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Summer 2022 Syllabus

IDS 3917-U01C (54665) HWCS1 VIP Program - B (Directed Individual Study)

MoWe 11:45PM - 1:20PM PG6 #105

Some Hardware Covered       Hardware Notes       CEH Notes       Brief PC History       VIP Vertical Integrated Projects

Those who can, DO     Those who can DO more, TEACH

Below Dates and Data COULD BE MODIFIED


Class Expectations

   Students from all mayors are accepted

  Class Type:
  • 3 Credits, VIP Program - B (Directed Individual Study)

  Description:
  • Students work in large projects with students from different majors working in real-world projects.

   Academic Pre-requisites: None
    Co-requisites: None
   Other Pre-requisites: Permission of the instructor

   Goals
  • Some of my goals are:
  • Provide the maximum support possible to all students, making sure that everybody achieves the best possible results, by offering:
    - Office Hours
    - FREE Walk-in Tutoring six (6) days a week (Monday thru Saturday)
    - Schedule Flexibility for FIU Athetics Students, DRC Students and Military FIU Students
    - Mentoring in and out of class about:
    - Internships, Jobs, Resumes, Interviews, Career fairs, Career help in spot buiding
    - Jobs at FIU as tutors and graders
    - Scholarships Flit-Path mentoring
    - Scholarships FIU Internal and External
    - Free Certifications training
    - Free Hands-on Hardware Traning
    -   and other services

    If you have any suggestions, for me, to help you better, please let me know


   Attendance
  • Attendance will be taken.
  • and will be part of your grade since most of the class is hands-on lab oriented.


   Simple Rules
  • If you have any question, please email me and/or come to my office hours, and/or ask our FREE tutors at PG6 #102.

  • Working together on programs is PERMITTED, however, each program MUST BE UNIQUE, ALL PROGRAMS THAT ARE COPIES WILL GET A GRADE OF ZERO (0)
  • Your email MUST have your name on it.
    FIU, ElHombre, TheItGuy, etc are NOT accepted.

  • On your email's subject write:
    Your class name and email's purpose: OSx pgmX comments

  • Upload your programs to canvas.fiu.edu.

  • Your programs must work as requested.

  • Pages with errors will loose points.

  • Programs turned in after the due date are NOT accepted.

  • All work to be done using material taught in our class ONLY.

  • Any modification to your grades MUST be done no later than ONE week after grades are posted on Canvas and/or Moodle.

  • if you have any issues with your grading, please circle the question(s) and return the assignment to me, within one week, so that I can re-grade itX.


Below Topics and Sequence Could Be Modified

  Course Description:
  • IDS 3917 Vertically Integrated Projects - B.
  • This course is designed to prepare students with the required knowledge to design, build and install the hardware and software needs of an organization.
  • This class is divided into two general sections, Software and Hardware.

  Suggested IT Certifications
    CompTIA Certifications
        IT Fundamentals
        A+ 220-1001 and 220-1002
        Network+
        Security+
        Cloud+
        Linux+
        Server+
        CySa+ CyberSecurity
        CASP+ CyberSecurity
        CompTIA PenTest+ CyberSecurity
        CompTIA Project+ Additional Professional
        CompTIA CTT+ Additional Professional
        CompTIA Cloud Essentials

    Cisco Products and Services
        Certifications

  Expected Course Outcomes
  • Teach you how to design, build and install the hardware and software needs of an organization, from the ground up. Building a basic network containing cabling, nodes, servers, printers, switches/hubs/routers, Operating Systems and other software.
  • All Hardware, Software and tools will be provided by Florida International University, free of charge to students.
  • This class (IDS3917) counts as any of the first four IT electives or credits toward the 120 credits requirements, there is no pre-requisites for this course.

