60-205 Schedule of Weekly Topics for Winter, 2012
Weeks begin on Thursday and end the following Wednesday.
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Week 1
January
5 & 10
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Chapters from Comer:
Chapter 1 - The Internet Has Arrived
Chapter 2 - Getting Started: Hands-On Experience
HTML from The Help Pages:
Hour 1 - Understanding HTML and XML
Hour 2 - Create a Web Page Right Now
Hour 5 - Basic Text Alignment and Formatting
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Week 2
January
12 & 17
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Chapters from Comer:
Chapter 3 - Telephones Everywhere
HTML from The Help Pages:
Hour 3 - Linking to Other Web Pages
Hour 6 - Creating Text Links and Advanced Formatting
Hour 9 - Custom Backgrounds and Colours
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Week 3
January
19 & 24
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Chapters from Comer:
Chapter 4 - The World Was Once Analog
Chapter 5 - The Once and Future Digital Network
HTML from The Help Pages:
Hour 22 - Organizing and Managing a Web Site
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Week 4
January
26 & 31
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Chapters from Comer:
Chapter 6 - Basic Communications
Chapter 7 - The Local Area Network Arrives
HTML from The Help Pages:
Hour 7 - Creating Your Own Web Page Graphics
Hour 8 - Putting Graphics on a Web Page
Hour 4 - Publishing Your HTML Pages
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Week 5
February
2 & 7
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Chapters from Comer:
Chapter 8 - Internet: The Early Years
Chapter 9 - Two Decades of Incredible Growth
HTML from The Help Pages:
Hour 11 - Using Tables to Organize & Lay Out Your Pages
Explain assignment #1, SSH
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Week 6
February
9 & 14
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Chapters from Comer:
Chapter 10 - The Global Internet
Chapter 11 - Global Information Infrastructure
HTML from The Help Pages:
Hour 10 - Graphical Links and Imagemaps
File upload assignment is due at 11:59:59pm Tuesday, February 14th.
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Week 7
February
17 & 28
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NOTE: Week 7 starts on the Thursday before
study week & ends on the Wednesday following study week.
Chapters from Comer:
Chapter 12 - Packet Switching
HTML from Oliver:
Hour 18 - Gathering Information with HTML Forms
Index page assignment is due at 11:59:59 pm Tuesday, February 28th.
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Study Week
February
20 - 24
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Family Day Monday and study week - No Classes
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Week 8
March
1 & 6
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Chapters from Comer:
Chapter 13 - Internet: A Network of Networks
HTML:
Introduction to Java Script (Not in any text)
Midterm Test covering all material up to and including week 7 on Saturday
March 3rd.
10:00 AM - 12:00 Noon for both sections.
Section 1 writes in TC100
Section 30 writes in TC102 and TC104
NOTE:- All web projects should be completed and uploaded by the end of this week so you have enough
time to make adjustments to errors which will be revealed during uploading.
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Week 9
March
8 & 13
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Chapters from Comer:
Chapter 14 - ISP's: Broadband and Wireless Access
Chapter 15 - IP: Software To Create A Virtual Network
Chapter 16 - TCP: Software For Reliable Communication
Chapter 17 - Clients + Servers = Distributed Computing
Web project due at 11:59:59pm Tuesday, March 13th..
The deadline is obligatory! Absolutely no extensions for any reasons.
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Week 10
March
15 & 20
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Chapters from Comer:
Chapter 18 - Names For Computers
Chapter 19 - NAT: Sharing an Internet Connection
Chapter 20 - Why The Internet Works Well
Chapter 26 - Group and Personal Web Pages (Wikis and Blogs)
Chapter 28 - Text, Audio, and Video Communication (IM, VoIP)
Chapter 30 - Remote Login And Remote Desktops (TELNET)
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Week 11
March
22 & 27
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Chapter 31 - Facilities For Secure Communication
Chapter 32 - Secure Access from a Distance (VPNs)
Chapter 33 - Internet Economics and Electronic Commerce
Course evaluations will be held on Tuesday,
March 27th. for both sections.
Click here for this
semester's sample Student Course Evaluation Form.
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Week 12
March 29
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April 3
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Packets, Frames, and Error Detection (Not in any text)
- Long Distance Communication
- Byte Stuffing
- Transmission Errors
- Detecting Errors with Checksums
- Ethernet vs. ATM - Asynchronous Transfer Mode
- Data Compression
Review questions: Students are required to bring written questions to class.
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Final Examination
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Tuesday, April 17th. 2012 at 3:30 P.M. This examination is
cumulative from Week 1.
Place: TBA
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Extra Stuff
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Additional Readings From Your Textbook (Comer)
- Chapter 24 - WWW Documents (HTML)
- Chapter 25 - Advanced Web Technologies (Forms,
Frames, Plugins, Java Script, Flash)
- Chapter 27 - Automated Web Search (Search Engins)
THIS MATERIAL WILL BE TESTED!
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