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COURSE SYLLABUS
Program:
Master of Library and Information Studies
Year: 2003-2004,
Winter session, Term 1
Course Schedule:
offered via web-based WEB-CT delivery. Optional IT labs on
selected Thursdays, 1:30-4:30
Instructor:
Dr. Mary Sue Stephenson
Office location:
TEF, room 328
Office phone:
604-822-6392
Office hours:
As is my practice I will not have posted office hours during
the term, but you can generally count on my being at SLAIS
all day Monday, and Wednesday-Friday. I will not be at
SLAIS on most Tuesdays. In any case, if you want to be
sure I’m
going to be available then I suggest you make a firm appointment – otherwise
just pop in if I’m in my office and the door is open.
E-mail address: mary.sue.stephenson@ubc.ca
Course web site address: http://www.slais.ubc.ca/courses/libr500/03-04-wt1/index.htm
Course Goal: The
goal of this course is to provide students with the foundations
of information technologies and their use in knowledge-based
organizations.
Course Objectives: Upon
completion of this course students will be able to:
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Use
FTP to transfer files and directories
- Use e-mail
to discuss class issues
- Create a
PowerPoint presentation using PowerPoint 2000 and convert it to HTML
- Scan images
and edit the resulting files
- Create a
World Wide Web presentation using Netscape Composer
- Create simple
pages using hand-coded HTML
- Create pages
using an HTML editor such as 1st Page 2000
- Design and
create a relational database using MS Access 2000
- Understand
and be able to discuss the course topics listed below
Course
Topics:
-
Information
technology hardware
- Information
technology software
- Organizing
information: files and databases
- Telecommunications
and networks
- Internet
and the WWW
- Information
technology and organizations
- Data
privacy and ethics
- Future
of information technology systems
Prerequisites
and/or Course Restrictions: Admission
to the MLIS program or permission of Graduate Advisor. Limited
to graduate students.
Format of the course: Class
delivered via the web using Web-CT software.
On selected Thursdays half the class
will meet in SLAIS Information Technology
Lab
I from
approximately 1:30-2:45 and
the other half will meet for their lab
3:00-4:15.
Required and Recommended
Reading:
Required:
Recommend
Textbook:Available
at the UBC Bookstore
- How
Computers Work (6th Edition), by Ron White. Que; ISBN: 0789725495;
2001. [This is a supplementary textbook intended
primarily for students who do not already have a good understanding
of the basics of computer hardware and software.]
In
this course you will be using MS PowerPoint and MS Access. The
larger Instructional Lab at SLAIS has Office 2000 installed and
that is the version that will be used in the Optional IT Labs.
The smaller IT Lab at SLAIS has Office XP installed. You may submit
your assignments using either of these two versions of Office.
In order to accommodate the varying needs of students, no specific
PowerPoint or Access textbooks have been ordered. If you wish to
have a book to replace or supplement the Optional IT Labs and/or
the linked online tutorials you should purchase a book yourself.
During the required on-campus meeting of the course during the
first week of the term we will go over what you should look for
when choosing books on these two software applications.
Alternatively
you may want to learn PowerPoint and/or Access using online tutorials.
