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| Office Hours: |
- MW 11:30 - 1:00
- TTH 10:45-11:45 (at Swain Center Lab 105)
- F 8:00-10:00
- Appointments Available Upon Request
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| Class
Hours: |
- ITN 180: 8:00-9:50 MW Founders Hall 126
- ITN 289: 10:00-11:30 MWF Founders Hall 126
- CIS 172: 8:45-10:45 TTh Swain Center 105
- COE 111
- ITN 150, ITN 180: Online
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Course Description:
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CIW Foundations
teaches basic hands-on skills and knowledge which Internet professionals
are expected to understand.
Internet Fundamentals is designed to guide students through the
Internet and its wide array of useful resources. Students learn
how to use key Internet technologies, such as Web browsers, e-mail,
newsgroups, File Transfer Protocol (FTP), Telnet, and search engines.
Students gain experience configuring both Netscape Navigator and
Microsoft Internet Explorer to access rich multimedia, including
RealPlayer, Shockwave and Flash content. Students also use a variety
of Web-based search engines to conduct advanced searches and learn
the basics of electronic commerce and security issues.
Networking Fundamentals is designed to teach students fundamental
networking concepts and practices. Topics include network architecture
and standards, networking protocols, TCP/IP, Internet servers,
server-side scripting and database connectivity, and security.
Web Page Authoring Fundamentals is designed to teach students
Web page creation and other aspects of Web authoring. Students
gain experience developing Web pages in a text editor and a graphic
user interface (GUI) editor. Students also learn how to use Cascading
Style Sheets (CSS) and study the basics of Extensible Hypertext
Markup Language (XHTML), JavaScript, Dynamic HTML (DHTML), and
the Document Object Model (DOM). After completing this course,
students will be able to create simple Web pages containing text,
graphics, hyperlinks, tables, forms, and frames. |
| Required Texts: |
Internet Fundamentals
Published by: ComputerPREP/ProsoftTraining Networking Fundamentals
Published by: ComputerPREP/ProsoftTraining Web Page Authoring
Fundamentals
Published by: ComputerPREP/ProsoftTraining |
| Grading
Scale: |
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Attendance |
10% |
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A
= 90-100 |
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Discussion Board |
10% |
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B
= 80 - 89 |
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Quizzes |
20% |
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C
= 70 - 79 |
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Lesson Reviews |
30% |
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D
= 60 - 69 |
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Exams |
30% |
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F
= 0 - 59 |
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| Attendance: |
I will count assignments that are turned in on time
as attendance. |
| Discussion Board: |
Periodically you will have to discuss items with your classmates
in the Discussion Board. |
| Quizzes: |
At the end of each lesson, I will give you an online quiz on the
lesson you just completed. |
| Lesson Reviews: |
At the end of each lesson is a lesson review. You will need to
email me your answers to each lesson review. You can send the answers
in an email or as an attachment. I CANNOT open Microsoft
Works attachments. Microsoft Word is the preferred way to send attachments.
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| Exams: |
There will be a total of three exams for this class.
There will be one after each book is completed. Since we are preparing
for a certification, the exams will be cumulative. |
| Withdrawal
Date and Procedure: |
The
last day to withdraw from this class is Tuesday, March 29. To
initiate this procedure, you must talk to your advisor about withdrawing
before this date. |
| Academic Integrity Statement: |
Plagiarism, cheating, and other forms of academic dishonesty are
prohibited. In addition to other possible disciplinary sanctions,
which may be imposed through the regular institutional procedures
as a result of academic misconduct, your instructor will assign
an "F" for the exercise or examination that evidences
academic misconduct for the first offense and assign an "F"
for the course for repeated offenses. |
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Other: |
If
you need course adaptations or accommodations because you have
a DOCUMENTED disability (on file in the SSS office,) if you have
emergency medical information to share, or if you need special
arrangements in case a building must be evacuated, please make
an appointment with the SSS office within the first week of class.
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| I reserve the right to modify this syllabus, either verbally
or in writing, as is necessary to meet our course objectives.
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