Course Outline Spring 2010: ITSC 1405 Intro to PC Operating Systems (rev 5)
Week 1
1/11/2010
/ Hardware, Software and the
Operating System. GUI vs. CLI
A: vs. F: vs. C:\windows\system32 / READ Appendix B
Practice navigating around the course Web Portal:
http://academy.delmar.edu/Courses/ITSC1405/
Week 2
1/19/2010
MLK 1/18/2010 / Getting Started with the
Operating System. Commands: CMD, DIR, VER, CLS, DATE, & TIME / DO/READ Chapter 1
Assigned Chapter 1, Homework Due Week #3:
p. 37-38, Problems A through B. (Do in class -extra credit)
Week 3
1/25/2010
/ Command Syntax; “\” (root), drive, path,
DIR, HELP - /?, CD & CHDIR,
“\” vs. “/”, “.” & “..”, PRN vs. LPT1
DUE: Chapter 1 Activities/Homework / DO/READ Chapter 2
Assigned Chapter 2, Homework Due Week #4:
p. 88-94, Problem Set I. (extra credit),
Problem Set II. (extra credit – printouts via eMail )
Week 4
2/01/2010 / Disks and Formatting
Commands: DISKCOPY, FORMAT, LABEL, VOL, CHKDSK
DUE: Chapter 2 Activities/Homework / DO/READ Chapter 3
Assigned Chapter 3, Homework Due Week #5:
p. 123-124, Problems A and B.
Week 5
2/08/2010 / Program Files, Data Files, & Directories
Commands: CD, MD, RD, DEL, REN
“Internal Commands” vs. “External”
DUE: Chapter 3 Activities/Homework / DO/READ Chapter 4.
Read but do not do Activity 4.29, p. 169-173.
Assigned Chapter 4, Homework Due Week #6:
p. 177-183, Problem Set I., Problems A through F.
Do not do Problem Set II.
Week 6
2/15/2010 / More Internal Commands:
COPY and TYPE, source vs. target
:, \, *, *.*, ?, ., ..
DUE: Chapter 4 Activities/Homework / DO/READ Chapter 5.
Assigned Chapter 5, Homework Due Week #7:
p. 237-246. Problem Set I., Problems A through H..
Do not turn in print-outs from Problem G.
Problem Set I. Problem Set II. (printouts via eMail).
Week 7
2/22/2010 / DEL & ERASE, REN & RENAME, DELTREE, RD, MOVE, DISKCOPY
* Exam #1 (Chapters 1-4) *
DUE: Chapter 5 Activities/Homework / DO/READ Chapter 6.
Assigned Chapter 6, Homework Due Week #8:
p. 299-308, Problem Set I., Problems A through E
Problem Set I. Problem Set II. (printouts via eMail).
Week 8
3/01/2010 / Using DOSKEY, ATTRIB, SUBST, XCOPY, EDIT, ATTRIB (S H A R D)
DUE: Chapter 6 Activities/Homework / DO/READ Chapter 7.
Assigned Chapter 7, Homework Due Week #9:
p. 363-372, Problem Set I., Problems A through E
Problem Set I. Problem Set II. (printouts via eMail).
Week 9
3/08/2010 / XCOPY, TREE, CHKDSK, DEFRAG
ITSC1405 Semester Project.doc
(extra credit – not required)
DUE: Chapter 7 Activities/Homework / DO/READ Chapter 8
Assigned Chapter 8, Homework Due Week #11:
p. 432-435, Problem Set I., Problems A through C.
Problem Set I. Problem Set II. (printouts via eMail).
Week 10
3/15/2010 /
S P R I N G B R E A K /
Have a good & restful Spring Break!
Week 11
3/22/2010 / Pipes, Filters and Redirection
<, >, >, | SORT, FIND, & MORE
* Exam #2 (Chapters 5-8) *
DUE: Chapter 8 Activities/Homework / DO/READ Chapter 9
Assigned Chapter 9, Homework Due Week #12:
Chapter 9, p. 478-492, Problem Set I, Problems A&B.
. Problem Set I. Problem Set II. (printouts via eMail).
Week 12
3/29/2010 / Introduction to Batch Files
-AND-
Advanced Batch Files
DUE: Chapter 9 Activities/Homework
* Exam #3 ( UNIX Lab Exam ) *
take home exam! / DO/READ Chapter 10 DO/READ Chapter 11
Assigned Chapter 10, Homework Due Week #13:
Chapter 10, p. 541-546, Problem Set I, Problems A through D..
Assigned Chapter 11, Homework Due Week #13:
Chapter 11, p. 623-630, Prob. Set I, A through C.
Problem Set II A through D.
Week 13
4/05/2010 / Connectivity
DUE: Chapter 10 Activities/Homework
DUE: Chapter 11 Activities/Homework
* Final Exam – Part #1 *
( DOS Practicum ) / DO/READ Chapter 12
(optional - extra credit)
Assigned Chapter 12, Homework Due Week #14:
p. 717-718, Problem Set I, Select only two to answer from the seven choices. Your Essay must be typed. Use WordPad, MS Word or a word processor of your choice.
Week 14
4/12/2010 / File and Disk Maintenance
UNIX_Notes.doc
DUE: Chapter 12 Activities/Homework
* Final Exam – Part #2 *
( UNIX/Linux Practicum ) / DO/READ Chapter 13 & Study on-line Unix Notes.
(optional - extra credit) --study Unix notes required
Assigned Chapter 13, Homework Due Week #15:
p. 781, Problem Set I, Select only one to answer from the five choices. Your Essay must be typed. Use WordPad, MS Word
or a word processor of your choice.
Week 15
4/19/2010
/ Linux / Knoppix / Ubuntu / Red Hat / Slackware / BSD, & AT&T Unix
DUE: Chapter 13 Activities/Homework
* Final Exam – Part #3 *
( UNIX/Linux written ) / Install AT&T Unix (UWin) for Windows. Practice… .
Select a “Live-Run” Linux Distribution to burn to a CD-R (or bootable Flash drive);. Choose from: Ubuntu, Knoppix, Slackware Live, Puppy, EBD, UBD, and many others…
(see your Download directory and the Unix directory)
Week 16
4/26/2010
/ All Assignments & Homework DUE
Review for the written Final Exam.
April 28, 2010 –Last Class Day / * Final Exam – Part #4 *
(Chapters 9-13)
Final Exams start April 29, 2010
ITSC1405 Final Exam Schedule
Prof. Michael P. Harris, CCNA, CCAI TTh 08:00-11:00 Final Exam 4/29/2010 8:00
Del Mar College, CS/IT Department TTh 11:00-02:00 Final Exam 4/29/2010 10:45
Office: VB114, Phone: (361) 698-1299 MWF 10:00-12:00 Final Exam 5/03/2010 8:00
academy.delmar.edu/Courses/ITSC1405 MWF 08:00-10:00 Final Exam 5/05/2010 8:00