Courses Wayne State University College of Lifelong Learning Interdisciplinary Studies Program Computers and Society courses, Winter 2001     ( http://www.cll.wayne.edu/isp/drbowen/casw01) Mondays, 6 - 9:40 PM in 113 Rackham Computers and Society     GST 2710, Section 988, Call Number 95241, 4 credits Computers and Society     AGS 3360, Section 983, Call Number 98319, 4 credits Office hours: Mondays 4 - 6 PM in 113 Rackham	Instructor
	David R. Bowen 2311 A/AB Wayne State University Detroit, MI 48202	Daytime tel: (313) 577-1498 Evening tel: (248) 549-8518 FAX: (313) 577-8585 Home Page:     http://www.cll.wayne.edu/isp/drbowen Email: d.r.bowen@wayne.edu

Last updated: 2/26/01 (updated Question 8)
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Second class: Agenda
Monday January 22

1. Quiz 1
2. Sign in online during the class - this is the attendance sheet. Go go the course web site (see URL on left half of page at ops), then scroll down to "Online tools" and follow link to "Signin", then fill in form and click on the "Sign In" button. Do this every class. The people listed below signed in during the first class. Notice that some signed in twice; once is sufficient.
   • Suzy M Bjorklund
   • Shonda T. Brown
   • Sharon R Patton
   • Jackie M Webster
   • Caprice V Nathan
   • Duane B Cooper
   • vincent g parks
   • michael T HYMAN (signed in twice)
   • ANGELL L CYARS
   • william D. Myles
   • Wanda L Mitchell (signed in twice)
   • Angelina R Canty
   • Alfonso D Strong
3. If you have not filled in the online course information form, please do that during this class. The directions are similar to those for the online signin, but follow the link to the "Course information form" instead. The following people have filled this form already. Once is enough. Note that if you want the online grade reports available, you need to supply a password on this form. Everybody said that they wanted the online grade reports, but some did not supply a password. If those people really do want the online grade reports available, they need to go to the form and fill it out again, completely, including a password this time.
   • Susan M Bjorklund
   • Jackie M Webster
   • Shonda T. Brown (no password supplied)
   • Sharon R Patton
   • Caprice V Nathan
   • MICHAEL T HYMAN
   • ANGELL L CYARS
   • William D. Myles
   • Wanda L Mitchell (twice)
   • Duane B Cooper (no password sipplied)
   • Angelina R Canty
   • Vincent G Parks (no password supplied)
   • Alfonso D Strong
4. Announcements:
   1. Change in syllabus. As was pointed out to me this week, WSU requires separate syllabi for separate courses. Therefore, I have split the combines syllabus for GST2710 and AGS 3360 into separate syllabi for each course. The content - assignments, grading scale, etc. - have not changed. New copies will not be distributed for GST 2710, although you can go to the course web site, pull it up, and print it out if you want to. I have added paper topics to the syllabus for AGS 3360, and so new copes of that are available for those taking AGS 3360.
   2. On-line math tutor, an aid in preparing for the Math Proficiency Exam:
      http://www.cll.wayne.edu/olmt/
      1. Has practice problems
      2. You will need to make up a User Name and a Password. You will also need to complete the Informed Consent, since information about your use will be logged (but there is no way that the information can be tied to you personally by name).
      3. After the preliminary transactions above, you will see the following page:
         
         1. Use the second choice, Online Practice with signed numbers, then Problems 19 through 25 for all the types of binary problems that we cover in this course. NOTE The problem numbers are really problem types. The online tutor will make up an endless sequence of problems of any of these types.
         2. Use the third choice, Read about binary numbers and binary arithmetic, to see explanations of binary numbers written by students taking this course.
   3. The class photo album is online now. I will be taking picture again for the course web site. This is not a requirement of the course. If you do not want your picture on the course web site, that is fine; just let me know. The camera is a digital camera. It does not use film, pictures are downloaded directly to a computer. You can copy your picture to use in do-it-yourself greeting cards, newsletters, essays and so forth.
5. Review of last week
   1. Introduction to computers: information, structure, primary and secondary structure
   2. Counting, pwers of two, and adding in decimal and binary
   3. Computer systems and software
   4. Files
      1. Types of files
      2. Hierarchical file system
   5. Windows basics
      1. Mouse actions
      2. Parts of a window
6. Primary applications -- the ones covered by this course
   1. Word processing
   2. Spreadsheet
   3. Database
   4. Graphics
   5. Communications
   6. Computer programming
7. Command Line Interface (example: DOS) Vs Graphical User Interface or GUI (example: Windows)
   1. Command line. This is a text-based interface. There is usually a "prompt" from the operating system signifying that it is ready for a command from the user. In DOS, the prompt is usually "C:>", where C: indicates the default drive (the drive that will be used unless the user changes it), and > indicating to type the command to the right. Note that this means that the user must know the correct command, and spell it correctly.
      
