CS-107 – Introduction to Data Processing
2005-2006 Catalog Data: CS 107 - Introduction to Data Processing

Learn the concepts underlying modern application of computer systems. Windows, word processing, spread sheets, databases. Not to be taken for credit by computer science majors.
3 credit hours                               Mondays and Wednesdays:                          Location TL-7
                                    1:00-2:20 PM (sec. 09) and 2:30 – 3:50 PM (sec. 02)             

Instructor:     

Jeffrey N. Denenberg

Phone: (203) 268-1021

Email: jeffrey.denenberg@ieee.org

Web Site: doctord.webhop.net

Office Hours: 12:00 – 1:00 PM,
Mon. & Wed. in classroom

Textbooks:     June Jamrich Parsons and Dan Oja, Computer Concepts, Thomson-Course Technology, 8th Edition, 2006, ISBN: 0-619-26764-X.  Student Companion Web Site           

                        MS team, MS Office 2003, Thomson-Course Technology, 2nd Edition, 2006, ISBN: 0-619-26808-5.  Student Companion Web Site  

Software:        Microsoft Office 2003 Professional Edition (Includes MS Access) 

Course Objectives:

  • Understand common computer hardware and software terminology and appreciate the potential and risks associated with computer usage.
  • Use an operating system (MS Windows) to manage files.
  • Use software applications (MS Office):
    • Word Processor (MS Word) to prepare formatted documents
    • Spreadsheet (MS Excel) for numerical calculations
    • Database Management (MS Access) to create and query simple databases
    • Presentation (MS PowerPoint) to produce slides supporting oral presentations
  • Use the Internet to access and evaluate reference materials
  • Use the library proxy facilities to reference scholarly and peer reviewed journals
  • Understand and appreciate the ethical and social dilemma of computer usage

Desired Course outcomes:    At the completion of this course students should:

  • Students will be able to effectively use the software introduced to produce, with little effort, a variety of documents.
  • Students will understand computer hardware components and their role in making computer systems function.

Prerequisites: None

Results to date (25 May 2006): Final Grades
Section 02: 2:30-3:50 MW

Section 09: 1:00-2:20 MW

Schedule:

Date

Topic

Text

HW

References

1/30/2006

CS107 syllabus, your Prof., & Materials
Intro to Computers and MS Windows

CC:       o3-o33
M:        ec

Get ahead in your reading

DoctorD

HowStuffWorks

2/1/2006

Computer hardware and software intro.

CC:       3-57     

 

HowStuffWorks

2/6/2006

2/8/2006

No Class – Business Trip

Computer peripherals, Review for Quiz

CC:       60-113

 

CC: 108-109

 

HowStuffWorks

 

2/13/2006

Quiz: Computer systems

 

 

Interactive Quiz 1

2/15/2006

Windows, Files, Internet & Email

M: win, fm, beb

 

HowStuffWorks

2/20/2006

No Class – Presidents Day

 

 

 

2/22/2006

MS Office Basics

M: off

 

 

2/27/2006

3/1/2006

Word processing: Basics

Word processing: Formatting

M: wd   1-39

M: wd   41-133

Word HW

Word Tutorial 1

Word Tutorial 2

3/6/2006
3/8/2006

Word processing: Mail Merge

Spreadsheet: Data and Formulas

M: wd   135-183 M: ex    1-94

 

Word Tutorial 3

Excel Tutorial 1

3/13/2006

3/15/2006

No Class – Spring Break

 

 

 

3/20/2006

3/22/2006

Spreadsheet: Formatting and Graphics
Review for Exam

M: ex    95-192

 

Excel HW

PDF Reader

Excel Tutorial 2

Excel Tutorial 3

3/27/2006

3/29/2006

Mid-term Exam

Mid-Term Exam Reprise

hw, of, wd, ex* *data/formulas

 

 

4/3/2006

4/5/2006

Mid-Term Exam Reprise,
Graphics and multimedia

 

CC:       344-394

 

Audio, Video, Graphics

4/10/2006

4/12/2006

Database creation and use (Access)

M: ac    1-80

M: ac    81-168

 

Michael Brydon
Richard Holowczak

4/17/2006

No Class – Easter Recess

 

 

 

4/19/2006

MS Office Integration – Review for quiz

M: int2  1-24

 

 

4/24/2006

Quiz 2: Excel, Integration & Database (Graphics & MM left for Final Exam)

 

 

Interactive Quiz 2

4/26/2006

PowerPoint

 

PPT HW

URI CS Dept

ACT360 Media

5/1/2006

Using PowerPoint for  presentations

M: ppt   1-40

 

FL Gulf Coast U.

5/3/2006

PowerPoint Reviews

 

 

 

5/8/2006

Networking and connectivity

CC:       225-276

 

Internet, Home Networks

5/10/2005

The Internet and search engines: Using the web for data search and information

Computer security; Future of computers

CC:       225-276

 

 

CC:       176-218

 

Google Guide

GooglingToTheMax

NetworkSecurity

TheFuturePC

5/15/2005

Course Review

 

 

Dave'sOpinion

9-May 19: 2-4
2-May 20: 8-10

Final Exam

 

 

 

Grading Policy:

Attendance                   10%

Quizzes (2)                   20%

Homework                   20%

Mid-Term Exam           20%

Final Exam                   30%

Prepared by:   Jeffrey N. Denenberg, January 2006