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Essential Objectives

Course Syllabus


Revision Date: 06-Aug-23
 

Fall 2023 | CIS-1350-VO01 - Desktop Operating Systems


Online Class

Online courses take place 100% online via Canvas, without required in-person or Zoom meetings.

Location: Online
Credits: 4
Day/Times: Meets online
Semester Dates: 09-05-2023 to 12-18-2023
Last day to drop without a grade: 09-25-2023 - Refund Policy
Last day to withdraw (W grade): 11-06-2023 - Refund Policy
This course has started, please contact the offering academic center about registration

Faculty

Kelly White
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Hiring Coordinator for this course: Deb Grant

General Education Requirements


This section meets the following CCV General Education Requirement(s) for the current catalog year:
VSCS Digital and Technical Literacy
    Note
  1. Many degree programs have specific general education recommendations. In order to avoid taking unnecessary classes, please consult with additional resources like your program evaluation, your academic program catalog year page, and your academic advisor.
  2. Courses may only be used to meet one General Education Requirement.

Course Description

In this course students install, manage, repair, configure, and troubleshoot microcomputer operating systems. User management, physical and workstation security implementation, and mobile operating systems are discussed. This course covers concepts found on the CompTIA A+ and Linux+ certification exams. Recommended prior or concurrent learning: Introduction to Computer Science or equivalent skills.


Essential Objectives

1. Explain technology terms and acronyms using plain language.
2. Demonstrate the ability to install, manage, repair, configure, and troubleshoot microcomputer operating systems including Windows and Linux.
3. Identify names, purposes, and characteristics of the primary operating system components (e.g., registry, virtual memory, and file systems) and discuss the use of raw text editors for editing such files.
4. Demonstrate the ability to navigate, configure, and customize graphical user interfaces (CLI, GUI) to display and retrieve system information.
5. Explain concepts and procedures for creating, viewing, and managing disks, directories, and files, and compare modalities, themes, and desktop environments/window managers.
6. Describe support methodologies for mobile operating systems and applications.
7. Explain procedures and utilities used to optimize operating systems such as virtual memory, hard drives, temporary files, service, startup, applications, troubleshooting, and performance.
8. Discuss basic boot sequences, methods, and utilities for recovering operating systems.
9. Discuss options for installing and configuring operating systems, drivers, and devices in a physical system, virtualized environment and in the cloud, including package managers.
10. Discuss different configuration options for GUI themes and “window managers”.
11. Explain the process of maintaining a secure computing environment via updates, firewall, filesystem permissions, encryption, and physical security.
12. Describe the difference between open-source and proprietary systems, when each is appropriate, and how to acquire open-source software and operating systems such as Linux.


Required Technology

More information on general computer and internet recommendations is available on the CCV IT Support page. https://support.ccv.edu/general/computer-recommendations/

Please see CCV's Digital Equity Statement (pg. 45) to learn more about CCV's commitment to supporting all students access the technology they need to successfully finish their courses.


Required Textbooks and Resources

This course uses one or more textbooks/books/simulations.

Fall 2023 textbook details will be available on 2023-05-03. On that date a link will be available below that will take you to eCampus, CCV's bookstore. The information provided there will be specific to this class. Please see this page for more information regarding the purchase of textbooks/books.

The last day to use a Financial Aid Advance to purchase textbooks/books is the 3rd Tuesday of the semester. See your financial aid counselor at your academic center if you have any questions.


Methods

  • Asynchronous written discussion forum
  • Pre-recorded videos
  • Fact-sheets
  • Online simulated labs

Evaluation Criteria

  • Discussion participation quantity and quality evaluated based on a published rubric
  • Video and Fact sheet consumption timed by the system
  • Successful simulation step completion recorded by the system
  • Final exam comprised of traditional M/C and M/A question types as well as simulated lab tasks

Grading Criteria

CCV Letter Grades as outlined in the Evaluation System Policy are assigned according to the following chart:

 HighLow
A+10098
A Less than 9893
A-Less than 9390
B+Less than 9088
B Less than 8883
B-Less than 8380
C+Less than 8078
C Less than 7873
C-Less than 7370
D+Less than 7068
D Less than 6863
D-Less than 6360
FLess than 60 
P10060
NPLess than 600


