GROSSMONT COLLEGE

CSIS 112 INTRODUCTION  PC DISK OPERATING SYSTEMS

CLASS SCHEDULE

 

Date                Topic                                                               Assignment                             Work Due

 

08/30               Getting Started                                                  Chapter 1 & 2              

                        Course Introduction  & expectations                  

                        Types of computers

                        Computer components

                        System Software Getting started with DOS

                        Lab setup                                                          Chapter 3                                  Make a new Boot disk  

                        Basic DOS Commands                                      Chapter 7

                        INTERNAL VS EXTERNAL

                        Preparing and maintaining disks

                                                                                                           

09/06               File handling commands                                     Chapter 8 pg166-175

                        DIR                                                                  Chapter 9 pg 186-192

                        COPY                                                              Chapter 9 pg 199-202

                        Wildcards

                        COMP

                        RENAME

                        FC

                        Managing your files and disks                             Quiz 1             

                        ERASE/DEL                                                   

                        UNDELETE                                                     Chapter            9  pg 203-207

                        DOSKEY                                                         Chapter 11 pg 246-255

                        DISKCOPY

                        CHKDSK

                        MOVE

                        XCOPY

 

09/13               Creating and using Subdirectories                                   Chapter 5                                 

                        MD                                                                  Handout on directories                                      

                        CD

                        RD

                        TREE

                        PATH

                        Working with subdirectories                               Quiz 2                                      Directory structure                                                       

09/20               Introduction to EDIT                                         Chapter 17

                        Moving files around a directory

 

09/27               Structure

                        COPY

                        MOVE

                        XCOPY

                        Using redirection, filters and pipes                      Quiz 3

                                                                                                Chapter 15 pg 318-324

                         

10/04               Introduction to Batch Files                                 Chapter 18                                AUTOEXEC.BAT

                        REM                                                                Batch file assignment

                        PAUSE

                        Autoexec.bat

                        Batch files continued                                         Work on assignment                 

           

10/11               Batch files continued                                                                                         Simple Menu

                        Configuration files                                             Chapter 19                                CONFIG.SYS

                        CONFIGSYS

                        Advanced Batch files                                        Advanced file assignment          Advanced Batch

                                                                                                                                                Menu

                       

10/18               ATTRIB                                                           Chapter 21

                        ASSIGN

                        SUBST

                        Exploring Memory

 

10/25               Update AUTOEXEC.BAT & CONFIG.SYS

                        Final DOS comprehensive Examination                                                               DOS Glossary due

 

                        Windows 2000 Professional

 

The following assignments need to be submitted for credit for each one of the 8 tutorials assigned:

1.                  Review Assignments

2.                  Quick Check

3.                  Lab Assignments

4.                  Quick Check answers

Please Note: Some of the tutorials do not have quick checks or Lab assignments.

           

11/01               Level 1 Tutorials

                        Download  Level 1 Tutorials

 

                        Tutorial 1  Exploring the Basics                                

                         Tutorial 2  Working with files

 

11/08                Complete Tutorials 1 & 2                                                      Level 1 Tutorials/

                         Quiz  ( Introductory Tutorials 1-2)                                         Labs 1 & 2 due

                         Level  2 Tutorials

                         Download  Level 2 Tutorials

 

11/15                Tutorial 3  Organizing files with Windows Explorer   

                         Tutorial 4  Personalizing Your Windows environment

                         Tutorial 5  Bringing the World Wide Web to the Desktop

                         Tutorial 6  Searching for Information

 

11/15                Last day to drop semester length classes.

                  

11/22                Continue Tutorials 3-6                                                                                                 

 

11/29                No class – Thanksgiving Holiday

 

12/06                Quiz  ( Introductory Tutorials 3-6)                                         Level 2 Tutorials/            

                                                                                                                     Lab 3-6 due

12/13                Level  3 Tutorials

                         Download  Level 3 Tutorials

                         Tutorial 7  Working with Graphics                           

                         Tutorial 8  Object Linking and embedding

 

                       

12/20               FINAL EXAMINATION 11:30-1:00                                 Level 3 Tutorials/            

                                                                                                                     Lab 7-8 due

                       

 

                                                                                   

            SCHEDULE MAY BE CHANGED AT THE DISCRETION OF THE INSTRUCTOR

 

Any changes will be announced early enough to provide time to meet the assignment’s due date. It is the student’s responsibility to maintain the schedule, making changes as necessary. Absence from class is no excuse for not

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