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CIS 235 01 ON
Spring 2016
This course covers the fundamental tools and concepts for managing Linux and Open Source Unix servers, focusing on proficient use of the command line through extensive hands-on experience. Following an introduction to the Linux command line environment, students will explore installation, security hardening, configuration and maintenance of a Unix-family server operating system and at common server applications, such as web, email, database, secure shell, domain name system (DNS), and dynamic host control protocol (DHCP) servers. Prerequisites: CIS 118.
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Linux Operations & Administration
1st Edition
Authors: Nadine Basta, Dustin Finamore, Alfred Basta, Serge Palladino
Publisher: Cengage Learning
This course is an online only course. To complete this course, you will need a desktop or laptop computer that you can install software on. The computer can run Windows, Mac OS X, or Linux, but Windows is preferred. A tablet device (e.g. Android or IOS) will not be sufficient. You will need speakers or a headphone to be able to listen to podcasts or watch videos. You will also need a Word Processor (Microsoft Word is preferred, but LibreOffice or other free product is fine).
This course is entirely taught online. For online classes to work, regular participation and “attendance” is critical. Good attendance requires that you log on and read and respond to discussion posts, check your mail, complete assignments, etc. multiple times a week. Each week you will be given a number of activities to complete. These may include:
• Read the book
• Watch a couple of videos
• Ask and answer questions in the Discussion Board
• Complete reading quizzes
• Complete activities either from the book or given separately
• Turn in the results of some activities some for grading
• Occasionally, take one of the three exams for the semester
Each week there will be a new module within the Course Content area where the weekly assignments will be posted.
Please refer to these modules for weekly assignments. Assignments will have a due date, but can be turned in late (up to the last day of the semester), but will have a point penalty applied to them. Technical difficulties (e.g. a problem with your Internet connection) are not an adequate reason for late work – please plan ahead to avoid issues related to trying to turn in something at the last minute.
The most effective way to contact the instructor is via YCCC email. Students may expect a response within 24-36 hours to email sent during normal business hours, possibly sooner. Emails messages sent at on the weekend or on holidays may not necessarily receive a response until the next business day. Please keep in mind that your instructor is not sitting at a computer 24/7 waiting for questions, so sending an e-mail question at night or on a weekend and expecting an immediate response is not realistic.
There will be a number of reading quizzes throughout the semester. Quizzes need to be taken outside of class time. Each will cover a single chapter in the book, and are open book and open notes. All reading quizzes are in Blackboard Learn (http://learn.yccc.edu). Typically, the reading quizzes are only announced in Blackboard,
and are due two weeks after they are announced. Please visit Blackboard regularly to keep yourself updated on what quizzes are available and when they are due.
Each reading quiz may be taken up to three times until the quiz deadline, and the highest score of the three attempts will be counted.Missed quizzes can be taken late (up to the last day of class), but can only be taken once and have the normal “25%” late penalty.
Here is what each of the various types of assignments we’ll be doing in class is worth. There are no other “categories” of points beyond these…
Homework 10 points each assignment (unless otherwise stated) Other Assignments/Projects varies (will be announced on the assignment) Online Reading Quizzes 10 points each quiz
First Exam 100 points
Second Exam 100 points
Third Exam 100 points
This course is not graded on a curve. All points are considered equal.
To compute your grade, just add up all of your points and divide by the total number of points possible (and then multiply the result by 100 to get a percent).
As an example, if you earned 437 points out of a total 520 points possible, you would have had earned 84.0% of all points, and earned a B (yea!)
BTW: Just for the record, unlike the photo, there is no A+ grade at YCCC, which is fairly common at colleges– sorry folks…
A ≥ 95%
A- ≥ 90%
B+ ≥ 87%
B ≥ 83%
B- ≥ 80%
C+ ≥ 77%
C ≥ 73%
C- ≥ 70%
D+ ≥ 67%
D ≥ 63%
D- ≥ 60%
F < 60
Homework assignments are due two weeks after they are handed out, unless otherwise announced in class. All assignments except quizzes and exams can be turned in late until the start of the last class, but will be penalized 25%. No assignments will be accepted afterwards.
