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+# Week 1 Announcements
+
+## Monday: This Week in CSIS 1 — Hardware, Software & Operating Systems
+
+Hey everyone -
+
+Welcome to Week 1. We're jumping right in with the fundamentals — what computers actually are, how they work, and what all the pieces do.
+
+**This week you'll be able to:**
+- Identify the main hardware components of a computer (CPU, RAM, storage, I/O devices)
+- Explain the difference between system software and application software
+- Navigate your computer's file system — create folders, move files, find things
+- Convert between units of digital storage (bits, bytes, KB, MB, GB)
+- Describe what an operating system does and name the major ones
+
+**What's due this week (all due Sunday 11:59 PM):**
+- Practice Quiz (unlimited attempts, ungraded — do this first)
+- Discussion: "What does being 'digitally literate' mean to you?"
+- Real-World Task: Hardware & software identification
+- Weekly Check-In Quiz (2 attempts, graded)
+
+**Where to start:** Open Module 1 in Canvas. Read the OpenStax chapters first (Ch. 1 and 2), then watch the GCFGlobal Computer Basics tutorials if you want extra help.
+
+**Monday Demo tonight on Zoom** — I'll be taking apart a computer (well, showing you what's inside one) and walking through the OS basics. These are optional but I really recommend them, especially in Week 1 when everything is new. Link is in the Module 1 page.
+
+If anything's confusing, message me on Canvas. I'm here.
+
+-peter h
+
+---
+
+## Wednesday: Mid-Week Check-In
+
+Hey everyone -
+
+A couple things I want to flag:
+
+**Tip: Know where your files go.** When you download something, do you know where it ends up? On most computers it's a "Downloads" folder. Get in the habit of saving things to a specific folder you create — not just dumping everything on the desktop. This sounds basic but it'll save you headaches all semester.
+
+**Keyboard shortcut of the week:** Ctrl+Z (undo). Messed something up? Ctrl+Z. Changed your mind? Ctrl+Z. It works in almost every program. Start building that muscle memory now.
+
+**Common question I'm getting:** "Do I need Microsoft Office?" Nope. Google Docs/Sheets/Slides works fine for everything in this course. So does LibreOffice (free). The textbook covers both Microsoft and Google — use whatever you have.
+
+Don't forget the discussion post is due soon. It's a low-pressure intro — just share what you already know and what you're hoping to learn.
+
+-peter
+
+---
+
+## Friday: Week Wrap-Up
+
+Hey everyone -
+
+Quick reminders as we wrap up Week 1:
+
+**Everything is due Sunday at 11:59 PM.** Quiz, discussion, and the hardware/software task. Don't wait until 11:55 — Canvas doesn't care about your internet connection dying.
+
+**Mistakes I'm seeing on the practice quiz:**
+- Mixing up RAM and storage. RAM is temporary (wiped when you shut down). Storage is permanent (your hard drive or SSD). Think of RAM as your desk and storage as your filing cabinet.
+- Confusing the operating system with applications. Windows is the OS. Word is an application that runs on it.
+
+**Make sure you did the practice quiz first** — it's unlimited attempts and ungraded. It's there to help you figure out what you know before the real quiz.
+
+**Next week:** We're getting hands-on with Word and Excel (or Google Docs and Sheets). You'll build a formatted document and a budget spreadsheet. If you haven't used a spreadsheet before, don't panic — we'll start from zero.
+
+Have a good weekend. See you Monday.
+
+-peter h

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+# Week 2 Announcements
+
+## Monday: This Week in CSIS 1 — Word Processing & Spreadsheets
+
+Hey everyone -
+
+Week 2. This is the hands-on week — you're going to build things.
+
+**This week you'll be able to:**
+- Create, format, and save a document with proper paragraph styles, headers, and page layout
+- Use Find & Replace, spell check, and basic editing tools
+- Build a spreadsheet with formulas (SUM, AVERAGE, COUNT, IF)
+- Explain the difference between relative and absolute cell references
+- Create a chart from spreadsheet data
+
+**What's due this week (all due Sunday 11:59 PM):**
+- Practice Quiz (unlimited attempts)
+- Discussion: "What was hardest this week? What strategy did you use to figure it out?"
+- Real-World Task #1: Create a formatted document (letter or resume)
+- Real-World Task #2: Build a personal budget spreadsheet with formulas and a chart
+- Weekly Check-In Quiz (2 attempts)
+
+Two assignments this week — start early. The spreadsheet one takes longer than you think.
+
+**Readings:** OpenStax Ch. 3 (Creating Documents), Ch. 4 (Document Preparation), and Ch. 9 (Spreadsheets). Links are in the Module 2 page.
