, and interpret those data.
11. Demonstrate knowledge of data classification (Nominal, Ordinal, Interval, etc.).
12. Understand and interpret XY scatterplots, box plots, histograms, population pyramids, and choropleth maps.
13. Create World Wide Web Pages using HTML code.
14. Understand the history and legacy of computing.
15. Appreciate the utility, benefit and limitations of computers and information technology.
16. Improve writing skills.
1. Keep an electronic journal through the WebCT Discussion Board and Email functions--reflecting on your readings, class assignments and discussions, and your personal and academic progress at UVM in CALS. Click here for journal guidelines Minimum expectations are one quality and thoughtful discussion/journal entries per week. Private entries may be addressed to your lab instructors through email.
2. Complete all the information technology lab assignments (see below).
3. Complete the reading
assignments in the
textbook and online.
4. Attend all classes and
labs and actively participate both.
Required Texts and Readings
Office Hours Dr. Leonard's regular office hours are Tuesday mornings, 8:15 - 10:15. It's best to make an appointment, although if you drop in I will make time for you if I possibly can. Get your TA's phone number and e-mail address at your first lab meeting. Our numbers are listed on the first page of this syllabus (See LABS ). Send either of us an e-mail message or give us a call. If you can't reach us in the office and you need to speak with one of us after hours, don't hesitate to call us at home (but not after 9:00 pm).
Attendance You are expected to come to all lecture and lab classes and be in your seat on time. Unexcused absences of either lecture or lab will lead to a 1% reduction in your final grade for each absence. Absences are excused only in cases of sickness (Physician's note), death in your immediate family, or other extreme documented circumstances. In such circumstances, notify Dr. Leonard, and your lab TA within 24 hours of missing class.
Lab
Assignments
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60%
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3
Exams (2 in lecture, 1 final)
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30%
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Journal | 5% |
Participation, and attitude
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5% |
Download grading template here.
Lab Late Penalty and Resubmission: Lab assignments are due at the beginning of lab. If they are late, -10% the first week, -20% the second week, No Credit thereafter. Lab assignments may be redone and resubmitted for re-grading within TWO WEEKS of the due date (not accepted later).
Exams: Exams will cover material from lecture, lab, and readings. Questions will require students not only to be familiar with the material, but also to apply concepts, information, and skills they have learned to new problem situations. Students must be on time for the exams, or they will lose points. Any requests to take the exam at other than the scheduled time must be discussed with Dr. Leonard at least one week prior to the exam. Only in cases of extreme emergency such as death in the family, extreme illness, or near fatal accident, are exams excused and re-taken. In these cases students must contact their instructors within 24 hours of the exam.
Spring 2005 LECTURE Readings and
Assignments
Week beginnings:
Material Covered
Welcome!, IT Knowledge Quiz, Lab Preview Power Point
Presentation,
OS History Video.
Jan 24
Information Technology in Perspective:
Time Line 1, Anatomy of
PC, Operating systems, OS History Video, Lab Preview FTP folder & file management.
Google
article from Newsweek , How Search
Engines work from Sci
Am. Use your zoo login and password to read online with Adobe
Acrobat.
Types of
computers. Anatomy of PC.
Units
of Memory and Storage, Difference between memory &
storage.
How
Internet e-mail works. Text Sections 1-2 (pages 0-16)
Lab Preview Pine on zoo attach .jpg.
Types of Data, Graphing Exercise 1, IT as communication,
Timeline 2, OS History Video.
Digital
cameras from How Things Work , How
digital cameras work from Sci Am . Text Section 3 (pages
17-23)
Graph
Exercise 2, Anti-Virus strategies, First Exam Review. Lab Preview Resume
construction.
Review
Feb 21
First Exam! You must be on time for class or
lose points!
Note Tuesday lecture will meet even though
it is Town Meeting Day! Exam
Return,
Lab Preview spreadsheets.
Binary number system, Class Histogram.