Please plan on taking all quizzes and exams on the date they are scheduled. You are expected to work around the exam dates. However, exams and quizzes can be taken up to one week late (until the start of the class) or until the start of the class the last day the class meets (whichever is earlier) with a penalty. The penalty is 10% for the first late quiz or exam, 25% for any additionally late quizzes or exams. In any case, if you do not take the exam within a one week period, it is an automatic 0. (This may seem harsh, but I cannot return exams without all exams being completed, and your will likely have bosses at work that are a stickler to deadlines). Make up exams will also not necessarily be identical to the original exam, and may be more difficult.
Talk to me beforehand if you know you will miss a deadline for a non-reschedulable commitment, so that other (non- penalized) arrangements can be made.
Even if it is late, it is still worth points – so make sure to turn in everything even if it’s late (but try not to be late to begin with…). Just remember that the last day that we meet as a class is the last day to turn in anything…
If you know you are going to miss a class due to previous work commitments or other non-casual commitments, special due date can be arranged.
All arrangements for extensions of due dates must be made with the instructor (me) at least one day before the actual due
date. Sorry, no arrangements will be made afterwards.
Here is what I expect out of you and your fellow classmates…
9. Have fun
Just like work, regular class attendance is required, and is considered essential for success. You are expected to attend all scheduled classes, and be ready to start at the beginning of the class period.
Additionally, not all material covered in this course is in the reading assignments, and exams are more heavily based on the lectures and hands-on projects than on the textbook.
Just like life, I don’t give regular points for attendance, - just showing up is not enough. Also, just like life being too absent is problematic.
If you miss a class, you should obtain notes from one of your classmates. See me for missed handouts or homework assignments made during your absence. You are responsible for determining any assignments handed out during your absence.
I try to put all of my handouts online before the start of class, so the companion site is always a good place to check. However, sometimes I fall behind (or “gasp” forget to), so make sure to ask me to see if there was anything that wasn’t put online.
Here is what you can expect from me as your instructor…
This is from YCCC’s website…
“In the event of inclement weather, students should listen to either the following radio or television stations before 6:30 am for morning classes and before 3 pm for evening classes. There are three options available, one of which will be announced on FM stations WRED (95.9), WOKQ (97.5), WPOR (101.9), WMGX (93.1), WTSN (AM/FM), WYNZ (100.9)
and on TV stations WCSH (Channel 6), WGME (Channel 13), WMTW (Channel 8) and UPN35/WPXT.”
Additionally, you can sign up to receive school closings via email, phone, and/or as a text message via the myYCCC web site (https://my.yccc.edu).
This is also from YCCC’s website…
“YCCC is committed to providing equal educational opportunities and access for individuals with disabilities. In conjunction with the Americans with Disabilities Act and Section 504, YCCC accepts and provides reasonable accommodations for qualified students with disabilities.
Students are requested to contact and register with the Office of Student Disability Services as soon as possible after acceptance. We want to insure that the process is completed in a timely manner and that accommodations are in place for the start of your semester.”
I expect all students to behave in an honest and professional manner throughout the course. The following is from YCCC’s Course Catalog…
“The College promotes and maintains high ethical standards of academic conduct. It is College policy to discourage academic misconduct via appropriate administrative penalties. Academic misconduct includes but is not limited to: cheating or dishonesty of any kind in performing academic work; plagiarism, whether intentional or unintentional; and receiving, or attempting to receive, academic credit under false pretenses; or assisting anyone engaged in academic misconduct.
The instructor has the authority to review instances of academic misconduct and to determine the consequences, which may consist of grade penalties up to and including assigning the offender a failing grade for the course. If the instructor determines that the offense is serious enough, he or she may refer the matter to the Dean of Students for action up to and including dismissal from the College.”
By successfully completing this course, students will be able to:
I. Command Line
Administrivia Class Overview
Intro to Blackboard companion site
Installing OpenSUSE (cont.)
Managing Files and Directories
Linux Directories
Text Editors
Reading: Chapter 4
Reading: Chapter 5
No Class - Winter Break
Reading: Chapter 6
Reading: Chapters 7 & 8
Reading: Chapter 9
Reading: Chapter 10
Reading: Chapter 12
Reading: Chapter 13
Reading: Chapter 15
Reading: Chapter 16
Reading: Chapter 18
Reading: Chapter 19
Reading: Chapter 18
Course content may vary from this syllabus to meet the needs of this particular class. Students will be notified by the instructor when adjustments to this syllabus are required.
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