Northern
CSC 110
(3 Credits) Fall 2011
INTRODUCTION TO COMPUTING
Section: 08N
Monday 6:00-8:40pm
Room CT 103
Assistant Professor: Khanh Vu
E-mail kvu@nvcc.edu
Office Hours:
Monday-Friday 10:00am to 4:00pm room CG206
otherwise by appointmentTEXTBOOK: Microsoft Office 2010, Timothy J. & Linda I. O’Leary, McGraw-Hill
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COURSE DESCRIPTION
Introduce problem solving through computer applications and via a programming language.
Examine development of computers, social and ethical implications of computers, and properties of
programming languages. Covers input, storage, data manipulation, software, and hardware. Lecture
3 hours per week.
Grading Policy:
Homework
and pop quizzes 30%
Midterm
Exam 30%
Final
Exam 30%
Attendance
10%
Letter Grade
90%-100% A
80%-89% B
70%-79% C
60%-69% D
Below 60% F
Attendance: Regular attendance is required in accordance with NOVA
policy.
If students skip class each time without acceptable reason, they will
lose 2% out of 10%.
HONOR CODE:
You may ask other students for help during lab (in fact, you are
encouraged to do so), but each student is expected to do their own work. Any
student caught cheating on exams or copying assignments will be turned in to
the Honor Committee.
No
make-up Midterm and Final exams. If students have problems, they must
inform their reasons to instructor in advance.
Homework turned in must upload to
students’ websites
1. Homework set 1 (due next meeting)
· (50 points) In class: Do HTML homework in class
· Download Handout 1
· (50 points) Take home: Do Word Section 2 in textbook page WD2.5 (not WD2.50) through WD2.75
· Print out with a cover page include name, homework set number, problem assigned as sample here
and upload all files to
your website under folder HWset1
2.
Homework set
2 (due next meeting)
· Download Handout 2
· (50 points) In class: Do handout and data file
· (50 points) Take Home:
· Create a webpage about the Fall season by your own design and story with all HTML technique that covered in class.
· Use HTML to create a webpage as picture in textbook page WD1.79 by using Picture, paragraph and font/color option.
·
Print out with a cover page
and upload all files to your website under folder HWset2
3.
Homework set 3 (due next meeting)
·
(50 points)
In Class:
· Do
lab Excel 1 in textbook page EX1.13 to
page EX1.77
· (50 points) Take home:
o Create a webpage about Halloween as sample link here (don’t do exactly my sample). Designed by your own layout but must apply table,
o With pictures and sounds . Download handout 3 HTML
·
Print out with a cover page
and upload all files to your website under folder HWset3
4.
Homework set
4 (due next meeting)
· (50 points) Do problem 5 in textbook page EX2.89-EX2.91
· (50 points) Download homework handout here
(study this one carefully for midterm)
·
Print out with a cover page
and upload all files to your website under folder HWset4
5.
Homework set 5 (due next meeting)
· Do
problem 3 and 4 in textbook page EX3.83-3.85
· (Print worksheet in both value and formula with a cover page
and upload all files to your website under folder HWset5)
6.
Homework Set 6 (due next meeting)
· Do
lab 1 of Access in textbook page AC1.7 (not AC1.70) – AC1.83
· Do
problem 3 in textbook page AC1.98-1.100
7.
Homework Set
7 (due next meeting)
·
Do lab 3 in textbook page AC3.4 (not AC3.40)
– AC3.68
· Do handout Access 1
8.
Homework Set 8 (due next meeting)
· Do
handout Access
2
Click
here to check homework grade
and attendance
Students must drop
or withdraw by themselves.
·
Last day to drop with tuition refund: Sept. 8
·
Last day to withdraw without grade penalty: Oct. 31
·
Labor day Holiday Sept. 5
·
Non-instructional Days Oct. 10-11
·
Thanksgiving Nov. 24-25
Lecture notes:
1.
Create a webpage 1, 2,
3,
4,
5, 6, 7, and
8
2.
Web Color Chart
3.
Windows 8
4.
iPAD
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