IST101 - Computer Concepts - Fall 2010
     
Course Outline
   

Contact the course coordinator, Professor Andrea Lynch at lyncha@mccc.edu if you have questions.

Quick Links:

Instructor's help page

MYITLAB

Library database

APA fomatting basics

Sample APA paper

Plagiarizm sample

IT web page

MCCC home page

 

 Week # / Date

Lecture Periods

Lab Periods

1

M: 8/30 - Sa: 9/4

Introductions

Lab 1 - Ch. 3 - Getting Started with Internet Explorer 7.0

Mercer eMail

M: 9/6

Labor Day - School Closed

2

T: 9/7 - M: 9/13

Ch. 1 - Why Computers Matter

Quiz Ch. 1

Lab 2 - Ch. 1 - Getting started with Windows XP

Getting Started with MYITLAB

3

T: 9/14 - M: 9/20

Ch. 2 - Looking at Computers: Understanding the Parts

Assign Homework Unit 1

Quiz Ch.2

Lab 3 - Ch. 5 - Creating Documents with MS Word 2007

4

T: 9/21 - M: 9/27

Ch. 3 - Understanding and Accessing Hardware

Homework Unit 1 due

Quiz Ch.3

Lab 4 - Ch. 6 - Formatting and Organizing Text

5

T: 9/28 - M: 10/4

Ch. 4 - Mobile Computing

Quiz Ch.4

 Lab 5 - Ch. 7 - Using Graphics and Tables

6

T: 10/5 - M: 10/11

Unit 1 TEST (Chapters 1-4)

(Test period: 10/5 - 11/1)

Assign Topics in IT

7

T: 10/12 - M: 10/18

Ch. 6 - Application Software

Homework Unit 2 due

Quiz Ch.6

 Lab on Information Literacy

8

T: 10/19 - M: 10/25

Ch. 7 - Using System Software

Quiz Ch.7

 Lab 6 - Ch. 9 - Creating a Worksheet and Analyzing Data

9

T: 10/26 - M: 11/1

Ch. 8 - Databases and Information Systems

Quiz Ch.8

 Lab 7 - Ch. 9 - Creating a Worksheet and Analyzing Data

10

T: 11/2 - M: 11/8

Unit 2 TEST (Chapters 5-8)

(Test Period: 11/2 - 11/22)

Research for Final Project

11

T: 11/9 - M: 11/15

Ch. 9 - Using the Internet

Ch. 10 - The Internet: How it Works

Quiz Ch.9 and 10

Lab 8 - Ch. 12 - Getting Started with Access Databases and Tables

12

T: 11/6 - M: 11/22

Ch. 11 - Networking and Security

Quiz Ch.11

 Lab 9 - Ch. 15 - Getting Started with MS PPT 2007

13

T: 11/23 (Th)

W: 11/24 (F)

Ch. 12. - Networking and Security

Quiz Ch.12

 Lab 10 - Ch. 16 - Designing a PPT presentation
Th: 11/25 - Sa: 11/27 Thanksgiving Break - School Closed

13

M: 11/28 - W: 12/1

Ch. 12. - Networking and Security

Quiz Ch.12

Lab 10 - Ch. 16 - Designing a PPT presentation

14

Th: 12/2 - W: 12/8

Final Projects Due
Lab 11 - Ch. 19 & Ch. 20 - Integrating Word and Excel

15

Th: 12/9 - 12/15

Ch. 13 - Careers in IT

Unit 3 TEST (Chapters 9-12)

(Test Period: 11/23 - 12/15)

Course evaluation

 

Grading IST101
20% - Homework, Quizzes, Attendance
30% - Lab Assignments
20% - Final Project
30% - 3 Unit tests

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