Course Info

Class Schedule	Textbook/References	Course Instructors	Syllabus/Assessment
Lecture: PQ-306, Tue, 12:30-13:30	Text books: 1. Shelly, G.B., Cashman, T.J. and Vermaat, M., Discovering Computers 2006, A Gateway to Information. Thomson Course Technology, 2005. 2. Shelly, G.B., Cashman, T.J. and Vermaat, M., Office 2003 Introductory Concepts and Techniques (Course One) , Thomson Course Technology, 2004. 3. Shelly, G.B., Cashman, T.J. and Vermaat, M., Office 2003 Advanced Concepts and Techniques (Course Two) , Thomson Course Technology, 2004.	Instructor: Dr. Cheung King Hong & Dr. Toby Lam Ho Wang Office: PQ733 Phone: x7877; x7294, Email: cskhc@comp.polyu.edu.hk ; cshwlam@comp.polyu.edu.hk Office hour: make appointment TA: Ms. Yin Yuan, Office: PQ-713a, phone: 2766-4900 Mr. Tao Li, Office: PQ-713a, phone: TBD Office hour: TBD,	COMP100 Syllabus pdf Quiz - 25% Homework and Lab Assignment - 45% Group Project -30%

Lecture Notes and Assignments

Date	Lecture Notes	Announcements	Labs
2010/09/07	Lec-01 Introduction to Computer [notes]	Read chapter 1 A very good Office compatible solution: WPS Office download	Lab-01: WebCT and Computer/MS Office Basics
2010/09/14	Lec-02 Internet and WWW [notes]	Read chapter 2 Alternative PC Operating System: Ubuntu Linux Humour Matrix on XP Transcoding DVD movie for mobile device use Hand Brake	Lab-02: MS Word I
2010/09/21	Lec-03: Programs & Applications [notes]	Read chapter 3 Example simple HTML file: test OpenOffice suite Download Page Firefox Web Browser, download Thunderbird Email Client, download Open source Audio/Video streaming and playback software: VideoLAN VLC Player download Open source Database Engine: mySQL Inst of Computing Tech/CAS "Longxin 2F" based netbook + Linux/OpenOffice on Amazon for $265.	Lab-03: MS Word II
2010/09/28	Lec-04: Computer Components [notes] Chapter 04: Computer Components [notes]	read chapter 4. OpenOffice pdf importer - replacing acrobat pdf editor download The backdoors of Windows	Lab-04: MS Word III
2010/10/26	Chapter 05: Input [notes] Chapter 06: Output [notes]	read chapter 5-6.
2010/11/09	Chapter 10: Database Management[notes]	read chapter 10.
2010/11/16	SQL[notes]
2010/11/23	Communications and Networks[notes]	read chapter 9.