CD Players,
Sound coded as bits. Laser
Printers, Scanners, Optical
character readers. Text Sections 4-6 (pages 24-45)
Binary used in Images.
Graphing Exercise 3. History of the Internet
Video.
Digital
thermometers and scales, Analog to
digital converters, Digital to
analog converters Text Section 7-8 (pages 46-53)
ASCII code, Protocol and
packets. Lab Preview web pages.
History of the Internet Video. Voyager II article, Sci. Am. Nov.
1986 Use
your zoo login name and password to view online
Spring
Break, No lectures, No labs this week.
Second Exam!
You must be on time for class or lose points
How Hackers Break In Sci.
Am. October 1998. Use your zoo
login name and password to view online
Exam Return. Packet error checking algorithms. Lab Preview Final Lab Project.
History of the Internet Video
Optical
fibers ,
Competing technologies for broad band home access . Text
Sections 9-10 (pages 54-63)
Physical Media. TCP/IP stack, Modems (how they
work), History of the Internet Video.
Keyboards
, How
roller mice work , How roller
and optical mice work , How
touch pads work , How
active-matrix screens work . Text Sections 11-13 (pages 74-87)
Class
Evaluations & Surveys, Buying a computer system: Monitors. Exporting Harm
video.
RFID Tags,
RFID in Passports?,and
VerichipsText Sections 14-15 (pages 88-91)
Last Lecture: Mice & Keyboards, Current
pricing and components.
History of Internet video finish.
Study all readings above for
Final Exam!
Tuesday Section
Final Exam: 8AM
Monday May 9, Stafford 101
Prepare yourself!
Thursday Section
Final
Exam: 4PM Monday May 9, Lafayette 207
Prepare yourself!
WEEK BEGINNING | ASSIGNMENT |
January 17 | Note: Labs Begin January 24, the second week of classes |
January 24 | [DUE: At
least one journal entry in WebCT discussion board for your lab, or
e-mail to your lab instructor ] Prepare an 4-5 minute PowerPoint slide presentation of your first year at UVM. Include where you came from before UVM (home town, family, interests), why you came to UVM, how your first year at UVM has been, and future plans. (50 points) |
January 31 | [ DUE: 4-5 Minute Power Point presentation, 50 Points, At least one journal entry in WebCT discussion board for your lab, or e-mail to your lab instructor ] |
February 7 | [ DUE: At least one journal entry in WebCT discussion board for your lab, or e-mail to your lab instructor ] Using the Operating System learn elementary WindowsXP commands including how to FORMAT diskettes, Create Folders and COPY files from the Hard disk to the diskette, and BACKUP your diskette. Learn to use the text editor notepad/wordpad. Learn to transfer files to and from your zoo account with FTP. Understand the file structure on the PC and on zoo. Create a PCBackup folder on zoo. Due next Week: 1. Printout of your diskette directory and your zoo PCBackup directory, 2. Printout of the text file you created explaining your previous computer experience and what you want to get out of AGRI 196, 3. Printout of SSH FTP window showing your PCBackup directory on zoo and your backed up files. (20 Points) |
February 14 | [ DUE:
PRINT OUT OF YOUR WORKING DISKETTE DIRECTORY, ZOO PCBACKUP DIRECTORY,
& TEXT FILE, 20 points, At
least one journal entry in WebCT discussion board for your lab, or
e-mail to your lab instructor ] Learn about zoo accounts and Webmail and how to connect to ZOO via SSH telnet software and send email with pine. If you use another email client, forward your zoo account to your mail client. Learn to copy a text file from your instructor’s zoo account; edit it, and insert it in an e-mail message. Due next week: Send an e-mail message to your lab instructor including 1. The file copied from your lab instructor’s account where you have filled in the blank spaces, 2. Your signature file, 3. Attached .jpg image from ftp showing PCBackup directory on zoo, and 4. join the AGRI 196 listserv. (30 Points) |
