inls 461
Information Tools

Professor: Serena Fenton
School of Information and Library Science at UNC-Chapel Hill

Schedule - Fall 2006

Week 1 Introduction to Information Science
Weds Aug 23 Assignment 1- WordPad - Due Friday Sept 1
Week 2 Spreadsheets
Aug 28 & 30 Reading and labs
no assignment; no quiz
Week 3 Spreadsheets- part 2
Sept 4 - no class Assignment 2- Spreadsheet - due Mon Sept 11 <-revised
Sept 6 Quiz 1: Spreadsheets - due Mon Sept 11 <-revised
Week 4 Database Concepts and Creation
Sept 11 & 13 Reading and labs
no assignment; no quiz
Week 5 Database- Relationships and Keys
Sept 18 & 20 Assignment 3- DB Tables - due Fri Sept 22
Quiz 2: DB Concepts + Tables - due Fri Sept 22
Week 6 Access Forms and Queries 1
Sept 25 & 27 Reading and labs
no assignment; no quiz
Week 7 Access Forms and Queries 2
Oct 2 & 4 Database continued
Week 8  
Oct 9, Monday Database continued
Oct. 11, Wednesday

Information Design - to begin on Oct 11

Week 9  
Oct 16, Monday
Oct 18 Fall Break
Week 10 Copyright

Oct 23
Oct 25

  • Quiz 5: Copyright
Week 11 UNIX - Introduction & file systems
Oct 30
Nov 1
  • Reading and labs
  • no assignment; no quiz
Week 12

UNIX - working with large files

Nov 6
Nov 8
  • Reading and labs
  • no assignment; no quiz
Week 13 UNIX - simple programming
Nov 13
Nov 15
Week 14 HTML
Nov 20, Monday
Nov 22 - no class
Week 15 XHTML and CSS
Nov 27
Nov 30
Assignment 8: web page creation - Due Dec 10 <-revised

Week 16
Dec 4
Dec 6

Security (time permitting)

CSS
clarifications on embedded stylesheets

Dreamweaver - ruby site setup and howto -basics (pdf)

Assignment 9: web page creation with css - Due Dec 10
sample css assignment page

Weds Dec 6 = Last day of classes : : : no final exam

Course changes
The instructor reserves the right to change course content, requirements for assignments, grading procedures and other alterations, as appropriate, to the course. While such changes will be discussed and decided in class forums, under exceptional circumstances, the instructor may incorporate changes without notice.

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revised December 6, 2006