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taught by Vance Stevens
Lecturer of Computing at Petroleum Institute, Abu Dhabi

Homework Assignments

in the PI Foundation Computing Course 032

How important is this? Homework is part of your Continuous Assessment grade in this course. Continuous Assessment counts for 35% of your course grade. Click here to see more about your homework in general

Your teacher encourages you to complete your assignments by their due date and then keep working to improve them afterwards. This will help you learn more and will increase your mark on any assignements you improve. If you have questions about when your assignment will be evaluated, please ask Vance. Please note that in order to be evaluated, the assignment must be submitted. Usually this means placed in the Work Finished' folder.

Keyboarding skills practice:http://www.southwest.com.au/~jfuller/keyboard/jskeyboard3.htm
You can find a copy of DOS Keyboard Tutor (only 600 kilobytes) here (fits on a floppy)

Check the class blog for updated information: http://comp032.blogspot.com/

Final Grade %: Computer literacy and Windows practical exam 10%, Continuous Assessment: Midsemester 5%, Homework 10%, Quizzes 10%, Work-in-class 10%, Mid-semester exam 15%, EOS Project 15%, Final exam 25%

Date assigned Date due

Assignment

 32c 32b
    Continuous Assessment marks are awarded on 8 points for completion of each assignment in yellow below with 1 extra point for any mark in bold. 10 points added to each for grade computations. There is also an HTML and blog score, not recorded here. 160-81 265-90 315-8 317-57 355-74 425-32 475-16 481-24 550-16 577-49 584-26 597-0 599-17 157-100 172-32 175-41 182-32 223-91 276-82 329-73 395-40 404-74 427-8 442-90 464-91 477-100 495-24 529-0 589-57 608-76 610-82
   

Power Point will not be included in final. Final will cover Word and HTML.

Exam practice for HTML is here:

It is not necessary to prepare the memo on typing exercises 41-50, previously assigned for Monday Jan 5.

    
Mon Jan 5, 2004 DUE: Mon Jan 5, 2004

There will be a Typing Final Quiz up to Lesson 25 today

Term projects due - Here are: an example HTML file with link to Word document, how it all comes together in a class eZine

The project is to evaluate, rank, and compare at least 3 websites all relevant to the chosen topic. At least 3 reasons must be given for each website to support its ranking (see document: criteria for evaluating websites). Due before 2 p.m. - Submit your 'old' html page to Work Finished as usual, and your project folder to WS0251

On Mon Jan 5 you must turn in:

  • An HTML document serving as a 'portal' to present your project. This document explains the project and links its components. It has:
  • a <Title> in the blue browser bar
  • The title of your report as a Heading to begin the document
  • photographs or images to illustrate your project
  • a link to your Word document and
  • links to the sites evaluated.
  • A Word document with a header and footer, a centered title with border and shading, and a summary of your work presented in all of these formats: , , ).
  • a table
  • a bulleted list
  • an indented paragraph
    
Wed Dec 31   Practice final exam, work on projects, complete homework
Course evaluation		    
Wed Dec 10 DUE: Mon Dec 29 Prepare a memo reporting on your Typing Progress for DOS Keyboard Tutor lessons 31-40. In your memo, compare your progress with your last report and state whether you are looking at your fingers when you type or not. To see how to prepare the memo, click here. You will see at right when Vance has checked who has handed in this assignment --> 160(74) 265 315 317 355(88) 425 475 481 550 577 584 597 599 157(100) 172 175 182 223(100) 276(81) 329 395 404(79) 427 442(89) 464(97) 477(97) 495 529 589 608 610
Sat Dec 27 DUE: Mon Dec 29 Students work on the second PowerPoint exercise, to be completed for homework Saturday, and placed in Work Finished as 000name032x_wksh02writing 160 265 315 317 355 425 475 481 550 577 584 597 599 157 172 175 182 223 276 329 395 404 427 442 464 477 495 529 589 608 610
Wed Dec 24 DUE: Sat Dec 27 Students work on the first PowerPoint exercise, to be completed for homework Saturday, and placed in Work Finished as 000name032x_wksh01 160 265 315 317 355 425 475 481 550 577 584 597 599 157 172 175 182 223 276 329 395 404 427 442 464 477 495 529 589 608 610
Wed Dec 24 Quiz There will be a Practice Quiz on Keyboarding 26-30. Students must complete an exercise between 26-30 without looking at fingers while typing. A 'C' score of 75% is achieved by typing 20 wpm with 95% accuracy. Looking at fingers reduces score by 5 points if you report it, 10 points if you don't. You will see at right your score on the quiz. --> 160-101 265-110 315-67 317-78 355-93 425-80 475-50 481 550 577-92 584-0 597-61 599-74 157-69 172-67 175-63 182-59 223-82 276-85 329-71 395-93 404-87 427-77 442-86 464-71 477-102 495-81 529 589 608-61 610-86
Wed Dec 10 DUE: Mon Dec 22 Prepare a memo reporting on your Typing Progress for DOS Keyboard Tutor lessons 21-30. In your memo, compare your progress with your last report and state whether you are looking at your fingers when you type or not. To see how to prepare the memo, click here. You will see at right when Vance has checked who has handed in this assignment --> 160-87 265-73 315 317 355-78 425 475 481 550 577 584 597 599 157-95 172 175 182 223-98 276-98 329-88 395 404-86 427 442-82 464-95 477-90 495 529 589-79 608 610-84
Mon Dec 22 DUE: Sat Dec 27 We will
  1. start on Power Point and (2)
  2. go over your project assignments. The first step of the project was to write its topic in your blogs (assigned Dec 13).

