|
Week |
Day/Times |
Date/Location |
Activities / Lecture Topic |
Week 1
1/9 - 1/13
PPT slides |
Monday
6 p.m. |
1/9
Gilbert 124 |
Course overview -- how to succeed in
BA271. General ideas about how to edit and update the
BA271 wiki. |
Tuesday
@ 12, 1, 2 or 3 p.m. |
1/10
Bexell 324 |
Detailed practice at editing and updating the
BA271 wiki. Quick
overview of searching the Internet along with basic web editing techniques necessary
to complete the Treasure Hunt assignment. |
Thursday
@ 12, 1, 2, or 3 p.m. |
1/11
Bexell 324 |
Review for the Prerequisite
Exam and the optional
Fluffy spreadsheet competition |
Week 2
1/16 - 1/20
PPT slides |
|
Monday |
1/16
Gilbert 124 |
Martin Luther
King day observed -- no class today |
Tuesday
10 a.m. to 5 p.m. |
1/17
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. |
Thursday
@ 12, 1, 2, or 3 p.m. |
1/19
Bexell 324 |
Treasure Hunt
wrap-up. |
|
Week 3
1/23 - 1/27
PPT slides |
Monday
6 p.m. |
1/23
Gilbert 124 |
Website design basics -- Creating a winning
website that people will visit: good
versus bad design...how to get an "A" for your website project. |
Tuesday
@ 12, 1, 2 or 3 p.m. |
1/24
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.
|
Thursday
@ 12, 1, 2, or 3 p.m. |
1/26
Bexell 324 |
Website Project: structure of a basic website.
Paint programs, image editing,
digital cameras, how to use a scanner. |
Week 4
1/30 - 2/3
PPT slides |
Monday
6 p.m. |
1/30
Gilbert 124 |
Ideas about wikis; basic
versus final website |
Tuesday
@ 12, 1, 2 or 3 p.m. |
1/31
Bexell 324 |
Creating link bars, building and using a logo.
We will use the files in this
sample website folder. |
Thursday
@ 12, 1, 2, or 3 p.m. |
2/2
Bexell 324 |
Editing images to work well in web pages. Building custom feedback
forms. |
Week 5
2/6 - 2/10
PPT slides |
Monday
6 p.m. |
2/6
Gilbert 124 |
Video design and conferencing
basics |
Tuesday
@ 12, 1, 2 or 3 p.m. |
2/7
Bexell 324 |
Peer Review and
Microsoft Producer. Practice Midterm review. |
Thursday
10:00 a.m. -- 6:00 p.m. |
2/9
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
2/13 - 2/17
PPT slides |
Monday
6 p.m. |
2/13
Gilbert 124 |
General database ideas, learn about the
Northwind Traders database. |
Tuesday
@ 12, 1, 2 or 3 p.m. |
2/14
Bexell 324 |
Access Assignments Summary and
Access
Assignment 1
Work
through
Tutorial 1 and
Tutorial 2: viewing and
working with tables. |
Thursday
@ 12, 1, 2, or 3 p.m. |
2/16
Bexell 324 |
Finish
Tutorial 2.
Begin
Access Assignment 2:
Writing Queries
by looking at
Tutorial 3 |
Week 7
2/20 - 2/24
PPT slides |
Monday
6 p.m. |
2/20
Gilbert 124 |
Ideas about writing successful queries |
Tuesday
@ 12, 1, 2 or 3 p.m. |
2/21
Bexell 324 |
Tutorial 3
and writing queries. |
Thursday
@ 12, 1, 2, or 3 p.m. |
2/23
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 |
2/24 |
Last day to withdraw from classes. |
Week 8
2/27 - 3/3
PPT slides |
Monday
6 p.m. |
2/27
Gilbert 124 |
Completing your Wiki Plan. Review for the
Query Quiz; |
Tuesday
@ 12, 1, 2 or 3 p.m. |
2/28
Bexell 324 |
More review for the
Query Quiz; Tutorial 5.1:
Querying a Database |
Thursday
10:00 a.m. -- 5:00 p.m. |
3/2
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
3/6 - 3/10
PPT slides |
Monday
6 p.m. |
3/6
Gilbert 124 |
Conducting research and contributing to a
wiki. Wiki Quiz #1. |
Tuesday
@ 12, 1, 2 or 3 p.m. |
3/7
Bexell 324 |
Access Assignment 3 and
Tutorial 4:
Creating Forms, part 1 |
Thursday
@ 12, 1, 2, or 3 p.m. |
3/9
Bexell 324 |
Access Assignment 3 and
Tutorial 4: Creating Forms, part 2 |
Week 10
3/13 - 3/17
PPT slides |
Monday
6 p.m. |
3/13
Gilbert 124 |
Course wrap-up: what we learned and why. Conducting research and
contributing to a wiki.
Wiki Quiz #2. |
Tuesday
@ 12, 1, 2 or 3 p.m. |
3/14
Bexell 324 |
Help session on making wiki contributions. |
Thursday
@ 12, 1, 2, or 3 p.m. |
3/16
Bexell 324 |
Review the
Practice Final Exam |
Finals
Week
3/20 - 3/24 |
For the final exam schedule, see the bottom of the
Graded Activities page |
