Resources

Textbooks

You may purchase books at the UB bookstore, or from some alternate source. You may find the other items available quite cheaply from on-line sources, even taking into consideration shipping costs, so do shop around.

Required Book

Available at the Bookstore is a shrink-wrapped pack containing the following books (ISBN: 0131824902).  All of the books in the pack are required.

George Beekman. 2003. Computer Confluence (Standard Edition), Prentice Hall, (ISBN: 0130661880)

Keith Mulberry.  2002.  Essentials of Word Level 3, Prentice Hall, (ISBN: 0130928070)

Lawrence Metzelaar & Marianne Fox.  2002.  Essentials of Excel Level 2, Prentice Hall, (ISBN: 0130927651)

Linda Bird.  2002.  Essentials of PowerPoint Level 1, Prentice Hall (ISBN: 0130927740)

Optional Books

Tom Negrino & Dori Smith. 2001.  JavaScript for the World Wide Web: Visual Quick Start Guide, Peachpit Press, (ISBN: 0201735172)

Lawrence Metzelaar & Marianne Fox. 2002.  Essentials of Excel Level 1, Prentice Hall, (ISBN: 0130927678)

Against the Clock: Microsoft Front Page 2002: Creating and Managing the Web Sites.  2002.  Prentice Hall, (ISBN: 0130674478)

Websites

These are websites that contain helpful information pertaining to the class.

Grades

Electronic Gradebook

Lab Related

Open Lab Hours for Public Computing Sites
 

Computing at UB, HTML, etc.

Computing@UB - info on using computers at UB.
UBWired - the official UB Wired site, includes up-to-date software, instructions and troubleshooting tips.
CIT Documentation Page - various info on emacs, unix and our systems in general.
HTML Reference

JavaScript References

References Links Page

Handouts

Syllabus (8/26/02)
First Day Questionnaire (8/26/02)
Lab 1 Preparatory Work (8/28/02)
History of Computing (8/28/02)
History of Computing - Powerpoint Presentation (Save to your computer for better printing) (9/11/02)