Online Classroom
All of the course materials are in the online classroom. Reading and Assignment information 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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Reading
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Assignment
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9/2
Task 1
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ARQ: Ch. 1 The Benefit of Asking the Right Questions
PowerPoint Lecture: The Right Questions
QCL: Windows Project 1 and 2 Introduction
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Using the Online Classroom
Due 9/7
Late until 9/21
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9/8
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
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Issue and Conclusion and File
Management
Due 9/14
Late until 9/28
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9/15
Task 3
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QCL: Internet Project 1 Web Browsers Project 2 Search Engines, Project 3
Email and Project 4 Advanced Email
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Internet and Searching
Due 9/21
Late until 10/5
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9/22
Task 4
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ARQ: Ch. 3 What are the Reasons?
QCL: Word Project 1 Creating a Document and Word Project 2 Editing a
Document
PowerPoint Lecture: Reasons
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Reasons and Word
Due 9/28
Late until 10/12
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9/29
Task 5
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ARQ: Ch. 4 Which Words or Phrases are Ambiguous?
PowerPoint Lecture: Ambiguity
QCL: Word Project 3 Formatting a Document and Word Project 5 Graphics
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Argumentative Paper Plan and
Ambiguity
Due 10/5
Late until 10/19
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10/6
Task 6
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ARQ: Ch. 5 What are the Value Conflicts and Assumptions?
PowerPoint Lecture: Values QCL: PowerPoint Project 1 Creating a Slide
Show, Project 2 Editing and Formatting
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Values and PowerPoint
due 10/12
Late until 10/26
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10/13
Task 7
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ARQ: Ch. 6 What are the Descriptive Assumptions?
PowerPoint Lecture: Descriptive Assumptions
QCL: PowerPoint Project 3 Enhancing with Graphics
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Paper and PowerPoint
Presentation
due 12/20. No late submission
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10/20
Task 8
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ARQ: Ch. 7 Are There Any Fallacies in the Reasoning?
PowerPoint Lecture: Fallacies
QCL: Computer Concepts Project 1 Hardware and Project 2 Software
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Fallacies and Computer Concepts
Due 10/26
Late until 11/9
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10/27
Task 9
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ARQ Ch. 8 How Good is the Evidence: Intuition, Appeals to Authority and
Testimonials?
PowerPoint Lecture: Evidence
QCL: Computer Concepts Project 3 Buying a System and Project 4
Ownership
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Evidence and Computer
Hardware
Due 11/02
Late until 11/16
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11/03
Task 10
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ARQ: Ch. 9 How Good is the Evidence: Personal Observation, Case Studies,
Research Studies and Analogies?
PowerPoint Lecture: More Evidence
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Evidence
Due 11/9
Late until 11/23
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11/11
Task 11
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ARQ: Ch. 10 Are There Rival Causes?
PowerPoint Lecture: Rival Causes
QCL: Excel Project 1 Creating a Worksheet
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Worksheet and Rival Causes
Due 11/16
Late until 11/30
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11/17
Task 12
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QCL: Excel Project 3 Formatting a Worksheet,
QCL: Excel Project 2 Using Formulas
QCL: Excel Project 5 Charts
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Worksheet and Chart
Due 11/23
Late until 12/7
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11/24
Task 13
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ARQ: Ch. 11 Are the Statistics Deceptive?
PowerPoint Lecture: Statistics
QCL: Excel Project 4 Database
Database Lecture
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Statistics and Database
Due 11/30
Late until 12/14
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12/01
Task 14
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ARQ: Ch. 12 What Significant Information is Omitted?
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Significant Information
Due 12/7. Late until 12/20
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12/08
Task 15
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ARQ: Ch. 14 Practice and Review
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Final Project
Due 12/20
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12/20 End of class. Final Project due.
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