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IDS 3917-U02 (16235) VIP Program - B (Directed Individual Study
MoWe 5:00PM 6:15PM Charles E. Perry 332

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



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 with university and external mentors.
   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

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


TUTORING
PG6 #102 Hardware Lab
No Appointments Needed

Mon-Thu  12 noon - 8 PM
Friday   12 noon - 5 PM
Saturday 12 noon - 4 PM


Scheduled Programs, Quizzes and Exams
IDS 3917-U02 (16235) VIP Program - B (Directed Individual Study
MoWe 5:00PM 6:15PM Charles E. Perry 332

Below Dates and Data COULD BE MODIFIED


  • Build Desktop - 10(ten) points
    Building Desktop
    Due: Throughout Spring 2020


  • Build Laptop - 10(ten) points
    Building Laptop
    Due: Throughout Spring 2020


  • Building CAT Cable - 6 (six) points
    Covering chapter 1 and class material
    Due: TBA, 2020 at the beginning of class


  • Quiz 1 - 15 (fifteen) points
    Covering chapter 1 and class material
    Due: TBA, 2020 at the beginning of class


  • Server Quote - 10(ten) points
    Covering Building a Server Quotes
    Due: TBA, 2020 at the beginning of class

    Since every group has three students, each student needs to make
    THREE real UNIQUE/DISTINCT quotes for a server

    Each server must have at least 10 (ten) parts such as:
    Case
    Power Supplies min 2
    Hard Drives scsi min 2
    CPU min 2
    Video Board
    Fans
    Nics/Ethernet boards
    RAM
    Keyboard
    Monitor
    Battery Backup
    Tapes

    Find three manufacturers such as:
    Dell, HP, Intel, SuperMicro, ABMX abmx.com etc


  • Quiz 2 - 10 (ten) points
    Covering A+ 1001 sections 1.2 - 1.5 and class material
    Due: TBA, 2020 at the beginning of class


  • Quiz 3 - 5 (five) points
    Covering Laptops A+ 1001 sect 1.6, 1.7 and 2.1
    Due: TBA, 2020 at the beginning of class


  • Quiz 4 - 5 (five) points
    Covering A+ 1001 sect 2.2 thru 2.4
    Due: TBA, 2020 at the beginning of class


  • Quiz 5 - 5 (five) EXTRA points
    Covering A+ 1001 sect 2.5 thru 2.8
    Due: TBA, 2020 at the beginning of class


  • Software Desktop - 15(fifteen) points
    Installing OS and Multiple Software Desktop
    Due: Throughout TBA, 2020


  • Server Data Saving - 5(five) points
    Saving Document to Server Hard Drive
    Due: TBA, 2020 at the beginning of class


  • Final Exam - 24 (Twenty four) Points
    Posted : April 9, 2020
    Held on: Wednesday April 15, 2020 from 5:00PM - 7:00PM
    Covering quizzes, desktops, laptops, thin clients and cat 5e cables
    NO OPEN NOTES, BOOKS, ELECTRONICS EQUIPMENT, etc ALLOWED.


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