CSCI 101: Intro to Computer Science

Topic 2:   Computer applications and the Internet

Mon, Jun 9 - Sun, Jun 15, 2025

Activity

1. Read Modules 2 and 3 in the textbook.
2. Browse the online materials.
3. Make the lab exercises.
4. Take the online quizzes^* at the bottom of this webpage. The quizzes will be not graded, they are just for self-checking purposes.
5. Submit your work on Canvas.

Objectives

• Review several types of calculators and a popular software for scientific calculations -- Maple.
• Develop some basic skills with a word processor, a spreadsheet program, and a graphics processor.
• Explore the history and technology of the Internet.
• Demonstrate some popular Internet applications, such that electronic mail, discussion groups, and the World Wide Web (WWW).

Internet Resources

Warning: This page contains links to external Web sites. Some of them might be temporarily or permanently off.

• Calculators:   Slide rule,     scientific calculator,     resistor color code calculator.
• Computing of square roots demo
• Word processors:   Microsoft Word.
• AMS TeX resources
• Spreadsheets:   Microsoft Excel,     tutorials,     Excel 2003 Formulas Step by Step Tutorial,     Excel Tips.
• Another Spreadsheet: Lotus 1-2-3.
• Image file formats
• Graphics processing.   Adobe Photoshop.
• Electronic mail: Pegasus Mail.
• The World Wide Web: Microsoft Internet Explorer.
• The history of the WWW.

Labs

You do not need to submit your lab work on server, it won't be graded.
You can, however, ask the instructor if you are stuck with a lab.

For Module 2:

• Lab 2.1
  Please use Microsoft Word as the word processor for this lab. You can use a user guide and/or built-in help in MS-Word to complete this lab and Assignment 2. Also read a mini-howto on pages 30-31 in the textbook.
  If you do not have this program installed on your computer, you can use any computer in campus.

• Lab 2.2
  Please use Microsoft Excel as the spreadsheet for this lab. You can refer to online tutorial or to built-in help in MS-Excel to complete this lab and Assignment 2.
  If you do not have this program installed on your computer, you can use any computer in campus.

• Lab 2.3
  Please use the program Paint for this lab. This program can be found under Start -> Programs -> Accessories -> Paint. Paint is a part of the standard Windows package.

For Module 3:

• Lab 3.1

• Lab 3.2

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Online Quizzes^*

• for Module 2
• for Module 3

Assignment 2.     Due: Mon, Jun 16

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^(*) The quizzes are provided by the Publisher and the authors of the textbook.
They are also available from the supplied CDROM.