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
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.
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
keeping your schedule up-to-date