CS1300, Lyn Belisle

CSCI 1300: Essential Computer Skills - Fall 2005 - Lyn Belisle, Instructor

Office: Halsell 201G
(Map)

http://www.cs.trinity.edu/
~jbelisle/cs1300

8:30 Blog
11:20 Blog
Articles
Webopedia

Office Hours:
TU 10:00-11:00, 2:00-4:00
TH 10:00-11:00, 2:00-4:00
or by appointment

Office Phone: 999-7426
Home Phone: 826-6860

Teaching Assistants:

Sara Hills 8:30
sara.hills@trinity.edu

lindsay goetz 11:20
lindsay.goetz@trinity.edu
(210) 733-939

Helpdesk
MS Training
Semmes
Jungman

Tiger's Lair

Blackboard

TigerPaws

Trinity

CompSci

ITS

Google

Computer Setup

Tutorials

NOTES	#	TOPICS	HANDS-ON	READINGS/ASSIGNMENTS
8.25	1	Introduction to Course Logon/Logoff Password Management Site Setting up a Blog on LiveJournal LiveJournal FAQ Choose computer for class on Tuesday	1blog	Syllabus Course Outline ITS - Student Resources Code of Ethics for Computing Code of Ethics for Electronic Mail and Voice Mail
8.30 1blog	2	Using Network Folders Taking Screen Captures Computer you use today will be yours for the course	2scavenge	-Computer Security -Turn Off File Sharing -Protect AIM Account -Trojan Horses, Viruses, Worms, Spyware -Identity Theft and Spyware (all pages) -Identity Theft (.gov site for education) -Ccleaner Hard Drive -Clean and Defrag Before Thursday's Class Spyware Basics - take the quiz
9.1 2scavenge	3	Joe Hatch - Maintaining Your Computer: Turn off Peer-to-Peer File Sharing -Be Cautious with AIM and Email -Back up Important Files -Remove Temporary Files - Crapcleaner -Remove Spyware - Ad-Aware SE -Install Windows Updates - SP2 -Check Antivirus Software - Are file definitions updates current? Are viruses that are found being deleted? Other? -Check for Program Updates - Office and others -Hard Drive: Disk Cleanup and Disk Defragmenter ----- How to Create Shortcuts to Folders and Change Icons	3setup	Blog Evaluation Basic Computer Concepts (written for faculty - shows faculty network drives) Student Network Drives Lab: Desktop and My Documents Prepare for Quiz on Syllabus, Ethics, Computer Security and Maintenance for Quiz on Tuesday, 9.6 (see links, above)
9.6 3setup	4	Quiz 1 Using Microsoft Word to make drawings and diagrams Folders and Permissions	4permissions	Easy Design Tips The Drawing Toolbar Tutorial on drawings and pictures in Word
9.8 4permissions	5	Stephen Perez - ITS Tour Review Quiz 1 Setting Up Your Grades Spreadsheet	5network Grades	Tour of Computer Facilities
9.13 5network	6	Diane Graves - Copyright	Coates Library's Links on Copyright 6blogupdate 6spell	-Copyright Policy for Students Using TU Resources -Ten Big Myths about Copyright Explained -Friends of Active Copyright Education -When Copying is OK: The "Fair Use" Rule -Copyright Challenge (take the quiz online)- know answers -Creative Commons (alternative to copyright) -Stock Exchange Photos (free photos)
9.15 6blogupdate	7	Email and the Internet	6spell 7internet	-Web Mail Tutorial on Help menu -Global Address Book in Web Mail -Email attachments - sending and reading -Email Folders (Web Mail and Outlook) Check email spelling: -Outlook -Web Mail Internet Basics Part 1, Part 2 Text: Know the material in Chapter 1, Microsoft Office Basics. Know the email material in Chapter 2, Using a Communications Application, beginning on page 35.
9.20 7internet	8	Formatting Pages with Microsoft Word	8flyer	Saving Pictures from the Internet Using Office Clip Art MS Clipart Copyright Info -Word Help (good reference) -Operating System: Windows XP (link to Lawrenceville Press website) Text: Ch 4, Ch 5, Ch 6 (175, 185, 189, 190, 191, 195)
9.22 8flyer	9	Chris Nolan - Information on Internet MS Word Extras	9search	Drop Caps Format Painter Autocorrect Citation Machine -Searching the Internet (TU library) -Finding Information on Internet -Steps for Better Searching (advanced search on Google) -The Invisible Web -Evaluating Web Pages (Berkeley)
9.27 9search	10	Jonathan Echols - Cdigix	10spread
