Today

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Today

• You can sign up for a time to take the Word test
  in the following time periods
• Fri 1/24     100 500  (in connection
  w/ open lab)  
• Sat 1/25      1200 300  (in connection
  w/ open lab)
• Mon 1/27   400 500
• Tues 1/28 530 630 and 700 1000
   (in connection w/ open lab)
• Fri 1/31     100 500  (in connection
  w/ open lab)  
• Sat 2/1      1200 300  (in connection
  w/ open lab)
• Tues 2/4 700 1000  (in connection
  w/ open lab)
• Test usually takes about 20 minutes. Its in 124
  NH.

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Computer Use Proficiency (CUP)

• During Weeks 2 4 of CSE 1111,
• TAs will be available at specific hours to allow
  students to demonstrate the ability to do word
  processing using Word and manipulate a
  spreadsheet using Excel.
• Later, there is an assignment involving finding
  information on the internet and sending e-mail.
• Later, instruction is provided on using the UTA
  Library on-line resources for research.

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Computer Use Proficiency (CUP)

• CUP, as required by the University, is
  demonstrated for CSE majors in CSE 1111.
• So, demonstration of proficiency in
• (1) word processing,
• (2) spreadsheets,
• (3) library skills,
• (4) use of the internet and
• (5) email
• are required for satisfactory completion of the
  course, but measurement of these skills will not
  enter into the computation of the final grade.

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Word exam

•  Students should be able to create, modify, save
  and print a document.
• The university requires demonstration of the
  following abilities in Microsoft Word.
• Create a file
• Cut and paste text
• Copy text
• Save material to a file / name that file
• Underline text
• Bold face text
• Italicize text
• Justify text
• Change font size
• Change font face
• Double space the document
• Change margins
• Create a bulleted list
• Spell check the document
• Do something that likely requires use of the word
  processors Help facility, such as creating a
  table.

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Word exam

•  
• Students should be able to create, modify,
• save and print a document.
• There is a complete listing of the required
  skills for each of the CUP requirements. See
  the class web site (under CUP) for that listing.

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Problem 1

• What is meant by computer ethics?

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Problem 2

• What kinds of problems (ethical issues) that
  existed prior to computers have been changed or
  made more difficult thanks to computers?
• (Identify at least 4)

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Problem 2

• What kinds of problems that existed prior to
  computers have been changed or made more
  difficult thanks to computers?
• (Identify at least 4)
• You might call these computer ethical issues.

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Problem 3

• In general, how are laws related to ethical
  issues?

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Notes for Week 2

• The topic Case Study in Borrowing Computer Code
•  From Deborah Johnsons Computer Ethics 2nd
  edition, page 2 (written by Dave Colantonio).
• Jean, a systems programmer, is trying to
  write a new tutorial for use of her companys
  computer system, which will be used in other
  office branches nationwide. Now, after months of
  tedious programming, Jean has found herself stuck
  on several parts of the program.

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Notes for Week 2

• 1) What is wrong, if anything, with the behavior
  described in the scenario?
• 2) Can you think of analogies with situations
  not involving computers that reveal the moral
  character of the behavior?

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Notes for Week 2

• 3) If you think any of this behavior should be
  discouraged or prevented, what rules, laws or
  conventions might achieve this?

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Notes for Week 2

• You are to put your answers to these questions
  in a text file or a Word file, and save that file
  for later use. In fact, call the file for this
  week Questions_Week2 and name the file you
  created last week Questions_Week1.

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Volunteer Opportunity

• Volunteers Needed
• DFW FUTURE CITY COMPETITION
• The Future City Competition - sponsored by
  National Engineers Week is
• designed to inspire 7-8th grade students with
  engineering by challenging them
• to solve the real-world problems associated with
  building a livable city of the future.
• Hundreds of North Texas students have been
  working hard since October on their
• city concepts and will be bringing them to UTA,
  Nedderman Hall on Sat., Jan. 25.
• We need about 10 volunteers to help with
  coordination for the 7-8th grade students
• and the judges. Approx. time commitment - 6 hours
  
• (8am - 2 pm we'll provide danish in morning
  and lunch).
• Come and see what these talented kids have in
  mind for the future and help
• to inspire them into engineering school. Let Dr.
  Peterson know if youre interested.

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Looking for

• Kyle Britain
• Ursula Alenik
• Delana MacLean
• Ann Dang
• Kehzang Morfaw