CIS 102 - Introduction to Microcomputers Hardware and Software - Syllabus
Spring 2006 - Wednesday Traditional - Revised

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Instructor:  Marge Hohly
Email address:  Hohly@cerritos.edu
Home page:  http://www.cerritos.edu/hohly
Location & Time:  5:00-10:00 pm BE-12
Ticket number:  CIS 102 - #20417 Traditional section
Phone number:  (562) 860-2451 Ext. 2736 voice mail available 
(562) 467-5033 (BE-12) no voice mail
Office hours:  1:00 - 2:00 p.m. Monday, in SS-25
4:00 - 5:00 p.m. Tuesday, in SS-25 or BE-12
4:00 - 5:00 p.m. Wednesday in SS-25
Office: SS-25

 

Textbooks: 

Lecture Text:
Understanding and Troubleshooting Your PC by Shelly, Cashman, Andrews, and Jedlicka, Course Technology, 2004
ISBN 0-619-20223-8
Computer Concepts cover graphic
Lab Text:
New Perspectives, Microsoft Office 2003, First Edition - 1st Course,  Course Technology, 2004
ISBN 0-619-24358-9 
New Perspectives, Microsoft Office 2003 book picture
Materials:  one 100 MB Zip Disk (best) or a USB drive or Ten (10) 3.5" high density diskettes or

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BASIS FOR DETERMINING COURSE GRADE

Lab Assignments 16 @ 15 points each

240

21 Quizzes @ 10 pt each (Keep 16 best)

      160

Midterm @ 50 points each

50

Final Exam

100

Total Points

550

  A=495, B=440, C=357, D=225, Fail=224.5 and below

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Revised Tentative Schedule  

Week
day

Topics to be covered

Chapters
Lecture Text

Lab 
Text 

Lab
Assignments

1
Jan. 11

  • Introducing Hardware
1
  • Email

Lab 1 - Email

2
Jan. 18

  • Introducing Hardware
  • Monday 1/15 Dr. Martin Luther King's Birthday - Holiday
1
  • Windows

Lab 2 - Windows
 

3
Jan. 25

  • How Hardware and Software Work Together
1, 2
  • Managing your Files

Lab 3 - Managing Files
Quiz #1 -Ch.1

4
Feb. 1

  • How Hardware and Software Work Together
  • Understanding the Motherboard, CPU, and Troubleshooting Basics
2
  • Word

Lab 4 - Word
Quiz #2 - Chapter 1

5
Feb. 8

  • Understanding the Motherboard, CPU, and Troubleshooting Basics
3
  • Word

Lab 5- Word
Quiz #3 - Chapter 2
Quiz #4
Chapter 2
Labs 1-3 are due by Tuesday Feb. 8 by 10:00 pm PDT either submitted via webct or  in class (webct by 2/9 at 1 am EDT)

6
Feb. 15

  • Managing Memory
  • Friday 2/17 -Lincoln's Birthday Observance
3
4
  • Word
Lab 6 - Word
Quiz #5 Chapter 3
Quiz #6 Chapter 3

7
Feb. 22

  • Monday 2/20 Washington's Birthday Observance
  • Managing Memory
4
  • Word  
Lab 7 - Word
Quiz #7 Chapter 4

8
Mar. 1

  • Understanding, Installing, and Troubleshooting Disk Drives
5
  • Excel

Lab 8 - Excel
Quiz #8 Chapter 4

9
Mar. 8

  • Midterm Wednesday  Mar. 8 @ 8:00 pm in BE-12, The midterm is NOT online but in the classroom (Chapter 1-4, Windows and Word) - ALL students must take the midterm on-campus.
  • Understanding, Installing, and Troubleshooting Disk Drives
 
  • Excel
Lab 9 - Excel
Labs 4-7 are due by Wednesday Mar. 8 by 10 pm PDT either submitted via webct or  in class.
(webct by 3/9 at 1 am EDT)

10
Mar. 15

  • Supporting Input, Output, and Multimedia Devices
6
  • Excel
Lab 10 - Excel
Quiz #9 Chapter 5
Quiz #10 Chapter 5

