PC 656 Computer and Communication Skills

Weekly outline

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  • News forum
  • Course Abstract for Communication Skills Page
  • Syllabus for Computer Skills Page
  • Tutorials for OpenOffice URL
  • OpenOffice Wiki URL
  • News regarding FOSS URL
  • Computer Basics by Jan's URL
  • Compiling and executing C program in Linux Page
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  28 July - 3 August
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  4 August - 10 August

  Computer basics, MS Word basics

  • Computer Basics courtesy NIOS File
  • Assignment 1 Assignment (2.2)
  • Windows XP Basics coutsey NIOS File
  • MS Word 2003 Help by Microsoft URL
  • MS Word tutorial URL
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  11 August - 17 August

  • Operations Research Models URL
  • Resubmission of Assignment no. 1 Assignment (2.2)
  • Assignment 2 Assignment (2.2)
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  18 August - 24 August

  Word Template, Table of Contents, Cross-referencing

  • Assignment 3 Assignment (2.2)
  • Table of Contents and cross-references URL
  • Test 1 Assignment (2.2)
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  25 August - 31 August

  Mail merge and Macros in Windows,

  • Assignment 4 Assignment (2.2)
  • Creating a form in Word URL
  • MatriX commands in Excel URL
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  1 September - 7 September

  Basic Matrix Operations in Excel, Solving linear system of equeations using Excel.
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  8 September - 14 September

  Introduction to Linear Programming, formulating Linear Programming problem.

  • Linear Programming formulation problem Assignment (2.2)
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  15 September - 21 September

  Solving Linear Programming using Excel solver.

  • Linear Programming Exercise courtesy Mr. Pratik Shah Assignment (2.2)
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  22 September - 28 September

  HTML Introduction, Basic Tags, Tags Attributes.

  • HTML Tutorial by W3School URL
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  29 September - 5 October

  • CSS tutorial by W3School URL
  • Assignment 5 Assignment (2.2)
  • CSS resources URL
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  6 October - 12 October

  Revisiting LPP using Excel Solver, Probability Distributions and expected value.
  

  • Excel Solver File
  • LPP using Solver File
  • Binomial Distribution File
  • BD URL
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  13 October - 19 October

  Generating random variables, Simulation.

  • Why Simulation? File
  • Random Number Generation Problem Page
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  20 October - 26 October

  SPSS Introduction

  • SPSS Tutorial URL
  • Test 2 submission link Assignment (2.2)
  • Test 2 File
  • Test 2 solution Page
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  27 October - 2 November

  Semester Break
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  3 November - 9 November

  • Box Plot Page
  • Assignment 6 Assignment (2.2)
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  10 November - 16 November

  • Central Tendency and Variability URL
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  17 November - 23 November

  • MS Access Tutorial URL
  • Final Lab Exam File
  • Final Lab Exam Submission Link Assignment (2.2)