General Class Information
Other
course materials and communications will be available through the campus WebCT
system. If you are having difficulty with WebCT, try
the student information
page. The Activate
your WebCT account link is particularly useful, if you don’t see this class
listed after logging into WebCT.
New
students: Activate your UCSC email account, known as CruzMail, log in to the
student portal (my.ucsc.edu) and click the link that says Activate UCSC
Account.
Continuing
students: If you have forgotten your CruzMail password or are unable to log on
to WebCT,
call the ITS Help Desk at 459-HELP between 8am-5pm, Monday-Friday.
Class Number:
33350
Instructor:
Gerald
B. Moulds
Use the
WebCT
Email tool to contact me:
- Click “Compose Message”
- Click “Browse” (to the right of the “Send to” box)
- I’m at the top of the list – Gerald Moulds
(CMPE003_Moulds)
- As a last resort, you may contact me at gmoulds@soe.ucsc.edu, but it may take
longer for me to respond to these messages.
Office: Engineering-2 Room #237A
Instructor Office Hours:
Thursday
10:00am-11:30pm, or by appointment.
Office:
Engineering-2 Room #237A
Lecture times:
Tuesday
and Thursday, 12:00-1:45pm, Classroom Unit 2.
Teaching Assistants:
Sheldon
Logan – contact through WebCT Email as “slogan”.
Marc
Mendonca – contact through WebCT Email as “mmendonc”.
Who is my TA?
Required text:
Tomorrow’s Technology and You,
9th edition, by
George Beekman. There are two
versions of this text, the Introductory and Complete versions. Both cover all the material we will be
using in this course, so feel free to purchase whatever’s available or less
expensive.
Labs:
All labs are held in Ming
Ong Computer Lab. Maps to the computer lab can be found here.
1A:
Monday, 2:00pm-3:30pm -
Ming Ong Lab -
TA: Sheldon Logan
1B:
Tuesday, 9:30pm-11:00am -
Ming Ong Lab -
TA: Marc Mendonca
1C:
Wednesday, 12:00pm-1:30pm -
Ming Ong Lab -
TA: Sheldon Logan
1D:
Thursday, 10:00am-11:30am -
Ming Ong Lab -
TA: Marc Mendonca
Exam times:
Midterm Exams (each worth 15% of your final grade):
· Tuesday, January 27th (Chapters 1-3)
· Tuesday, February 17th (Chapters 4-6)
· Thursday, March 12th (Chapters 7-10)
Bring a
pink Scantron form (form F-1712, available at the Bay Tree Bookstore) and
pencils on exam days.
If you
know you cannot make an exam, or need special arrangements, inform me at least
a week ahead of the scheduled exam time. If you miss an exam due to
illness or emergency, contact me as soon as possible.
Academic Integrity:
Cheating
in any part of the course may lead to failing the course and severe academic
discipline.
Special Accommodations:
If you
have special needs, we will accommodate you. Also, the Disability Resource Center offers services
which are confidential and free of charge.
Course Outline:
This
course covers the concepts of hardware and software used in personal computing.
The lectures provide a background in terminology and fundamental concepts. The
assignments provide hands-on practice using basic office applications and web
tools.
Credit:
This
course is 5.0 credits. The course satisfies an IN requirement. Students cannot
repeat this course for credit. Students cannot get credit for both this course
and CMPS 2.
Grade Evaluation:
Your
grade will be assigned: A=above 90%, B=75%-89%, C=60%-74%, Fail=below 60%
Quizzes
can NOT be submitted late, for any reason. This is both a class rule and
a limitation of the WebCT software – neither your instructor nor your TA
can change this.
Assignments
submitted late will typically receive a grade of zero. If you have a valid excuse for a late assignment,
contact your TA or the Instructor.
Assignments:
Note on
submitting Assignments 1-5:
Assignment 0 – EXTRA
CREDIT - Send
WebCT email to your TA – Due Friday, January 9th. – Do this RIGHT
AWAY.
-If you are in a lab, send email to the TA in charge of that
lab. (See above section on Lab Times and TAs)
-If not in a lab, if your last name begins with A-M Sheldon
Logan is your TA.
-If not in a lab, if your last name begins with N-Z, Marc
Mendonca is your TA.
-Click "WebCT EMail" from the left menu.
-Click on "Compose Message."
-In the "Send to:" box type in your lab TA email
name, either “slogan” (for Sheldon Logan) or “mmendonc” (for Marc Mendonca).
-In the "Subject" type in "CMPE003 Assignment
0".
-In the message area, type in your favorite color (Red,
Blue, etc.).
-Click "Send" in the lower left box.
-Worth 100 points of Extra Credit.
Assignment 1 - Word Processing – Due Wednesday, January
14
-The purpose of this assignment is to demonstrate basic
proficiency in creating and formatting a word processing document.
-Create a Word Document, listing the courses required for
graduation in your major, or another major of your choosing.
-(This information can be found
listed in the UCSC Course Catalog, or often on the Web Page for your
department.)
-Assignment must be saved as a Microsoft Word 2003 document.
-You must submit "assignment1.doc" through WebCT.
-Do not use the Computer Engineering major.
-100 points for indentation depth of 3 or more classes at
some point If your major does not have classes with this many prerequisites, at
the end of your assignment provide an example of a class that does, to
demonstrate you know how to do so.
-100 points for submitting this as a Microsoft Word document
titled "assignment1.doc" (-50 for wrong filename)
-100 points for using 2 different font sizes (2 x 50)
-100 points for using normal, bold, italic, and underline (4
x 25)
-100 points for using bullets with at least two levels of
indentation (2 x 50)
-100 points for no spelling errors (-10 for each error)
-100 points for correctness to complete the major (-10 per
error)
-100 points for use of centering and left justify (2 x 50)
-100 points for including a web link which links to a UCSC
department site
-100 points for using 3 different font styles: One serif,
One sans-serif, One mono-spaced. (examples on pg. 588 of the text) (3 x 33)
-Sample
page 1 and Sample
page 2 are available as a model for your solutions.
-Worth 1000 points total (10%) plus up to a possible 100
points extra credit. (See Sample
page 2 for extra credit description).
Assignment 2 –
Spreadsheet. Here
are links to the assignment
and an example
– Due Wednesday, January 28th.
Assignment 3 - Web Page. Here are links to the assignment
and an example - Due Wednesday,
February 11th.
Assignment 4 –
Programming. Here
are links to the assignment
and hello_java.html
- Due Wednesday, February 25th.
Assignment 5 – PowerPoint
Presentation. Here
is the link to the assignment
- Due Monday, March 16th.
Quizzes:
All
quizzes must be submitted by 11:30pm of their due date. Quizzes can
not be submitted late for any reason. Each quiz is available
for the five days previous to its due date.
