Online Classroom
All of the course materials are in the online classroom. Assignment instructions are posted here for your convenience.
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Syllabus
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Schedule (Subject to Change)
QCL=Quintessential Guide to Computer Literacy ARQ=Asking the Right Questions
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Date
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Topic
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Assignment
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9/5
Task 1
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Introduction to the Class
ARQ: Ch. 1 The Benefit of Asking the Right Questions
PowerPoint Lecture: The Right Questions
QCL: Windows Project 1 and 2 Introduction Participation Credit
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Using the Online Classroom
Due 9/12. Late deadline 9/18
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9/12
Task 2
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ARQ: Ch. 2 What Are the Issue and the Conclusion?
PowerPoint Lecture: Issue and Conclusion
QCL: Windows Project 3 Using Accessories and Project 4 File Management
Participation Credit
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Issue and Conclusion and File
Management due 9/19
Late deadline 10/2
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9/19
Task 3
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QCL: Internet Project 1 Web Browsers Project 2 Search Engines, Project 3
Email and Project 4 Advanced Email
PowerPoint Lecture: Internet
Participation Credit
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Internet and Searching Due
9/26. Late deadline 10/13
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9/26
Task 4
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ARQ: Ch. 3 What are the Reasons?
PowerPoint Lecture: Reasons
QCL: Word Project 1 Creating a Document, Word Project 2 Editing a
Document, Word Project 3 Formatting a Document and Word Project 5
Graphics
Participation Credit
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Reasons and Word
due 10/3
Late deadline 10/16.
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10/3
Task 5
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ARQ: Ch. 4 Which Words or Phrases are Ambiguous?
PowerPoint Lecture: Ambiguity
QCL: PowerPoint Project 1 Creating a Slide Show, Project 2 Editing and
Formatting, QCL: PowerPoint Project 3 Enhancing with Graphics
Participation Credit
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Research Paper Outline Due
10/10, Late deadline 10/23
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10/10
Task 6
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ARQ: Ch. 5 What are the Value Conflicts and Assumptions?
PowerPoint Lecture: Values
ARQ: Ch. 6 What are the Descriptive Assumptions?
PowerPoint Presentation: Descriptive Assumptions
Participation Credit
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Values Due 10/17.
Late deadline 10/30
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10/17
Task 7
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ARQ: Ch. 7 Are There Any Fallacies in the Reasoning?
PowerPoint Presentation: Fallacies
Formatting Research Papers
Participation Credit
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Fallacies Due 10/24. Late
deadline 11/06
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10/24
Task 8
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Moving Day - No Class Meeting. Work on your homework assignment.
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Paper and PowerPoint
Presentation
Due 12/19. No late submission.
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10/31
Task 9
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ARQ Ch. 8 How Good is the Evidence: Intuition, Appeals to Authority and
Testimonials?
PowerPoint Presentation: Evidence
QCL: Computer Concepts Project 1 Hardware and Project 2 Software
PowerPoint Presentation: Hardware and Software
Participation Credit
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Evidence and Computer
Hardware due 11/7
Late deadline 11/20
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11/7
Task 10
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ARQ: Ch. 9 How Good is the Evidence: Personal Observation, Case Studies,
Research Studies and Analogies?
PowerPoint Presentation: More Evidence
QCL: Computer Concepts Project 3 Buying a System and Project 4
Ownership
PowerPoint Presentation: Computer Buying
Participation Credit
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Evidence
Due 11/14. Late deadline 12/4
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11/14
Task 11
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QCL: Excel Project 1 Creating a Worksheet
ARQ: Ch. 10 Are There Rival Causes?
PowerPoint Presentation: Rival Causes
Participation Credit
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Worksheet and Rival Causes
Due 11/21
Late deadline 12/4
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11/21
Task 12
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Excel Project 2 Using Formulas and Project 3 Formatting a Worksheet, and
Project 5 Charts
Participation Credit
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Worksheet and Chart
Due 12/5. Late deadline 12/18
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11/28
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Thanksgiving Holiday
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12/5
Task 13
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ARQ: Ch. 11 Are the Statistics Deceptive?
PowerPoint Presentation: Statistics
QCL: Excel Project 4 Database
Participation Credit
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Statistics and Database Due
12/12. Late deadline 12/19.
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12/12
Task 14
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ARQ: Ch. 12 What Significant Information is Omitted?
ARQ: Ch. 14 Practice and Review
Participation Credit
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Final Project
Due 12/19. No late submission.
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12/19 Module 15 End of class. All work due
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