Agenda – 10/09/2013 Wednesday - Unit 20
Howard J Rattliff, Jr. –
Principles of Technology - Course # 130227200 -
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Unit 20 Agenda
<Wednesday>, <Oct 09>, Rm 219 - On Campus
Dress: Business Casual
Start
End
Topic/Discussion
1:25
1:30
Meeting Final Checks (and Dial in - Not
Applicable)
Howard Rattliff
1:35
<< CLASS BEGINS >> -- Welcome Introductions of any /Guests?
Howard Rattliff
1:35
1:40
Class Roster (1st 10 minutes of
Class)
Howard Rattliff
1:40
1:45
Unit 20 Agenda for Today & Logistics
Howard Rattliff
Howard Rattliff
1:50
Review of Last Class - Key Notes or
Learning Objectives / CLASS
QUESTIONS??
Q-1-1 Review Test Results (cont’d)
CLASS
DISCUSSION
0:10
0:30
Answers
CLASS
DISCUSSION
0:25
0:55
Next steps and assignments (Unit
21) Assignments Reminder / Next
Class Look-Ahead
Howard Rattliff
0:05
1:00
1:30
1:45
1:50
2:00
2:00
2:25
2:25
2:30
Teacher /
Instructor
Duration
Time
Elapse
Time
Counter
0:05
0:00
Legend:
Instructor
0:05
0:05
Class
0:05
0:10
0:05
0:15
Individuals
0:05
Unit 21 Assignment -- 1. Use UME instructor website to view
/access lecture notes; 2) Study terms and begin prep for Notes
Review #2 and upcoming exams. See tentative dates. . 3)
read EX1-28 Copy Paste – EX1-38 – End of Entering
Formulas
0:20
Assignment/
Discussions
SME = Subject Matter
Expert
Near-term Test and Exam Look-Ahead
 Where we have been:
Lecture notes review #1
Max 5 pts extra credit towards 10/4 quiz
9/25
Quiz (Q-1-1) minor
100 pts graded and scaled to worth 30 pts
of total course grade as a percentage
10/4
 Upcoming schedule of tests planned:
Lecture notes review#2
Max 5 pts extra credit towards
10/21 quiz
10/16 Wed
Quiz (Q-1-2) minor
100 pts graded and scaled to worth
30 pts of total course grade as a
percentage
10/21
Monday
Major Test #1
100 pts and not scaled worth 100
pts to total grade.
10/30 Wed
Review Notes from Previous Lecture and Feedback:
 Reviewed Quiz (Q-1-1) Shared Grade Performances Parameters of the
Class (average, max, min, etc.)
 Past Quiz Answers (review and discuss as needed). Will see some of
these questions or similar ones again. Learn it and master the
materials!
 Reviewed file naming (Save as ) conventions for workbooks in Excel
“filename.xlsx” is typical format. What are other extensions?
 other file extensions used for other file types in Excel such as templates
“filename.xlt” and macro-enabled workbooks “filename.xlsm”
 many other exist for Excel and other Software Applications (pdf, doc and docx,
ppt, pptx. txt, htm and html are also file extentions.
 Software Compatibility (backward and forward compatibility)
1. Knowing extension is critical for the successful transfer or
movement of files (sharing, sending and receiving data and files!!!
2. Need to know and understand the basic ones!
3. Need to know the data may change due to compatibility conflicts in
the various software releases or defaults settings, etc.
Parameter vs
Statistical Data
Q-1-1 Class Results:
Student#
Scores
Avg
1
84
74.29
Test Parameters :
2
77
74.29
Student number
14
3
93
74.29
Avg Grade
74.29
4
71
74.29
Highest Grade
93
5
81
74.29
Lowest Grade
43
6
71
74.29
# student got the bonus question
1
7
90
74.29
2 in 90's
8
59
74.29
4 in 80's
9
87
74.29
4 in 70's
10
53
74.29
1 in 60's
11
43
74.29
3 below 60's
12
86
74.29
# Above avg score
8
13
67
74.29
# Below avg score
6
14
78
74.29
Important Diagram Name
Q-1-1 Data Scatter Plot Diagram
Class Avg
was 74.29
100
90
Test Scores
80
70
Scores
Avg
60
50
40
30
0
2
4
6
8
10
Number of students
12
14
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Review materials --- from last lecture
Programming – An Overview
 Program (noun) as in computer program/software program –
 General definition ref (1) :
 Any organized list of procedures ; schedules
 A procedure for solving a problem, including a collection of
data, processing , and presentation or results.
 … Such a procedure coded for a computer
 Programmed (or programed) – programming (or programing),
programs (verb form)
 Software specific: to provide (a computer) with set of instructions for
solving a problem. To design and schedule programs (as in programming)
Ref 1) American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, editor William
Morris © 1969
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Software
 Software (noun) as in computer program/software program –
 ref (1) Written or printed data such as program (s), routine (s),
and symbolic language (s), essential to the operations of
computers
 Documents containing information on the operations and
mainenance of computers, such as manuals/ diagrams/ flow
charts.
Ref 1) American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, editor William
Morris © 1969
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Software Compatibility
 Software versions are important information –
 Older document versions are typically forward compatible. Another way to
state is the earlier versions (e.g 1.0 and 2.0 ) can be used to read and import
into later versions like 4.0 or year designation like Office 2010.
 Backward Compatibility is not the industry normal for commercial software.
Why?? For example files created by the use in an Office 2013 application do
not automatically import or open in Office 2010 Application Programs.
 Additional steps needed to ensure compatibility
 Need to use save as : backward compatible version to ensure
interoperability and compatibility.
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Software Compatibility
 Excel workbook = xlsx file extension for Office 2010
 Macros – xlxm file extension for macro enabled workbooks
 Web page = htm for the entire workbook/ publish / as interactive
(eg calculating vs static data display) or just a section of a
worksheet ( $A$1:$F$12 work area dimension defined) and change
title of document to publish or post on website (rename feature)
 Template = XLT file extension
 Excel 4.0 and before = xls (single worksheets) This is before the
Excel workbook feature.
 Binary = xlsb file extension
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