Tools for Information Literacy

INLS161-001 (Summer II)

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Week 1

Basics

2015-06-22

Intro > Tools > The easy way, the hard way, and the right way

2015-06-23

Clients > Servers > Operating on a remote system > SSH and FTP

2015-06-24

Networks > Inter-networks > Network tools

2015-06-25

Version control > Git > GitHub

2015-06-26

LAB: Licensing > Set up a GitHub repo

Week 2

Web Development

2015-06-29

Coding is not that hard > Markup > HTML > CSS

2015-06-30

Static sites > Linking > Dynamic sites

2015-07-01

Permissions > LAB: Get your site up and running

2015-07-02

LAB: Testing and troubleshooting

2015-07-03

NO CLASS - Independence Day (observed)

Week 3

Document Processing

2015-07-06

Plaintext > Markup > Formatted text

2015-07-07

Templates > Word processors > Pandoc > How not to replicate work

2015-07-08

Single input, multiple outputs > Return to plaintext

2015-07-09

Raw data > Structured data > Working with CSV files

2015-07-10

CSVs and spreadsheets > Working with data in spreadsheets

Week 4

Data Processing

2015-07-13

LAB: More Pandoc, more web

2015-07-14

What is a database? > Tables

2015-07-15

Build a database from scratch > Queries

2015-07-16

Getting data into and out of a database > Forms > Reports

2015-07-17

LAB: Tools for data manipulation beyond the GUI

Week 5

Design and Presentation

2015-07-20

Death by PowerPoint > Edward Tufte is your best friend

2015-07-21

An array of tools > Demo presentation

2015-07-22

Flow > Connecting with your audience > Keeping on track > Taking questions > Script

2015-07-23

LAB: Working through technical problems with presentations (and everything else)

2015-07-24

NO CLASS - Reading Day The lab will be open and I will be there from 10:00am - noon.

Exam Week

2015-07-27

EXAM DAY - Presentations to class - Exam period runs from 11:30am - 2:30pm (11:30-14:30 EDT)

Feel free to bring your lunch if you like.