CSIT58 Computer Literacy for Liberal Arts
Friday 9-12:10
Schedule (subject to change)
Etudes Online Classroom All of the course materials are in the online classroom. This is an overview of the activities
Etudes System Requirements
QCL=Quintessential Guide to Computer Literacy                                    ARQ=Asking the Right Questions
Date
Module
Topic
Assignment
09/03
#1
Review syllabus
ARQ: Ch. 1 The Benefit of Asking the Right Questions
QCL: Windows Project 1 and 2 Introduction
Using the Online classroom due
9/10. Late deadline 9/17
09/10
#2
ARQ: Ch. 2 What Are the Issue and the Conclusion?
QCL: Windows Project 3 Using Accessories and Project 4 File Management
Issue and Conclusion and File
Management due 9/17. Late
deadline 9/24
09/17
#3
ARQ: Ch. 3 What are the Reasons?
QCL: Internet Project 1 Web Browsers Project 2 Search Engines,  
Reasons, Internet and Searching
due 9/24. Late deadline 10/01
09/24
#4
More Practice with Conclusion and Reasons
QCL: Project 3 Email and Project 4 Advanced Email
Cloud Computing
Reasons, Email and Cloud Due
10/01. Late deadline 10/08.
10/01
#5
ARQ: Ch. 4 Which Words or Phrases are Ambiguous?
QCL: Word Project 1 Creating a Document
QCL: Word Project 2 Editing a Document
Ambiguity and Research Paper
Plan due 10/08. Late deadline
10/15
10/08
#6
ARQ: Ch. 5 What are the Value Conflicts and Assumptions?
QCL: Word Project 3 Creating a Document
QCL: Word Project 4 Graphics
Values and Word due 10/15,
Late deadline 10/22
10/15
#7
ARQ: Ch. 6 What are the Descriptive Assumptions?
QCL: PowerPoint Project 1 Creating a Slide Show
QCL: PowerPoint Project 2 Editing and Formatting
Descriptive Assumptions and
PowerPoint due 10/22. Late
deadline 10/29
10/22
#8
ARQ: Ch. 7 Are there any Fallacies in the Reasoning?
QCL: PowerPoint Project 3 Enhancing with Graphics
Fallacies and PowerPoint due
10/29. Late deadline 11/05.
10/29
#9
ARQ Ch. 8 How Good is the Evidence: Intuition, Appeals to Authority and
Testimonials?
QCL: Excel Project 1 Creating a Worksheet
QCL: Excel Project 2: Using Formulas
Evidence and Worksheet due
11/05. Late deadline 11/12
11/05
#10
ARQ: Ch. 9 How Good is the Evidence: Personal Observation, Case Studies,
Research Studies and Analogies?
QCL: Excel Project 3: Formatting a Worksheet
QCL: Excel Project 5: Charts
Evidence and Worksheet due
11/12. Late deadline 11/19
11/12
#11
ARQ: Ch. 10 Are there Rival Causes?
QCL: Excel Project 4 Database
Rival Causes and Database due
11/19. Late deadline 12/03
11/19
#12
ARQ: Ch. 11 Are the Statistics Deceptive?
QCL: Computer Concepts Project 1 Hardware
QCL: Computer Concepts Project 2 Software
Statistics and Computer
Concepts due 12/03. Late
deadline 12/10
11/26 Thanksgiving Holiday
12/03
#13
ARQ: Ch. 12 What Significant Information is Omitted?
QCL: Computer Concepts Project 3 Buying a System
QCL: Computer Concepts Project 4 Ownership
Significant Information and
Computer Buying due 12/10.
Late deadline 12/17
12/10
#14
ARQ: Ch. 14 Practice and Review
Final Project 50 points Due
12/17. NO late submission.
12/17
End of class