February 21 |
Monday Lab students go to another lab just for this
week because of
Presidents Day. [
DUE: E-MAIL TO YOUR LAB INSTRUCTOR, 30 points, At
least one journal entry in WebCT discussion board for your lab, or
e-mail to your lab instructor ] Learn Antivirus software. Work on formatting challenges in Word. Create your resume in the format given here. Upload your resume and e-mail it to your lab instructor as an attachment in Word format. Due next Week: Hard copy of your resume e-mailed as an attachment (30 points). |
February 28 |
Note Tuesday Labs Meet! [DUE: e-resume and paper
resume, 30 points, At
least one journal entry in WebCT discussion board for your lab, or
e-mail to your lab instructor] Learn to create an Excel spreadsheet with approximately 300 cells (30 rows X 10 Columns, or 10 rows X 30 Columns). Due next Week: Spreadsheet display formula, and an appropriate graph of some of the data from the spreadsheet printout. |
March 7 | [ DUE:,
Spreadsheet display, formulas, and graph printout, 30 points, At
least one journal entry in WebCT discussion board for your lab, or
e-mail to your lab instructor ] Learn to import the spreadsheet table and chart into Word. Learn how to create a title page using MS-PowerPoint. Due next Week: PowerPoint title page, a Printout from the word processor that contains: spreadsheet Table, Graph, and a discussion about the graph. Also you need to include had in a photocopy of the original data. (30 Points) |
March 14 |
[
DUE: PowerPoint title page, Spreadsheet table, graph, discussion, and
original data, 30 points, At
least one journal entry in WebCT discussion board for your lab, or
e-mail to your lab instructor ] Learn to set up your own home page. Due next Week: A print out of the web page and the HTML Source code. Be sure to include the URL so your lab instructor can visit your page. (30 Points) |
March 21-25 | Spring Break, No lectures, no labs! |
March
28
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[DUE:
Web Page printout (with URL), source code. 30 points, At
least one journal entry in WebCT discussion board for your lab, or
e-mail to your lab instructor ] Create a new web page. Learn to set up hyperlinks to other URLs and include pictures, tables, and email links in your new web page. Include a cross- link to your resume. Due next week: Print your new Web page (include URL), and source code. (30 points) |
April 4
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[ DUE: New Web
Page printout and source code, 30 points, At
least one journal entry in WebCT discussion board for your lab, or
e-mail to your lab instructor ] Introduction to the FINAL LAB PROJECT : View the web page of instructions given to you by your lab instructor. Read the instructions carefully. You may wish to print them. FINAL LAB PROJECT EARLY DEADLINE: 22 April Friday, (4 pm) |
April 11 | Work on Final Lab Projects |
April 18 | Work on Final Lab Project |
April 25 | LAST LABS! Work on Final Lab Project |
Week Starting -----------> | 31 Jan | 7 Feb | 14 Feb | 21 Feb | 28 Feb | 7 March | 14 March | 28 March | 4 April | 11 April | 18 April |
Lab 1/PowerPoint | Due | -10% | -20%/redo | ||||||||
Lab 2/dir | Due | -10% | -20%/redo | ||||||||
Lab 3/email | Due | -10% | -20%/redo | ||||||||
Lab 4/Resume | Due | -10% | -20%/redo | ||||||||
Lab 5/Spreadsheet | Due | -10% | -20%/redo | ||||||||
Lab 6/pptCover/Word/Excel | Due | -10% | -20%/redo | ||||||||
Lab 7/Web 1 | Due | -10% | -20%/redo | ||||||||
Lab 8/Web 2 | Due | -10% |
-20%/redo |
Final Lab Project Due Dates:
Early +10% Bonus Due Date: Friday April 22, 4pm
Due: Friday April 29, 4pm. If late, -5%
per day including Saturday and Sunday.
Absolute Deadline: Friday May 6, 4pm (-35%). Projects will not be
accepted after this deadline