      Use a command line interface by:
      1. Click on the "Start" button
      2. Select "Run..."
      3. In the "Open" text box type command and click the "OK" button. The old DOS command line interface opens up.
         IMPORTANT: In a command line interface, you must always tap the <Enter> key after typing a command computer.
      4. Type help. What is the response? See the screen shot below (using windows 95, not Windows NT).
         
      5. Type dir. What is the response?
      6. Type exit. Presto - you exit.
   2. GUI. The user usually sees a list of commands to choose from, and often a set of "icons" -- small pictures representing a program or other file. This requires only that the user know what s/he wants to do when it is in front of them.
8. Binary
   1. Review of counting, addition, powers of two, and converting from binary to decimal
   2. Converting decimal to binary
   3. Multiplication
9. Microsoft Office - combines word processing, database, spreadsheet and graphics
   You carry out the underlined items.
   1. If you have not previously started Word, do this now by
      1. clicking on the Start button in the lower left corner of the screen
      2. then pointing to Programs, opening up a sub-menu bar
      3. then sliding the mouse cursor over horizontally, then clicking on Microsoft Office 2000, opening up another sub-menu
      4. sliding the mouse cursor over  and clicking on Microsoft Word
   2. Insert the test floppy diskette into the diskette drive window.
      1. The writing ("CH") is on on the top of the diskette
      2. The metal door is on the front of the diskette - it goes into the computer first.
      3. Push firmly until the computer takes the disk in the rest of the way. If the diskette sticks, do not force it.
      4. On the Word menu bar, click on File, then Open...
   3. Active elements -- these are common elements that appear in many Windows applications.
   1. Menu - a list of options that drops down when you click on the text on the menu bar. Click on the option you you want to choose it.
      1. Click on the File menu item, release the mouse button, and then click on Open.
         (In the future, we will call this the File / Open menu item.)
         This opens up the Open dialog. Take a close look. You will be using it many times. In order, check to make sure you get the file you want:
         1. Drive (a:, c: or other) -- here, a:
         2. Directory on that drive
         3. File in that directory
   2. Dialog: a collection of active elements to accomplish a multipart task. Dialogs are windows, so they have title bars. We will identify dialogs by their title -- the text on the title bar. When you start Word, the first thing you see is the Startup dialog.
   3. Button - a rectangular picture that looks like a button, often with a label, that takes an action when it is clicked.
   4. Pull-down list - a line of text with a down-pointing arrowhead to the right. When you click the arrowhead, a list of options drop down. Click on the option you want to choose it.
      1. On the Open dialog, use the pull-down drive list to choose drive a:
   5. List box - a list of choices inside a box, with the chosen item shown above the list.
      1. On the Open dialog, make sure that the root directory (a:\) is selected.
      2. On the Open dialog, make sure that the file "globwarm.doc" is selected. Click on this file name to select it; the selected filename shows in the small box above the list box.
   6. With the right drive, the right directory and the right file selected, click on the OK button.
   7. Scroll bars - bars at the right side and/or bottom of the screen with up and down arrowheads and an "elevator box." These are for moving ("scrolling") through a long text or graphics file. The elevator box shows your location within the file. Click on the arrowheads a and d for small movements. Click on the bars near the arrowheads b and c to move one full screen at a time. Drag the elevator box for large movements. Try all three.
   4. Make a change to (edit) the file.
      1. Select some text there by dragging over it with the mouse. The selected text is "highlighted" -- shown in reverse colors. This is the normal Windows signal that something is selected for further action.
      2. Copy the selected text to the Windows "clipboard" (a virtual holding location for data) by selecting the Edit / Copy menu item. Alternate action: <Ctrl>C.
      3. Move the insertion point (the "I-Beam" cursor) to another point in the document. Copy the selection into this document using the menu item Edit / Paste. Alternate action: <Ctrl>V
      4. Save the new version using the diskette icon on the Word toolbar. Alternate action: Use the menu item Ifle / Save. Alternate action: File / Save.
      5. Save the new version under a new name using the menu item File / Save As... Check that the save location is still the floppy diskette (A:) and type in a new file name, changing the name but not the extension. (Depending on how your computer is set up, you may not see the extension. If you cannot see the extension, you cannot change it anyway.
      6. The difference between Save and Save As...:
         1. Save repeats the las Save As... - drive, folders, name, extension and file type
         2. Use Save As... to change any one or more of the above items in Save.

