CIS 101: INTRODUCTION TO COMPUTING

Calendar*

Week One (Hardware)
January 21 Course Overview (Link1) and (Link2)
January 23 Essential Computer Hardware Basics (Link1), (Link2), (Vocabulary 1) and (Vocabulary 2)
Read Introduction to Computers COM 1 - COM 30 and INT 1.4 - INT 1.74
Read Basic Hardware and Software Information
Be familiar with the Computer Campus Environment

Week Two (Software)
January 28 Operating Systems and Application Software (Link1), (Link2) and (Link3)
Activity I (See the Activity Link or Public Folder for details)
All activities should be saved on the Student Information Server. See 
http://students.uwsp.edu/info/ for additional information. For off-campus h:drive access; use 
http://www.uwsp.edu/it/vpn/ or http://students.uwsp.edu/info/ftp/default.htm for procedure.  Also, all activities must be sent to the "mailto" link in the PF using the campus Outlook or OWA.
January 30  Motivational  (Nerds 2.0.1)

Week Three (Word 2000)
February 4 Word 2000 (Link1) and (Link2)
February 6 Word 2000 (Nerds 2.0.1.1) Off-Campus Access: Link1
Read Microsoft Word WD 1.6 - WD 1.57
Read Word 2000 

Week Four (Word 2000 and Wizards)
February 11 Word 2000  as a Web Page Editor (Link1)
February 13 Word 2000  and Web Pages (Link1)
Read Using a Wizard to Create a Resume WD 3.4 - WD 3.26
Activity II (See the Activity Link or Public Folder for details)
Remember, all activities should be saved on the Student Information Server. See 
http://students.uwsp.edu/info/ for additional information. For off-campus h:drive access; use 
http://www.uwsp.edu/it/vpn/ or http://students.uwsp.edu/info/ftp/default.htm for procedure.  Also, all activities must be sent as attachments to the "mailto" link in the PF using the campus Outlook or OWA.

Week Five (PhotoDraw 2000 and FrontPage 2000 Introduction)
February 18 PhotoDraw  with  (Link1) and (Link2)
February 20 FrontPage 2000 (Link1) and (Link2)
Read all the web links found within the FrontPage 2000 and PhotoDraw 2000 links. 
Activity III
Read PhotoDraw 2000

Week Six (FrontPage 2000)
February 25 FrontPage 2000 Review and Miscellaneous (Link1)
February 27 Web Page Review  (Link1) and (Nerds 2.0.1.2)
Activity IV
Read FrontPage 2000 

Week Seven (FrontPage 2000 and Publishing)
March 4 FrontPage 2000 Web Page Demonstration and (Link1) and (FAQ)
March 6 FrontPage 2000 Web Page Demonstration and ( Link1)

Week Eight (Midterm Test)
March 11 FrontPage 2000  Web Page Demonstration and (Link1)
March 13 Midterm

Spring Break March 15 - 23

Week Nine (Excel 2000)
March 25  Excel 2000 Introduction
March 27 PowerPoint and (PowerPoint on the Web)
Read Creating a Worksheet  E 1.6 -E 2.64
Read Excel 2000  

Week Ten (PowerPoint 2000)
April 1 Activity V Overview and Excel 2000 Charts
April 3 Activity VI Overview and PowerPoint and for off-campus h:drive access use  http://www.uwsp.edu/it/vpn/ or http://students.uwsp.edu/info/ftp/default.htm  and Publishing Pages
Read Creating a Presentation PP 1.6 -PP 2.57
Activity V and Activity VI
Read PowerPoint 2000

Week Eleven (PowerPoint 2000 Publishing)
April 8 PowerPoint 2000 Demonstrations
April 10 PowerPoint 2000 Demonstrations

Week Twelve (PowerPoint 2000 Publishing)
April 15 PowerPoint 2000 Demonstrations
April 17 PowerPoint 2000 Demonstrations

Week Thirteen (Access 2000)
April 22 Access 2000 as a DBMS
April 24 Access 2000 with Queries
Read Creating a Database A 1.6 - A 2.26 and A 2.35 - A 3.26
Read Access 2000  

Week Fourteen (Access 2000 Activities and Cyber Security Information)
April 29 Access 2000 Activity VII and VIII.
May 1 Cyber Security with FRONTLINE:Hacking and Viruses,  Hacking Info, and Security Information
Recent Campus Viruses: BUGBEAR,  and Klez .
Activity VII and Optional Activity VIII*

Week Fifteen (Cyber Security and a Review for Final Test)
May 6 Cyber War with FRONTLINE: Cyber War!
May 8 Final Exam Review

Week Sixteen (Final Test)
Week of May 12th:  Final Exams

*The topics listed will not necessarily correspond with the associated dates.

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