Online Baccalaureate Program
CIS 101 | Syllabus |
Computer Fundamentals and Applications |
Spring 2011
Instructor: Suzanne Tamang
E-mail: stamang@brooklyn.cuny.edu
Course Description
Credits: 3
This course is an introduction to computers and their use in information
processing. Topics include hardware and software concepts, elements of
telecommunications, networks, and the Internet. Emphasis is on using computer
programs such as word processing, and spreadsheets, as well as Internet
applications.
Course Objectives
After completing this course, students will be able to:
• Identify and describe the fundamental hardware and software components
of a typical computer.
• Describe the Internet and the World Wide Web in the contect of an
information network and understand some of its popular uses.
• Discuss the impact of computing power on everyday life
• Describe important historical events relevant to modern computer
technologies.
• Describe recent innovations and emerging technologies.
• Identify individuals and other entities responsible for innovation in
computer and infocmation science.
• Apply the various skills necessary for productivity applications.
• Apply the various skills necessary for creating and maintaining web-based
content.
Special Requirements
You must be able to work, learn, and study independently.
You must have a basic knowledge and usage of computers, application
programs, the Internet, and email.
You must have access to a reliable computer and the Internet, off campus,
at home or at work.
• You must have access to MS Office 2007 or later
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Asynchronous/Online Course Overview
Asynchronous learning is anytime, anywhere learning where students are not
online at the same time, and where students proceed on their own schedules with
some guidance from their instructor. The entire course will be conducted online.
We will use Blackboard, an online course management system, for interacting
with each other outside of class. Access to Blackboard will be made through the
CUNY Portal and the course site will be available twenty-four hours a day and
seven days a week. The course will operate on a weekly schedule of Monday
through Sunday. You will complete and submit application assignments online,
use the Internet as a communication and research tool, and create your own home
page.
Expect to spend a minimum of ten to twelve hours each week in studying on your
own, contact with class members and the instructor via e-mail, discussion board
forums, virtual classroom sessions, and ongoing-guided application and Internet
projects. There will be weekly, assignments including review quizzes, and exams
to complete. You will be required to log onto Blackboard at least three times a
week. There will be a weekly lab assignment and a lecture review quiz assignment
for chapters covered. All quizzes and exams will be administered online.
In order to succeed in an online course setting, you must be especially selfmotivated. You must be able to work independently without a tutor, and be able
to actively participate in your own learning experiences!
More detail information about the course may be obtained on the course site on
Blackboard with access through the CUNY Portal at www.cuny.edu/.
Student Expectations and Responsibilities
• Read, know, and adhere to the course’s policies and deadlines.
• Log-in to the course site a minimum of three times a week, any time,
twenty-four hours a day and seven days a week, to read
announcements and review online materials. How long you need to
be online depends on the activities for that session.
• Check and read e-mail on a regular basis at least every other day.
• Spend 10-12 hours per week studying and working on assignments
for the class.
• Keep up with the reading assignments, labs and group work.
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• Participate in class discussion boards, and virtual classroom
sessions.
• Complete all assignments, review quizzes, and exams on time.
• Create and follow a study and learning plan that permits for the
achievement of the course’s objectives, and that fits your particular
life style.
• Ensure continued access to the Internet. Have a backup plan in the
event you run into problems with your computer.
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Learning Outcomes
Student will be able to:
• Identify basic components of the computer, describe their function,
describe the different forms of data and how they are represented, and
describe how data flows among the different parts of the computer.
• Explain the structure of the Internet and the World Wide Web and the
roles of the fundamental protocols that drive them Describe the
components of an information system.
• Differentiate and describe the system software and application software.
• Demonstrate an understanding of computer-based communications media
including network architectures, topologies and protocols.
• Discuss the privacy, security, and environmental issues related to
computers.
• Use the operating system to perform basic file management operations on
files such as copy, rename, delete, compression, and folder creation.
• Utilize word processing software to create documents such as research
papers and reports.
• Use spreadsheet software to solve problems in areas such as manipulating
budgets and financial plans.
• Use web development software to create simple Web pages, including
interactive elements.
Evaluation and Grading
Lecture Concepts Review Quizzes
Exams during semester - Three
Labs
Group Assignments (Wiki Development)
Participation
Discussion Board
10%
30%
35%
10%
5%
10%
Total
100%
All lecture and lab exams will be administered online during the semester. Low
states chapter quizzes, based on the lecuture, will occur after the reading material
for a class section is complete. Exam dates will be announced well in advance.
