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CSC128: Schedule Fall 2009


First 8 Weeks at a Glance:

Week 1 - Aug. 24
Week 2 - Aug. 31
Week 3 - Sept. 7
(College Closed Labor Day)
Week 4 - Sept. 14
Week 5 - Sept. 21 Week 6 - Sept. 28 Week 7 - Oct. 5 Week 8 - Oct. 12

Second 8 Weeks at a Glance

Week 9 - Oct. 19 Week 10 - Oct. 26 Week 11 - Nov. 2 Week 12 - Nov. 9
Week 13 - Nov. 16 Week 14 - Nov. 23
College Closes at 5pm Wed. Nov. 25
College Closed Nov. 26-29.
Week 15 - Nov. 30 Week 16 - Dec. 7

Week 1: Aug. 24


Links, Reading, Class Overview:

Introduction to Linux, Logging in and Basic Shell Commands
Video:

Labs:

For next Week:
Exercise 1 Chapter 1.
Both Sections: Due by Midnight Aug. 31 .

Exercise 2 Chapter 2.
Both Sections: Due by midnight Aug. 31 .

Exercise 3 Chapter 3.
Both Sections: Due by midnight Sept. 7
(College Closed Labor Day) .


Exercise 4 Chapter 4.
Both Sections: Due by midnight Sept. 14 .

Participation Week 1 - 4 In the Assignments you will see the discussion board which requires your posting for credit. Introduce yourself and help us become a community. This is especially important for the online students where you should ask most of your questions and I will be posting notes on what was covered in the Classroom section.
Both Sections Due by: Sept. 21 at midnight.

Week 2: Aug. 31


Links, Reading, Class Overview:

Basic utilities and the Linux Filesystem
Video:

I am still working on my format but here are some files for you to check out. They are not web pages or anything but you can click to download them in the format of your choice. Your browser may open them in a plugin, or you may save them to disk and then open them with "Windows Media Player" or any other such video player that you may have. Be sure to give me feedback on your preferences in formats and other subjects that you want video on.

wmv format avi format
Labs:



For Next Week:
Exercise 3 Ch 3 - Basic Commands
Due by Midnight Sept. 7
(College Closed Labor Day) .

Exercise 4 Ch 4 - Linux Filesystem
Due by Midnight Sept. 14 .

Week 3: Sept. 7
(College Closed Labor Day)


Links, Reading, Class Overview:

Linux Filesystem Advanced
Labs:



For Next Week:

Exercise 4 Linux filesystem
Due by Sept. 14 at Midnight.
Exercise 5 Linux filesystem advanced
Due by Sept. 21 at Midnight.


Quiz 1:
Covers Ch 3 and 4, the Labs and Exercises 1-5.
25 Questions 25 points 25 minutes.
Classroom Section: At the Beginning of class on the second class of next week.
Online Section: In Angel under Quizzes/Exams tab.
  Due by Sept. 21 at Midnight.

Week 4: Sept. 14


Links, Reading, Class Overview:



Classroom Section Quiz 1 at the beginning of class on Wed.

Introduction to vi (pronounced vee-eye)

vi - beyond the basics
Labs:


Introductory vi lab - runvimtutor and read Ch 8
For next Week:
Exercise 6 - vi .
You may take this exercise as many times as you wish before
Sept. 28 at midnight.

Week 5: Sept. 21


Links, Reading, Class Overview:



vi - beyond the basics continued
Video:



The shell and Redirection
Labs:

Lab vi lab editing a file
  • Classroom Section: In Class vi lab due by the end of class
  • Online Section: Lab vi lab
    Due by Sept. 28 at Midnight.

Redirection Lab

For next Week:
Exam 1: Covering Ch 1-4 and 8. - In Angel  
Classroom Section: In-class on the week of Sept. 28 the second meeting of the week.
Online Section: Due by Oct. 5 at Midnight.

Participation 2: Weeks 4-8
In the Assignments you will see the discussion board which requires your participation for credit.
Due by: Oct. 19 at Midnight.



Exercise 7 - Chapter 5 the Shell and Redirection
You may take this Exercise as many times as you wish before
Midnight Oct. 5 .


Week 6: Sept. 28


Links, Reading, Class Overview:


There will be Exam 1 Ch 1-4 and 8 on Wednesday of Week 6 for the Classroom section.
For the online section Exam 1 is due before Oct. 5 at midnight

The shell and Redirection Ch 5 The Bourne Again Shell Ch 10
Video:

Labs:

For Next Week:


Exercise 7 - Chapter 5 the Shell and Redirection
You may take this Exercise as many times as you wish before
Midnight Oct. 5 .


Week 7: Oct. 5


Links, Reading, Class Overview:

Ch 10 Continued from Last Week
Video:

Labs:

For next Week:
Participation 2: Weeks 5-8
In the Assignments you will see the discussion board which requires your participation for credit.
Due By Oct. 19 at Midnight.


Exercise 8 Ch 10 p. 301-316
You may take this Exercise as many times as you wish before Midnight
Oct. 19
.



Exercise 9 Ch 10 p. 316-end
You may take this Exercise as many times as you wish before Midnight
Oct. 19
.

