| Date |
Topic |
Graded Work Due |
| August 29 |
Course Introduction |
|
| 31 |
The History of UNIX and Linux |
|
| September 2 |
Installation of Ubuntu on CD or USB |
|
| 5 |
LABOR DAY |
NO CLASS |
| 7 |
Chapter 1 - man pages and online documentation |
Homework #0 |
| 9 |
Basic usage of the vi editor.
vi Editor "cheat sheet" |
|
| 12 |
Chapter 2 - Command-line interface and pipes |
|
| 14 |
Shell scripts |
|
| 16 |
More shell scripts |
Homework #1 |
| 19 |
Chapter 3 - Booting |
Homework #2 |
| 21 |
Shutting down |
|
| 23 |
EXAM #1 |
Homework #3 |
| 26 |
Chapter 4 - Access control |
|
| 28 |
Using the sudo command |
|
| 30 |
|
|
| October 3 |
Chapter 5 - Processes |
|
| 5 |
|
|
| 7 |
|
|
| 10 |
Chapter 6 - Filesystem |
|
| 12 |
File attributes |
Homework #5 |
| 14 |
File access control |
|
| 17 |
Chapter 7 - User accounts |
Homework #6 |
| 19 |
Group accounts |
|
| 21 |
UVU FALL BREAK |
NO CLASS |
| 24 |
AMIA Symposium |
NO CLASS |
| 26 |
EXAM #2 |
|
| 28 |
Review of Exam #2, work on homework |
|
| 31 |
Chapter 8 - Storage and disk partitioning |
Homework #4 and #7 |
| November 2 |
Logical volumes |
|
| 4 |
Formatting and repairing filesystems |
|
| 7 |
Chapter 9 - Periodic processes |
|
| 9 |
cron and crontab |
|
| 11 |
|
|
| 14 |
Chapter 10 - Backups |
|
| 16 |
Restoration |
|
| 18 |
Review for exam #3 |
Homework #8, Homework #9, Homework #10 |
| 21 |
EXAM #3 |
|
| 23 |
UVU THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY |
NO CLASS |
| 25 |
UVU THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY |
NO CLASS |
| 28 |
Chapter 11 - Log files |
|
| 30 |
|
|
| December 2 |
Chapter 12 - Software installation and management |
|
| 5 |
|
|
| 7 |
|
Homework #11 |
| 9 |
Review for final exam |
Homework #12 |
| 12 |
No class. Finals week. |
|
| 14 |
FINAL EXAM 9am - 11am |
|
IT 1510.001
Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays 9:00am - 9:50am