Lecture B: Thursday 12:30 - 1:45 CODE 12000, Terrill Hall Rm 108
Lab Section Day Time Place Instructor
A1 12003 Monday 2:30 - 4:30 113 Q Waterman David Conner
B1 12009 Tuesday 9:30 - 11:30 005 Morrill David Conner
C1 12015 Tuesday 2:00 - 4:00 113 Q Waterman David Conner
D1 12018 Wednesday 9:05 - 11:00 113 Q Waterman David Conner
E1 12049 Wednesday 2:30 - 4:30 005 Morrill Jonathan Leonard
F1 12051 Thursday 9:30 - 11:30 113 Q Waterman Thom Patterson
G1 12054 Thursday 2:00 - 4:00 005 Morrill Jonathan Leonard
H1 12058 Friday 9:05 - 11:00 113 Q Waterman Jonathan Leonard
I1 12065 Friday 2:30 - 4:30 005 Morrill Jonathan Leonard
Continuing Education: Tuesday 5:30-8:30 pm Lecture and Lab: CODE 10013,
Room 005 Morrill Hall: Microcomputer Lab. Jonathan Leonard.
Instructors:Jonathan Leonard Thom Patterson David Conner
106B Morrill Hall 106C Morrill Hall 207 Morrill Hall
656-2979 656-0042 656-3021
434-3787 (Home) 658-7496 (Home) dconner@zoo.uvm.edu
jleonard@zoo.uvm.edu tpatters@zoo.uvm.edu
JL Office Hours: Tues. 8:30-10:30am
TP Office Hours: Tues. 8:30-11:30
GENERAL COURSE GOAL: To prepare students with a solid foundation of computer skills and knowledge to enable them to use any current and future software and hardware.
SPECIFIC COURSE OBJECTIVES: Upon satisfactory completion of CDAE 85, students will:
1. Become familiar with computer hardware and types of computers.
2. Understand the role of Operating Systems and demonstrate knowledge of DOS, UNIX, and
Windows 3.1 or Windows95.
3. Understand, detect and eliminate Computer Viruses.
4. Demonstrate proficiency with electronic mail, discussion lists, Talk, and Usenet News groups.
5. Understand programming and be able to write a simple program.
6. Demonstrate proficiency in word processing applications.
7. Demonstrate proficiency in spreadsheet and graphics applications.
8. Understand and demonstrate how to present and interpret data in graphic form.
9. Explore and navigate the Internet.
10. Create World Wide Web Pages.
11. Understand the history and legacy of computing.
12. Appreciate the utility, benefit and limitations of computers.
13. Increase writing skills.
Required Text: Computer Confluence: Exploring Tomorrow's Technology by George Beekman. 1997, Benjamin Cummings, New York. ISBN 0-8053-2289-2.
GRADE POLICIES: The following categories contribute to your
course grade as weighted below:
Four Quizzes 35%
Computer Lab Assignments 60%
Attendance, Participation & Attitude 5%
100%
Optional Term paper/project 10% extra credit
AUDITS: Persons wishing credit for auditing the class are required to attend at least 9 of the 14 lectures and labs.
Quizzes will cover material from the reading assignments as well as discussion in lecture, and lab. The format of the quizzes will be multiple choice. See Lecture Syllabus for schedule.
Quiz Reschedule or Make Up Policy: Any requests to take the quiz at other than the scheduled time must be discussed with Jonathan Leonard at least one week prior to the exam. Only in the case of medical emergency, death in the family, or other extreme circumstance are missed exams excused and re-taken.
Computer Lab Assignments vary in point value; the Final Lab Project is worth 150 points, the other assignments vary from 10 to 30 points each. Lab assignments should be stapled together and handed in at the beginning of scheduled lab time. YOUR NAME AND LAB SECTION MUST APPEAR ON ALL ASSIGNMENTS. You may re-submit assignments for re-grading WITHIN TWO WEEKS OF THE DUE DATE (not accepted later); please include your old, already graded assignment, along with the re-done work. The sooner you re-submit, the more generous your lab instructor will be in re-grading.
Save your graded homework assignments until the end of the semester.
LATE PENALTY: 10% off the value of the assignment per week, up to two weeks from the due date. If the assignment is any later, NO CREDIT.
Attendance, Participation and Attitude. Five percent of your grade is determined by attendance, class participation (how you contributed to the class), and your attitude. In order to earn full credit you must attend all the lectures and labs and contribute to the class in a positive way by helping other students and participating in class discussions.
Optional Term Paper or Project of at least ten typed, double spaced pages can be elected for extra credit of up to 10% of your grade in addition to what you have earned in the course. The term paper must be on a computer-related topic approved by Jonathan Leonard and cannot be for another class. Or, you may use the computer software to complete a project that is approved by Jonathan Leonard. Term Paper/Project due Friday, 25 April 1997 (4 pm).
