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Introduction To CPSC 203: Doha
James Tam
James Tam
Administrative Information (James Tam)
• Contact information- Office: G48- Email: [email protected]
• How to contact me- Office hours: Sunday and Tuesday 12:30 – 13:30
(right after class) - Email: (any time)- Appointment: email, phone or call- Drop by for urgent requests (but no guarantee that I
will be in if it’s outside of my office hours!)
James Tam
Course Resources
• Course website: http://pages.cpsc.ucalgary.ca/~tamj/203
• Course textbook: - "Absolute Beginners Guide to Microsoft Windows Vista" by Shelley
O'Hara and Ron Mansfield. Publisher: Que Publishing 2007.- "Technology in Action" (5th edition) by Alan Evans, Kendall Martin
and Mary Anne Poasty. Publisher: Pearson- “Go! With Microsoft Office 2007” Introductory by Gaskin, Ferrett,
Vargas, Marks. Publisher: Pearson 2008
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How To Use The Course Resources
•They are provided to support and supplement this class.
•Neither the course notes nor the text book are meant as a substitute for regular class attendance.
James Tam
How To Use The Course Resources (2)
James Tam
How To Use The Course Resources (2)
If you m
iss a class make
sure that y
ou catch up
on what y
ou missed (g
et
someone’s class notes)
...when you do make it to
class make sure that you
supplement the slides with
your own notes (because
you aren’t going to
remember it in the exams if
you don’t)
James Tam
How To Use The Course Resources (3)
•What you are responsible for:- Keeping up with the content in class which includes the topics covered but also announcements or assignments whether you were present in the class or not.
- If you are absent, then you are responsible to get the information from the other students in class.
•However, after you’ve caught up by talking with a classmate:- Ask for help if you need it- There are no dumb questions
Image from “The Simpsons” © Fox
Asking questions is smart!
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Typical 203 Student?
•There isn’t one!
•This course is typically taken by students with varying degrees of knowledge and experience.
•However this course is designed so that it can be taken by students with little or no computer experience.
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Goals And Objectives For This Course
•Achieve a touch typing speed of at least 30 WPM with an 80% accuracy.
•Students will be able to use a computer as a tool in their studies, careers and personal lives.
•Students will gain immediate skills in using the major applications of personal computers, campus computing facilities, and the Internet.
James Tam
Feedback
What is he
talking about?
?
Wow I am the greatest speaker
in the world!
Let me know how things are going in the course:
• Am I covering the material too slowly or too quickly.
• Can you read the slides and my hand writing.
• Can you hear me in the class.
• Etc.
James Tam
How You Will Be Evaluated
•Assignments (3 @ 12% each = 36%)- MS-Word: 12% (Office 2007)- MS-PowerPoint: 12% (Office 2007)- Internet-based research assignment: 12%
•Quizzes (6 @ 6% each = 36%)- MS-Windows quiz: 6% (Vista)- MS-Word quiz 1: 6% (Office 2007)- MS-Word quiz 2: 6% (Office 2007)- MS-PowerPoint quiz 1: 6% (Office 2007)- MS-PowerPoint quiz 2: 6% (Office 2007)- Internet Explorer quiz: 6%
•Final exam (22%)
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Outline Of Course Topics
•MS-Windows (Vista)
•Word processing and MS-Word
•Presentation software and MS-PowerPoint
•Internet explorer and other web browsers (if there is sufficient time)
•Introduction to computers
•Networking and the Internet
•Research and finding information on the Internet
•Computer security (if there is time)
•Software (if there is time)
•Introduction to Computer Science (if there is time)