Students must take exams online within a designated time schedule and within a
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time limit. NO other applications should be running on the computer and course
materials should not be used.
Attendance Policy
Attendance is based on signing into the course site, participation in the discussion
board, completion of assignments based on due dates, and replies to e-mail
messages. If a student fails to sign-on to the course site, participate in discussion
board, or fail to complete assignments by their due dates, such non-activity shall
be deemed an absence.
Furthermore, the Blackboard, the course’s management system software is
capable of generating a report detailing each student’s time spent online on the
course’s site, as well as which documents and other items the student has viewed.
If a student posts merely a perfunctory (short) response on the course’s
discussion board and if it is determined that the student spent only a minimal
amount of time viewing course documents and other items, such facts shall also
constitute an absence.
Pursuant to the university’s policies, if a student is absent for one week, the
student will receive a warning – sent via e-mail, and snail mail. If a student misses
a second week, the student will receive a debarment. Students who have been
debarred may be readmitted only if they can (1) show a valid reason for the
absences (e.g. serious illness, death of a family member, etc.) and (2) show an
ability to satisfactorily complete the course requirements.
Academic Integrity
Cheating is a serious violation of the College Code of Ethics. In a distance
learning environment, it includes but not limited to:
Plagiarism
Having another person complete your assignments.
Using your notes, textbook, the Internet, and/or other persons to complete
exams unless otherwise instructed.
More information may be obtained by reading the Academic Policies Handbook.
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Required Textbooks and Software
The following are the textbooks and software programs needed to be successful
in this course. They can be found new or used on the publishers website, or
Amazon (go through the CUNY site to give automatically contribute 5 % of the
total purchase to the GC. The library receives this payment for ALL purchases not just for books and it is of no cost to you!
http://library.gc.cuny.edu/info/amazon.html
Software: Have access to or purchase MS Office 2007 or later
Note: Earlier versions of Office will NOT do
Purchase on the CUNY’s Portal eMall at: www.cuny.edu
Lecture Text Discovering Computers 2011: Brief 1st Edition
Authors: Shelly; Vermaat
ISBN10: 1-4390-7942-0
ISBN13: 978-1-4390-7942-3
eTextbook:
http://www.cengagebrain.com/shop/isbn/9781439079423
Online Course Companion: http://oc.course.com/sc/dc2010/?token=
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WEEK
WEEK 1
WEEK 2
WEEK 3
WEEK 4
WEEK 5
WEEK 6
WEEK 7
WEEK 8
WEEK 9
WEEK 10
WEEK 11
WEEK 12
WEEK 13
WEEK 14
WEEK 15
Lab / Lecture
LECTURE: Intro, Overview and Syllabus, Class Guidelines
& Contact Information, Netiquitte
LAB: Learn Blackboard Interface, Course Survey
LECTURE: Introduction to Computers
LAB: Introductions Discussion Board Activity
LECTURE: The Internet and World Wide Web
LAB: Word Ch 1 – Creating and Document
LECTURE: Application Software
LAB: Word - Creating a (MLA) Research Paper
EXAM 1 – Course material through Week 4
LAB: Discussion Board Activity – CS Timeline
LECTURE: The Components of the System Unit
LAB: Timeline Activity - Milestone 1
LECTURE: The Components of the System Unit (cot’d)
LAB: Excel – Creating a Worksheet & Embed. Chart
LECTURE: Input
LAB: Discussion Board Activity – Biometrics
LECTURE: Output
LAB: Excel – Formulas, Functions, Formatting and Web
Queries
LECTURE: Storage
LAB: What if Analysis, Charting and Working with Large
Datasheets
EXAM 2 – Course material through Week 10
LAB: Hypertext Mark-up Languages Part 1
LECTURE: Operating Systems and Utility Programs
LAB: Hypertext Mark-up Languages Part 2
LECTURE: Database Systems
LAB: Timeline Activity - Milestone 2
LECTURE: Communications and Networks
LAB: Database Management Systems
LECTURE: Computer Security, Ethics, and Privacy Week 14, 15
Quiz
LAB: Networks
Final Examination - Comprehensive
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Course Material
Blackboard Posted
Materials
Lecture Chapter 1
Lecture Chapter 2
MS Word
Lecture Chapter 3
MS Word
Lecture Chapter 4
Lecture Chapter 4
MS Excel
Lecture Chapter 5
Lecture Chapter 6
MS Excel
Lecture Chapter 7
MS Excel
Lecture Chapter 8
Suppl. Materials
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