Now your assignment is to write more in your blog about this assignment. Your teacher is looking for evidence of thought, reflection, and effort on your project (a few words or one sentence are not evidence of thought or effort). For Sat Dec 27, your blog should give:

  1. The topic of your research
  2. A paragraph (3 or 4 sentences) describing what aspect(s) of the topic you are going to research. In this description you will narrow the focus of your research from a general topic idea to specific information you will be looking for on the Internet. (As you actually find information you might want to later adjust the focus of your topic.)
  3. Links to web sites you are considering for evaluation
    
Sat Dec 20 DUE: End of period Sat Dec 20 In class Wed, we will start on Evaluating Websites, based on the TinyURLs students found in "Searching the World Wide Web Part 2". Pairs of students evaluate the websites on a given topic (pumping oil, learning PowerPoint, solving math problems, Internet library for students). Each student team will prepare on Saturday an evaluation score for each website in the topic area based on the criteria questions here.. Students will present findings to the class on Monday Dec 22, indicating the best and worst sites in the group.    
Sat Dec 13 DUE: Tue Dec 16

You also need to write in your blog what you want to do for your term project. The project will be to evaluate web sites for the quality of information they provide on your topic. Your results will appear in a class eZine (more information about the eZine here). You will also hand in 1 or 2 page Word document reporting your findings in a table, with header and footer and other attributes to be explained later. For now you must write in your blog what topic you are interested in for the web search, and how you plan to contribute to the eZine presentation. Vance will check blogs after. Tuesday Dec 16. Vance checked who has done this Dec 21 -->

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Mon Dec 15 DUE: Sat Dec 20

We started on "Internet: Evaluating Web Sites" pages 3 & 4. First evaluate the sites according to the criteria questions here.. Then answer the questions using the terms used in the criteria question worksheet. You will see at right when Vance has checked who has handed in this assignment -->

SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS: Excercise 3 asks you to compare two web sites. You can't do this because one of the sites is not available. So instead please evaluate the site you can access according to the criteria questions here.. Write your evaluation in the space for comparison on p. 3.

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Mon Dec 15 Quiz
Mon Dec 15		 There will be a Practice Quiz on Keyboarding 15-20. Students must complete an exercise between 15-20 without looking at fingers while typing. A 'C' score of 75% is achieved by typing 20 wpm with 95% accuracy. Looking at fingers reduces score by 5 points (each time). You will see at right your score on the quiz. --> 160(95) 265(72) 315(77) 317(65) 355(83) 425(70) 475(46) 481(67) 550(69) 577(78) 584(26) 597 599 157(52) 172(72) 175(69) 182(5) 223(75) 276(78) 329(62) 395 404(66) 427 442(55) 464(63) 477(95) 495(71) 529 589(49) 608(73) 610(74)
Wed Dec 10 DUE: Mon Dec 15 Prepare a memo reporting on your Typing Progress for DOS Keyboard Tutor lessons 10-20. In your memo, compare your progress with your last report and state whether you are looking at your fingers when you type or not. To see how to prepare the memo, click here.You will see at right when Vance has checked who has handed in (in blue) and then marked in this assignment with a grade (and you can see the marking scheme here) --> 160 265 315 317 355 425 475 481 550 577 584 597 599 157 172 175 182 223 276 329 395 404 427 442 464 477 495 529 589 608 610
Assigned: Sat Dec 13 DUE: Mon Dec 15

We'll go over "Review: Searching the World Wide Web" in class.

