Description:

In this career-related course, students will be introduced through lecture material and hands-on practical projects to the essential concepts of file organization, utility software installation and use, font management and backup techniques. 1 hr. lecture/wk.

Associated Costs: These are additional (out-of-pocket) expense considerations that students should expect in addition to the course tuition, fees, and textbooks. $10 to $20.

Supplies: Refer to the instructor's course syllabus for details about any supplies that may be required.

Textbook(s): For information see - http://bookstore.jccc.net

Course Fees: NONE

Course Objectives:

Upon successful completion of this course the student should be able to:

1. Install desk accessories, fonts, sounds and control panels and extensions
2. Recover from a system crash using several techniques
3. Install and configure virus detection software
4. Install and manage fonts
5. Create compressed archives of files
6. Create backups of data

Content Outline & Competencies:

I. Install and maintain system components
   A. Decompress a system file
   B. Select an external hard drive for startup
   C. Mount a disk image
   D. Run Disk First Aid
   E. Find items with Apple's Sherlock application
   F. Install a control panel
   G. Install a desk accessory
   H. Install a font
   I.  Create a screen capture
   J. Rebuild the desktop file
   K. Customize an icon's color with the Color Picker

II. Use Apple and third party utility applications
   A. Print a HyperCard stack
   B. Create an Apple Script to shut down a Mac
   C. Repair and optimize a volume(disk or hard drive)
   D. Increase processing memory for applications
   E. Install a task bar using the application GoMac

III. Manage fonts
   A. Plan font organization
   B. Rename a font suitcase
   C. Install fonts outside the System Folder
   D. Decompress font resources
   E. Turn on fonts with Adobe Type Manager Deluxe

IV. Creating backups
   A. Reduce the size of files and folders with compression software
   B. Create self-extracting archives
   C. Calculate file size and compression percentages

Methods of Evaluation of Competencies:

Evaluation of student mastery of course competencies will be accomplished using the following methods:

A minimum of 4 projects    70% of grade
A minimum of 1 examination 30% of grade
                          100%

Grade Criteria:
   90 - 100%      A
   80 -  89%      B
   70 -  79%      C
   60 -  69%      D
    0 -  59%      F

Caveats: NONE

Disabilities:

If you are a student with a disability, and if you will be requesting accommodations, it is your responsibility to contact Access Services. Access Services will recommend any appropriate accommodations to your professor and his/her director. The professor and director will identify for you which accommodations will be arranged.

JCCC provides a range of services to allow persons with disabilities to participate in educational programs and activities. If you desire support services, contact the office of Access Services for Students With Disabilities (913) 469-8500, ext. 3521 or TDD (913) 469-3885. The Access Services office is located in the Success Center on the second floor of the Student Center.