hosted by tripod
E-mail this page to a friend Tell me when this page is updated

NEWS FOR WEEK 4 - (7/8 to 7/11/02)

1.  As of 01:52 on Monday, 7/8, the following students had correctly completed the Class Intro Project.
      1004, 1006, 1007, 1009, 1010, 1013, 1019, 1021, 1022, 1023, 1024, 1028
      2006, 2007, 2008, 2013, 2020, 2021
If you think you did the Project correctly, but your number is not listed above, be sure to recheck your instructions.  Most people who made mistakes made them by not following the instructions precisely.  Those instructions are available on the Class Website.  Check the link to Project Procedures.  The deadline for earning full credit on this project is 6 PM on Monday, July 8th. 

2.  The CTM package has finally been repaired and will be available for you starting in this week's Lab Sections.  Information you will need will be given in class.

3.  There will be no WebSupp Assignments for Chapters 5 or 6 of the DC Text.

4.  If you are interested in E & R's found at the end of Chapter 4 of the DC  Text, the ones I would suggest as most useful for point-getting activities would be:  
Page 4.40 - Key Terms:  You should be able to define or explain any of these terms.
Page 4.41 - Learn It Online: Try #7 and #8
Page 4.42 - Checkpoint:  You should be able to answer any of the questions in the first 4 sections, i.e. Label the Figure; Matching; Multiple Choice; Short Answer.

5.  This week's BPO will be given on Weds., 7/10.  It will be a short-answer quiz covering lecture material given through Tues., 7/9.  You will need to bring 8.5" x 11" paper and a pen.  You may optionally bring a pencil if you wish to have one for scratch work. 

6.  The Midterm Exam will be given in class upstairs on Thursday, 7/11.  You will need to bring your Form 882 Scan-Tron Answer Sheet, a #2 pencil, and a pen.   Scratch paper will be supplied.  As usual, books, notes, and calculators may not be used during the Exam.

The Exam will consist of 100 Multiple-Choice questions at .75 points per question plus a 5-question Short Answer section worth 25 points.    Thus, the entire Exam is worth 100 points.
On the Multiple-Choice section, questions come from the following sources:

SOURCE

No. of Questions
Windows 98 Lab Manual - Projects 1 & 2

8
Discovering Computers Text - Ch. 1

7
Discovering Computers Text - Ch. 2

7
Discovering Computers Text - Ch. 3

7
Discovering Computers Text - Ch. 4

7
Discovering Computers Text - Ch. 5

7
Discovering Computers Text - Ch. 6

7
Word 2000 Lab Manual - Tutorial 1

6
Word 2000 Lab Manual - Tutorial 2

6
Word 2000 Lab Manual - Tutorial 3

6
Word 2000 Lab Manual - Tutorial 4

6
WebSupp Assgts. 1, 2, 4

6

Lecture Material (based on lectures since Week 1)

15
Power Point 2000 Lab Manual - Tutorial 1

5

 

GIGGLES CORNER

Quote of the Week:
"If you eat a live toad first thing in the morning, nothing worse will happen all day long."
-- Original quotation

"To you or to the toad?"
--David Niven's restatement of quotation

Amazing Things the Movies can Teach you About Computers:
Some computers automatically slow down the screen output so that it doesn't go faster than you can read.

Question to Demonstrate the Logical Nature of the English Language:
How can the weather be hot as hell one day and cold as hell on another day?

Ponderable:
If most car accidents happen within 5 miles of home, as the insurance companies tell us, why doesn't everyone just move 10 miles away?

Interesting New Breeds of Dogs:
Breed a Newfoundland with a Bassett Hound and get a New Found Asset Hound, a dog for financial advisors.

New Words that Computer Professionals Should Know:
Mouse Potato:  The Online Generation's answer to the Couch Potato.