CSCE Z101 - Section 851 Spring 2012

What every college student needs to know by Catherine Matthews

Assignments

For each week, you will need to have the listed assignments completed and submitted by midnight on the listed date. The questions I have listed for each chapter are not to be turned in, they are suggested as good practice. Each week you will have a quiz each Monday on the readings to be done by that day.

Class begins Monday, March 12th.



Week 1 (ending March 18th):

Screencasts for Week 1

(these are the screencasts for my online class. Your weeks correspond to two weeks for them.)

Read Chapter 1 in text.
Questions: p28: Exercises 1-10, 40, 41, 42, 48, 50, 51, 52, 57.

Read Chapter 16 in text.
Questions: p543: Exercises 1-12, 24, 25, 26, 27, 29, 36, 38, 63, 65, 67.

Lab 1 - handout
Lab 1 - assignment [both handout and lab assignment posted to blackboard]

Lab 2 - handout
Lab 2 - assignment [both handout and lab assignment posted to blackboard as will all future labs/handouts] (Both labs are due by Midnight, March 20th).



Quiz 1 - Will be on blackboard and needs to be taken by March 20th at midnight. It will cover material from Chapter 1 and 16.


Week 2 (ending March 25th):

No Screencasts for Week 2.

Read Chapter 15 in text.
Questions: p517: Exercises 1-6, 16-20, 26, 28, 30, 31, 35, 41, 42, 43, 44, 47, 48, 55, 56, 61, 62.

Lab 3 - handout
Lab 3 - assignment [both handout and lab assignment posted to blackboard] (due March 25th by midnight).

Quiz 2 - needs to be taken by midnight on the 25th on blackboard. It will cover all material from the assigned readings, labs and screencasts. Please make sure you allow enought time for this quiz before the deadline.

Read Chapter 12 in text.
Questions: p417: Exercises 1-31, 37, 38, 39, 46, 48, 55, 56, 69, 84, 87..

Lab 4 - handout
Lab 4 - assignment [lab assignment posted to blackboard] (due March 27th by midnight).

Quiz 3 - needs to be taken by midnight on the 27th on blackboard. It will cover all material from the assigned readings, labs and screencasts. Please make sure you allow enought time for this quiz before the deadline.


Week 3 (ending April 1st):

No Screencasts for Week 3

Read Chapter 13 in text.
Questions: p452: Exercises 6-30, 31, 32, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 53, 68-73.

Lab 5 (due April 1st by midnight).

Quiz 4 - needs to be taken by midnight on the 1st on blackboard. It will cover all material from the assigned readings, labs, etc. Please make sure you allow enought time for this quiz before the deadline.

Read Chapter 14 in text.
Questions: p492: Exercises 9-24, 25, 27, 28, 31-35, 38, 40-45, 51.

Lab 6 (due April 3rd by midnight).

Quiz 5 - needs to be taken by midnight on the 3rd on blackboard. It will cover all material from the assigned readings, labs, etc. Please make sure you allow enought time for this quiz before the deadline.

Test 1 will be April 4th. The test review is up on blackboard under course documents Monday. The test will cover weeks 1-2 and chapter 13 from week 3. Labs 1-5.

Week 4 (ending April 8th):

Read Chapter 10 in text.
Questions: p355: Exercises 1-18, 27, 28, 30, 33, 38, 39.

Lab 7 (due April 10th by midnight).

Quiz 6 - needs to be taken by midnight on the 10th on blackboard. It will cover all material from the assigned readings, labs, etc. Please make sure you allow enought time for this quiz before the deadline.

Read Chapter 11 in text.
Questions: p380 : Exercises 1-15, 24, 25, 29, 30, 32-35, 38, 44, 45, 51.

Screencasts for Week 4

Lab 8 (due April 12th by midnight).
Lab 8 Handout [both up on blackboard]

Quiz 7 - needs to be taken by midnight on the 12th on blackboard. It will cover all material from the assigned readings, labs, etc. Please make sure you allow enought time for this quiz before the deadline.


Week 5 (ending April 15th):

Screencasts

Read Chapter 6 in text.
Questions: p189: Exercises 21, 22, 23, 24, 29, 43, 44, 47, 51, 54, 59.

Lab 9 (due April 15th by midnight).

Quiz 8 - needs to be taken by midnight on the 15th on blackboard. It will cover all material from the assigned readings, labs, etc. Please make sure you allow enought time for this quiz before the deadline.

Screencasts

Read Chapter 7 in text.
Questions: p238: Exercises 16-36, 37, 39, 42, 44, 45-49, 56, 58.

Lab 10 (due April 17th by midnight).

Quiz 9 - needs to be taken by midnight on the 17th on blackboard. It will cover all material from the assigned readings, labs, etc. Please make sure you allow enought time for this quiz before the deadline.

Test 2 will be April 18th - It will be the same format as test 1.

Week 6 (ending April 22nd):

How to build a PC video (not a bad video to check out on how to assemble a PC)


Read Chapter 5 in text.
Questions: p145: Exercises 1-8, 17-23, 24-30, 32, 34, 37, 39-44, 46, 50, 61, 62.

Lab 11 (due April 22nd by midnight).

Quiz 10 - needs to be taken by midnight on the 22nd on blackboard. It will cover all material from the assigned readings, labs, etc. Please make sure you allow enought time for this quiz before the deadline.

Screencasts

Read Chapter 2 in text.
Questions: p47: Exercises 1-17, 27, 28-34, 42, 43.

Lab 12 (due April 24th by midnight).

Quiz 11 - needs to be taken by midnight on the 24th on blackboard. It will cover all material from the assigned readings, labs, etc. Please make sure you allow enought time for this quiz before the deadline.


Week 7 (ending April 29th):

Screencasts

Read Chapter 3 in text.
Questions: p83: Exercises 1-20, 27-33, 47, 55-59, 62, 64, 67.

Lab 13 (due April 29th by midnight).

Quiz 12 - needs to be taken by midnight on the 29th on blackboard. It will cover all material from the assigned readings, labs, etc. Please make sure you allow enought time for this quiz before the deadline.

Read Chapter 4 in text.
Questions: p112: Exercises 1-30, 35, 42, 43, 44, 63.

Final Exam is Wednesday, May 2nd at 5:20pm. Do not be late for the exam. Exam review is up on blackboard under "Course Documents".