      NOTE 1: To move text, "Cut" it first, then paste it in the new location.
      NOTE 2: Using Cut / Copy and Paste, you can move or copy a selection within a document as well as between documents. You can also move or copy between applications, such as between a word processing document and a spreadsheet.
      NOTE 3: Use File Save... in the following circumstances: (a) the first time you save a new document (if you choose File / Save the first time, you will actually get File / Save As...), (b) When you want to change the name, location or file format of the file (the original copy will continue to exist) or (c) when you want to double-check the name, location or file type (select Save As..., check that everything is the way you want, then click Cancel). Later, we will even cut/copy and paste files from one drive to another, and parts of graphics, too. Cut/Copy and Paste is very general and easy to use in Windows.
      NOTE 4: To move text within the same document, you may prefer "Drag 'n Drop. to use Drag 'n Drop, you first select the text to be moved by dragging the mouse over it, then release the mouse button, then click and hold. A small box should appear beneath the mouse icon. This is the sign that you can now drag the text to the desired location.

      6. Close your file but leave Word open.
         1. In the upper right corner of the Word window, there are two sets of controls. Click on the lower "X" to close your file.
            
      7. Close Word by clicking on the upper "X"
10. Lab. Work through the assigned sections of Microsoft Office 2000 Professional [sections EC (Essential Computer Concepts), WIN98 (Windows) and WEB (Browser Basics)]. Turn in the folowing as your lab report:
    1. Pp EC 34 and EC 35, questions 1, 2, 3, 11 and 27
    2. Pg WIN 98 1.30, questions 1, 2 and 3
    3. Pg WIN 98 1.31, question 1
    4. Pg WIN 98 2.11, questions 1, 2 and 3
    5. Explain how to copy a file from one location to another
    6. Pg WIN 98 2.27, Tutorial 2
    7. WEB 11, (a) write the URL for the course web site, (b) identify the parts of it, and (c) explain what each part means.
    8. WEB 36, Pp 36 and 37, copy this lab assignment onto a file saved on your test diskette, and print the file out from your test diskette.
    9. WEB (all) List as many different ways as you can of getting to the same web page (for example the opening page for the course web site). One, way, for example is to click on a link to it. For this assignment, even though there are many different links to this page, "click on a link" counts as one method only.
11. Turning your computer off
    1. Save any files that you have worked on during the class and still have open
    2. Click on "Start" then Shut Down...
    3. Make sure that "Shut down the computer" is selected and click "Yes"
    4. Wait for the dialog "It is now safe to turn off your computer.", then turn off the power using the red switch under the desktop.

Be sure to turn the test diskette back in.

Assignment 2

1. The reading assignments come from the Assignment Schedule, distributed in class last week and also available on the course web site. The reading assignments are:
   1. In Microsoft Office Professional 2000, read Word: Part 2, Lesson 1 in preparation for the lab next week.
   2. In Computers, Technology and Society, read Chapter 2.
2. Turn in answers for the following Review Questions from Pages 2-43 and 2-44 in Computers, Technology and Society: 3, 4, 6, 9, 10 and 11.
3. Write the numbers after the following numbers (binary):
   1. 11011
   2. 1101
   3. 1011
4. Convert each of the above numbers to decimal format
5. Convert the following decimal numbers to binary
   1. 87
   2. 9
   3. 32
6. Identify the parts of each of the following filenames, and describe the type of file:
   1. a:\globwarm.doc
   2. c:\dos\format.exe
   3. c:\MyDocuments\sect945\budget.xls
7. List the active parts that occur in all windows in Windows, and what you can use them for.
8. Identify the parts of the URL for the course web site:
   http://www.cll.wayne.edu/isp/drbowen/casw01/welcome.htm

Quiz 2

Quiz 2 at the start of class next week will cover:

• Counting, adding and multiplying binary numbers. Converting binary to decimal and decimal to binary.
• Mouse actions: list and describe the mouse actions, and describe the active part of the mouse icon
• Parts of windows: list and describe their use(s)
• Files: Describe the meaning of
  • filename
  • extension
  • full file name
  • directory
  • drive
  • path
• Given an example of one of the "Files" items, identify its parts (e.g. for globwarm.doc, globwarm is the filename and doc is the extension)
• List the parts of a window and describe their use(s).
• Given a picture of a window, identify its parts.
• List the active elements that can appear in windows and describe their use(s).
• Given a picture with active elements, identify the elements.
• Starting with the computer off, open a file in Word. Write down the contents of the file (will be short).
• Explain the difference between Save As... and Save, and when you need to use Save As...