CS 1300S2007

NOTES	#	TOPICS	HANDS-ON	READINGS/ASSIGNMENTS
TR 1/11	1	Introduction to Course Logon/Logoff Password Management Site Making a Weblog Setting up a Blog on LiveJournal LiveJournal FAQ Time's Person of the Year: You Choose computer for semester next class	1blog	Syllabus Course Outline ITS - Student Resources Code of Ethics for Computing Code of Ethics for Electronic Mail and Voice Mail Academic Honor Code Copyright Policy Plagiarism Computer Security
TU 1/16 1blog	2	Livejournal Updates How to Create Shortcuts to Folders and Change Icons Choose computer for semester - do not choose back row or last two rows closest to wall	2practice 2scavenge	General ITS Info: Network Drives and other important services ITS FAQ Lab: Desktop and My Documents
TR 1/18	3	Using the MS Word Drawing Tools Joe Hatch, ITS	3netdrives Joe Hatch Blog Update	Tutorial on drawings and pictures in Word Making Screen Captures: Making Screen Captures with Windows Cropping Screen Captures Making Screen Captures with a Mac Back up Important Files ... Don't open email attachments you aren't expecting even if they are from someone you know ... Turn off your file sharing ... Don't click on hyperlinks you aren't sure about ... Don't respond to pop-up solicitations ... Read the "terms of agreement" before downloading free programs ... Protect Your Computer and Yourself Protect AIM Account Turn Off File Sharing Phishing, email scams Spyware Basics - take the quiz Trojan Horses, Viruses, Worms, Spyware Identity Theft \| How ID Theft Happens \| Reduce Your Risk Improve Your Computer's Performance CCleaner (removes temporary files) Defragment Your Hard Drive
TU 1/23 2scavenge 3netdrives Joe Hatch Blog Update (all due 30 minutes before class)	4	Making Screen Captures Diane Graves/Jason Hardin: Copyright	4BlogCopyright	Ten Big Myths about Copyright Explained Friends of Active Copyright Education When Copying is OK: The "Fair Use" Rule Trinity University's Copyright Policy TU library links on copyright Copyright FAQs from US Gov't. Copyright Policy for Students Using TU Resources Creative Commons (alternative to copyright) Stock Exchange Photos (free photos) Copyright Challenge (take the quiz online)
TR 1/25 4BlogCopyright	5	MS Word Advanced Drawing Fred Zapata, Computer Network	5network	How Your Computer Connects to the Internet Advanced: Drawing in Word MS Word Drawing Tools Text: Read and Master ch1 doing practice sections as needed Read Chapter 4 - make Blog entry on your Word Processing Skills
TU 1/30 5network	6	Quiz 1, Tuesday, January 30. The quiz will cover everything we have done so far this semester, including hands-on assignments and practices in class, homework assignments, reading and information from all of our guest speakers. MS Word Formatting Skills	6winword	Belisle's Easy Design Tips MS Word: Indentations and tables Text boxes and layout Insert and resize graphics Format text in columns Borders and text Copy information from Internet to clipboard and insert in a table Word Help (good reference) Use Chapters 4 and 5 in your text as an additional reference
TR 2/01 6winword	7	Quiz Review MS Word Formatting Skills (Pt. 2) Document Collaboration	7wordextras	Citation Machine FYI - Translating in MS Word
TU 2/06 7wordextras	8	Benjamin Harris Managing Email	8library	RefWorks Before Pressing Send (GRASS test) 12 tips for email etiquette Email Check List Professional Email Video Writing Effective Email Text: Chapter 1-3
TR 2/08 8library	9	Chris Nolan Effective Internet Searches	9search	Word: Autocorrect-signatures Internet Help (TU library) Advanced Google Search (Nolan) The Invisible Web Librarians' Index to the Internet Infomine Trinity Library lists Web Research Evaluation Check List Text: Chapter 7 - Spreadsheets
TU 2/13 9search	10	Introduction to Spreadsheets: MS Excel	10spread	Text: Chapter 7: Using a Spreadsheet, pp207-222, 230-232 Assignments - Practice: Grades - Parts 1-3 and Part 5. (beginning on p. 210 and continuing through the chapter.) Use the blank file named Grades.xls in the 10spread folder Practice: Examples p. 218-219 Use the blank file named Examples.xls in 10spread folder. Microsoft Excel Basics: Tutorial
