CS 80.11: Exploring MS Windows
Eric Skagerberg

TENTATIVE* Semester Schedule

 AS OF: 17 January, 2011

Spring 2011

Classroom/Online section 6987
Classroom web broadcast Wednesday 6 p.m. - 9 p.m.

 

For SRJC administrative dates and deadlines, please see below, and in the Academic Calendar.

**NOTE: Unless otherwise noted, assignments are due by midnight on dates given below.

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Session
Date Lecture Topics & Reading Assignment Due Online**
 

(See Assignment column for Answer Forms)
Live Online Class via CCC Confer/Elluminate
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· How to Redo or Finish an Assignment Later
Tue
01/18		 Semester begins - CATE Student Check-in
- Elluminate Guide
-- Prepare yourself & your computer before class!
1
 Wed
01/19
6 pm

Orientation
Tutorial chapter 1:  Introducing the Windows 7 Operating System
Windows History
- Older Windows: 1.01 - 3.11
- Family Tree until XP
- Windows Versions Gallery
- Complete DOS & Windows Time Line

 
2
 01/26

Tutorial chapter 1:  Introducing the Windows 7 Operating System
(Sun. 01/30: Last day to drop with full refund)

 Windows Tutorial 1 Assignment
Windows-80.11 Message Input
Due Sun 01/30
3
 02/02 Tutorial 2: Customizing Microsoft Windows 7
 (Assignment to be announced)
Due Sun 02/06
4
 02/09 Tutorial 2: Customizing Microsoft Windows 7
Tutorial 3: Managing Folders and Files
(Sun. 02/13: Last day to drop without "W") 		(Assignment to be announced)
Due Sun 02/13
5
 02/16 Tutorial 3: Managing Folders and Files

(Sun. 02/27: Last day to change to or from P/NP) 		(Assignment to be announced)
Due Sun 02/27
6
 02/23 Tutorial 4: Creating and Customizing Shortcuts
(Sun. 02/27: Last day to change to or from P/NP) 		(Assignment to be announced)
Due Sun 02/27
7
 03/02

Tutorial 5: Examining Windows 7 File Systems

 (Assignment to be announced)
Due Sun 03/06
8
 03/09 Tutorial 6: Optimizing Your Hard Disk
Review

(Assignment to be announced)
Due Sun 03/13
9
 03/16

Mid-term Exam
(available Saturday 03/12 through Thursday 03/17 only)
Exam Guide
Want a quiet place to take the exam? Instructor on duty Wednesday 03/16, starting 6 p.m., Room 2923, Maggini Hall, Santa Rosa campus

 Mid-term Exam
Closes 11:59 p.m. Wednesday 03/16
03/23
* * * No meeting: Spring Break * * *
10
 03/30 Tutorial 6: Optimizing Your Hard Disk
(No assignment due)
11
 04/06 Tutorial 7: Enhancing Your Computer’s Security

 (Assignment to be announced)
Due Sun 04/10
12
 04/13 Tutorial 8: Troubleshooting Windows 7
 (Assignment to be announced)
Due Sun 04/17
13
 04/20 Tutorial 9: Evaluating System Performance
 (Assignment to be announced)
Due Sun 04/24
14
 04/27 Tutorial 10: Backing Up and Restoring Files

(Sun. 05/01: Last day to drop with "W") 		(Assignment to be announced)
Due Sun 05/01
15
 05/04

Tutorial 11: Installing, Upgrading, and Configuring Software

 (Assignment to be announced)
Due Sun 05/08
16
 05/11

Tutorial 12: Managing Hardware and Networks

 (Assignment to be announced)
 Due Sun 05/15
17
 05/18 Tutorial 13: Using the Command-Line Environment
Tutorial 14: Mastering the Windows Registry
Review for the Final Exam

No assignments accepted after Sun 05/22

 

 05/25

Final Exam 
(available Saturday 05/21 through Thursday 05/26 only)
Want a quiet place to take the exam?  Instructor on duty Thursday 05/26, 6 p.m. - 9 p.m., Room 2923, Maggini Hall, Santa Rosa campus

Final Exam
Due & Closes 11:59 p.m. Thursday 05/26

*Although I plan to follow the schedule as closely as possible, I may need to change the order and types of topics, as well as the planned lab and reading assignments.
**NOTE: Unless otherwise noted, assignments are due by midnight on the dates given above.
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