CSC 101L - Fall 2003
Overview of Computer Science Lab

Lab Meeting Time:
     
Session A   M 4:00 - 5:00
      Session B   W 4:00 - 5:00
      Session C   T 12:00 - 1:00

Room: Reynolda 125

Instructor: Dr. Yue-Ling Wong (ylwong@wfu.edu, x3922, Reynolda 225)
TAs: Robin Kester (kestrl2@wfu.edu), Yan Li (liy1@wfu.edu), Abelinhe Ramos-Nontol (ramoai3@wfu.edu)

Course Web Page:
      Lab
: http://www.wfu.edu/~ylwong/courses/2003fall-csc101L/

      Lecture:
          CSC 101 A http://www.cs.wfu.edu/~hemler/courses/CSC101/current/index.html

Lab Schedule:

Monday
Session
Tuesday Session Wednesday
Session
Lab Pre-Lab Preparation
    8-27      
9-1 9-2 9-3 1

HTML I

  • Read the textbook Chapter 3 & pp. 610-618
  • Pre-lab handout: Basic Windows Operations
  • Have folders created in Userdata to store the lab files (for more information, see the pre-lab handout above)
  • Enroll yourself in F2003_CSC101L in Blackboard
9-8 9-9 9-10 2 HTML II
9-15 9-16 9-17 3 WYSIWYG Web Page Authoring -- Dreamweaver I  
9-22 9-23 9-24 4 Online Forms & Web Site Management -- Dreamweaver II  
9-29 9-30 10-1 5

Desktop Publishing -- Publisher XP

  • In Microsoft Publisher, Help > Microsoft Publisher Help, Answer Wizard, search for and read the following two topics:
    • Connect text boxes
    • Wrap text around a picture
  • Read the textbook pp. 308-314
10-6 10-7 10-8 6

Server-side vs. client-side scripts -- CGI/Perl and Javascript

 
10-13 10-14 10-15 7

Spreadsheets -- MS Excel
There are 2 sets of manual for this lab. Choose the one that is the most interesting to you.

Read the textbook pp. 261-277
10-20 10-21 10-22 8 Image Manipulation I --
Adobe Photoshop 7
Download the classfile.zip and extract the two .psd file into your C:\userdata\csc101\lab8 folder
10-27 10-28 10-29 9 Image Manipulation II --
Adobe Photoshop 7

Download the classfile9.zip and extract the two .psd file into your C:\userdata\csc101\lab9 folder

Read the textbook Chapter 11

11-3 11-4 11-5 10 Digital Audio
  1. Install Adobe Audition tryout. Click here to download.
  2. Download a sample audio file, solace.wav.
  3. Go through the following tutorials:
11-10 11-11 11-12 11

Digital Video --
Adobe Premiere 6.5

Click here for a list of videos to use for the lab

  1. Read the textbook: p.507 and pp.509-511.
  2. Install Adobe Premiere 6.5:
    A30m users (sophomores and seniors): Uninstall Adobe Premiere 6.0, and then install Premiere 6.5
    R40 users (freshmen and Juniors): install Premiere 6.5
11-17 11-18 11-19 12 Databases --
MS Access
Read the textbook pp. 320-349
11-24 11-25 11-26   Thanksgiving week  
12-1 12-2 12-3 13 Networking  

Course Objectives:
The CSC 101 Lab aims to complement the CSC 101 lecture materials and provide students hands-on experience related to the lectures.

Evaluation:
Lab reports and lab files are due 5:00 pm the Friday of the same week of the lab (turn it in to the Computer Science Department's administrative assistant, Rita Johnson in Kirby 115 or 117A). Each day late will result in a 10% reduction in points. No points will be given to late reports or lab files that are turned in on or after the date of the next lab.

The grade of each lab will be available on Blackboard under the course name F2003_CSC101L. Be sure to check your lab grade on Blackboard every week to make sure it is accurate. Contact your TAs as soon as possible if it is inaccurate. If you do not receive a lab grade for a lab, that means the TAs probably have not received your lab report and files. If you have turned in the lab report and lab files but do not get a lab grade for that lab, please contact the TAs as soon as possible.

About the Labs:
You may not be able to finish the lab within the lab period. It's perfectly fine. Finish the lab any time after class and make sure to turn in the lab reports and the lab files, if there are any, by 5:00pm Friday.

Lab Reports and Manuals: The lab manual file for each lab is posted on this page below in the table of Tentative Lab Schedule. Download the file and print out the file before the lab. Bring the printout to the lab. The instruction file has lab related questions you need to complete. Turn in the printout as the lab report. Some labs may also require turning in files, by uploading them to a server. Instructions for upload files will be in the lab manual. The grade of each lab is based on your answers to the lab questions, and the completion of the lab files, if any.

Pre-Lab: Some labs require pre-lab readings or exercises. They are intended to help you get prepared for the lab by learning more about the subject and thus help you work more effectively on the lab. So, please complete the pre-lab assignment.