|
Week |
Day/Times |
Date/Location |
Activities / Lecture Topic |
Week 1
9/26 - 9/30
PPT slides |
Tuesday
@ 12, 1, 2 or 3 p.m. |
9/27
Bexell 324 |
Searching the Internet, basic web editing techniques necessary
to complete the Treasure Hunt assignment. |
Tuesday
6 p.m. |
9/27
Gillfillan Auditorium |
Course overview -- how to succeed in
BA271. |
Thursday
@ 12, 1, 2, or 3 p.m. |
9/29
Bexell 324 |
Review for the Prerequisite
Exam and the optional
Fluffy spreadsheet competition |
Week 2
10/3 - 10/7
PPT slides |
Tuesday
10 a.m. to 5 p.m. |
10/4
Bexell basement computer lab |
Prerequisite Exam
Arrive and begin the exam between 10:00
a.m. and 4:00 p.m.
No
lab-session class in Bexell 324 -- evening lecture in Gillfillan as usual. |
Tuesday
6 p.m. |
10/4
Gillfillan Auditorium |
General Internet ideas, understanding the
World Wide Web |
Thursday
@ 12, 1, 2, or 3 p.m. |
10/6
Bexell 324 |
Treasure Hunt
wrap-up. |
|
Week 3
10/10 - 10/14
PPT slides |
Tuesday
@ 12, 1, 2 or 3 p.m. |
10/11
Bexell 324 |
Website Plan
assignment. Use PowerPoint and Visio to prototype your website's structure.
Create autoshapes and autoconnectors.
Create audio files with Sound Recorder.
|
Tuesday
6 p.m. |
10/11
Gillfillan Auditorium |
Website design basics -- Creating a winning
website that people will visit: good
versus bad design...how to get an "A" for your website project. |
Thursday
@ 12, 1, 2, or 3 p.m. |
10/13
Bexell 324 |
Website Project: structure of a basic website.
Paint programs, image editing,
digital cameras, how to use a scanner. |
Week 4
10/17 - 10/21
PPT slides |
Tuesday
@ 12, 1, 2 or 3 p.m. |
10/18
Bexell 324 |
Using a paint program to create a logo |
Tuesday
6 p.m. |
10/18
Gillfillan Auditorium |
Graphics design basics |
Thursday
@ 12, 1, 2, or 3 p.m. |
10/20
Bexell 324 |
Using link
bars, building custom feedback
forms. |
Week 5
10/24 - 10/28
PPT slides |
Tuesday
@ 12, 1, 2 or 3 p.m. |
10/25
Bexell 324 |
Practice Midterm review. |
Tuesday
6 p.m. |
10/25
Gillfillan Auditorium |
Video design and conferencing
basics |
Thursday
10:00 a.m. -- 6:00 p.m. |
10/27
Bexell basement computer lab |
Midterm exam Go to the basement lab. You can begin the exam anytime
between 9:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. You will have 2 hours to
complete it. No class in Bexell 324 today. |
|
Week 6
10/31 - 11/4
PPT slides |
Tuesday
@ 12, 1, 2 or 3 p.m. |
11/1
Bexell 324 |
Access Assignments Summary and
Access
Assignment 1
Work
through
Tutorial 1 and
Tutorial 2: viewing and
working with tables. |
Tuesday
6 p.m. |
11/1
Gillfillan Auditorium |
General database ideas, learn about the
Northwind Traders database. |
Thursday
@ 12, 1, 2, or 3 p.m. |
11/3
Bexell 324 |
Finish
Tutorial 2.
Begin
Access Assignment 2:
Writing Queries
by looking at
Tutorial 3 |
Week 7
11/7 - 11/11
PPT slides |
Tuesday
@ 12, 1, 2 or 3 p.m. |
11/8
Bexell 324 |
Tutorial 5.1: Querying a Database
continued |
Tuesday
6 p.m. |
11/8
Gillfillan Auditorium |
Ideas about writing successful queries |
Thursday
@ 12, 1, 2, or 3 p.m. |
11/10
Bexell 324 |
Help session only -- no regular class.
Feel free to drop by during the regular class times to have your questions
answered. Compensates for the two-hour midterm exam. |
| Friday
anytime |
11/11 |
Last day to withdraw from classes. |
Week 8
11/14 - 11/18
PPT slides |
Tuesday
@ 12, 1, 2 or 3 p.m. |
11/15
Bexell 324 |
.Access Assignment 3 and
Tutorial 4:
Creating Forms, part 1 |
Tuesday
6 p.m. |
11/15
Gillfillan Auditorium |
Review for the
Query Quiz.. |
Thursday
10:00 a.m. -- 5:00 p.m. |
11/17
Bexell basement computer lab |
Query Quiz Go to the
basement lab. You can begin the exam anytime between 10:00 a.m. and 4:00
p.m. You will have 1 hour to complete it. No regular class
today. |
Week 9
11/21 - 11/25
PPT slides |
Tuesday
@ 12, 1, 2 or 3 p.m. |
11/22
Bexell 324 |
Access Assignment 3 and
Tutorial 4: Creating Forms, part 2 |
Tuesday
6 p.m. |
11/22
Gillfillan Auditorium |
Report design principles.
Review: how to build basic queries. |
| Thursday |
11/24 |
Thanksgiving holiday. No class. |
Week 10
11/28 - 12/2
PPT slides |
Tuesday
@ 12, 1, 2 or 3 p.m. |
11/29
Bexell 324 |
Access Assignment 4 and
Tutorial 7: Creating Reports |
Tuesday
6 p.m. |
11/29
Gillfillan Auditorium |
Course wrap-up: what we learned and why. How this course fits in the
college's curriculum and the evolution of computing. |
Thursday
@ 12, 1, 2, or 3 p.m. |
12/1
Bexell 324 |
Review the
Practice Final Exam |
Finals
Week
12/5 - 12/9 |
For the final exam schedule, see the bottom of the
Graded Activities page |