Weekly Schedule


Week/ModuleTopic  Readings  Assignments
 

1

Orientation

Course Introduction

  

Websites, PDF handouts, LabSim

  

Discussion forum and LabSim assignments

 

2

PC Technician Responsibilities

  

Websites, PDF handouts, LabSim

  

Discussion forum and LabSim assignments

 

3

Operating Systems

  

Websites, PDF handouts, LabSim

  

Discussion forum and LabSim assignments

 

4

Storage

  

Websites, PDF handouts, LabSim

  

Discussion forum and LabSim assignments

 

5

System Implementation

  

Websites, PDF handouts, LabSim

  

Discussion forum and LabSim assignments

 

6

System Management 1

  

Websites, PDF handouts, LabSim

  

Discussion forum and LabSim assignments

 

7

System Management 2

  

Websites, PDF handouts, LabSim

  

Discussion forum and LabSim assignments

 

8

File Management

  

Websites, PDF handouts, LabSim

  

Discussion forum and LabSim assignments

 

9

Peripheral Devices

  

Websites, PDF handouts, LabSim

  

Discussion forum and LabSim assignments

 

10

Networking

  

Websites, PDF handouts, LabSim

  

Discussion forum and LabSim assignments

 

11

Laptops, Mobile Devices & Troubleshooting

  

Websites, PDF handouts, LabSim

  

Discussion forum and LabSim assignments

 

12

Printing & Troubleshooting

  

Websites, PDF handouts, LabSim

  

Discussion forum and LabSim assignments

 

13

Security & Troubleshooting

  

Websites, PDF handouts, LabSim

  

Discussion forum and LabSim assignments

 

14

System Configuration & Troubleshooting

  

Websites, PDF handouts, LabSim

  

Discussion forum and LabSim assignments

 

Attendance Policy

Regular attendance and participation in classes are essential for success in and are completion requirements for courses at CCV. A student's failure to meet attendance requirements as specified in course descriptions will normally result in a non-satisfactory grade.

  • In general, missing more than 20% of a course due to absences, lateness or early departures may jeopardize a student's ability to earn a satisfactory final grade.
  • Attending an on-ground or synchronous course means a student appeared in the live classroom for at least a meaningful portion of a given class meeting. Attending an online course means a student posted a discussion forum response, completed a quiz or attempted some other academically required activity. Simply viewing a course item or module does not count as attendance.
  • Meeting the minimum attendance requirement for a course does not mean a student has satisfied the academic requirements for participation, which require students to go above and beyond simply attending a portion of the class. Faculty members will individually determine what constitutes participation in each course they teach and explain in their course descriptions how participation factors into a student's final grade.


Participation Expectations

  • Weekly assignments in LabSim online product
  • Weekly asynchronous discussion forum graded based on published rubric


Missing & Late Work Policy

  • Late assignments can be submitted up to one week past the deadline. You will lose 10% each day that an assignment is late. After a week, it will no longer be accepted for credit.
  • Late work is not accepted in the discussion forum. Interacting with classmates is an essential part of online discussions and cannot be made up after the fact.
  • Extensions will be granted only in extenuating circumstances. If a lengthy medical problem or other emergent personal issues will result in missing weekly discussions and/or assignments, please contact your instructor as soon as possible.
  • Students who know that they will not have course access for any given week should make arrangements with their instructor to complete assignments and participation requirements prior to the absence.

Accessibility Services for Students with Disabilities:


CCV strives to mitigate barriers to course access for students with documented disabilities. To request accommodations, please
  1. Provide disability documentation to the Accessibility Coordinator at your academic center. https://ccv.edu/discover-resources/students-with-disabilities/
  2. Request an appointment to meet with accessibility coordinator to discuss your request and create an accommodation plan.
  3. Once created, students will share the accommodation plan with faculty. Please note, faculty cannot make disability accommodations outside of this process.


Academic Integrity


CCV has a commitment to honesty and excellence in academic work and expects the same from all students. Academic dishonesty, or cheating, can occur whenever you present -as your own work- something that you did not do. You can also be guilty of cheating if you help someone else cheat. Being unaware of what constitutes academic dishonesty (such as knowing what plagiarism is) does not absolve a student of the responsibility to be honest in his/her academic work. Academic dishonesty is taken very seriously and may lead to dismissal from the College.