Symposium II - Applications Emphasis

Bachelors Degree in Computer Systems & Information Technology

CS 460

Breyer State University

Instructor: Viraj K. Hewage, PhD

SYLLABUS

WELCOME FROM YOUR INSTRUCTOR: Welcome to the online learning environment of Breyer State University. We appreciate your choosing our programs for your educational experience. As your instructor, I hope that you shall enjoy this online course.

TIME FRAME: This is a thirty-semester hour course. This course is allotted ten weeks of time. You must complete all of the requirements for the course successfully by the end of the ten-week period. The first day of week one will begin the day that you register for the course, or the day which you notify me that your text book(s) have arrived and you are ready to begin your studies. Please be cognizant of the time frame. It is rare that extensions of time are permitted, unless you have good justification. Upon successful completion of this course, you will be awarded thirty semester hours of credit.

TEXTBOOKS: There are three textbooks required for this course.

Book 1: Microsoft Word Version 2002 step by step. Jane Pedicini, Jill Batistack, and Ed Dille Perspection, Inc. ISBN # 0-7356-1295-1.

Book 2: Microsoft Office 2000: 8 in 1. Joe Hubraken, Eastern Economy Edition, Prentice-Hall India, 1999.

Book 3: Teach yourself HTML 4 with XML, DHTML & JavaScript. Stephanie Cottrell Bryant, IDG Books India, 2000. ISBN # 81-265-0052-2.

OPTIONAL READING:

Book 4: Teach yourself all about computers, 1st edition, Barry Press and Marcia Press, 2000.

Book 5: Computer Science, 5th edition. C.S. French, Continuum, 2001. ISBN # 0-8264-5460-7.

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EXAMINATIONS: There are three examinations for this course. The first exam covers the Word Processing Application. It must be taken by the fourth week in the course. The second exam covers Spread sheets, Data Bases and Presentation applications. You have an option to choose a one. This examination must be taken by the end of seventh week in the course. The third exam covers Internet and Web authoring. This final exam must be taken by the end of the tenth week in the course.

GRADING: The grading scale for this course is as follows:

90-100%    = A
80-89%      = B
70-79%      = C
Below 70% = Fail

COMMUNICATION: You are encouraged to communicate with me. I am available to assist you in meeting your goals for this course. I believe email is the most effective media.

ABOUT YOUR INSTRCTOR: I am currently carrying a research, relating to the Artificial intelligence and Mathematics. I already obtained some successful inventions which are still inexperienced in modern applications.

As a electronic communication person for ten years I became as a firm believer that the numbers are the best media in human communication. That's why I switched my studies to Mathematics from Communication Engineering. When I was reading for the one of my bachelor degree I could find a still virgin concept regarding to the Mathematics in ancient eastern Philosophy. It was the concept of Quaternary logic. Which made me so curios . The Quaternary logic system considers all the out comes of an event which have been neglected by the existing binary logic thinking . I focused a detailed analysis of the option available to Critical Decision Making Mechanism based on the quaternary logic concept . This mechanism provide a set of simple yet powerful conditions that serve as a flexible, general purpose framework for confining the Critical Decision Making. I believe quaternary logical thinking is carrying the answers for most contemporary questions in modern world.

I earned my Ph.D in Information Technology from University of Northwest , USA recently, in addition to my B.Sc in computer science.

COURSE OUTLINE:

01.Word processing

1.1. What is word processing.
1.2. Getting started and word environment: Elements of word window such as title bar, toolbars, status bar, menu bar, document window, insertion point, mouse pointer.
1.3.Setting up pages.
1.4.Entering text.
1.5. Formatting attributes for text/paragraphs.
1.6. Special symbols, bullets and numbering.
1.7. Tables and cells.
1.8. Adding graphics into a document.
1.9. Mail Merge features.
1.10. Print a document.
1.11. Introduction to the use of Wizards & Templates.

02. Spreadsheet Applications

2.1. What is spreadsheet, workbook and worksheet.
2.2. Cell entries.
2.3 Editing cell entries.
2.4. Use formulas and Functions.
2.5. Charts.
2.6. Printing worksheets and Charts.
2.7. An introduction to the use of advanced spreadsheet concepts.

03.Database Applications

3.1. What is a database? Planning and Creating a blank database.
3.2. Objects in a database window- tables, queries, forms, reports.
3.3. Data tables - Fields, Records, Primary key and field properties.
3.4. Working with tables.
3.5. Working with simple queries and filtering records.
3.6. Working with forms.
3.7. Creating/Design a forms.
3.8. Database wizard.

4. Presentation Applications

4.1. Introduction to Presentations.
4.2. Creating a new Presentation.
4.3. Different slide views: Inserting, deleting and copying slides.
4.4. Adding special effects: animation, transition, multimedia.
4.5. Action buttons, Hyperlink.
4.6. Slide Master.
4.7. Printing Presentations, Notes and Handouts.

5. Internet usage & Web Authoring

5.1. Introduction to Internet.
5.2. Internet facilities - email, File transfer, online updates.
5.3. Searching information on World Wide Web.
5.4 Introduction to HTML and Web Development: creating an HTML document, making headings, adding textual paragraphs, creating a hyperlink, using graphics and icons, customizing with color, tables, frames-designing a frameset, forms-designing forms, collecting special information with forms.
5.5. Use of a Web Development tool.

06. Computer Viruses

6.1. An overview of Computer viruses: What is a virus? Virus symptoms, How do they get transmitted? What are the dangers, General Precautions, implementing precautions.

COURSE OBJECTIVES: Upon completion of this course you will be able to:

1). Demonstrate basic computer application techniques and skills.
2). Format documents using current word-processing software.
3). Create, and use spreadsheets to perform spreadsheet operations.
4). Plan and implement spreadsheet charts.
5). Integrate spreadsheet, database, and word-processing applications.
6). Use presentation techniques.
7). Create, and use databases to perform database operations.
8). Use computer network to communication purposes.

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