General Class
Information
Other course materials and communications will be available through the campus WebCT system. If you are having difficulty with WebCT, try the student documentation page. The Create your WebCT account link is particularly useful.
New students: Activate your UCSC email account, known as CruzMail, log in to the student portal (my.ucsc.edu) and click the link that says Activate UCSC Account.
Continuing students: If you have forgotten your CruzMail password, call the ITS Help Desk at 459-HELP between 8am-5pm, Monday-Friday.
Class Number:
53786
Instructor:
Gerald B. Moulds
Use the WebCT Email tool to contact me:
- Click “Compose Message”
- Click “Browse” (to the right of the “Send to” box)
- I’m at the top of the list – Gerald Moulds (CMPE003_Moulds)
- As a last resort, you may contact me at gmoulds@soe.ucsc.edu, but it may take longer for me to respond to these messages.
Office: Engineering-2 Room #237A
Instructor Office
Hours:
Wednesday 11:30am-1:00pm, or by appointment.
Office: Engineering-2 Room #237A
Lecture times:
Monday, Wednesday, and Friday 9:30am-10:45am, Performing Arts Media Theater M110
Teaching Assistants:
Rigo Dicochea – contact through WebCT Email as “rgdicoch”.
Sheldon Logan – contact through WebCT Email as “slogan”.
Who is my TA?
Required text:
Computer Confluence, Introductory 7th edition, by George Beekman.
Another version of this text, Computer Confluence, Complete 7th edition, covers the same course material. (Sometimes, used copies of the Complete edition are less expensive than new copies of the Introductory edition.)
Labs:
All labs are held in Baskin
Engineering 109.
1A Monday, 12:30-1:45 - Baskin 109 - TA Rigo Dicochea
1B Tuesday, 9:30-10:45 - Baskin 109 - TA Rigo Dicochea
1C Wednesday, 6:30-7:45 - Baskin 109 - TA Sheldon Logan
1D Friday, 2:00-3:15 - Baskin 109 - TA Sheldon Logan
Exam times:
Midterm Exams (worth 15% each):
· Monday, April 23rd (Chapters 1-3)
· Monday, May 14th (Chapters 4-6)
Final Exam (worth 15%):
· Friday, June 8th (Chapters 7-10)
Bring a pink Scantron form (form F-1712, available at the Bay Tree Bookstore) and pencils on exam days.
If you know you cannot make an exam, or need special arrangements, inform me at least a week ahead of the scheduled exam time.
Academic Integrity:
Cheating in any part of the course may lead to failing the course and severe academic discipline.
Special Accommodations:
If you have special needs, we will accommodate you. Also, the Disability Resource Center offers services which are confidential and free of charge.
Course Outline:
This course covers the concepts of hardware and software used in personal computing. The lectures provide a background in terminology and fundamental concepts. The assignments provide hands-on practice using basic office applications and web tools.
Credit:
This course is 5.0 credits. The course satisfies an IN requirement. Students cannot repeat this course for credit. Students cannot get credit for this course and CMPS 2.
Grade Evaluation:
Your grade will be assigned: A=100%-90%, B=89.99%-75%, C=74.99%-60%, Fail=Below 60%
Quizzes can NOT be submitted late, for any reason. This is both a class rule and a limitation of the WebCT software – neither your instructor nor your TA can change this.
Assignments submitted late will typically receive a grade of zero. If you have a valid excuse for a late assignment, contact your TA or the Instructor.
Assignments:
Note on submitting Assignments 1-5:
Assignment 0 – EXTRA CREDIT - Send WebCT email to your TA – Due Wednesday April 11th – Do this RIGHT AWAY.
-If you are in a lab, send email to the TA in charge of that lab.
-If not in a lab, if your last name begins with A-M Rigo Dicochea is your TA.
-If not in a lab, if your last name begins with N-Z, Sheldon Logan is your TA.
-Click "WebCT EMail" from the left menu.
-Click on "Compose Message."
-In the "Send to:" box type in your lab TA email name, either “rgdicoch” (for Rigo Dicochea) or “slogan” (for Sheldon Logan).
-In the "Subject" type in "CMPE003 Assignment 0".
-In the message area, type in your favorite color (Red, Blue, etc.).
-Click "Send" in the lower left box.
-Worth 100 points of Extra Credit.
Assignment 1 - Word Processing – Due Wednesday, April 18th
-Assignment must be saved as a Microsoft Word 2003 document.
-Submit "assignment1.doc" through WebCT.
-Do not use the Computer Engineering major.
-100 points for indentation depth of 5 or more classes at some point (5 x 20) If your major does not have classes with this many prerequisites, at the end of your assignment provide an example of a class that does, to demonstrate you know how to do so.
-100 points for submitting this as a Microsoft Word document titled "assignment1.doc" (-50 for wrong filename)
-100 points for using 2 different font sizes (2 x 50)
-100 points for using normal, bold, italic, and underline (4 x 25)
-100 points for using bullets with at least two levels of indentation (2 x 50)
-100 points for no spelling errors (-10 for each error)
-100 points for correctness to complete the major (-10 per error)
-100 points for use of centering and left justify (2 x 50)
-100 points for including a web link which links to a UCSC department site
-100 points for using 3 different font styles (one serif, one sans-serif, one mono-spaced from pg. 10 of Beekman) (3 x 33)
-Sample page 1 and Sample page 2 are available as a model for your solutions.
-Worth 1000 points total (10%) plus up to a possible 100 points extra credit. (See Sample page 2 for extra credit description).
Assignment 2 - Spreadsheet link and example – Due Wednesday, May 2nd
Assignment 3 - Web Page link and example - Due Wednesday, May 16th
Assignment 4 - Programming link and hello_java.html - Due Wednesday, May 30th
Assignment 5 - PowerPoint link - Due Wednesday, June 13th.
Quizzes:
