Course Name: Introduction to Desktop Operating Systems
Course Number: CNT 50 or CIS 65
If you are enrolled in this course, the online part of the course can be found on Canvas For Username, enter your W number.
For Password, enter the first two letters of your first name, followed by the first two letters of your last name (all lowercase), followed by the last four digits of your W number. Change your password for added security.
Example: Maria Valdez with a W number of W98765432 would enter password mava5432
Goals & Objectives The main goal of this course is to provide you with a comprehensive
understanding of the multiple operating systems commonly found in the
Information Technology field today. You will learn the theory behind operating
systems and some basic to advanced components of each operating system.
This course walks you through current hardware and how it interacts with
operating systems. You will learn basic functions and design of file systems
found in Windows, UNIX/Linux, and Macintosh operating systems. This course
discusses how operating systems interface with input, output, and storage
devices. You will learn basic network theory and how to setup network
resources through the multiple versions of operating systems.
Text Book
Survey of Operating Systems 5th Edition
Jane Holcombe (Author), Charles Holcombe (Author) ISBN-13: 978-1259618635
ISBN-10: 1259618633
You may purchase
the ebook or the paper edition online, or at the LPC Bookstore.
130 Day Rental $43.83 https://www.vitalsource.com/
HOW TO CONTACT THE INSTRUCTOR
Contact method for course work: Canvas course online.
Contact method for personal or immediate reply: Cell/text : _____________
Paper mail: Las Positas College, 3000 Campus Hill Drive, Livermore, CA 94551
Instructor Website: http://lpc1.clpccd.cc.ca.us/lpc/mdaoud/
This page can be found at www.laspositascollege.edu --> Faculty & Staff button in mid screen --> Faculty Websites in the left column --> any link with the word (Daoud).
Office hours do NOT require appointments. Just show up at the place and time listed below.
Listed office hours are "official" office hours.
Contact me by text or email for other arrangements.
On netlab Lab 6: Troubleshooting https://openlab.bayict.cabrillo.edu/
Lab 7: Customer Support and Maintenance
Installing and Removing Applications.
Managing Local Security in Windows.
Windows Firewall.
Viewing and Editing the Registry
Backing Up the Registry. Installing and Managing Device Drivers
Built-in Network Diagnostics
Testing IP Configurations and Connectivity
Troubleshooting Connection Problems with TRACERT, PING, NETSTAT, and NSLOOKUP
Do Quiz on Canvas
Finish all labs and online quizzes
16
Mon., Dec. 16, 2019
Final Exam 1:30pm - 3:20pm.
ACM netlab
Optional Texts: The acm.org
Digital Library will give access to 500+ online books on most information technology topics. Student subscription: $ 19/year. EXCELLENT DEAL. Other Optional
Materials: USB external disk; any size
IMPORTANT DATES FOR FALL 2019 SEMESTER
Aug. 19 Fall semester classes begin. See the Schedule of Classes for late-start classes.
Aug. 19 - Sept. 2 Late enrollment for full-term classes – on a space available basis. Register online through CLASS-Web or in-person with add authorization number
Aug. 19 Associate Degree and/or Certificate of Achievement filing period begins through Oct. 26
Aug. 30 Last day to ADD/DROP with no Grade-of-Record - In Person (full-term classes)
Aug. 31 - Sept. 1 College closed - no Saturday/Sunday classes
Sept. 2 Labor Day - College Closed
Sept. 2 Last day to ADD/DROP with no Grade-of-Record - Online (full-term classes)
Sept. 3 CENSUS date (full-term classes only)
Sept. 20 Last day to request Pass/No Pass (full-term classes)
Oct. 22 FLEX Day (8:00am - 4:00pm)
Oct. 25 Deadline to apply for an Associate Degree and/or Certificate of Achievement
Nov. 8 Last day to WITHDRAW with a "W" - In Person (full-term classes)
Nov. 11 Last day to WITHDRAW with a "W" - Online (full-term classes)
Nov. 11 Veteran's Day - College Closed
Nov. 27 - 30 Thanksgiving recess – College closed (no Saturday/ Sunday classes)
Dec. 13 Last day of Instruction
Dec. 16 - 20 Final Examination Period
Dec. 21 - January 1, 2020 Winter Recess – No Instruction
Jan. 2, 2020 Instructors – Fall grades due by 11pm via CLASS-Web
Saving copies of your class work
You may use a portable storage device to save your class materials..
Popular sites for computer parts:
Newegg.com and tigerdirect.com.
To locate the class PowerPoint presentations, notes and other student materials used in our class, do the following.
From any computer on campus, double click on the Student Files icon Marvin the Martian, double click on your instructor's folder, double click on your class folder.
