Online Classroom All of the course materials are in the online classroom. Assignment instructions are posted here for your
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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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2/12
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President's Holiday - No Class Meeting
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2/19
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Review syllabus
Add students into corrected class section
ARQ: Ch. 1 The Benefit of Asking the Right Questions - click link for PowerPoint
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2/26
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ARQ: Ch. 2 What Are the Issue and the Conclusion?
QCL: Windows Project 1and 2
Participation Credit
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Issue and Conclusion and
Windows Due 3/5. Late deadline
3/12
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3/5
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QCL: Windows Project 3 Using Accessories and Project 4 File Management,
Word Project 1 Creating a Document, Word Project 2 Editing a Document
Participation Credit
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Accessories, Word and File
Management Due 3/12
Late deadline 3/19
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3/12
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QCL: Internet Project 1 Web Browsers Project 2 Search Engines, Project 3
Email and Project 4 Advanced Email
PowerPoint
Participation Credit
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Internet and Searching Due
3/19. Late deadline 3/26.
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3/19
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ARQ: Ch. 3 What are the Reasons?
Word Project 3 Formatting a Document and Word Project 5 Graphics
Participation Credit
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Reasons and Word Due 3/26.
Late deadline 4/9
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3/26
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ARQ: Ch. 4 Which Words or Phrases are Ambiguous?
MLA Research Papers
Participation Credit
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Ambiguity and Research Paper
Outline Due 4/9, Late deadline
4/16
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4/2
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Spring Break Week - no class meeting
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4/9
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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,
Participation Credit
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Values and PowerPoint Due
4/16. Late deadline 4/23
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4/16
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ARQ: Ch. 6 What are the Descriptive Assumptions?
QCL: PowerPoint Project 3 Enhancing with Graphics
Participation Credit
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Paper and PowerPoint
Presentation Due 5/28. Late
deadline 6/4.
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4/23
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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 4/30
Late deadline 5/7
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4/30
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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
PowerPoint Presentation: Computer Buying
Participation Credit
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Evidence and Computer Buying
Due 5/7. Late deadline 5/14
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5/7
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ARQ: Ch. 9 How Good is the Evidence: Personal Observation, Case Studies,
Research Studies and Analogies?
QCL: Excel Project 1 Creating a Worksheet, Project 3 Formatting a Worksheet
Participation Credit
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Evidence
Due 5/14 Late deadline 5/21
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5/14
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ARQ Ch 10 Are there Rival Causes?
Excel Project 2 Using Formulas and Project 5 Charts
Participation Credit
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Worksheet and Rival Causes
Due 5/21. Late deadline 5/28
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5/21
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ARQ: Ch. 11 Are the Statistics Deceptive?
QCL: Excel Project 4 Database
Participation Credit
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Statistics Due 5/28. Late
deadline 6/4.
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5/28
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ARQ: Ch. 12 What Significant Information is Omitted?
Participation Credit
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Final Project 50 points Due 6/7.
NO late submission.
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6/4 Open lab day 9-12:30 for completing assignments, checking grades and getting assistance.
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