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Course Information, course objectives, Introduction to Computing. Memory, disk, cache, Code of Responsible computing …
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The role of the Operating System. Support user request, interface to resources, maintain resources
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Lab overview, set up, user interface basics
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First lab should be introductory overview of lab. protocols, etc.,
Most labs should be synchronized to previous weeks lectures.
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| 2 |
Introduction to The Web. Web browser fundamentals and features. URL, http, ftp, email
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Searching the web. Search engines. Search by categories, query, advanced queries
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Operating System Fundamentals: Copy, Move, subdirectories
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Windows interface lab. (Point, click, drag, drop).
This lab plays the role of making sure all students are familiar with good uses of window interfaces
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| 3 |
Search engines continued. Email (Pine).
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Open: Possible lecture by Library personnel, or health science faculty
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Web browsing lab. Browse the web to locate current information and items of personal interest
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Web Browsing lab. Hints on good web browsing funcdamentals. Search engine introduction.
This lab should encourage students to enjoy using the web by searching for items of personal interest
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| 4 |
Constructing a web page. HTML. Web server basics.
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More HTML
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Search engine lab. Use two or more search engines to locate information on you major and related topics
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Search Engine lab. Multple engines (incl. metacrawler.com). How to search. Forming queries.
Focused use of search engines. Focus of searching for information about their major
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| 5 |
Word Processing overview and expected features
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Document construction
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Home Page: Make a home page with personal information, information links
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Construction of a home page using HotDog or another HTML editor.
See how to construct a home page. How to put together a home page with links to other pages
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| 6 |
Retrospect. Class discusses what has worked and what needs reworking in this course, with the emphasis on the health sciences
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Mid term exam
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Adv. Word processing: Basics of putting together a paper - Table of contents, paging, figures, references, footnotes
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Making a section headings, table of contents, referencing, inserting figures, etc.
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| 7 |
Virtual Hospital Overview
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Virtual Hospital and health science majors
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Virtual Hospital I Lab. - Basic familiarity with VH
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Browse VH for specific items
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| 8 |
Spreadsheets. Basics. Relative and absolute addresses
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Built in Functions
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Virtual Hospital II - In-depth usage.
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Search for specific items depending on their major
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| 9 |
Lists, data queries
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Statistics. Excel statistical functions, Poss. Use of Mystat or Minitab
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Excel Lab - Fundamentals
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Familiarity with excel basics
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| 10 |
Graphics
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Graphical representation of data
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Statistics Lab: Either use of statistic functions in Excel or a stat package like Minitab.
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Given a data set, use stat function and other resources.
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| 11 |
Preparation for Interactive video assignment
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Graphical representation of data
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Interactive video lab: Use of special equipment in Nursing Dept.
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Draw appropriate figures from extracted information
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| 12 |
Adv. Word processing. Awareness of advanced features - templates, merging, sorting, …
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More adv. Features
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Student Presentations
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| 13 |
Course Discussion
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Course Summary
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Student Presentations
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