If you need to you can finish "Internet: Evaluating Web Sites" pages 1 & 2. Vance checked this assignment Tue Dec 16 -->

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Wed Dec 10 DUE: Sat Dec 13

In class Wed, we made Tiny URLs from "Searching the World Wide Web Part 2".Vance checked who had done the assignment on Friday Dec 12 -->

We started "Internet: Evaluating Web Sites" pages 1 & 2.

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Mon Dec 8 DUE: Wed Dec 10 Complete the worksheet "Review: Searching the World Wide Web". Don't worry about the question 'Where does a squanook lay its eggs?' The squanook apparently forgot where it laid its eggs because they didn't hatch and no squanooks have been spotted lately, at least not on the Internet. Vance checked who had done the assignment on Friday Dec 12 --> 160 265 315 317 355 425 475 481 550 577 584 597 599 157 172 175 182 223 276 329 395 404 427 442 464 477 495 529 589 608 610
Sat Dec 6, 2003 DUE: Mon Dec 8 Complete the worksheet "Searching the World Wide Web Part 2" We will use your answers for questions 3-6 as part of an evaluation exercise later this week.    
Score on homework 0% 1
45%		 2
65%		 3
75%		 4
85%		 5
95%		 ok
unmarked
Description and color coding
not yet checked		 Did not do the work at all or obviously copied or excused Did only part of the assignment Did most of the assignment but not completely Did all the assignment but with many errors, or late Completed the assignment with some errors Completed the assignment with few or no errors assignment received and acknowledged

Eid Al Fitr Cut-off

Date assigned Date due Assignment

Description
Note: All assignments listed below were due by Monday Nov 24. Some were marked during the Eid break. The remainder will be marked Sunday Dec 7.

 32c 32b
Ongoing Nov 24 HTML page

What should your HTML document have for full marks (see what the marks mean):

  • 10 points - you have submitted an html document to Work Finished
  • 10 points - you have an introduction of yourself inside a [p ... /p] tag package
  • 10 points - you have at least one picture on it [img src ... etc]
  • 10 points - you have a description of at least one picture inside a [p ... /p] tag package
  • 10 points - you have a link to the latest version of your BLOG [A HREF etc].
  • 10 points - all text and picture displays are working over Internet
  • 10 points - all [A HREF etc] links are working over Internet
  • 10 points - a centered heading in large font
  • 20 points - good use of other features covered in the HTML tutorial steps 1-10 - for example, change text and background color, or use lines, or resize your photo, or make a table to space your pictures
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Nov 22 Nov 24 Keyboarding

Before going away for your Eid holiday, I need to know how you're doing with your keyboarding. I need for you to write me a memo that explains your progress.

Here's how you do it:

  1. Create an Excel spreadsheet like the one where you track your work with DOS Keyboarding Tutor
  2. Enter your data in the spreadsheet (exercise, date, speed, and accuracy)
  3. Use the chart wizard to create a line graph
  4. Rename series 1 and 2 to Speed and Accuracy
  5. Give the chart a title and label the X and Y axes
  6. Produce a chart and copy it to your computer RAM
  7. Open word and use File / New to create a MEMO
  8. Delete the memo text (body) and paste your chart object there
  9. Address the memo to your teacher
  10. From you (and don't forget to include your ID)
  11. Delete the cc (carbon copy, not needed)
  12. Subject or Re: DOS Keyboard Tutor Progress Report
  13. Write a paragraph (a few sentences) to REPORT (describe, explain) your progress

Your keyboarding mark will be taken from this memo (see what the marks mean)

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Nov 17 Nov 19  

Please complete and hand in the worksheet Internet Searching: Classwork . For Wed Nov 19 each student takes one search question, finds answer, and reports to class how answer was found.

Your HTML pages must work on the Internet: See assignment from Nov 8

Prepare for Keyboarding quiz:

  • Correct finger placement
  • Reward for not looking at keyboard
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Nov 15 Nov 17 Advanced search techniques Please complete and hand in the worksheet Advanced Search Options to Limit or Expand a Search . 160 265 315 317 355 425 475 481 550 577 584 597 599 157 172 175 182 223 276 329 395 404 427 442 464 477 495 529 589 608 610
Nov 15 Nov 15 quiz In class today we had an HTML quiz on Troubleshooting. We learned about the <hr> command to draw lines. 160 265 315 317 355 425 475 481 550 577 584 597 599 157 172 175 182 223 276 329 395 404 427 442 464 477 495 529 589 608 610
Nov 12, 2003 Nov 15, 2003 Worksheet on searching In class today we had an HTML quiz on Ending Tags. We began a worksheet on Advanced Search Techniques.

