Updated: 2017-12-14 13:00 EST
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Check the due date for each assignment and put a reminder in your agenda, calendar, and digital assistant. Just like in the Real World, not all due dates are on the same days or at the same times.
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Worksheets are preparation for your assignments. You can’t do the assignments without having done the worksheets first, and you can’t do the worksheets without having first read the Course Notes:
Make notes from the worksheets on how each command works. What do the options used in the worksheets mean, for each command? (See the weekly Command List.)
Form a small study group to do the worksheets. Each person tries the example given, and you make sure you all get the same answers. Worksheets are not for hand-in; they are not worth marks; the assignments test your knowledge of the lectures and worksheets.
The worksheets are available in four formats: Open Office (ODT), PDF, HTML, and Text. Only the Open Office format allows you “fill in the blanks” in the worksheet. The PDF format looks good but doesn’t allow you to type into the blanks in the worksheet. The HTML format is crude but useful for quick for viewing online.
Do NOT open the Worksheet ODT files using any Microsoft products; they will mangle the format and mis-number the questions. Use the free Libre Office or Open Office programs to open these ODT documents. On campus, you can download Libre Office here.
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vimtutor
program on the CLS.chmod, ls -lid, umask
Worksheets prepare you for the upcoming assignments.
This course has two midterm tests (10%, 15%) and one final exam (40%).
See last week’s notes for the analysis of the second midterm test.
The Final Exam is 110 minutes long and contains approximately 110 multiple-choice questions similar to those found in the three preceding Practice Tests and Answers. Do all three practice tests before the Final Exam!
All three practice tests are now posted under Practice Tests and Answers. The Final Exam is comprehensive of the whole course; you need to know how to do all three practice tests for the Final Exam.
There is now a third quiz available to prepare for the Final Exam.
Take notes in class! Keep a pad open on your desk.
Try the pstree
and top
commands.
In class I will show you how to decode the Mystery Puzzle File that is part of the upcoming [Assignment #11 HTML]. Take notes!
Don’t forget to finish your five Blackboard quiz attempts for each of the Midterm 1 and Midterm 2 quizzes. There is a third quiz available to prepare for the Final Exam. Do five attempts in all three quizzes.
Many students find that hiring a personal tutor helps them get through the first term. Financial assistance is available. See the Tutoring heading in the Course Introduction.
You are not paranoid if they really are out to get you! See the Week 03 Notes HTML for command pipelines to count the SSH attacks on the CLS.