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Istanbul Bilgi University, Department of Computer Science

2007-2008 Spring

Course Information

Course website: http://cs.bilgi.edu.tr/pages/courses/year_1/comp_151

Instructor : Tugba Yildiz
email: tdalyan@cs.bilgi.edu.tr
home-page: http://cs.bilgi.edu.tr/~tdalyan/
Phone: 0212-3115454, Office: Dolapdere-131

Co-instructors:

Caghan Ozbek, E-Mail: caghan@cs.bilgi.edu.tr, Office: Dolapdere-129
Engin Hengirmen E-Mail: ehengirmen@cs.bilgi.edu.tr, Office: Dolapdere-129
Murat Mehmet E-Mail: muratmehmet@cs.bilgi.edu.tr, Office: Dolapdere-131

Online facilities
There are two mailing lists for the course: comp-151-announce is used for announcement of assignments and deadlines by the lecturers, and comp-151-discuss is available for course related discussions. The mailing lists can be accessed at http://cs.bilgi.edu.tr/mailman/listinfo/.

Effective and productive use of computers involves more than just programming. Many tasks can be accomplished using existing tools or techniques that involve only limited programming. This course focuses on the effective use of these tools. Students will learn to use a variety of tools to perform data manipulation tasks, to create, share and maintain documents of acceptable professional quality, to create prototype data processing applications, to set up web sites and perform other online and offline computing tasks. The course includes a substantial practical element. On successful completion of this course, the student should be able to:

Install GNU/Linux operating systems and essential user software.
Operate software tools in Debian GNU/Linux system for common tasks such as accessing web and e-mail, and editing files. Demonstrate ability to search for web resources and use help facilities to learn how to use newly encountered commands and software.
Demonstrate a basic understanding of formal languages used in human-computer interaction. Understand multitasking and multiuser features of GNU/Linux operating systems and demonstrate secure use practices.
Understand basic process model and combining commands in order to create new commands for custom needs.
Construct regular expressions and use common Linux utilities for searching and manipulating
Create well structured documents using LaTeX and HTML languages and visual tools like OpenOffice.
Identify key features of common formats and make format conversions. Demonstrate best practices in document typesetting.
Store and process data in spreadsheets and other formats.
Understand software licenses, hardware and OS compatibility of programs, and make informed decisions when choosing software.
Do simple computer system administration tasks such as process monitoring and software upgrades.

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Mail Lists for this course: comp-151-announce comp-151-discuss

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