We learned how to make headings for our HTML pages with <Font size =+2> and we learned how to <center> the heading. Everyone should have a heading in his HTML page. We also learned how to add bacground color to the Body tag like this: <BODY BGCOLOR=#abcdef. For more information about writing html code see http://www.webmonkey.com		    
Nov 10, 2003   Quiz on HTML There will be a quiz today on HTML. You can see the quiz in advance here. You will take the quiz without notes as an in-class test on Monday. 160 265 315 317 355 425 475 481 550 577 584 597 599 157 172 175 182 223 276 329 395 404 427 442 464 477 495 529 589 608 610
Nov 8, 2003 Due date to be announced Keyboarding Skills Chart Start a new chart showing systematic typing progress starting with Lesson 1, kept by Vance after each lesson. You will be marked on (1) correct fingering of keyboard (start with Lessons if not sure how to place fingers) (2) number of exercises completed, (3) improvement over time, (4) transfer of data to Excel file later, (5) and presentation as memo in Word document due much later.    
Nov 8, 2003 Nov 12, 2003 HTML page Your HTML document will be evaluated on whether or not it works on the Internet. You get ten points each for (1) having a web page (2) all text and picture displays working over Internet (3) all links working over Internet (4) having a picture on it (5) description of picture (6) introduction of yourself (7) hyperlink to your blog (8) having a blog that works (9 and 10) good use of other features covered in the HTML tutorial steps 1-10    
Nov 3, 2003 Nov 5, 2003 Your class 032 homepage See Step 7 in HTML document creation. Place in Work Finished latest version of your HTML document with a <P>aragraph to describe your picture and a <P>aragraph with a link to your blog on the Internet. Label the file ID#name032x_descriptor-v.htm (see explanation of filename below)    
Nov 1, 2003 Nov 3, 2003 Your class 032 homepage See Steps 1-6 in HTML document creation. Place in Work Finished one HTML document with a <P>aragraph to introduce yourself and a <P>aragraph with a link to a picture on the Internet.    

Mid-Semester Cut-off

Date assigned Date due Assignment Description 32c 32b
October 21, 2003   Continuous Assessment (CE) score Ten assignments were taken from those below and a point given for each assignment completed, times 10 to derive percentage scores at right ... 160(95) 265(100) 315(50) 317(60) 355(80) 425(60) 475(70) 481(60) 550(50) 577(80) 584(70) 597(40) 599(60) 157(90) 172(50) 175(60) 182(40) 223(70) 276(85 adjusted) 329(80) 395(30-40) 404(90) 427(60) 442(70) 464(90) 477(90) 495(60) 529(70) 589(20) 608(90) 610(80)
Wednesday
October 15, 2003		 Saturday
October 18, 2003		 review for your Midsemester Exam Computer Hardware
(not counted toward CE score)		 160 265 315 317 355 425 475 481 550 577 584 597 599 157 172 175 182 223 276 329 395 404 427 442 464 477 495 529 589 608 610
Wednesday
October 15, 2003		 Saturday
October 15, 2003		 Second assignment on tables 10th CE point awarded for
Falconry		 160 265 315 317 355 425 475 481 550 577 584 597 599 157 172 175 182 223 276 329 395 404 427 442 464 477 495 529 589 608 610
Monday
October 13, 2003		 Wednesday
October 15, 2003		 First assignment on tables 9th CE point awarded for
Space Probe Center Planet table		 160 265 315 317 355 425 475 481 550 577 584 597 599 157 172 175 182 223 276 329 395 404 427 442 464 477 495 529 589 608 610
Saturday
October 11, 2003		 Monday
October 13, 2003		 Formatting Still More 8th CE point awarded for
Volleyball		 160 265 315 317 355 425 475 481 550 577 584 597 599 157 172 175 182 223 276 329 395 404 427 442 464 477 495 529 589 608 610
Wednesday
Oct 8, 2003		 Saturday
October 11, 2003		 Formatting - MORE and typing practice 7th CE point awarded for
Classwork: Formatting MORE (Adnoc job application 2)