Links to these tutorials will be available on the course WEB-CT web
site and on the "public" version of the course site at: http://www.slais.ubc.ca/courses/libr500/03-04-wt1/index.htm
Course
Assignments, Due dates and Weight in relation to final course
mark:
| Assignment |
Due
Date |
Weight |
| PowerPoint
Assignment |
September
26 |
20% |
| WWW-based
Resume |
October
17 |
10% |
| Microsoft
Access Database Assignment |
November14 |
30% |
| WWW
Presentation |
December
5 |
30% |
Class
Discussions/Participation |
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10% |
Course Schedule:
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Week
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Topic
Module
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Technical
Modules
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Learning
Activities & Assignments
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Textbook
Readings
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1
September
2-7
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Module 1: Introduction
to Course
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Working with WEB-CT
E-Mail
FTP
Course Discussions
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Online Discussion
-- Student “Bios”
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2
September
8-14
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Module 2: Introduction
to Information Technologies
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PowerPoint
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Online Discussion
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How Computers
Work:
Part 1: The Boot-Up Process [pages
1-33] and Part 3: Microchips [pages
92-118]
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3
September
15-21
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Module 3: Introduction
to Information & Digital Representations
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PowerPoint [cont'd]
Scanning images
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Online
Discussion
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How Computers
Work:
Part 2: How Software Works [pages 34-90]
and Part 6: Multimedia [pages 264-293]
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4
September
22-28
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Module 4: Introduction
to Telecommunications, Networks, and
the Internet
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Online Discussion
Assignment
#1: PowerPoint Presentation due
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How Computers
Work:
Part 7: How the Internet Works [pages
294-346] and Part 5: Input/Output Devices
[172-263]
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5
September
29-October 5
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Module 5: Introduction
to Web Page Design & Usability
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WYSIWYG editor
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Online Discussion
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6
October
6-12
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Module 6: Introduction
to Information Retrieval
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WYSIWYG editor [cont'd]
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Online
Discussion |
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7
October
13-19
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Module 7: Databases
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MS Access
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Online Discussion
Assignment
#2 -- Revision of Web Page due
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How Computers
Work:
Part 4: Data Storage [pages 120-171
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8
October
20-26
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Module 7: Databases
[cont'd]
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MS Access [cont'd]
CD Creation/Burning
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9
October
27 - November 2
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Module 8: Information
Architecture and HCI [Human Computer
Interaction]
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Online
Discussion |
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10
November
3- 9
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Module 8: Information
Architecture and HCI [Human Computer
Interaction]
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HTML & Web Page
Design
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Online Discussion
Choice of
topic for Assignment #4 due
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11
November
10-16
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Module 8: Information
Architecture and HCI [Human Computer
Interaction] [cont'd]
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HTML & Web Page
Design [cont'd]
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Online
Discussion
Assignment
#3 -- MS Access Assignment Due
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12
November
17-23
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Module 9: Information
Technology -- Issues for Information
Professionals
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HTML & Web Page
Design [cont'd]
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Online Discussion
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13
November
24-30
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Course Wrap-Up and
Evaluations. Held at SLAIS on:
TBA
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December
5
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Assignment
# 4 -- Web Presentation due
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Attendance: The
Calendar states: “Regular attendance
is expected of students in all their classes
(including lectures, laboratories, tutorials,
seminars, etc.). Students who neglect their
academic work and assignments may be excluded
from the final examinations. Students who
are unavoidably absent because of illness
or disability should report to their instructors
on return to classes.”
Because this offering of LIBR500 is a web-based version, attendance at on-campus
classes (with two exceptions as noted above on the Course Schedule) is not
required. Most of this policy therefore does not apply. However, students “who
neglect their academic work and assignments” in other ways than by non-attendance
will be penalized. For instance, late submissions for assignments or other
activities may not be accepted or may be given a failing grade unless there
are exceptional circumstances and other arrangements have been made and agreed
to in advance.
Evaluation: Assignments
will not be accepted late unless prior
arrangements are made with me. Consideration
will be given to legitimate emergencies.
If an extension is granted, a late
penalty may be imposed at my discretion;
this will be discussed when you request
an extension. Please see note above
on class attendance requirements as
related to course marks.
All assignments
will be awarded letter grades using
the evaluative criteria given in your SLAIS
Student Handbook. If you receive
a mark such as A-/B+ you should interpret
it as a low A-, likewise a mark of
B+/A- should be interpreted as a high
B+. [The top mark represents the awarded
letter grade, and the bottom mark indicates
the relative position of the numerical
equivalent in the range for the letter
grade as given the SLAIS Student Handbook.]
Information
Technology Labs: On
several Thursdays during the term there
will be lab sessions held in two sections.
One section will usually meet from
1:30-3:00 and the other half will meet
for their lab 3:00-4:30. Students who
wish to participate in a given lab
can sign up on the immediately preceeding
Friday.
Written & Spoken
English Requirement: Written
and spoken work may receive a lower mark if it
is, in the opinion of the instructor, deficient
in English.
Additional course information on the official Distance Education & Technology,
Continuing Studies web site. (Instructions for signing on are in the package
of introductory material distributed by DE&T in December.) If you have
questions or concerns or require other information, please contact the course
instructor by email mss@interchange.ubc.ca.
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