CSCI-A110

Syllabus, Schedule, Course Pack, Diving Board

• Syllabus (PDF)
• The course pack is downloadable as a large PDF file (510 KB). Use any PDF reader to view it. — Latest revision: Version 4.0.2, March 15, 2010.
• Jump to current topic(s):
  • Databases
  • Limits of computation
  • Final Review and Exam

Week 1: Introduction, Plain Text

• Lab 1, due 2011 Jan 27 at 4:30 p.m.
• Quiz 1, distributed in class Jan 20, due 2011 Jan 25 at 4:30 p.m.

Week 2: File Systems and Networks

• Lab 2, due 2011 Feb 10 (extended from Feb 3) at 4:30 p.m.
• Quiz 2, distributed in class Jan 27, due 2011 Feb 8 (extended from Feb 1) at 4:30 p.m.

Week 3: Search and Text Processing

• Web Search: Links and Examples
• Baycon Group's Microsoft [Office] Word 2007 Tutorial
• Lab 3, due 2011 Feb 17 (extended from Feb 10) at 4:30 p.m.
• Quiz 3, distributed in class Feb 8, due 2011 Feb 10 at 4:30 p.m.

Week 4: Wikis and Markup Languages

• Overview
• Wiki reference.
  • Wikis
  • Wiki resources
• HTML reference.
  • Examples from the Course Pack
  • Optional, additional reading on HTML
• Lab 4: Contributing to a wiki, due Feb 22, 4:30 p.m.
• Quiz 4, distributed in class Feb 15, due 2011 Feb 17 at 4:30 p.m.

Week 5: Digital Information I–II

• Examples and tables
• Lab 5, due Mar 1, 4:30 p.m.
• Quiz 5, distributed in class Feb 22, due 2011 Feb 24 at 4:30 p.m.

Week 6A: Presenter Tools

• Brad James's Creating Effective Presentations!
• Baycon Group's Microsoft [Office] Powerpoint 2007 Tutorial

Week 6B/7A: Midterm Review and Exam

• Review

Week 7B: Unix

• Notes
• Lab 6, due March 17 4:30 p.m., in Oncourse Assignments 2

Week 8: Computer Operations

Week 9: Spreadsheets I

• New Excel Easy's Excel 2010 tutorial and examples
• Brad James's Excel spreadsheet tutorial (99% of it applies to all spreadsheet programs)
• Baycon Group's Microsoft [Office] Excel 2007 Tutorial
• Quiz 6, due March 31 at 4:30 p.m., distributed in class
• Lab 7, due April 5 4:30 p.m. in Oncourse Assignments 2

Week 10: Internet Communication, Privacy, Security

• Notes
• IU Student Email Training
• Lots o'Links
• Safe practices for social networking
• Lab 8 due 2011 Apr 14, at 4:30 p.m.

Week 11A: Spreadsheets II

• Lab 9, due Tues., April 19
• Quiz 7, on internet communications, privacy, security, and Spreadsheets II, will be distributed Tuesday April 12, due Thursday April 14.

Weeks 11B-12: Scratch

• Lesson 1
• Lesson 2
• Lesson 3
• Scratch home page
  • Getting started
• Learn Scratch (video tutorials)
• Lab 10, due 2011 Apr 26, last chance 2011 Apr 28.

Week 13A: Algorithms

• Notes and Examples

Week13B: Databases

• New QBE Notes
• Notes I
• Notes II
• Notes III

Week 14A: Limits of Computation

• New Please take the course evaluation survey. See Oncourse Announcements.
• New Notes

Week 14B: Closing Remarks and Final Review

• New Closing Remarks
• Revised Review Guide (v. 3.4)