CSC 200 Lecture 0 – An Overview Length: 40:23

Resources for the Course College Home Page – Instructor Home Page – Blackboard/ Resources – At the College Web Site, choose ONLINE SERVICES – Click on MY PDCCC – Enter your ID and PASSWORD – If you are new, click on the link to find your ID and set your password

The Course Outline Found on the Blackboard site Has a schedule of content You should read and follow this outline

The CSC 200 Course Breadth First Approach – Many topics at a high level Includes number conversion content Includes some programming topics Includes operating system, network and Internet topics

Our Materials Our text is Computer Science Illuminated by Dale and Lewis We no longer use the Brookshear book mentioned on the tape, but you may want to get a copy as reference A flash drive for storage Headphones for Internet content

Parts of the Study Terminology – Speed, size, hardware, software, more Devices – Flash drive, MP3 players, USB Details of how computing devices work For online students, any lab content we talk about on the tapes can be set up for you in the research lab. Contact the instructor for details.

Parts of the Study (Continued) Binary Numbers Gates (AND, OR, NOT) Fundamental Algorithms Software Development Data Organization Computation Tools of the Information Age – Browser, Productivity, Programming Ethics and Careers

Visit the ACM Site Association for Computing Machinery Professional Organization for Computer Scientists

General Notes The best way to contact the instructor is by Office phone has voice mail – Where I talk about the outline, please consult your outline from the Blackboard site as some of those elements may have been changed. Keep your schedule book – it contains the semester calendar and exam schedule