Week 8: Oct. 12


Links, Reading, Class Overview:


There will Be an Exam covering Ch 5, 10 and 7 next week

Finish Chapter 10 Communications and using ssh-keygen and sftp Making a Web Page
Labs:

For Next Week:


Exercise 10 ftp scp, ssh and ssh-keygen
You may take this Exercise as many times as you wish before Midnight
Oct. 26 .


Week 9: Oct. 19


Links, Reading, Class Overview:


Classroom Section will have time to work on their WebPages on Monday.

Exam on Second Day of the Week for the MW Section.
Exam for the Online Section take before
Oct. 28 at midnight.


For Next Week:


Participation Week 3
In the Assignments you will see the discussion board which requires your participation for credit.
Due by: Nov. 23
College Closes at 5pm Wed. Nov. 25
College Closed Nov. 26-29. at midnight.


Skipping Exercise 11 for now (X windowing systems)


Exercise 12Ch 11 - Shell Scripting
Due by: Midnight Nov. 2 .

Week 10: Oct. 26


Links, Reading, Class Overview:


Online Class remember the Exam is due before Oct. 28 at midnight.


Introduction to Shell Scripting Shell Scripting
Labs:

  • Lab file_test.sh: You will make a shell script and place it in your bin and make sure that it is executable by me.
    Name the file file_test.sh The shell script will ask me for the name of a file and then it will return to me the answer on if I am the owner or not.
    Due by:
    Classroom Section: Nov. 2 at the beginning of class.
    Online Section: Nov. 2 at midnight.
    See Also:
    • read builtin (not man read which is a C header file)
    • man test
    • see the example scripts
  • Lab: Shell Script Functions .
    Due by:
    Classroom Section: Nov. 4 at the beginning of class.
    Online Section: Nov. 4 at midnight.

For Next Week:

Participation Week 3
Due by: Nov. 23
College Closes at 5pm Wed. Nov. 25
College Closed Nov. 26-29. .
at midnight.



Exercise 12
Shell Scripting Ch 11, Due by Midnight Nov. 16 .

Project 1
Due by: Nov. 9 .
At the beginning of class for the classroom section
By Midnight for the online Section
Project 1 AVI Video
Project 1 Embedded Flash
Project 1 Embedded Flash small version


Project 2
Due by: Nov. 16 .
At the beginning of class for the classroom section
By Midnight for the online Section Project 2 AVI Video
Project 2 Embedded Flash Video


Week 11: Nov. 2


Links, Reading, Class Overview:

find
Labs:
Project 3 Assigned

For Next Week:

Participation Week 3
In the Assignments you will see the discussion board which requires your participation for credit.
Due by: Midnight Nov. 23
College Closes at 5pm Wed. Nov. 25
College Closed Nov. 26-29. .


Exercise 13 - find
Exercise 13 find is due by Midnight Nov. 16 .

Project 3
Project 3 is due by: Nov. 23
College Closes at 5pm Wed. Nov. 25
College Closed Nov. 26-29. .
At the beginning of class for the classroom section,
By midnight for the online section.
Project 3 AVI Video
Project 3 Embedded Flash Video .

Week 12: Nov. 9


Links, Reading, Class Overview:



Regular Expressions
sed
Video:
sed lab video flash movie

Labs:

For Next Week:


Exercise 14 - Regular expressions
Exercise 14 Regex
Due: Nov. 23
College Closes at 5pm Wed. Nov. 25
College Closed Nov. 26-29. midnight.


Exercise 15 -sed
Exercise 15- sed
Due: Nov. 23
College Closes at 5pm Wed. Nov. 25
College Closed Nov. 26-29. by midnight. .

Week 13: Nov. 16


Links, Reading, Class Overview:


awk grep tar and diff
Labs:


For Next Week:
Exercise 16 - awk
You may take this exercise as many times as you wish before
Midnight Nov. 30 .


Exercise 17 - tar
You may take this exercise as many times as you wish before
Midnight Nov. 30 .



Week 14: Nov. 23
College Closes at 5pm Wed. Nov. 25
College Closed Nov. 26-29.


Links, Reading, Class Overview:



sort


Managing Groups
Labs:

For Next Time:
Week 13-16 Participation
Due by Midnight Dec. 14 .


Exercise 18 - groups
You may take this exercise as many times as you wish before Midnight Dec. 7 .

Week 15: Nov. 30


Links, Reading, Class Overview:

cron C programming
Labs:

For Next Time:
Week 13-16 Participation
Due by Midnight Dec. 14 .

Exercise 19 - crontab and at
You may take this exercise as many times as you wish before Midnight Dec. 14 .
Exercise 20 - C Programming
You may take this exercise as many times as you wish before Midnight Dec. 14 .

Week 16: Dec. 7


Links, Reading, Class Overview:


Introduction to System Administration and mount
Open Office
Graphics Image Manipulation Program - the GIMP
ispell
Labs:


For Next Time:

Next time will be the Final. See the time below.
See you in CSC171 - Linux Installation and Administration in the Fall!
Remember you must get your projects done and graded by me before you take the final .

Exercise 21 - system Administration
Due By Midnight Dec. 14 .

Week 13-16 Participation
Due by Midnight Dec. 14 .

Finals Week: Finals week Dec. 14-18


Finals:

Finals Schedule

Finals in this class:





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