If you don't see the Student Data icon, tap the Windows Start button, type \\marvin --> Enter. Printing your work
This class rareley requires any printed work. Most materials may be submitted digitally. If you wish to print your work at school, you will need a computer print card, which can be purchased from the bookstore or from the Computer Lab (Room 803).
- Color printing is also available in Room 803- $.50 per page from PCs at pods L and M. Evaluation and Grading Final grades are determined through a weighted average of midterm and final examinations, quizzes, laboratory assignments, homework assignments, and class attendance and participation.
90%+ = A;
80% to 89% = B;
70% to 79% = C;
60% to 69% = D;
59% & below = F.
Posting of Grades: Final grades will be posted on the school website; usually within two weeks of the end of semester. Late Coursework:
All assignments are to be turned in on the due date. Students may be allowed to make up any late work by prior arrangement with the instructor.
YOU CAN BE AN HONORS STUDENT t if you have:
A GPA of 3.5 or higher,
Minimum 12 units, and eligibility for English 1A
Benefits and opportunities you will have as an Honors student include:
An "Honors" transcript designation for each course in which you complete an honors project
The opportunity to do exciting and challenging coursework
The opportunity to work one-on-one with faculty
The opportunity to participate in the statewide community college honors research symposium held at either Stanford University or UC Berkeley each spring
Personalized counseling and preparation for transfer
The opportunity to collaborate with other honors students
Special honors recognition at graduation
Upon completion of at least six honors activities, access to transfer agreements with a number of universities
Interested? Go to http://www.laspositascollege.edu/honors/ Back to top
Parking Permits Available Online
Parking permits must be purchased on CLASS-Web. You will need the license number and description of the vehicle you wish to purchase a permit for and a printer to print your temporary permit. The actual hanging permit will be mailed to the address you provide when applying for your permit. Vehicles not displaying a valid permit, (hanging-type semester permit, temporary permit or daily permit from parking lot machines,) will be cited, even you own a parking permit. If you left it at home, you may buy a daily permit or contact the security office in building 1725 and ask for a temporary permit.
Permit Costs for Semester Permits. Vehicles: $40 per semester. Motorcycles: $30 per semester. Vehicles visiting: 30 minutes; free in marked spaces only.
Daily permit: $3 at the ticket machines on various parking lots.
Spaces for the handicapped: must show placard and pay the regular fee. Park your car head-in only. Do not park backwards, or you'll be cited. More info...
-------------------------------------- Receive a text message to your cell phone in case of an emergency
at LPC.
Alert-U will allow the school management to broadcast critical
information, in real time, to the mobile devices of staff and students.
Text 55155 and type LPC.
Campus Security Office: 925 424 1690
Campus Security Emergencies: (925) 424-1699
*16 from Campus Pay Phones Emergency call-boxes
------------------------------------- Adding/Dropping a course
LOOK UP THE W (WIDTHDRAW) DEADLINE IN THE LIST OF IMPORTANT DATES ABOVE.
You may use CLASS-Web on the Internet to drop or add a course from the school home page at https://bw4.clpccd.cc.ca.us/pls/OWA_PROD/twbkwbis.P_WWWLogin . CLASS-Web is an online system that allows students to register, add, and drop classes, review academic schedules, check grades, view unofficial transcripts, access financial aid information, and pay student fees. Remember! If you enroll in a class and decide not to attend, you are responsible for dropping the class. Don’t assume you will be dropped by your instructor or that the system will drop you automatically. If you fail to withdraw by the deadline the instructor must issue a grade.
Attendance - California Education Code (Title 5) on Excessive Absences
Due to the voluminous variety of knowledge required of professionals in information technology the industry, it is expected for you to attend every class session for the entire class time. Make arrangements with the instructors about hybrid classes. The Las Positas attendance policy will be observed: A student absent for a total of four consecutive or six cumulative instructional hours (1 instructional hour = 50 minutes) and/or two consecutive weeks of instruction may be dropped from that course by the instructor.
In order to be counted present, you must be present for the entire class period. If you need to leave a class session early, please inform me before class begins. Arriving to class late or leaving class early may result in at least one instructional hour of absence depending on the time
missed.
In the event that you experience a personal or familial hardship that causes an absence, you are till responsible for the material covered. Our online material has lectures that can assist in learning the many topics, and I am willing to help during contact hours. It is your responsibility to officially drop the course if you choose not to complete it.
If you
wish to drop the course at any time for any reason, fill out the appropriate paperwork at the Office of Admissions and Records. Students who do not report to class on the first day may be dropped. Do not assume that I will drop you from the course. If you stop attending the class and do not drop the class after census day, you will receive an F in the class. See the schedule
of important dates for deadlines for withdrawing from the course. Back to top
Classroom Etiquette Cell phones should be either turned off or set to silent mode during class. Take your emergency calls outside the class room. Please, put away your smartphones, Ipods, mp3 player during class times. You may bring a laptop computer to class for class work only; not for playing games, chatting, reading the news, checking sports results, or watching funny videos.
