IIST 523: Fundamentals of Information Technology

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IIST 523 Fundamentals of Information Technology

• Week 1 Class Orientation

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Agenda

• Introductions
• Course Syllabus
• Course Schedule
• WebCT
• IT resources
• Assignment 1

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Instructor

• Ozlem Uzuner
• Assistant Professor - DIS, CCI
• Research and teaching interest
• Natural Language Processing
• Information representation/organization
• Information retrieval
• Artificial intelligence
• Office Draper 114A
• Office hours Tuesday 200-500pm
• Email ouzuner_at_albany.edu

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Introductions

• Your name
• Your areas of work experience (if any)
• Information technology (IT) background
• How you rate your IT skills (beginner,
  intermediate, advanced)

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Course Syllabus

• Contact information
• Course description
• Textbook
• Requirements
• Assignment/Project submission
• Grading
• Policies

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Course Schedule

• Readings
• Topics
• Assignments
• Due dates

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WebCT

• Logging in at (http//webct.albany.edu8900/)
• All course material, lecture notes, and
  assignments will be posted on WebCT
• Students are expected to submit their assignments
  on the due date through WebCT

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IT Resources

• Information Technology Services
  (http//www.albany.edu/its/)
• Activate your accounts
• Computer labs (Draper 015)

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File and Folder Management

• Folders subfolders
• Files
• Copy, delete, rename, and move files and folders
• Class exercise

Folder
ist523
assignments
exercises
misc
Sub-folders
Test1.txt
File