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2: At a Glance
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What
We Did Last Week
We had our orientation last week and went over our course Web site, course syllabus,
and learned to set up your myWebCT account and added this course to your
myWebCT. We had fun at the orientation.
Now, go to know
your classmates and you can find their pictures and biographies on the
Meet
Your Classmates page.
Here are what you need to do before you can start the course:
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Create your myWebCT account
and enter the course - To
enter this course, use your last name followed by your first initial and
followed by the last four digits of your social security number as your username and
the last four digits of your social security number
as your password to login to WebCT, all in lower case without any space. For
example, Mary Jones's login username is jonesm6789 and password is 6789.
Remember to change your password after your initial login.
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Tour the course
Web site
- Syllabus, Calendar, Assignments, Resources, and FAQ. You can find
your weekly lesson from the Calendar page by clicking on the date of the
week.
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Learn to post
your files in WebCT
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Learning Style Inventory Test
- Take the
learning
style inventory test to assess your learning styles.
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Email your Instructor - Use WebCT to email your learning style inventory test results (scores and percentages on Visual, Auditory, and
Kinesthetic) to your instructor.
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Biography & Photo, and Your Email Address and IM Screen
Name- Post your biography in the Bulletin Board in WebCT and send your
digital photo as an attachment. Also, please
remember to include your personal email address and AOL Instant Messenger
screen name. You can click
on the discussion topics posted by your instructor and post your messages by
replying to your instructor's main message.
We talked about Trillian at the orientation. It is a
universal messenger combines all popular chat systems into one program.
Trillian simplifies your chat as well as your desktop and system resources
by letting you simultaneously connect with the five most popular chat
clients on the Web: Yahoo Messenger, MSN Messenger, ICQ, mIRC, and AIM,
and adds encryption support for DCC chat. By importing your passwords,
buddy lists, various client preferences, and other chat specifics into its
own simple interface, Trillian acts as a single hub for all your chat
traffic. Trillian is completely free, with no ads and no spyware. Click
the link
Trillian > Download Now! to download.
We also talked about using chat in WebCT.
You must have Java enabled in your browser to use chat. To have Java
Virtual Machine installed on your computer, you need to first, install
Windows XP Service Pack 1 (SP1a) on your computer and then
download
and install Java virtual machine from Sun Microsystems.
You should obtained the SAM2003 CD at the orientation. You also should have
your username and password to access SAM. You will need all of them to
take your tests. If you did not get the CD and your username and
password, you need to come to my office to pick them up or email me for
the username and password. Also, you can pick up the SAM2003 CD from the
booth in computer lab located in Building 21. Just tell the staff who you
are and you are there to pick up the CD. I also left the Interactive Lab
CD with the staff in the booth. You can bring a blank CD to the lab
and make a copy of the CD.
Again, I want to emphasize that you have to have access to Windows XP and
Office 2003 to take this class. If you don't have Office 2003 and
would like to get Office 2003, you can go to Circuit City, Best Buy,
Office Max, Office Depot, or Wal-Mart to buy one for $149.99.
For those of you don't have Office 2003 and don't plan to
purchase one, you can download
Office Standard Edition 2003 at
http://www.microsoft.com/office/trial/default.mspx. You also need to
order a free 30-day evaluation copy of Office Professional 2003 CD since
the Standard Edition does not include Access. However, don't install the
30-day trial CD till we get to Access.
Please do not hesitate to call or email me if you have
any questions. You can also make an appointment and come to my
office if you need more instructions on setting up your WebCT account.
We have a lot of fun activities for this week.
However, it is important to post
your files in WebCT correctly. You can download the
instruction (562 K in Word format) and save it on your disk. It
contains step-by-step instruction to post your weekly assignments in the
bulletin board (threaded discussions).
Have
fun discovering your computer!
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What
You Will Learn This Week
This chapter presents a
broad survey of concepts and terminology related to computers. The
idea of computer literacy is introduced. You discover what a computer
is and what it does. You learn about the components of a computer, the
power of computers, computer software, and networks and the Internet.
Categories of computers are identified, including personal computers,
minicomputers, mainframe computers, and supercomputers.
You discover how people
employ computers, from home users to large business users. Finally,
you learn how people use computers to provide information. Reading and
understanding the material in this chapter should help you better
understand these topics as they are presented in more detail in the
following chapters.
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Lesson
Objectives
After completing this lesson, you
will be able to:
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Activities
for This Week
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Enter your
course in WebCT. To login to myWebCT account, use the username (your
last name followed by your first initial followed by the last four digits of your
social security number in
lowercase) and password (the last four digits of your social security
number) assigned to you.
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Email your Instructor - Take the learning
style inventory test to assess your learning styles. Use WebCT to email your Learning Style Inventory test results (scores and percentages on Visual, Auditory, and
Kinesthetic) to your instructor. You can either type your scores and percentages on Visual, Auditory, and
Kinesthetic in your email or simply copy and paste it to your email.
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Post your Biography & Photo, and
your Email Address and IM Screen
Name- In WebCT Threaded
Discussion, click
on Week 01 - Introduction: Let's Get to Know Each Other in the Class posted by your instructor and post your messages by replying
to your instructor's main message. Remember to include your
biography, personal email address and your AOL Instant Messenger screen name
in your reply and send your
digital photo as an attachment.
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Reading Assignment
- Essential Introduction
to Computers.
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Assignment
#1 - (You have two week to finish this assignment)
Complete 3 Labs in Interactive
Labs after you finish reading the chapter. Save your file as Assignment1.
Then email the assignment as an attachment to
llemley@pjc.edu using your personal email
account. Please remember to type "Your section #, Assignment 1, Your name"
in the Subject.
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Conclusion
At the end of this lesson, you have learned:
Input devices
Processor
Memory
Output devices
Storage devices
Communications
devices
Computer software
Networks and the
Internet
How to
purchase, install, and maintain a personal computer.
Assignments
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Add this course to your MyWebCT account.
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Post your biography,
digital picture, personal email address, and IM screen name.
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Email your
Learning Style Inventory Test result to your instructor.
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Read Essential Introduction to Computers.
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Assignment #1 and email it as an attachment.
What we will do next week: Computer Concepts
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