1. James Tam Introduction To CPSC 203: Doha James Tam

2. Administrative Information (James Tam) Contact information -Office: G48 -Email: tamj@cpsc.ucalgary.catamj@cpsc.ucalgary.ca How to contact me -Office hours: Sunday and Tuesday 12:30 – 13:30 (right after class) -Email: (any time) -Appointment: email, phone or call -Drop by for urgent requests (but no guarantee that I will be in if it’s outside of my office hours!)

3. James Tam Course Resources Course website: http://pages.cpsc.ucalgary.ca/~tamj/203 Course textbook: -"Absolute Beginners Guide to Microsoft Windows Vista" by Shelley O'Hara and Ron Mansfield. Publisher: Que Publishing 2007. -"Technology in Action" (5th edition) by Alan Evans, Kendall Martin and Mary Anne Poasty. Publisher: Pearson -“Go! With Microsoft Office 2007” Introductory by Gaskin, Ferrett, Vargas, Marks. Publisher: Pearson 2008

4. James Tam How To Use The Course Resources They are provided to support and supplement this class. Neither the course notes nor the text book are meant as a substitute for regular class attendance.

5. James Tam How To Use The Course Resources (2)

6. James Tam How To Use The Course Resources (2) If you miss a class make sure that you catch up on what you missed (get someone’s class notes)...when you do make it to class make sure that you supplement the slides with your own notes (because you aren’t going to remember it in the exams if you don’t)

7. James Tam How To Use The Course Resources (3) What you are responsible for: -Keeping up with the content in class which includes the topics covered but also announcements or assignments whether you were present in the class or not. -If you are absent, then you are responsible to get the information from the other students in class. However, after you’ve caught up by talking with a classmate: -Ask for help if you need it -There are no dumb questions Image from “The Simpsons” © Fox Asking questions is smart!

8. James Tam Typical 203 Student? There isn’t one! This course is typically taken by students with varying degrees of knowledge and experience. However this course is designed so that it can be taken by students with little or no computer experience.

9. James Tam Goals And Objectives For This Course Achieve a touch typing speed of at least 30 WPM with an 80% accuracy. Students will be able to use a computer as a tool in their studies, careers and personal lives. Students will gain immediate skills in using the major applications of personal computers, campus computing facilities, and the Internet.

10. James Tam Feedback What is he talking about?? Wow I am the greatest speaker in the world! Let me know how things are going in the course: Am I covering the material too slowly or too quickly. Can you read the slides and my hand writing. Can you hear me in the class. Etc.

11. James Tam How You Will Be Evaluated Assignments (3 @ 12% each = 36%) - MS-Word: 12% (Office 2007) -MS-PowerPoint: 12% (Office 2007) -Internet-based research assignment: 12% Quizzes (6 @ 6% each = 36%) -MS-Windows quiz: 6% (Vista) -MS-Word quiz 1: 6% (Office 2007) -MS-Word quiz 2: 6% (Office 2007) -MS-PowerPoint quiz 1: 6% (Office 2007) -MS-PowerPoint quiz 2: 6% (Office 2007) -Internet Explorer quiz: 6% Final exam (22%)

12. James Tam Outline Of Course Topics MS-Windows (Vista) Word processing and MS-Word Presentation software and MS-PowerPoint Internet explorer and other web browsers (if there is sufficient time) Introduction to computers Networking and the Internet Research and finding information on the Internet Computer security (if there is time) Software (if there is time) Introduction to Computer Science (if there is time)