Homework: Practice your keyboarding with DOS Keyboarding Tutor. Record results of exercises on the worksheet provided and enter the data into an Excel spreadsheet (make it look like the worksheet).		 160 265 315 317 355 425 475 481 550 577 584 597 599 157 172175 182 223 276 329 395 404 427 442 464 477 495 529 589 608 610
Monday
Oct 6, 2003		 Wednesday
Oct 8, 2003		 Still more Editing and Proofreading a Document (practice) 6th CE point awarded for
Homework: Mazda Letter There was a small problem with this one; Vance didn't give you the second of 3 sheets. The assignment is still to produce the target document		 160 265 315 317 355 425 475 481 550 577 584 597 599 157 172 175 182 223 276 329 395 404 427 442 464 477 495 529 589 608 610
October 1, 2003 October 4, 2003 More Editing and Proofreading a Document (practice) 5th CE point awarded for
For homework, target doc Space Probe 		160 265 315 317 355 425 475 481 550 577 584 597 599 157 172 175 182 223 276 329 395 404 427 442 464 477 495 529 589 608 610
October 1, 2003 October 1, 2003 Editing and Proofreading a Document in MS Word 4th CE point awarded for
Class exercise, target doc Hamdan Job Application Letter 1 		160 265 315 317 355 425 475 481 550 577 584 597 599 157 172175 182 223 276 329 395 404 427 442 464 477 495 529 589 608 610
September 29, 2003 October 1, 2003 Important Parts of the MS Word Window 3rd CE point awarded for
Use Shift F1 to fill in names of buttons on paper handout		 160 265 315 317 355 425 475 481 550 577 584 597 599 157 172 175 182 223 276 329 395 404 427 442 464 477 495 529 589 608 610
Sept 24, 2003 Sept 27, 2003 Word Buttons Describe ten Word buttons and hand in description in a Word document
(not counted toward CE score)		 160 265 315 317 355 425 475 481 550 577 584 597 599  
September 15, 2003 September 20, 2003 DOS Keyboard Tutor Progress Chart 2nd CE point awarded for
Create an Excel file that records Exercise, Date, Speed, and Accuracy results of work with DOS KB Tutor, to be placed in Work Finished or WS0251		 160 265 315 317 355 425 475 481 550 577 584 597 599 157 172 175 182 223 276 329 395 404 427 442 464 477 495 529 589 608 610
Sept 2003 Sept 2003 Windows 2000 - Using Menus in a Program Window Label diagram with words from list (arrow, bullet ...) and Computer - What is the function of each part (input, storage, etc) - paper exercise
(not counted toward CE score)		 160 265 315 317 355 425 475 481 550 577 584 597 599 157 172 175 182 223 276 329 395 404 427 442 464 477 495 529 589 608 610
Sept 17, 2003 Sept, 2003 Quiz One point awarded toward CE for doing 2 of the first 3 assignments
Tools available through ctrl-alt-del in Windows 2000 - 5-question quiz reviewing Hot Potatoes exercise on this topic		 160 265 315 317 355 425 475 481 550 577 584 597 599 157 172 175 182 223 276 329 395 404 427 442 464 477 495 529 589 608 610
Sept 2003 Sept 2003 The Windows 2000 User Interface Label diagram with parts of desktop - paper exercise 160 265 315 317 355 425 475 481 550 577 584 597 599 157 172 175 182 223 276 329 395 404 427 442 464 477 495 529 589 608 610
Sept 2003 Sept 2003 Parts of a Personal Computer and Hardware Component Names Fill in blanks and label diagrams with parts of computer 160 265 315 317 355 425 475 481 550 577 584 597 599 157 172 175 182 223 276 329 395 404 427 442 464 477 495 529 589 608 610

Marking rubric

Score on homework 0% 1
45%		 2
65%		 3
75%		 4
85%		 5
95%		 ok
unmarked
Description and color coding
not yet checked		 Did not do the work at all or obviously copied or excused Did only part of the assignment Did most of the assignment but not completely Did all the assignment but with many errors, or late Completed the assignment with some errors Completed the assignment with few or no errors assignment received and acknowledged

Do your homework in your HOME folder. Always keep a copy there.
When ready to 'hand it in' copy it and paste it to the appropriate folder in Work Finished

Name your file: 000name000x__descriptor-v
Please avoid spaces and use only alphanumeric characters in filenames (underscore_ and dash- are OK)

When ready to hand it in, make a copy of the file in your Home folder and

This update: January 17, 2004
Address questions or comments to vstevens at pi.ac.ae http://www.vancestevens.com/