Tentative == Weekly schedule remarks ==* This schedule is tentative and is subject to change* The instructional portion of the course will consist of 11 weekly schedulesessions* A "Session" for this course starts on Thursday starting with a lecture followed by a lab on Tuesday* All labs are due on Wednesdays 11:59 p.m. at the end of their respective sessions* Labs are subject to penalties of 20% of their mark for each 24 hours if completed late

= Week 1 Meet and Greet (Sept 2) =* If possible, come and introduce yourself in person* Complete Lab #0 (not graded, however mandatory)** Open a blog account if you do not have one** Create a blog section devoted to the LPT730 course** In the first blog entry tell us a bit about yourself*** Education and/or professional background*** Hobbies*** Anything else you wish to share with the world*** Email your professor with the URL to your blog. Your blog will be made available to your classmates and others.** In another entry write an article about two desktop software applications that you use often.*** Your choices do not have to be Linux-based or open source, but please make an effort to show us something unusual - MS Office, Firefox etc. are not the best choices*** What do you use it for and why*** Highlight strengths and weaknesses of the software*** For each of your choices provide at least one screenshot and one link to more information*** Make sure that you reference your work properly if applicable = Session 01 (Sept 1 4 - Sept 510) - Course Startup Introduction, Software Licensing == Week 2 Session 02 (Sept 8 11 - Sept 1217) - Electronic Communication == Week 3 Session 03 (Sept 15 18 - Sept 1924) - Browsers == Week 4 Session 04 (Sept 22 25 - Sept 26Oct 1) - Finding and Moving Files == Week 5 Session 05 (Sept 29 Oct 2 - Oct 38) - File Formats == Week 6 Session 06 (Oct 6 9 - Oct 1015) - File Formats - Continued and Assignment Work 1 Presentations == Week 7 Midterm Test (Oct 13 - Oct 1716) - Midterm and Assignment Work=

= Week 8 Fun and Games (Oct 27 ) = = Session 07 (Oct 30 - Oct 31Nov 5) - Graphics Applications == Week 9 Session 08 (Nov 3 6 - Nov 712) - Multimedia Software == Week 10 Session 09 (Nov 10 13 - Nov 14 19 ) - Office Productivity == Week 11 Session 10 (Nov 17 20 - Nov 2126) - Document Creation == Week 12 Session 11 (Nov 24 27 - Nov 28Dec 3) - Document Creation - Continued and Assignment Work2 Presentations == Week 13 (Dec 1 - Dec 5) - Games and Assignment Work; Course Wrap-Up and Review (Dec 4) ==