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2. INF 103 Course Experience Tradition / inf103mart.com INF 103 Entire Course INF 103 Week 1 DQ 1 How Do You Currently Use Information Technology • INF 103 Week 1 DQ 1 How Do You Currently Use Information Technology • INF 103 Week 1 DQ 2 Innovations in Hardware and Software • INF 103 Week 2 DQ 1 Copyright and Fair Use • INF 103 Week 2 DQ 2 Searching for Information • INF 103 Week 2 Assignment Using Microsoft Word What Does the Library Have to Offer • How Do You Currently Use Information Technology? • Information technology is the process of using computers or computing devices to obtain and handle information and data. • Using this technology is something that is performed daily by people all over the world. What is the impact of information technology in your daily life?

3. INF 103 Course Experience Tradition / inf103mart.com INF 103 Week 1 DQ 2 Innovations in Hardware and Software INF 103 Week 2 Assignment Using Microsoft Word What Does the Library Have to Offer • Innovations in Hardware and Software. • “Review Chapter 2 regarding the hardware revolution and Chapter 3 regarding the software revolution from your course text • What is hardware? What is software? How is hardware different from software? • Using the Timeline – CHM revolution, identify and describe what you believe to be the two most important hardware innovations. • What Does the Library Have to Offer? • Write a one-to two-page essay that describes the benefits of using the Ashford University Library. • What are the differences between scholarly resources and popular resources? • What are some key things to remember when searching for sources within the Ashford University Library (e.g. databases, FindIt@AU search tool)?

4. INF 103 Course Experience Tradition / inf103mart.com INF 103 Week 2 DQ 1 Copyright and Fair Use INF 103 Week 2 DQ 2 Searching for Information • Copyright and Fair Use. • Take a few minutes to explore the Copyright Clearing Center’s Copyright Basics tutorial. • Briefly describe copyright, public domain, and fair use. Provide a unique example of fair use. • Provide an example of when copyright would be violated. Be sure not to duplicate an example that is already posted by one of your classmates. • Searching for Information. • What are the benefits of using search engines, such as Google, Yahoo!, or Bing? • What are some of the limitations and dangers of using information that is widely available on the Web? • After your primary post, respond to at least two of your classmates’ posts by Day 7.

5. INF 103 Course Experience Tradition / inf103mart.com INF 103 Week 3 Assignment Using Microsoft Excel (Personal Vs Actual) INF 103 Week 3 Assignment Using Microsoft Excel (Plagiarism) • We have another set which could be found on this link • Using Microsoft Excel. • As indicated in the guidance for Week 3 Excel can be used for many purposes. For example, Excel can be used to develop and track • your personal income and expenses against a monthly budget. Assume a family has developed a monthly budget and desires to compare actual expenses for July to their budget. • We have another set which could be found on this link • Using Microsoft Excel. • Plagiarism, whether intentional or unintentional, is a big problem for universities. Not only is it an issue of unfair use of copyrighted material, it speaks to an • ethical issue of cheating. (Please refer to the Microsoft Excel tutorials in the appendices of the Constellation text.)

6. INF 103 Course Experience Tradition / inf103mart.com INF 103 Week 3 DQ 1 Information Security and Privacy INF 103 Week 3 DQ 2 Connecting Your Home Network to the Internet • Information Security and Privacy. • Facebook, email, electronic commerce, and collaborative sites for both work and leisure are a normal part of our everyday computing activities. • Personal information entered on these websites become partially owned by the sites themselves. Deleting items never really gets rid of them. • Connecting Your Home Network to the Internet. • The author of your text suggests that the ability to connect to the Internet via Wi-Fi is available everywhere Bowles, (2013). • As such, there are risks to your data and personally identifiable information.

7. INF 103 Course Experience Tradition / inf103mart.com INF 103 Week 4 Assignment Computer Ethics PowerPoint INF 103 Week 4 DQ 1 Computer Ethics • Computer Ethics PowerPoint. • Review your initial post from this week’s discussion activity on computer ethics. Use Microsoft PowerPoint to create a presentation based on your initial • computer ethics discussion and associated research • Computer Ethics. • As the use of computers and the internet becomes more prevalent, ethical issues related to computer usage will continue to make a larger impact on people’s • lives and the way that society functions. Computer ethics involves the moral principles and behavioral guidelines associated with the way in which individuals

8. INF 103 Course Experience Tradition / inf103mart.com INF 103 Week 4 DQ 2 Web 2.0 INF 103 Week 5 DQ 1 Emerging Information Technology • Web 2.0. • Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and other Web 2.0 tools (file sharing, cloud- services, etc.) provide ways for us to connect with individuals and share information • in almost real time. Describe how you use these tools in your life today. How do you think these tools will work in the future? • Emerging Information Technology. • Discuss some of the emerging trends in information technology (e.g. computer hardware, software, data analysis). • What impact may they have on your daily life (e.g., workplace, school, recreation)?

9. INF 103 Course Experience Tradition / inf103mart.com INF 103 Week 5 DQ 2 Reflection Question Computer Use in Career Fields INF 103 Week 5 Final Paper (Ethical Concerns in Computing) • Reflection Question – Computer Use in Career Fields. • There are many careers that require computer literacy. In fact, most jobs today require some knowledge of information technology. • What computer skills should you develop to help advance your personal career goals? • After your primary post, respond to at least two of your classmates’ posts by Day 7. • For the Final Paper, you will select one topic from the list below. You will want to choose a topic that is important or interesting to you. • Instructions for completing the Final Paper: • 1. Please select from one of the following topics, which are addressed in the course textbook, Introduction to Computer Literacy: • · Collaborative Technologies (covered in Chapter 1)

10. INF 103 Course Experience Tradition / inf103mart.com INF 103 Week 5 Final Paper (Social Networks) • For the Final Paper, you will select one topic from the list below. You will want to choose a topic that is important or interesting to you. • Instructions for completing the Final Paper: • 1. Please select from one of the following topics, which are addressed in the course textbook, Introduction to Computer Literacy: • · Collaborative Technologies (covered in Chapter 1)

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