Community College of
Rhode Island
Syllabus
Windows Operating System –
COMI-1450 3
credits (3 Lecture hours, 1 Lab hour)
Semester and Year
Professor
Donald Paquet
Instructor Contact Information:
Class location
information - Online
Email: DPaquet@ccri.edu
Office: Warwick campus room 2150
Office Phone: 401-825-2161
Office Hours: 8 am to 9 am Monday, Tuesday, Thursday,
Friday
Departmental Administrative Assistant: Donna Scattone,
825-2155
Course Description
This course familiarizes students with the graphical-user
operating environment. Basic and advanced functions of Windows are
demonstrated. Student do laboratory assignments to utilize the basic operating
functions of Windows such as file handling, fonts, graphics, icons, sound and
multi-media.
Course delivery mode – Online
Course expectations – Students are responsible for following the policies
set forth in the Student Handbook (http://www.ccri.edu/advising/student_services/handbook.html) and College Catalog (http://www.ccri.edu/catalog/)
Required textbooks and materials
Microsoft® Windows 7: Comprehensive, 1st Edition
Gary B. Shelly, Steven M. Freund, Raymond E. Enger
ISBN-10: 1439081034 ISBN-13: 9781439081037
Course Technology 832 Pages ©2011
by June Jamrich Parsons, Dan Oja, Lisa Ruffolo
ISBN-10: 1285080882
ISBN-13: 9781285080888
328 Pages Paperback
© 2013 Published
Course Grading
Lab assignments = 60 %
Quiz = 10 %
Exam = 30 %
Extra Credit = 1 exam
point for each project cross word puzzle
90
to 100 = A
80
to 89 = B
70
to 79 = C
60
to 69 = D
Below
60 = F
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Calendar
of weekly course topics Introduction
to Windows |
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Topic List - Assignments |
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Week 1 Lesson 1 |
Lesson 1 - Desktop, Starting Applications Do Assignment -1, post a bulletin board message |
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Week 2 Lesson 2 |
Lesson 2 - Windows Disk File System Do Assignment-2 |
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Assignment -1 due by Monday of Week 2 |
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Week 3 Lesson 3 |
Lesson 3 - Desktop Applications Do Assignment -3 Do practice quiz |
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Assignment -2 due by Monday of Week 3 |
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Week 4 Lesson 4 |
Lesson 4 - Windows Online Do Assignment -4 |
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Do Quiz # 1 Windows Introduction Assignment
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Week 5 Lesson 5 |
Exam
1 Intro to Windows Assignment
-4 due by Monday of Week 5 |
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Intermediate Windows
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Week 6 Lesson 6 |
Lesson 6 - Windows File Storing Lesson assignment 6 |
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Week 7 Lesson 7 |
Lesson 7 - Windows Environment Do assignment 7 |
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Assignment-6 due Monday of Week 7 |
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Week 8 Lesson 8 |
Lesson 8 - File Searching Do assignment 8 |
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Assignment-7 due Monday of Week 8 |
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Week 9 Lesson 9 |
Lesson 9 - Media Files Do assignment 9, Do Quiz # 2 |
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Week 10 Lesson 10 |
Lesson 10 - Exam and Appendix A Assignment-9 due Monday of Week 10 |
Advanced Windows
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Topic List - Assignments |
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Week 11 Lesson 11 |
Networking Do lesson Assignment 11 |
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Week 12 Lesson 12 |
Lesson 12 - Maintaining your Computer Do lesson Assignment 12 |
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Assignment -11 due Monday of Week 12 |
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Week 13 Lesson 13 |
Lesson 13 - Computer Performance Do lesson assignment 13 |
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Assignment-12 due Monday of Week 13 |
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Week 14 Lesson 14 |
Lesson 14 - the Software Project Do assignment 14 - Software
Project |
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Assignment-13 due Monday of Week 14 |
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Week 15 Lesson 15 |
Lesson 15 - Exam Do Exam # 3 |
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Assignment-14 Software Project due Friday of week 15 |
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Student Learning Outcomes
Windows Introduction
Perform basic Windows operations
Work with files and folders
Use basic Windows applications
Select the characteristics of the various storage media
Identify and use various storage media
Do basic functions of Internet applications
Use the internet as a research tool
Intermediate Windows
Work with files and folders
Change
the desktop background, mouse pointers, screen saver
Unlock,
move, hide, and resize the taskbar
Pinning
programs to and unpinning programs from the taskbar
Use
the Address toolbar to display folder content and search the Internet
Change
folder options and restore default folder options
View
system information and hardware properties
Explain
account privileges and view account information
View
and change the date, time, and time zone
Understand
advanced searching techniques
Search
for a file by specifying properties
Search
for media files using specialized properties
Advanced Windows
Open
and work with Windows Live Photo Gallery
Create
and burn a DVD using Windows DVD Maker
Open
and work with Windows Media Player
Launch
Windows Live Movie Maker
Add
and edit video items in the storyboard
Preview
and save a project
Publish
a movie onto your computer, the Web, or an optical disc
Define
wire/wireless network components
Work
with a home network, wireless security
Do
system backup/restore
Run
a system/disk cleanup, disk defragmenter
Generate
a system status report
Services
for Students with Disabilities
Any student with
a documented disability may arrange reasonable accommodations. As part of
this process, students are encouraged to contact the office of Disability
Services for Students as early in the semester as possible (http://www.ccri.edu/dss/index.shtml).
This syllabus is
subject to change at any time at the discretion of the instructor. Students are
responsible for keeping current with changes made to this syllabus.