| Aug 25, Wed |
Introduction/Syllabus Basics 1: Hardware vs. Software Readings: How Operating Systems Work Slides: Lecture 1 |
| Aug 30, Mon |
Basics 2: Networking Readings: How Web Servers Work Slides: Lecture 2 |
| Sept 1, Wed |
Basics 3: The Web and the Internet Readings: How Internet Infrastructure Works Foreseeing the Future: The legacy of Vannevar Bush Fluency 4 (Snyder, 2010): Chapter 3 Slides: Lecture 3 |
| Sept 6, Mon |
Labor Day, no class |
| Sept 8, Wed |
Basics 4: Search engine basics Readings: How Internet Search Engines Work How a Search Engine Works Slides: Lecture 4 |
| Sept 13, Mon |
Guest speaker (Chad Haefele): Citation managment using Refworks |
| Sept 15, Wed |
no class |
| Sept 20, Mon |
Unix/Linux 1: Intro & basic commands Readings: Unix/Linux: Getting Started Slides: Lecture 5 Assignment 1 Due |
| Sept 22, Wed |
Unix/Linux 2: Input, output and pipes Readings: UNIX/Linux: Intermediate Commonly Used UNIX Commands UNIX Command Acronym List Slides: Lecture 6 |
| Sept 27, Mon |
Unix/Linux 3: Text processing Slides: Lecture 7 |
| Sept 29, Wed |
Web design 1: HTML Readings: UNC's Guidelines: Personal Web Pages ATN's Creating Web Pages at UNC-CH W3C's HTML & WWW W3C's Introduction to HTML W3C's HTML Elements W3C's Basic HTML Tags W3C's HTML Text Formatting W3C's HTML Examples Slides: Lecture 8 |
| Oct 4, Mon |
Web design 2: XML Readings: W3C's XML Tutorial Slides: Lecture 9 Assignment 2 Due |
| Oct 6, Wed |
Web design 3: CSS Readings: W3C's CSS Tutorial Slides: Lecture 10 |
| Oct 11, Mon |
Web design 4: Web editors and web design Readings: Top Ten Mistakes in Web Design A Better Way for Design Web Design that Won't Get You into Trouble ITS's Help for Dreamweaver Web Editors Slids: Lecture 11 |
| Oct 13, Wed |
Web design 5: Javascript I Readings: Kompozer Tutorial W3C's JavaScript Tutorial Slides: Lecture 12 |
| Oct 18, Mon |
Web design 6: Javascript II Readings: W3C's JavaScript Tutorial Fluency 4 (Snyder, 2010): Chapter 18 and Chapter 19 Slides: Lecture 13 |
| Oct 20, Wed |
Web design 7: Wrap-up of XHTML, CSS, XML, and JavaScript Readings: W3C's XML Tutorial Only XML JavaScript Part Slides: Lecture 14 |
| Oct 25, Mon |
ASIST conference, no class |
| Oct 27, Wed |
ASIST conference, no class Assignment 3 due, extended to Oct 29. |
| Nov 1, Mon |
Database 1: Introduction and ER model Readings: Database design basics Fluency 4 (Snyder, 2010): Chapter 16 Slides: Lecture 15 |
| Nov 3, Wed |
Database 2: Access tables and relationships Readings: Guide to table relationships Access 2007: The missing mannual: Chapter 5 only: Linking tables with relationships Learn the structure of an Access database Slides: Lecture 16 |
| Nov 8, Mon |
Database 3: ER to Access tables and relationships Readings: No reading Slides: Lecture 17 MS Visio Tutorial |
| Nov 10, Wed |
Database 4: SQL Readings: Introduction to queries SQL on Wikipedia for background knowledge Access 2007: The missing mannual: Chapter 6 only: Queries that select records Slides: Lecture 18 Assignment 4 due |
| Nov 15, Mon |
Database 5: SQL (cont'd) Forms and report Readings: Access 2007: The missing mannual: Chapter 10 and Chapter 12 W3C's SQL tutorial Slides: Lecture 19 SQL graphic queries in Access |
| Nov 17, Wed |
Database 6: An practical example Readings: No reading Slides: Lecture 20 Database Example: Northwind |
| Nov 22, Mon |
Spreadsheet 1: Basic and functions Readings: Excel 2007: The missing manual: Chapters 1, 2, 8, and 11 Fluency 4 (Snyder, 2010): Chapter 14 Slides: Lecture 21 Assignment 5 due |
| Nov 24, Wed |
Thanksgiving break, no class |
| Nov 29, Mon |
Spreadsheet 2: Data analysis and charting Readings: Excel 2007: The missing manual: Chapters 15 and 17 Fluency 4 (Snyder, 2010): Chapter 15 Slides: Lecture 22 |
| Dec 1, Wed |
Statistical computing (SAS) 1: Introduction to SAS Readings: get started with SAS Slides: Lecture 23 |
| Dec 6, Mon |
Statistical computing (SAS) 2 Readings: no reading Slides: Lecture 24 SAS code: sas_code.txt Data: survey.txt |
| Dec 8, Wed |
Presentation Design and Wrap-up Readings: Big Dog's Leadership Page - Presentation Skills Presentation Pointers PowerPoint Tips & Tricks PowerPoint and Presentation Tips Slides: Lecture 25 |