SILS iSchool

Task 01 | Basics

meets Tuesday and Thursday from 0800-0915

in Carolina Hall 220

Contact options

office hours in Manning 112


Value Added | daily

Class Schedule

Basics | sessions 01-05

10 Jan | intro
15 Jan | clients
17 Jan | servers
22 Jan | networks
24 Jan | basics lab

Web Development | sessions 06-11

29 Jan | structural layer
31 Jan | presentational layer
05 Feb | working with layers
07 Feb | behavior layer
12 Feb | images & design
14 Feb | website lab

Document Markup | sessions 12-14

19 Feb | document markup
21 Feb | tools that read markup
26 Feb | document markup lab

Spreadsheets | sessions 15-19

28 Feb | spreadsheets
05 Mar | formulas & functions
07 Mar | data display

 09-17 Mar | Spring Break 

19 Mar | database tools
21 Mar | spreadsheets lab

Relational Database | sessions 20-26

26 Mar | relational databases
28 Mar | tables
02 Apr | relationships
04 Apr | input & output
09 Apr | SQL
11 Apr | complex queries
16 Apr | databases lab

Presentation | sessions 27-30

18 Apr | presentation design
23 Apr | presentation delivery
25 Apr | presentation lab
30 Apr | 0800-1100 | final in class presentation





Task 01 will set up our environment for storing future tasks.

Task ① basics

Perform a series of small tasks
to show your understanding of basic concepts

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Task

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Task 01.01 | prepare to share with the class

Sign up to the class blog and create a posting introducing yourselves

Task 01.02 | stay in touch with current news

Sign up for two newsletters

Task 01.03 | ensure that you are prepared to work with the server

Set up your Virtual Private Network connection. Go to VPN Installation and Clients. Log in there and install the VPN client on your personal computers so you may use it to communicate with UNC servers when you are operating outside of the UNC network.

Task 01.04 | client skills - download and install software

Using shareware.unc.edu or any other tool that you prefer, download and install an SFTP tool compatible with your personal laptop and the UNC servers and show that you have the software on your PC by showing me that you know how to do a screen capture

Task 01.05 | server skills

Demonstrate some basic server operating system command line functional skills by creating a password protected directory in your public_html space on Opal and then send the name of your directory, along with the userid and password needed to access it to .

Task 01.06 | Internet information tools - how do packets travel

Using a traceroute tool, trace the route of packets from your client back to a domain name on a server and FTP a screenshot of your results into the password protected directory you created in Task 01.05.

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Condition

Task 01.01 | introduce yourself on the class blog

Task 01.02 | tell me you did this by sending an email note to

Task 01.03 | tell me you did this by sending an email note to

Task 01.04 | put your screen capture into the directory you will create for Task 01.05

Task 01.05 | tell me you did this by sending an email note to

Include the name of the directory you will create for Task 01.05, along with the URL I will need to find it, and the username and password I will need to open it.

Task 01.06 | put your screen capture into the directory you will creade for Task 01.05

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Standard

These first tasks are individually small and discrete, so there really isn't a visual model to follow.

The task 01 gradesheet contains the specifics standards and their weighted values.

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Value Added | daily
Basics | sessions 01-05
Web Development | sessions 06-11
Document Markup | sessions 12-14
Spreadsheets | sessions 15-19
Relational Database | sessions 20-26
Presentation | sessions 27-30