9.29 10spread	11	Benjamin Harris -TU library website Spreadsheets, continued	11spreads: Homework: Complete grades, examples, and copy exercise from last class. Complete text ex. 7 p.251 (file: personal_finances in 11spreads folder)	Text: Chapter 7: entire chapter, Chapter 8: pp. 259-274 Good to Know: Mrs. Jungman's Excel Tutorial Movies
10.4 11spreads	12	Word: Create spreadsheet in word document (Insert Object) Watermarks Spreadsheets: Absolute and Relative Cell References, Conditional Formatting Merging Cells Charts and Graphs in MS Excel	12graph>12homework p. 262 mileage_log p. 265 mileage_summary p. 303 continents, part 1; part 2, p. 307 p. 311-317 temperature, part 1	Text: Chapter 9 - Creating Charts Microsoft Training: Creating Charts Quick Reference Card
10.6 12graph	13	Introduction to Image File Formats Mid-term Review	13review Homework: Review for Midterm Read Appendix B (Digital Images) in text (pp. 565-568)	Review: Class Notes Assignments in Shared Folders Textbook Readings (Ch. 1-9)
10.11 13review	14	Mid-Term (partly hands-on) Class work, hands-on assignments, reading assignments, text: Ch 1-9
10.13	15	Analyze midterm grades on spreadsheet Linking Data Between Office Applications - (Excel and PowerPoint)	15data Homework: Complete Power Point Presentation	Dynamic Links Text: Chapter 14 (497-532) Creating Presentations
10.18 15data	16	Hardware/software/operating systems Ergonomics	16hardware	Binary Numbers OSHA recommendations for healthy computing Healthy computing from Microsoft Self-evaluation checklist Healthy Computing
10.20 16hardware	17	Animated Gifs in Photoshop Power Point Design and Animation	Presentation in 17present	Text: Advanced Power Point Presentations (pp. 533-558) Sound files
10.25 17present	18	Power Point Presentations and Critique Photoshop Elements Techniques	18postcard
10.27	19	Cyber Crime Presentation Overview: Todd Corley, Steve Smith - FBI 11:20 Class meet in Chapman Auditorium	Blog Update on FBI Presentation	Photoshop Elements 3 Toolbar Using Special Effects with Text in Photoshop Elements Photoshop Elements Tips Photocollage Basics
11.1	20	Postcard Practice Presentations	18 postcard	Photoshop Elements 3 Toolbar Using Special Effects with Text in Photoshop Elements Photoshop Elements Tips Photocollage Basics
11.3 18postcard	21	Intro to Scanning images Making a Photo Album Using Power Point Intro to HTML	21scan	What is a Digital Image Anyway? Text, pp. 549-551 Fun and Easy HTML Tutorial HTML Help
11.8 21scan	22	Intro to HTML, continued: Headings and Lists Making a Web Banner for your Site Intro to FrontPage	22colors	Web Design Basics Kodak's Digital Picture Tips Elements of Design for Web
11.10 22colors	23	Front Page Imagemaps	23oneweb	FrontPage Tutorial Removing Borders From Table Working with Tables in FrontPage Making Hyperlinks in FrontPage
11.15 23oneweb	24	PSE Photofix Tools Navigation Tools and Setup	24myweb	Design 800 x 600 Working with Tables in FrontPage
11.17	25	Interactive Webpage Elements Colors for the Web		FrontPage Color from Images Web page color codes Color Picker What is Color?
11.22 24myweb	26	Web Publish and Present Class Eval Forms	26siteblog	Glossary of Internet Terms How Internet Infrastructure Works Read the section about the Internet-topics listed at bottom of the web page up through Ports. How TCP-IP Works Website Notes (save to your folder if you like or use paper copy)
11.24	27	No class: THANKSGIVING
11.29 26siteblog	28	Intro to Access and Databases Hands-on Exam	28database	Access 2003 Tutorial Access introduction from Atomic Learning Text: pp. 377-409
12.1 28database	29	Access: Mail Merge	29datamerge	If you have a conflict for the regularly scheduled final exam, email me ASAP with the name of the class that conflicts and I will put you on the make-up list
12.6	30	Website presentations, Review for Final	30finalblog
Final Exam: Thursday, Dec. 8, 2005, 6:30-7:30 PM Make-Up Final Exam: Monday, Dec 12 only for students who are taking Acct 1302 (1-2), Biol 2320 (1-2), Econ 1311 (all sections), Econ 1312 (all sections) or PLSI 1312 (all sections) 8:30 - 9:30 AM RCC 319-320 - Upstairs in Laurie Auditorium