During lectures, you are expected to participate. If you are sleepy or distracted, do not come to class. Lenghty texting is not participating. If you wear earphones during lectures, you are not participating. Whispering to the student sitting next to you is very distracting to your classmates and to the instructor.
Missed Classes
The student is responsible for obtaining material distributed on class days when he/she was absent. This can be done by contacting a classmate who was present or by contacting the instructor.
Academic Honesty
All work that you submit in this course must be your own, it is a violation of academic integrity to copy someone else's work or to permit another person to copy your work. If any similarity in form or notation is noticed, the instructor retains the right to give a failing grade for the assignment, exam, and/or course.
Students found cheating (fraud, deceit, or dishonesty in an academic assignment) and/or plagiarizing (using another’s work as your own) will receive a zero for the assignment or exam and the incident will be reported to the dean of student services. LPC's policy on academic dishonesty can be found at http://www.laspositascollege.edu/facultystaff/honesty.php
Need for Assistance
If you have any condition, such as a physical or learning disability, which will make it difficult for you to carry out the work as I have outlined it, or which will require academic accommodations, please notify me as soon as possible for special arrangements. Back to top
HOW TO ENROLL 1- To attend LPC , you must first enroll as a student at Las Positas College. If you are a student and did not attend last semester, you must re-enroll.
2- After you have completed the online enrollement form, you will be issued a
student ID number. Then, you may register for courses by using the online CLASS-WEB online registration system; or you may register in person at the Admission Office, Building 1600.
If the class you want is full, your name will be added to the waiting list and you'll be notified when there is an opening. Better yet, contact me, or show up on the first day of class to be added to the class.
For more info, call +1 925.424.1500, or send a fax: +1 925.606.6437.
Admissions Office Email: lpcarcom @ iserver.clpccd.cc.ca.us
Enrollment fee for residents per semester unit: $46.00. A 3-unit class would cost $ 192. One evening per week, for about four months.
These fees do not apply to international students. International students may download the application forms from here.
Free Microsoft Software and Discounted Non Microsoft Software
- The MSDN Academic Alliance/MS Imagine offers free MS software to LPC students who are enrolled in computing and business classes. The list of software packages is HERE. - www.collegesoftware.org or www.journeyEd.com, both take you to the same deals. JourneyEd.com offers both Microsoft and non Microsoft products, some at an 85% discount. At JourneyEd registration, sign up as a Chabot student using the same W number.
- Free Microsoft Office 365:
Sign up using an @laspositascollege.edu OR @zonemail.clpccd.edu email address as a username at:
https://products.office.com/en-us/student/office-in-education
More info found at Student Life section of LPC website:
http://www.laspositascollege.edu/students/office365.php
FREE MICROSOFT ALTERNATIVES
openoffice.org
LibreOffice.org
- The Microsoft Student Store is here .
- An alternative to obtain access to free Microsoft Imagine (Former DreamSpark) is to join the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM.org). Student cost: $19/year. As part of the membership you get access to most of the MSDNAA catalog. You also get access to hundreds of books and white papers.
- https://uscollegebuy.com/doc/view.htm?e=5490-25608-25444 for more free stuff. - Best Free Software - Compiled by the instructor Back to top
Resources, programs, and services available to Las Positas College
students
Admissions and Records
(925) 424-1500
dearney @ laspositascollege.edu
Building 700
Applications • Registration • Records
Assessment / Tutorials and Testing
(925) 424-1475
ptrummel @ laspositascollege.edu
Building 1000
Tutors • Instructors • Placement Testing
Associated Students (ASLPC)
(925) 424-1490
staff @ aslpc.com
Building 1700
Student Government • Meetings • Activities
Library
(925) 424-1151
Building 2000
Reference • Research Skills Instruction • Internet Access • Online Databases • Print and AV Materials
LPC Distance Education Support
(925) 371-1142
LPCdistEd @ laspositascollege.edu
Login Problems • Assignment Submission Problems • General Distance Ed Info
Peer Support Network
(925) 424-1217
ejones @ laspositascollege.edu
Room 1200
Support Groups • Trained Listeners • Stress Help
Student Health Center
(925) 424-1830
Building 1700
Treatment • Advice • Referrals
Campus Safety and Security
Emergency (925) 424-1699
Business (925) 424-1690
Room 1605
Parking• Student Escorts • Lost and Found
Back to top The Computer Center (room 803) is available to students as an open lab with Internet-connected computers and technical support from assistants on site. The Lab is equiped with over a hundred PCs and Macs, printing (color too), headphones, scanners, assistive technology, on a drop-in basis.
The Computer Center supports all disciplines including Online Learning courses.
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