inls 461 - information tools
| Schedule | Syllabus | Resources |
Professor: Serena Fenton
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Office hours by appointment
Tools and concepts for information use. Information literacy, microcomputer software use and maintenance, microcomputer applications, and networked information systems.
| Section 001 | Tuesday/Thursday | 12:30 - 1:45 | Manning 208 |
| Section 002 | Monday/Wednesday | 6 - 7:15 | Manning 117 |
Conversation Starters - Weekly Discussion
| Week Beginning | Coursework Topic | |
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| 1 | Aug 21 | Introduction to Information Science |
| 2 | Aug 27 | Computing Basics - Operating Systems |
| Holiday: Sept 3 - Labor Day | ||
| 3 | Sept 3 | Networks, Protocols and the Internet |
| 4 | Sept 10 | Unix - Linux |
| 5 | Sept 17 | |
| 6 | Sept 24 | |
| 7 | Oct 1 | Web Site Creation - Basic HTML |
| 8 | Oct 8 | Information Architecture |
| 9 | Oct 15 | Web Site Creation - Web Site Creation: Linked pages and metadata |
| Fall Break: Thurs. Oct. 18, 5pm - Mon. Oct. 22, 8am | ||
| 10 | Oct 22 | Web Site Creation - Web Site Creation: Linked pages and metadata |
| 11 | Oct 29 | Spreadsheets |
| 12 | Nov 5 | |
| 13 | Nov 12 | Database |
| 14 | Nov 19 | |
| Thanksgiving Recess: Weds. Nov. 21 - Sun. Nov. 25 | ||
| 15 | Nov 26 | Database continued |
| 16 | Dec 3 | |
| Dec 5 | Last Day of Classes | |
| Dec 7-14 | Exam Days | |
Assignment Schedule
Grades for this course will be determined by student performance on the assignments and quizzes below. All assignments will be graded P, F, L or H. Grades will be recorded in Blackbaord as 3= Honors; 2=Pass; 1= Low; 0 = Fail;
Note: Instructor reserves rights to change dates as needed. All changes will be announced in class and noted on this schedule.
Conversation Starters - Weekly Discussion
| Note: See announcements on Blackboard for current due dates. | |||
| Assignments & Exams | sect 001 Tues/Thurs |
sect 002 Mon/Weds |
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| Assignment 1 | Rich text file - screen capture | Aug 28 | Aug 29 |
| Holiday: Sept 3 - Labor Day | |||
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| Assignment 2 | 4 mini-exercises | Sept 4 | Sept 5 |
| Assignment 3 |
SSH and networking | Sept 11 | Sept 17 |
| Assignment 4 | UNIX - Linux : Linux Basics |
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| Assignment 5 |
UNIX - Linux : File manipulation and searching | ||
| Assignment 6 | Web Site Creation: Hand coded basics |
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| Assignment 7 | Information Architecture - Site Diagram | ||
| Fall Break: Thurs. Oct. 18, 5pm - Mon. Oct. 22, 8am | |||
| Assignment 8 | Web Site Creation: Linked pages and metadata | ||
| Assignment 9 | Spreadsheets - Spreadsheet basics | ||
| Assignment 10 | Database Creation | ||
| Thanksgiving Recess: Weds. Nov. 21 - Sun. Nov. 25 | |||
| Assignment 11 | Database - Forms & Queries | ||
| Exam | Final Exam - in Blackboard | TBA | TBA |
last updated: September 24, 2007