11
Mar. 22

  • Class Cancelled,
  • Due Dates adjusted
  
 
  • Excel  
     

12
Mar. 29

  • Supporting Printers 
  • Installing and using Windows XP Professional
7
8
 
  • Excel
Lab 11 - Excel
Quiz #11  Chapter 6
Quiz #12
Chapter 6
Lab 12 - Excel
Labs 8-9 are due by Wednesday Mar. 29 by 10 pm PST either submitted via webct or  in class.
(webct by 3/30 at 1 am EST)
13
Apr. 5
  • Managing and Supporting Windows XP
9
  • PowerPoint
Quiz #13 Chapter 7
Lab 13 - Integration
Quiz #14 Chapter 7
Quiz #15 Chapter 8
Quiz #16 Chapter 8
Labs 10-11 are due by Wednesday Apr. 5 by 10 pm PST either submitted via webct or  in class
(webct by 4/9 at 1 am EST)
Apr. 12

Spring Recess - campus closed

     
14
Apr. 19
  • Connecting PCs to Networks and the Internet
10
  •  Access
Lab 14 - PowerPoint
Quiz #17 Chapter 9
Quiz #18 Chapter 9
15
Apr. 26
  • Purchasing or Building a Personal Computer
 
11
  • Access  
Lab 15 - Access
Quiz #19 Chapter 10
Labs 12-13 are due by Wednesday Apr. 26 by 10 pm PST either submitted via webct or  in class
(webct by 4/27 at 1 am EDT)
16
May 3
  • Maintenance and Troubleshooting Fundamentals
12
  • Integration
Lab 16 - Access
Quiz #20 Chapter 11
Labs 14-15 are due by Wednesday May 3 at 10 p.m. PST either submitted via webct or  in class
(webct by 5/4 at 1 am EDT)
17
May 10
  • Complete topics not finished.
  • Last day to submit labs and lab corrections
 
  • Complete Lab assignments
Quiz #21 Chapter 12
Labs 16 are due by Wednesday May 10 at 10 p.m. PST either submitted via webct or  in class
(webct by 5/11 at 1 am EDT)
18
May 17
  • Final Wednesday, May 17, 6-8 p.m. in BE-12 (All lecture chapters, Excel, PowerPoint, & Access)
  • The Final is given in BE-12.  The Final is NOT online.  - All students must take Final on-campus in BE-12
     

Please Note: CIS labs are closed during final exams, 15/13-5/19.
Last day to drop with a grade of "W" is 4/21/06

The above schedule is subject to change. Changes will be announced through email and class webct bulletin board.

NOTE:  The student will need access to Microsoft Office 2003 to do the assignments for this course.  The Office suit needs to include Word 2003, Excel 2003, PowerPoint 2003, & Access 2003.  If you do not have the software on your computer you may do the hands-on work in the campus computer labs. The campus labs have Office 2003 installed.  Cerritos College does not supply students computer software for home computers.

Quizzes will be given every week starting week 3 of the class.  If you will miss a quiz for a good reason, contact me prior to the week of the quiz to make  arrangements to take the quiz.  There will be no quiz make-ups after the time interval the quiz was available.   Some weeks there might be 2 quizzes.  There will be 16 quizzes and the 11 best quizzes will be used in the calculation of you grade. 

The lab assignments and links to lecture and supporting materials are found on the class web pages.  There are two sites for this section.  One at Cerritos College (http://www.cerritos.edu/hohly/cis102/C102Sp2006W.htm) and the other at the Webct site (http://ct.webct.com).   Please refer to these pages for more information.  Make sure that you print out the separate sheets that contains the lab assignments.

Revisions to schedule will be made to the syllabus and posted on the web sites for this class. Lab, lectures, and supporting materials for this class are posted on one of the two sites.  Some things are only available on the Webct site.  The Webct site has discussion section, quizzes, lecture notes and other things not found on the Cerritos site.  On the Webct site the course materials can be accessed by 'clicking' on your course: 'CIS 102 - Introduction to Microcomputers - Spring 2006 - Wednesday  Traditional/Hybrid'.  Instructions to log on to the site will be provided during orientations.  It is the students responsibility to retrieve their assignments from the Web College website. All assignment must be submitted to your instructor via webct (files) and printouts in class for traditional sections.  The hybrid/online section will submit their files for each printout through webct.  They will ONLY be accepted submitted in class or via webct. 

Remember it is critical to keep in contact with your instructor.  If you have not been heard from  for 3 weeks or are not making academic progress you will be dropped from the class.

Academic honesty is expected in this course.  The College Academic honesty/Dishonesty Policy policy will be enforced in this class.  If there are any questions as to what this policy is, see the college catalogue or the Schedule of Classes (pages 130-131).

 

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