Personal Computer Concepts: Software and Hardware

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Reading Assignments

These assignments are announced each Tuesday, on a weekly basis. They are expected to be completed by the following Tuesday. All pages refer to the required class textbook.

The text includes several types of focus boxes which are described in page xxii of the introduction. Only the following types of focus boxes are required reading: "User's View", "Rules of Thumb" (sorry for the poor choice of words). The other focus boxes are optional but recommended reading.

Each chapter of the text ends with a review. you are accountable for the definition of all Key Terms that occur in either bold or italic in the assigned reading. Studying the rest of the Chapter Review is optional but good training.

Assignments are listed below most recent first:

Week	Reading Assignment	To be completed by
Week 9	pp. 308-316, 320-322	Tuesday, June 1
Week 8	pp. 110-122 Additional required reading is the online NCSA Beginner's Guide to HTML (Full-length version)	Tuesday, May 25
Week 7	pp. 53-55, 155-163, 172-174, 263-267	Tuesday, May 18
Week 6	pp. 185-195, 204-206, 380-385	Tuesday, May 11
Week 5	pp. 131-144, 283-284, 296-299	Tuesday, May 4
Week 4	pp. 242-245, 250-262, 295, 394-397	Tuesday, April 27
Week 3	pp. 7-15, 32-41, 56-66	Tuesday, April 20
Week 2	pp. 53-63, 77-82, 214-226	Tuesday, April 13
Week 1	pp. 25-38, 46-51, 83-95	Tuesday, April 6

Lab Assignments

1. User-Interfaces: Windows GUI, UNIX text user-interface, Newsgroup user-interface, Internet browser user-interface. Lab 1 instructions are available . The due date was Monday, April 19 at 12 noon.

2. Office productivity software: word processor, spreasheet, database, presentation manager. Lab 2 instructions are available. The due date is Monday, May 10 at 2:00 pm.

3. Web publishing: using digitizing hardware for image and sound; creating hypermedia; javascript programming. Lab 3 instructions are now available. The due date is Wednesday, June 2 at 2:00 pm.

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