1. CAP 107 Introduction To Computers

2. Welcome to CAP 107 Lecturer: Reham Al-Abdul Jabbar Email: reham.alabduljabbar@ccis.edu.sa reham.alabduljabbar@ccis.edu.sa Office location: room#42, Bld. 20 Office hours: check my webpage.

3. Important Preparations… See course web site for:  Lecture Notes  Practical Questions http://www.ksu-it.com/cap107/

4. Teaching Arrangements One, 1 hour 50 minute lecture each week  Tuesday 8 - 9:45 In room # 3, building 20

5. Practical One, 1 hour and 50 minute practical session each week. Starting this week. Vital to you passing CAP107. Your attendance will be recorded. You must only hand in your own work A significant proportion of marks comes from practical work.

6. Assessment Assessment is what you do to get your marks. Assessment for CAP107 is made up of a combination of your performance in practical exercises, in quizzes and in exams. Made up from:  2 midterms each 15%  Lab 30% ( Word, Excel, Dos exams and sheets)  Final 40%

7. Exam Schedule Midterm1Monday 1/4/1429 7/4/2008 12-1 Midterm2Monday 29/4/1429 5/5/2008 12-1 Word, Excel, Dos exams TBALab Time

8. Help… If you have a problem that you know you can't solve by yourself don't hesitate, see someone: Lecturers or TAs - a technical problem with a practical or concept from the lectures or the textbook that you don't understand Ask during the lecture or see in person during OHs

9. Text books (3) 1- Computer Confluence: Tomorrow's Technology and you, by George Beekman and Michael J. Quinn, 7 th or 8 th edition.

10. 2- Word 2003 step by step. 3 - Excel 2003 step by step. Text Books (cont’d)

11. Course content  Chapter 0 (Appendix A): An Overview of Computers and Programming Languages  Chapter 1: Our digital planet  Chapter 2: HW basics: inside the box  Chapter 3: HW basics: Peripherals  Chapter 4:SW basics

12. 1- PC Hardware basics. 2- PC Software basics. 3- File management basics. 4- Network and internet basics. 5- Evaluation and acceleration: transistors, I.C.,… 6- The microcomputer revaluation 7- Computers today: mainframes, supercomputers,….. 8-computer connections. 9- Bit basics. 10- Central processing unit (CPU). 11- The computer’s memory. 12- Buses, ports, and peripherals. 13- Input devices. 14- Output devices. 15- Storage devices. 16- The language of computers. 17- Software applications. 18- System software. 19- Desktop operating system. 20- Multiple user operating systems. Syllabus