COMI-1000

COMPUTER BASICS

SYLLABUS

FALL 2004

 

 

 

 

 

 

Instructor

 

Kay Johnson

 

Phone

825‑2155

 

E-mail

kjohnson@ccri.edu

 

Office

Room 2150:  Mon, Thur: 1 - 3

 

Web

http://faculty.ccri.edu/kjohnson/

 

Text

COMPUTER BASICS  by Shelly, Cashman, Vermaat; Course Technology, 2004.

 

 

 

 

 

Date

Activity

 

 

 

 

 

 

9/22

  • Read Chap 1: Introduction to Computers
  • LAB ACTIVITY

o       Using the computer

o       Working with Windows

o       The textbook website (http://scsite.com/dcfund/)

 

9/29

  • Read Chap 2: The Internet and World Wide Web
  • LAB ACTIVITY

o       Creating text files

o       Working with files

o       Working with folders

o       SAM Testing and Training: WinXP

 

10/6

  • LAB ACTIVITY

o       Pipeline E-mail

o       Pipeline Student Services

o       Using the Internet: navigation and simple searching

o       SAM Testing and Training: the Internet

 

10/13

  • LAB ACTIVITY

o       Using Word

o       Word Project 1

o       SAM Testing and Training: Word

 

10/20

  • LAB ACTIVITY

o       Complete unfinished projects

o       Review

  • EXAM: Chapters 1 & 2, WinXP, E-mail, Word

 


 


COURSE DESCRIPTION

 

Computer Basics is a five-week course which meets four hours a week.  The entire time is spent working in the computer laboratory.  The laboratory assignments are designed to familiarize the student with using a personal computer.  The student will have experience using an operating system, e-mail, the Internet, and a word processor

 

COURSE OBJECTIVES

 

This computer literacy course provides a basic introduction to the principles of computers and information processing.  Upon successful completion of this course, the student will gain an understanding of hardware and software concepts and how they are used in information systems.  The scope of this course includes a historical background that traces the development of the modern computer and the place of the computer in society.  There is great emphasis on the operation and terminology of computer systems.

 

Objectives for the student are given at the start of each chapter.  These objectives will state what is expected of the student and are designed in terms of student achievement rather than teacher performance.  These objectives are almost entirely in the cognitive domain and rarely ask the student to manipulate the material extensively or use the information to predict new answers to a problem.

 

COURSE GRADING

 

The grades for this course will be determined as follows:

 

Hour exam

    100 points

Cutoffs:

A:  90%

Assignments

    100 points

 

B:  80%

 

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C:  70%

TOTAL

    200 points

 

D:  60%

 

 

 

F:  below 60%

 

The instructor reserves the right to raise or lower final grade due to attendance, class contribution and participation, attitude and/or other subjective values. 

 

Examination Policy: A student who misses an exam FOR ANY REASON will make up the exam within one week of the date the student returns to class; the MAXIMUM grade on a make-up exam is a 75. Exams and assignments not made up within the specified time will be recorded as a 0.

 

Homework Policy: Late homework will be penalized 10%. Homework more than 1 week late will not be accepted. Students should feel free to exchange ideas with each other, however all assignments are expected to be the student's own work, and should in no way duplicate anyone else's.  Students are not allowed to "work together" on assignments. A student may not use or copy (by any means) another's work (or portions of it) and represent it as his/her own. If you need help on an assignment, contact your instructor. Suspected cheating on an assignment, quiz, exam, or project will be handled through the Dean of Student's Office.

 

Attendance policy:  Students are expected to attend all classes. It is the student's responsibility to speak with the instructor about any work missed due to absence.  The student will be allowed a reasonable time to make up missed work.  In most cases this time will be one week from the date the student returns to class.