|
Week |
Day/Times |
Date/Location |
Activities / Lecture Topic |
Week 1
3/28-4/1 |
Monday
6 p.m. |
3/28
Wiegand Hall 115 |
Course overview -- how to succeed in
BA271. |
Wednesday
@ 1, 2, 3 or 4 p.m. |
3/30
Bexell 324 |
Searching the Internet, basic FrontPage techniques necessary
to complete the Treasure Hunt assignment. |
Friday
@ 1, 2, 3 or 4 p.m. |
4/1
Bexell 324 |
Review for the Prerequisite
Exam and the optional
Fluffy spreadsheet competition |
Week 2
4/4-4/8 |
Monday
6 p.m. |
4/4
Wiegand Hall 115 |
General Internet ideas, understanding the
World Wide Web |
Wednesday
@ 1, 2, 3 or 4 p.m. |
4/6
Bexell basement computer lab |
Prerequisite Exam
Arrive and begin the exam between 10:00
a.m. and 4:00 p.m.
No
regular class on Wednesday in Bexell 324 |
Friday
@ 1, 2, 3 or 4 p.m. |
4/8
Bexell 324 |
Treasure Hunt
wrap-up. Introduce the creating a website from scratch using a Corporate
Presence wizard. |
|
Week 3
4/11 - 4/15 |
Monday
6 p.m. |
4/11
Wiegand Hall 115 |
Website design basics -- Creating a winning
website that people will visit: good
versus bad design...how to get an "A" for your website project. |
Wednesday
@ 1, 2, 3 or 4 p.m |
4/13
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.
|
Friday
@ 1, 2, 3 or 4 p.m. |
4/15
Bexell 324 |
Website Project: structure of a basic website.
Paint programs, image editing,
digital cameras, how to use a scanner. |
Week 4
4/18 - 4/22 |
Monday
6 p.m. |
4/18
Wiegand Hall 115 |
Graphics design basics |
Wednesday
@ 1, 2, 3 or 4 p.m. |
4/20
Bexell 324 |
Using link
bars, building custom feedback
forms.
Using a paint program to create a logo |
Friday
@ 1, 2, 3 or 4 p.m. |
4/22
Bexell 324 |
Producer assignment: Use Microsoft
Producer to create instructional videos and embed them in a website |
Week 5
4/25 - 4/29 |
Monday
6 p.m. |
4/25
Wiegand Hall 115 |
Video design and conferencing
basics |
Wednesday
@ 1, 2, 3 or 4 p.m. |
4/27
Bexell 324 |
Practice Midterm review. |
| Friday |
4/29 |
Help session only -- no regular class. Feel
free to drop by during the regular class times to have your questions
answered. Compensates for Monday's two-hour midterm exam. |
|
Week 6
5/2 - 5/6 |
| |
5/2
Bexell basement computer lab |
10:00-5:50 p.m.
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 1 hour, 50 minutes to
complete it. |
Monday
6 p.m. |
5/2
Wiegand Hall 115 |
General database ideas, learn about the
Northwind Traders database. |
Wednesday
@ 1, 2, 3 or 4 p.m. |
5/4
Bexell 324 |
Access Assignments Summary and
Access
Assignment 1
Work
through
Tutorial 1 and
Tutorial 2: viewing and
working with tables. |
Friday
@ 1, 2, 3 or 4 p.m. |
5/6
Bexell 324 |
Finish
Tutorial 2.
Begin
Access Assignment 2:
Writing Queries
by looking at
Tutorial 3 |
Week 7
5/9 - 5/13 |
Monday
6 p.m. |
5/9
Wiegand Hall 115 |
Ideas about writing successful queries |
Wednesday
@ 1, 2, 3 or 4 p.m. |
5/11
Bexell 324 |
Tutorial 5.1: Querying a Database
continued |
Friday
@ 1, 2, 3 or 4 p.m. |
5/13
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.
Last day to withdraw from classes. |
Week 8
5/16 - 5/20 |
Monday
6 p.m. |
5/16
Wiegand Hall 115 |
Review for the
Query Quiz. . |
Wednesday
@ 1, 2, 3 or 4 p.m. |
5/18
Bexell basement computer lab |
10:00-5:00 p.m.
Query Exam 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 on
Wednesday. |
Friday
@ 1, 2, 3 or 4 p.m. |
5/20
Bexell 324 |
Access Assignment 3 and
Tutorial 4:
Creating Forms, part 1 |
Week 9
5/23 - 5/27 |
Monday
6 p.m. |
5/23
Wiegand Hall 115 |
Report design principles. Course wrap-up: what we learned
and why. How this course fits in the college's curriculum and the evolution
of computing. |
Wednesday
@ 1, 2, 3 or 4 p.m. |
5/25
Bexell 324 |
Review: how to build basic queries. Please attend class if your Query
Quiz score was below 30 out of 40 points. |
Friday
@ 1, 2, 3 or 4 p.m. |
5/27 |
Access Assignment 4 and
Tutorial 7: Creating Reports |
Week 10
5/30 - 6/3 |
|
|
Memorial day holiday. |
Wednesday
@ 1, 2, 3 or 4 p.m. |
6/1
Bexell 324 |
Help session-- no regular class. Feel free to drop by during the regular
class times to have your questions answered. This is an excellent time to
practice query writing or ask other questions. |
Friday
@ 1, 2, 3 or 4 p.m. |
6/3
Bexell 324 |
Review the
Practice Final Exam |
Finals
Week
6/6 - 6/10 |
See the bottom of the
Graded Activities page |
