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Schedule (Subject to Change)
QCL=Dozer's 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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8/31
Task 1
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ARQ: Ch. 1 The Benefit of Asking the Right Questions
QCL: Windows Project 1 and 2 Introduction
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Using the Online Classroom
Due 9/6. Late until 9/13
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9/7
Task 2
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ARQ: Ch. 2 What Are the Issue and the Conclusion?
QCL: Windows Project 3 Using Accessories and Project 4 File
Management
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Management
Due 9/13. Late until 9/20
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9/14
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 9/20
Late until 9/27
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9/21
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
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Reasons and Word
Due 9/27
Late until 10/4
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9/28
Task 5
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ARQ: Ch. 4 Which Words or Phrases are Ambiguous?
QCL: Word Project 3 Formatting a Document and Word Project 5 Graphics
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Argumentative Paper Plan and
Ambiguity
Due 10/4
Late until 10/11
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10/5
Task 6
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ARQ: Ch. 5 What are the Value Conflicts and Assumptions?
QCL: PowerPoint Project 1 Creating a Slide Show, Project 2 Editing and
Formatting
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Values and PowerPoint
due 10/11
Late until 10/18
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10/12
Task 7
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ARQ: Ch. 6 What are the Descriptive Assumptions?
QCL: PowerPoint Project 3 Enhancing with Graphics
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Paper and PowerPoint Presentation
Discussion due 10/18.
Paper and PowerPoint due 12/13.
No late submission
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10/19
Task 8
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ARQ: Ch. 7 Are There Any Fallacies in the Reasoning?
QCL: Computer Concepts Project 1 Hardware and Project 2 Software
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Fallacies and Computer Concepts
Due 10/25
Late deadline 11/1
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10/26
Task 9
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ARQ Ch. 8 How Good is the Evidence: Intuition, Appeals to Authority and
Testimonials?
QCL: Computer Concepts Project 3 Buying a System and Project 4
Ownership
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Evidence and Computer Hardware
Due 11/1
Late until 11/8
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11/2
Task 10
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ARQ: Ch. 9 How Good is the Evidence: Personal Observation, Case
Studies, Research Studies and Analogies?
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Evidence
Due 11/8
Late deadline 11/15
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11/9
Task 11
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ARQ: Ch. 10 Are There Rival Causes?
QCL: Excel Project 1 Creating a Worksheet
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Worksheet and Rival Causes
Due 11/15
Late deadline 11/22
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11/16
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 11/22
Late until 11/29
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11/23
Task 13
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ARQ: Ch. 11 Are the Statistics Deceptive?
QCL: Excel Project 4 Database
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Statistics and Database
Due 11/29.
Late deadline 12/6
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11/30
Task 14
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ARQ: Ch. 12 What Significant Information is Omitted?
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Significant Information
Due 12/6. Late until 12/13
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Task 15
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ARQ: Ch. 14 Practice and Review
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Final Project 50 points
Due 12/16. No late submission.
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12/14 Finals Week
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