Home Page for the course is http://www.personal.kent.edu/~sschindl/ss/index.html
Instructor: Mr. Steven J. Schindler
Office: A235 Business Administration
Phone: 672-1248 (includes voice mail)
Email: sschindl@kent.edu
Office Hours: Most Mon, Tu, Wed,Th,and F afternoons, 2-5 and by appointment
Microsoft Windows
By Craig Zacker
John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 978-0-470-06958-5
Paperback
672 pages
October 2007
An examination of the role of small computer systems within an organization’s information systems environment. The course will focus on the configuration of software and hardware for computers using the Microsoft VISTA operating system. Students will get hands on experience through lab assignments using real and virtual computers. Tools and techniques for managing personal computers will be demonstrated. In addition to the material from the textbook we will investigate some basic concepts important to maintaining systems such as the command line interface and binary and hexadecimal number systems.
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Grades will be awarded on the following basis |
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Quizzes |
50 |
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Lab Assignments |
40 |
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Class Participation |
10 |
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Total |
100 |
Your course letter grade will be assigned according to the scale: A = 92-100; A- 89-91, B+ = 86‑88 B = 82‑85, B- = 79‑81; C+ = 76‑78, C= 72-75, C- = 69-71; D+ = 66-68 D = 60‑65; and F = 0‑59
There will be 6 quizzes during the semester, each worth 10% of the final grade. The lowest grade (or missed quiz) will be dropped. A typical test will have multiple choice questions and a problem or short answer question.
There will be 8 lab assignments during the semester.
Some of the labs will require resources available only in the
Class Participation
During the semester there will be opportunities to discuss special topics. Each student is expected to make some mini presentations during the semester.
Tentative Schedule
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Jan. 20 |
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Introduction to the course and Virtual PC |
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Jan. 27 |
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1. Introducing Windows |
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Feb. 3 |
Lab 1, Q1 |
3. Configuring System Settings |
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Feb. 10 |
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4. Working with Disks |
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5 |
Feb. 17 |
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4. Working with Disks |
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6 |
Feb. 24 |
Q2 |
2. Installing VISTA |
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7 |
March 3 |
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5. Working with Users and Groups |
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8 |
March 10 |
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7. Configuring Network Connectivity |
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9 |
March 17 |
Q3 |
7. Configuring Network Connectivity |
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March 24 |
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10 |
March 31 |
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8. Configuring Windows |
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11 |
April 7 |
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8. Configuring Windows |
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12 |
April 14 |
Q4 |
11. Troubleshooting Windows |
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13 |
April 21 |
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12. Working with |
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14 |
April 28 |
Q5 |
Sysinternals Presentations |
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15 |
April 5 |
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Sysinternals Presentations |
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The Following Policies Apply to All Students in this
Course
A. Students
attending the course who do not have the proper prerequisite risk being
deregistered from the class.
A. Students have responsibility to ensure they are properly enrolled in
classes. You are advised to review your
official class schedule (using Web for Students) during the first two weeks of
the semester to ensure you are properly enrolled in this class and section. Should you find an error in your class
schedule, you have until [see registrar’s schedule] to correct the error with
your advising office. If registration
errors are not corrected by this date and you continue to attend and
participate in classes for which you are not officially enrolled, you are
advised now that you will not
receive a grade at the conclusion of the semester for any class in which you
are not properly registered.
B. Academic
Honesty: Cheating means to misrepresent
the source, nature, or other conditions of your academic work (e.g., tests,
papers, projects, assignments) so as to get undeserved credit. The use of the intellectual property of
others without giving them appropriate credit is a serious academic
offense. It is the University's policy
that cheating or plagiarism result in receiving a failing grade for the work or
course. Repeat offenses result in
dismissal from the University.
C. . Withdrawal before the deadline results in a
"W" on the official transcript; after the deadline a grade must be
calculated and reported.
D. Students with
disabilities: In accordance with
University policy, if you have a documented disability and require
accommodations to obtain equal access in this course, please contact the instructor
at the beginning of the semester or when given an assignment for which an
accommodation is required. Students with
disabilities must verify their eligibility through the Office of Student
Disability Services (SDS) in the