PLAGIARISM:
It is expected that you will help your fellow students with techniques of computer use, but always hand in original work. For example, if the assignment for the week was to write a 3-page paper, you are expected to help students who are not as familiar as you with the use of the word processor, i.e. how to re-format the page, re-arrange paragraphs, delete words, check the spelling, etc.. This does not mean that you can copy work. ALL STUDENTS ARE EXPECTED TO HAND IN THEIR OWN ORIGINAL WORK. Students have been severely penalized in the past for not following these instructions.
LAB USE POLICY:
Students may use the labs whenever there are no scheduled classes or workshops. Schedules are posted on lab doors. Morrill Hall Lab schedule is distributed in lecture every month.
LAB ROOM HOURS (Unless posted otherwise):
005 Morrill: Check the following Web Pages
http://WWW.UVM.EDU/~jleonard/jan.htm, for January 1997
http://WWW.UVM.EDU/~jleonard/feb97.htm, for February 1997
http://WWW.UVM.EDU/~jleonard/mar97.htm, for March 1997
http://WWW.UVM.EDU/~jleonard/apr97.htm, for April 1997
http://WWW.UVM.EDU/~jleonard/may97.htm, for May 1997
Waterman 113: Monday - Thursday 8 am - 11:45 pm
Friday ............. 8 am - 5:45 pm
Saturday ......... 12 noon - 5:45 pm
Sunday ........... 12 noon - 11:45 pm
http://mole.uvm.edu/cit/courses/labs.html
LAB HELP POLICY: There will be some lab assistant help available in the lab during most hours. Lab assistants may not be able to help you with all your problems with the course. When not in a formal lab, you will be expected to rely on classmates, software manuals, class notes, online help, and lab assistants when available. If you need extra help, make an appointment with your lab instructor. Formal tutoring may be available.
WORK LOAD TO EXPECT: In order to complete the work in this class you can expect to spend (on average) 6-10 hours per week OUTSIDE OF CLASS AND FORMAL LAB TIME studying and working in lab on CDAE 85 assignments.
SOFTWARE USE POLICY: It is illegal to use the software available in the computer labs outside of the labs. The University of Vermont offers the use of this software in the lab under the copyright agreements of the software companies who own the software. The University of Vermont and the computer labs do not own the software. The use of the software is licensed. Therefore, it is illegal to copy, distribute, sell, or loan copies of the software or manuals, or to use the software or manuals outside of the computer labs.
HINTS ON DOING WELL IN CDAE 85:
o You don't have to be a "rocket scientist" or "computer wiz" to do well in this class. This is a course where you will do well if you go to class, follow instructions, do all your lab assignments on time and spend time reading and studying.
o There will almost always be a rush on the computers the last few days before a major assignment is due. This would be true unless we had a computer for every person in the course. Plan ahead. Use the lab in the off times, arrive early to be assured of a machine when the lab opens. Don't wait to the last minute for completing an assignment. If you have a job or other commitments outside of regular school work or a heavy course load be sure your work hours allow enough time to complete your assignments.
o The instructions on how to complete lab assignments will be given in the formal labs. It is your responsibility to take notes during formal lab time and make sure you understand how to complete the assignments. Part of the learning experience in this class is using the software manuals and fellow students as references. Although some of the Lab Assistants will be able to help, they will not be able to help you at all times; they will not do the assignments for you.
o This course is designed not only to give you experience on the PC, but also to teach you computing concepts so you will be able to work through any software on any personal computer and many mini and mainframe computers.
Week / TOPIC READING IN Computer Confluence
1. Intro to the course Chapters 1, 2
2. Anatomy of a Personal Computer Chapters 3, 4
Types of Computers
Operating Systems
3. E-Mail, Networks, The Internet Chapters 9,10
QUIZ #1 Feb 4, Feb 6
4. Programming Languages Chapter 11
Binary Numbers
5. What is byte? ASCII Chapters 5
Software Licenses, Word Processing
QUIZ #2 Feb 25, Feb 27
6. Spreadsheets, Graphs, Presentations Chapter 6
RAM/ Storage Devices
7. Data Bases, Data Structures Chapter 8
8. TOWN MEETING RECESS, No Lectures during the Day, March 4 & 6, Labs Meet.
9. Web Pages, The Internet Chapter 10
Protocols and Error Checking Voyager II article, Sci. Am. Nov. 1986
10. SPRING BREAK, NO LECTURES OR LABS
11. Graphics, Lview, Chapter 7
QUIZ #3 April 1, April 3
12. Computers at Work Chapter 13
13. Computers at School and at Home, Buying a computer Chapter 14
14. Security and Risks, Giant Brains video Chapter 15
Putting computing in perspective: History Atanasoff article, Sci. Am. August 1988
Babbage article, Sci. Am. February 1993
15. The Future Chapter 16
LAST QUIZ #4 April 22, April 24
Friday, April 18 (4 pm): EARLY HAND IN FOR FINAL LAB PROJECT, 10% EXTRA
BONUS POINTS. If later than 4pm, no bonus.
