Dates: Aug. 25 - Dec. 15, 2008, MW 11:00 AM - 12:15 PM (See the Course Schedule below)
You are expected to participate in each class meeting and will be tested on text and lecture content. It is your responsibility to notify me if you miss the daily roll call and to get the lecture notes from a classmate. Bring your textbook, a pencil, notepaper and one of your class diskettes to each class meeting. The maintenance and security of your textbook and software is your responsibility. The loss of these items does not exempt a student from his or her class/homework responsibilities.
Portable electronic devices such as cellular phones, pagers, PDA's, media players, etc. must not be used during class. If you need to be reached at the college, use the following numbers:
No more than 1 quiz or project can be made up. The make-up item might be more difficult than the original. You must schedule and complete the make-up no later than 7 days after the original. The final exam cannot be made-up without an Incomplete (I) grade. Make-up exams will be given in the on the same campus as the class meets. You must take a photo ID (preferably a license) to the Assessment Center to take a test.
Remember: All projects must be completed prior to the final exam for you to pass this course.
| Instruments of Evaluation | Points |
|---|---|
| Five hands-on projects, each worth 10 points, totaling | 50 |
| Five quizzes each worth 50 points, totaling | 250 |
| Final (unit) exam | 50 |
| Your final grade is based on your percentage of | 350 |
An average student should expect to spend at least as much time studying outside of class as spent in class. Review the schedule in advance to determine any conflicts that may arise regarding holidays or travel plans. Realize that all posted dates are deadlines for activities that you will be performing in this course. You are welcome to submit work early. Try to stay ahead of the schedule; don't just keep up with it. Contact me immediately if you cannot meet a deadline.
Reading involving either the textbook or online supplemental pages should be completed before attempting any project or assessment. Exercises and review questions within the textbook are useful, but will not be submitted for grading in this class.
This schedule and any changes to it will be posted on the course web site. You also are advised to review the web pages regarding academic schedules on the .
| Deadline | Textbook Chapter |
Textbook & Online Reading | Activity/Assessment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mon 8/25 | Course Orientation | ||
| Wed 8/26 | 1 Ap.D Ap.B |
Welcome to Linux Free Software Definition Help (Resources) |
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| Mon. 9/1 | LABOR DAY HOLIDAY - NO CLASS | ||
| Wed 9/3 | 2 | Installation Overview | |
| Mon 9/8 | 3 | Step-by-Step Installation | |
| Wed 9/10 | 4 | Introduction to Red Hat Linux | |
| Mon 9/15 | 8 & Review 1-4 | Linux GUI's: X, GNOME, and KDE Review Chapters 1-4, 8 |
Proj. #1: Establishing a working Linux environment |
| Wed 9/17 | 1-4, 8 | Quiz 1 on Chapters 1-4, 8 | Quiz 1 |
| Mon 9/22 | 5 & Ap.A | Linux Utilities and Appendix A: Regular Expressions | |
| Wed 9/24 | 6 | Linux Filesystem | |
| Mon 9/29 | 12 | Files, Directories, and Filesystem | |
| Wed 10/1 | Review: 5-6, 12 | Review Chapters 5-6, 12 | Proj. #2: Secure File Management |
| Mon 10/6 | 5-6, 12 | Quiz 2 on Chapters 5-6, 12 | Quiz 2 |
| Wed 10/8 | 7 | The (Linux) Shell | |
| Mon 10/13 | 9 | The Bourne Again Shell | |
| Wed 10/15 | 28 | Programming the Bourne Again Shell | |
| Mon 10/20 | Review: 7,9,28 | Review Chapters 7,9 & 28 | Proj. #3: Scripting with bash |
| Wed 10/22 | 7,9 & 28 | Quiz 3 on Chapters 7,9,28 | Quiz 3 |
| Mon 10/27 | 13 | Downloading and Installing Software | |
| Wed 10/29 | 14 | Printing with CUPS | |
| Mon 11/3 | 16 | Administration Tasks | |
| Wed 11/5 | Review: 13-14,16 | Review Chapters 13-14, 16 | |
| Mon 11/10 | 13-14,16 | Quiz 4 on Chapters 13-14, 16 | Quiz 4 |
| Wed 11/12 | 10 & 17 | Networking and the Internet and Configuring a LAN |
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| Mon 11/17 | 11 | System Administration: Core Concepts | |
| Wed 11/19 | Review: 10-11,17 | Review Chapters 10-11, 17 | |
| Mon 11/24 | 10-11,17 | Quiz 5 on Chapters 10-11, 17 | Quiz 5 |
| Wed 11/26 | 18 & 19 | OpenSSH: Secure Network Comm. and FTP: Transferring Files |
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| Mon 12/1 | 23 | Samba: Integrating Linux and Windows | Proj. #4: FTP: Internet File Transfer |
| Wed 12/3 | 25 Ap.C |
iptables: Setting Up a Firewall, and Appendix C: Security |
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| Mon 12/8 | 26 | Apache (httpd): Setting Up a Web Server | |
| Wed 12/10 | 18,19,23,25,26 | Review Chapters 18,19,23,25,26 | Proj. #5: Apache Config. |
| Mon 12/15 10:15 AM |
18,19,23,25,26 | Final Exam on Chapters 18,19,23,25,26 | Final (Unit) Exam |