TR 2/15 10spread	11	Quiz 2: Material covered from the beginning of the semester, including guest speakers Spreadsheets, Continued	11balance	Homework from Text: Personal Finances Worksheet (p. 251) Mileage_log (p. 262-3) Mileage_summary (p. 265-6) Reading:Text: Chapter 9 - Creating Charts
TU 2/20 11balance	12	Quiz 2, short review Spreadsheets: Sorting, Filtering, Graphing & Formatting Charts Intro to the Internet	12filter	p. 303 CONTINENTS, part 1; p. 307 part 2 p. 332 COUNTRY STATISTICS p. 288 ex. 2 Pizza Palace.xls (in 12filter) p. 339 ex 11 Continuation of Pizza Palace.xls (pie chart) Read Chapter 8 (Working with Functions and Organizing Data) Internet Basics, Part 1
TR 2/22 12filter	13	Review of homework - spreadsheet, chart Q&A Spreadsheets, continued Internet Basics, Part 2 Introduction to Graphical Image Formats	13review	Homework: Complete SeptHighs, QB Ratings Review for Midterm, including Internet Basics, Part 1&2 and Graphical Image Formats Read Appendix B (Digital Images) in text (pp. 565-568)
TU 2/27	14	Mid Term Exam
TR 3/1 13review	15	Analyze midterm grades on spreadsheet Linking Data Between Office Applications - (Excel and PowerPoint)	15data	Dynamic Links Text: Chapter 14 (497-532) Creating Presentations
TU 3/6 15data	16	Bringing together graphics and presentations Animating a GIF file in Photoshop Elements 3 Evaluating Vista	16animate
TR 3/8 16animate	17	Larry.Hechler@Trinity.edu Hardware Technician Supervisor Information Technology Services PowerPoint Methods, Tips, and Tricks: PowerPoint: AutoContent Wizard, Design Template, from Scratch Inserting Pictures into Slide Presentations	17slides	Microsoft Training (good PowerPoint tutorials on special topics, fyi) Recommendations for Faculty on PowerPoint (presentation to TU Teaching and Learning Committee, also presented at EDUCAUSE Conference) Really Bad Power Point - and How to Avoid It Sound files
		Spring Break Mar. 10-18, Mid-Term Grades Due March 12
TU 3/20 17slides	18	Advanced PowerPoint Techniques Web Banners in Photoshop Elements (can also be used in PowerPoint)	18banner 19present	Making a Web Graphic with PSE and Layers Photoshop Elements 3 Toolbar Using Special Effects with Text in Photoshop Elements Photoshop Elements Tips Photocollage Basics
TR 3/22 19present	19	Power Point Presentations Advanced Photoshop Techniques Adobe Photoshop Elements and Web Graphics Download site for Adobe Photoshop Elements 5: http://www.adobe.com/downloads/	20postcard	Photoshop Collages Downloading PSE 5 from Adobe FYI - Ms. Dewey
TU 3/27	20	Advanced PhotoShop, Continued		Photoshop Collages Downloading PSE 5 from Adobe Opening a new file in PSE5 Fun PSE Tutorials
TR 3/29 20postcard	21	Scanning and resolution Intro to HTML	21scan	Image File Sizes Image Size and Resolution Scan Wizard 5 in IMS Scan Using the HP Software in Halsell Lab Scan Using Photoshop Elements in Halsell Lab Getting Started with HTML Fun and Easy HTML Tutorial HTML Help HTML Tags
TU 4/3 21scan	22	Hexadecimal Colors Front Page: Navigation Images Tables	22webplan	FrontPage Tutorial Key West Practice Site: Part 1: Setting Up Your Navigational Structure Part 2: Adding Images to your Images Folder Part 3: Working with Tables Making Hyperlinks in FrontPage Hexadecimal Colors on the Web Read: Web Colors Tutorial
TR 4/5 22webplan	23	Vidya Ananthanarayanan Social Bookmarking/Software, Podcasting, del.icio.us, RSS	23vidya blog entry	http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/frontpage/FX100647001033.aspx
TU 4/10 23vidya blog entry	24	Short Quiz, Front Page and HTML Imagemaps Evaluating Website Design (Cont'd) Interactive and Extra Web Page Features	24imagemap 25myweb (create in class)	Resize and Resample in FP Color and Emotion Color Picker What is Color? Interactive Buttons and Other Web Techniques An Artist's Web Site
TR 4/12 24imagemap	25	Fixing Photos Work in Front Page	25working	Front Page FAQs
TU 4/17 25myweb	26	Publish and Present Websites Course Evaluations CSCI-1300-1&3 (Thanks, TAs)	26webblog
TR 4/19 26webblog	27	Access and Databases	27access	Access 2003 Tutorial Access introduction from Atomic Learning Text: pp. 377-409
TU 4/24	28	Mail Merge 27access	28mailmerge
TR 4/26	29	Final Exam
		Reading Days April 30-May 1
		Final Exams May 1-8
Sat 5.12		Commencement
M 5.14		Grades Due