CIS 130: Operating Systems

Fall 2009 Daily Agenda

This is a TENTATIVE agenda, ALL future dates are subject to change!

Date Agenda / Topics In Class Exercise(s)
W1-1 Welcome
Intro to Course - Syllabus & Schedule
Day 1 ICE - Warm Up
W1-2 Ch 1
Parts of a Computer
Bits n Bytes (& Petabytes)
The OS Onion
Functions of an OS
Fun with Games
W2-1 Computer History Timeline 7 functions of an OS
W2-2

PC Dissection

PC Dissection

W3-1 Ch 6 Windows UI  
W3-2 Windows Timeline  
W4-1 Review for Test Ch 6 Step by Step
W4-2 Test #1  
W5-1 CLASS CANCELLED  
W5-2 Ch 2
Intro to MS-DOS "State of the Hardware"
PC Boot Sequence
IBM PC Memory Model
 
W6-1 Command Line Concepts Command Line Error
W6-2 Current Working Directory
Absolute vs. Relative Paths
What's on a Startup Disk?
W7-1 FAT File System  
W7-2 No Class  
W8-1 Ch 3-5
Review
 
W8-2 Test #2  
W9-1 Review Test #2 Make Knoppix CD
W9-2 Unix History
Windows 7 Preview
 
W10-1 Unix Concepts Knoppix Printing in AJT101
W10-2 Linux as a Windows replacement  
W11-1 Unix Command Line Text editing with vi
W11-2 Unix file systems - Review for Test  
W12-1 Class Cancelled  
W12-2 Test #3  
W13-1 Review Test #3 Windows XP Install
W13-2 Ch 7 & 8  
W14-1 Class Cancelled  
W14-2 Thanksgiving Break  
W15-1 Ch 8 Under the Hood Windows File Sharing
W15-2 Security & Networking  
W16-1 Misc. Topics  
W16-2 Review for Final Exam  
12/14 Final Exam 2:30 - 5:50 pm