Friday, April 25: FINAL LAB PROJECT DUE, 4pm
OPTIONAL TERM PAPER/PROJECT DUE, 4pm
5% OFF, LATE PENALTY PER DAY Including Saturday and Sunday!
Friday, April 2, 1996: ABSOLUTE DEADLINE for all late work. Assignments will not be accepted after 4pm.
Other courses you may wish to take after CDAE 85:
World Food Population and Sustainable Development, CDAE 002
Computer Aided Drafting and Design (CADD), CDAE 101
Research Methods for Applied Economists, CDAE 250
Advanced Computer Aided Drawing and Design, CDAE 195
WEEK BEGINNING ASSIGNMENT
January 20 NOTE: Monday lab students please attend another lab for this week.
Learn elementary components of the Personal Computer. Using the Operating System learn elementary DOS and Windows 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. Due next Week: 1. Printout of your diskette directory, 2. Printout of the text file you created explaining your previous computer experience and what you want to get out of CDAE85.
January 27 [DUE: PRINT OUT OF YOUR WORKING DISKETTE DIRECTORY &
TEXT FILE (20 points)]
Learn how to connect to ZOO via telnet software and send electronic mail (E-mail), create a signature page, address book, subscribe to discussion lists, and TALK to other users. Learn how to locate Information on the Internet with GOPHER, access Usenet News groups, and use search engines on The Web. Due next week: An e-mail message of at least 2 paragraphs to your lab instructor: tell your instructor something about yourself that you lab instructor does not know, and an explanation of what interesting resource or data you found on the Internet, it's address, gopher menu, news group, or URL, and how you got there so your lab instructor can go there too.
February 3 [DUE: E-MAIL TO YOUR LAB INSTRUCTOR (20 points)]
Learn to create a graphics program using QBASIC programming language. Create your own program that tells a story in pictures. Due Next Week: a diskette with your source code (write your name and the name of the program file on the diskette).
February 10 [DUE: DISKETTE WITH BASIC PROGRAM (30 points)]
Learn WordPerfect for windows. Create your resume in the
format given in the Lab Notebook. Print your resume on a letter quality printer. Upload your resume and e-mail it to your lab instructor. Due next Week: Hard copy of your resume and your resume e-mailed.
February 17 NOTE: Monday lab students please attend another lab for this
week.
[DUE: RESUME hard copy (20 points) & e-mail Resume (10 points]
Learn to create a LOTUS spreadsheet with approximately 300 cells (30 rows X 10 Columns, or 10 rows X 30 Columns). Due next Week: 2 Hard copies: 1. Spreadsheet display and 2. Spreadsheet showing Formulas. 3. Appropriate graph of some of the data from the spreadsheet.
February 24 [DUE: SPREADSHEETS & Graph (30 points)]
Learn to import the spreadsheet table and chart into WordPerfect. Learn how to create a title page using Lotus Freelance. Due next Week: Freelance title page, a Printout from the word processor that contains: spreadsheet Table, Graph, and a discussion about the graph. Also you need to include a complete reference the original data source or original data sheets.
March 3 [DUE: Freelance Title Page. Spreadsheet, graph & discussion
integrated and printed from a Word Processor (30 points)]
On the Web, find the documents that explain how to create your own HTML documents (Web Pages). Learn to set up your own home page. Due next Week: A print out of your home page including the Zoo URL (http:// address) and the html source code.
March 10 [DUE: A print out of your home page and html source code. Include
the moose URL (http:// address). (30 points)]
Create a new web page. Learn to set up hyperlinks to other URLs and include pictures in your new web page. Due next week: A print out of your new Web page including the Zoo URL (http:// address) and the html source code.
March 17 SPRING BREAK, No Lecture, No Labs
March 24 [DUE: A print out of your new Web page and html source code. Include the zoo URL (http:// address). (20 points)]
Introduction to the LAB PROJECT: Connect to Zoo and copy the file PROJECT.TXT to your directory. Download this file and read the instructions. LAB PROJECT DUE, April 25, Friday (4 pm)
March 31 Graph details, pitfalls of project. Work on Project.
April 7 Work on Project.
April 14 Work on Project.
Friday, 18 April, 4pm: EARLY HAND IN FOR FINAL LAB PROJECT, 10% EXTRA
BONUS POINTS. (Final Lab Project Worth 150 Points)
Friday, 25 April, 4pm: FINAL LAB PROJECT DUE, OPTIONAL TERM PAPER/PROJECT DUE. 5 % OFF EACH DAY including Weekend days, LATE PENALTY.
Friday 2 May: DEADLINE! All late work due. Work will not be accepted after 4pm.