  Projected Schedule (COULD BE MODIFIED)
  • This internship will cover, among others topics, the following:
    Cables CAT Making/Selecting
    Connectors RJ45, RJ11, RJ14, and RJ25
    Wall plates
    RJ45, RJ11, RJ14, and RJ25 Wall plates ports
    Gender Changers
    A+ 901 and A+ 902 Certification Tranining
    Clients/Workstation Design and Construction from the Ground up
    Clients/Workstation Upgrading
    Clients/Workstation components warranties
    Clients/Workstation Operating Systems Installation
    Servers design and construction from the ground up
    Servers Upgrading
    Servers components warranties
    Servers Operating Systems Installation
    CPUs
    Video Boards
    Serial Ports
    Parallel Ports
    Input Ports
    Output Ports
    Input Peripherals/Componets
    Output Peripherals/Componets
    Primary Storage
    Secondary Storage
    Printers Network/Local
    Workstations/Servers/Faxes cabling and installations
    Telephone cabling and installations
    Switch programming
    and many other topics.


  Tools Required
   Your Own Laptop Computer:
  • In your Laptop you will be installing FREE Virtual Machine Software in which you will be installing multiple FREE Operating Systems.
    Please make sure that you have at least 100 GB available/free of secondary storage space, and at least 4 gig RAM, preferable 8 gigs RAM

   Hardware, Software, Tools and Parts Supplied by FIU:
  • Servers
  • Workstations
  • Operating Systems
  • Switches
  • Laptops
  • Network Building Tools
  • Land Telephones Network Building Tools
  • Cables, Connectors, Testers


Academic Misconduct




Grading

4 Programs 6 points each  =  24 points
3 Quizzes  5 points each  =  15 points
Exam 1 .................  =  15 points
Exam 2 .................  =  15 points
Exam 3 .................  =  31 points
                  Totals  = 100 points


PASS                   GPA                         FAIL                   GPA
A  = 100-95   4.00         D = 69-51    1.00
A- =  94-90   3.67         F = 50-00    0.00
B+ =  89-86   3.33    
B  =  85-82   3.00    
B- =  81-78   2.67    
C+ =  77-74   2.33    
C  =  73-70   2.00    
 
At the end of the semester, I will round up your Final Grade, bringing it to the next highest integer


Scheduled Programs, Quizzes and Exams
IDS 3917-U01C (54665) HWCS1 VIP Program - B (Directed Individual Study)
MoWe 11:45PM - 1:20PM PG6 #105

Below Dates and Data COULD BE MODIFIED


  • Desktops - 5 points
    - Desktops setup team names
    - Desktops disassemble
    - Desktops resassemble


  • Laptops - 5 points
    - Laptops setup team names
    - Laptops disassemble
    - Laptops resassemble


  • CAT 5 Cables Preparation - 7.5 points
    Cat 5 cables contruction (10 feet) with RJ45 connectors


  • RJ45 Installation - 7.5 points
    Cat 5 cables contruction (10 feet) with RJ45 connectors


  • Exam 1 - 20 points
    Exam 1 Based on published notes and previous material
    Due: Wed June 8th, 2022 at the beginning of class


  • Kali Operating Systems Installation - 5 points
    Installing Linux (Kali - Ubuntu) in your Laptop
    Due: Monday June 27th, 2022 at the beginning of class


  • Exam 2 - 5 points
    Due on Wednesday, June 29th, 2022
    1 Server Quote USING SERVER COMPONENTS
    Select from 1 (one) manufacturer such as:
    Dell, HP, Intel, SuperMicro, ABMX abmx.com etc.

    Each Server most have the following SERVER parts:
    Case
    Motherboard
    Power Supplies minimun 2
    Hard Drives (SCSI type) minimum 2
    DVD 1 (one)
    Tapes 6 (six)
    CPU mimimum 2
    RAM 64 gigs
    Fans - Multiple
    Nics/Ethernet boards minimum 2
    Keyboard
    Mouse
    Monitor
    Video Board
    Battery Backup


  • Quiz 1 - 20 points
    Based On Cyber Security Notes Chapter 1


  • Punch Down Cabling - 5 points
    - Servers Hardware
    - Multi Servers Cage and equipment
    Due: June 25th, 2022 at the beginning of class


  • Quiz 2 - 20 points
    Based On Cyber Security Notes Chapter 2
    Due: June 27th, 2022 at the beginning of class