As noted in the PK5 home page and PK5 background file, classes normally will meet for the first 10 weeks each term to review and demonstrate basic PK5 concepts and procedures. After this, remaining questions are more easily handled by individual consultation in B-4058 at any time convenient for student and teacher. The schedule is dynamic; classes will meet as often as needed. The exam can be scheduled anytime the student is ready. See the exam procedure guidelines for details. Students who already possess the course skills need not attend the classes, but do need to pass the exam.

Following is the sequence in which class material will be covered. The schedule will be updated to reflect actual progress.

1. 09 January
   Spring 2012 class roster, course introduction and background. Review of the PK5 exam and exam procedure. Macintosh software equivalents. Activating your Kielo UNIX account. Digital Literacy Foundation Skills, Competency Objectives, and PK5 web resources. Subscribing to PK5-L (and other) e-mail list(s). Using the 'Review' command to check one's subscription.

2. 16 January
   Followup from the previous class. Using the PuTTY (and SSH Tectia) terminal-access software and PICO text editor. Kielo Configuration Suggestions. Configuring and creating "signature" files for IMP/Horde. General e-mail etiquette and formatting guidelines.

3. 23 January
   Questions and followup from previous class. Survival Unix basics for web page work on Kielo. Intro to making web pages (see also other HTML reference files). Editing your first web page online with PICO.

4. 30 January
   Review of material from the previous class. Editing web pages (see default page and class 'demo' page outline) off-line with an ascii editor such as Notepad, Notetab or Editpad.

5. 06 February
   Review of questions and followup from last week. Uploading web pages and graphics using FTP (WinSCP) or Tectia SSH. Linking to other web files with "explicit" and "relative" hyperlinks. Using the PK5 paper template with 'copy and paste' to create HTML web papers from Word documents. Creating RTF, PDF and plain-text files. Converting Word documents to plain-text via (1) copy-and-paste into PICO vs. (2) using Notetab Light or (3) saving within Word. Size and other differences between text, html, rtf, doc and pdf files.

6. 13 February
   Saving a plain-text file in Word; reformatting 'long' line length with a text editor. Linking RTF, PDF and TXT files.
   Using Images in Web Pages, plus Optimizing Images to Reduce Load Times and images first-aid checklist. Using Irfanview to re-size, crop and adjust images (cf. Norman Rockwell and Dick & Jane and The History, Art and Architecture of Tampere Cathedral).

7. 20 February
   (Student pages to become visible by next class)
   Followup from the last class. Using Tables in Web Pages, plus Creating and Editing Audio Files.

8. 27 February
   (Student pages now online.) Followup from the previous class. The PK5 Exam Webform Requirement (creating and using web feedback forms with Mailaa). Searching the web, PK5 Basic Search Operators (and exam requirements).
   
   

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9. 12 March
   Followup and Questions from all previous classes. Academic uses of electronic mailing lists. Listserv basic commands. Using E-lists and E-mail to Obtain Research Data (see also A Primer on Electronic Communication).
   Also, review of competency status and PK5 exam requirements and procedure.

   As decided in class on 12 March, no further Monday meetings are required. Students should complete their online work and schedule their exams, with all exams preferably completed before the end of April.
   
   

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