+
+**Monday Demo tonight** — I'll build a document and a spreadsheet from scratch, live. This is probably the most useful demo of the whole course. Zoom link in Module 2.
+
+-peter h
+
+---
+
+## Wednesday: Mid-Week Check-In
+
+Hey everyone -
+
+Two tips for this week:
+
+**The #1 document formatting mistake:** Using the spacebar or Enter key to position things on the page. If you're hitting Enter 15 times to get to a new page, use a Page Break instead (Ctrl+Enter). If you're using spaces to line up columns, use tab stops. The document will look right on your screen but break on someone else's — or when you change one thing and everything shifts.
+
+**Spreadsheet formulas:** Start every formula with `=`. If you type `SUM(A1:A5)` without the equals sign, it's just text. Also — when your formula isn't working, check for typos in cell references. `A1` is not the same as `A 1`.
+
+**Question I keep getting:** "Can I use Google Docs instead of Word?" Yes. Absolutely. Either one works. The concepts are the same — just the menus look a little different.
+
+Start the budget spreadsheet soon if you haven't. It takes a bit of setup and the formulas can be tricky the first time.
+
+-peter
+
+---
+
+## Friday: Week Wrap-Up
+
+Hey everyone -
+
+Week 2 wrap-up:
+
+**Due Sunday 11:59 PM:** Both assignments (document + spreadsheet), the discussion, and the quiz.
+
+**Common mistakes I'm seeing:**
+- On the document: not using paragraph styles (Heading 1, Heading 2, etc.). Manually making text big and bold isn't the same thing — styles give your document structure.
+- On the spreadsheet: using a calculator to get the answer and then typing it into the cell. The whole point is letting the spreadsheet do the math. Use `=SUM(B2:B10)`, not `=247`.
+- On the quiz: people are confusing "Save" with "Save As." Save overwrites the current file. Save As lets you create a new copy with a different name or format.
+
+**Next week:** Presentations, databases, and networking. You'll build a short presentation, learn what databases actually are (spoiler: they're everywhere), and find out how your computer talks to the internet. Also — heads up — July 4th is Friday, so enjoy the holiday.
+
+-peter h

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+# Week 3 Announcements
+
+## Monday: This Week in CSIS 1 — Presentations, Databases & Networks
+
+Hey everyone -
+
+We're at the halfway point. This week covers three different topics, so it moves fast — but none of them go super deep.
+
+**This week you'll be able to:**
+- Design a presentation that works as a visual aid (not a wall of text)
+- Explain what a database is and how it differs from a spreadsheet
+- Describe the basics of computer networking: LAN, WAN, IP addresses, DNS
+- Identify common network hardware (router, modem, switch)
+
+**What's due this week (all due Sunday 11:59 PM):**
+- Practice Quiz (unlimited attempts)
+- Discussion: "Look at your quiz scores so far. What do you feel confident about? What needs more work?"
+- Real-World Task: Create a short presentation on a topic of your choice
+- Weekly Check-In Quiz (2 attempts)
+
+**Readings:** OpenStax Ch. 6 (Presentations), Ch. 13 (Databases — skim for concepts), and re-read Ch. 1 Sec. 1.2 (Networks). All linked in Module 3.
+
+**Monday Demo tonight** — I'll show good vs. bad presentations side by side (the bad ones are fun), and we'll do a live network demo. I'll run a traceroute so you can see your data hopping across the country. Zoom link in Module 3.
+
+**Note:** Friday is July 4th. Happy Independence Day. I'll still post the Friday wrap-up, but take some time off if you can. Just make sure everything's submitted by Sunday night.
+
+-peter h
+
+---
+
+## Wednesday: Mid-Week Check-In
+
+Hey everyone -
+
+**Presentation tip:** The biggest mistake people make is putting too much text on a slide. Your slides aren't a script — they're a visual aid. If your audience is reading your slides, they're not listening to you. Aim for 5 items or fewer per slide. Use images. Leave white space.
+
+Also: go easy on the animations. A slide transition is fine. Having every bullet point fly in from a different direction is... not fine.
+
+**On databases:** Don't overthink this one. You don't need to build a database. You just need to understand what they are (organized collections of data in tables), where they're used (Amazon, Netflix, your bank, your phone's contacts), and how they're different from spreadsheets (databases handle relationships between tables; spreadsheets are flat). That's it.
+
+Enjoy the holiday weekend. Get your work done before the fireworks start.
+
+-peter
+
+---
+
+## Friday: Week Wrap-Up
+
+Happy 4th of July 🇺🇸
+
+Quick wrap-up:
+
+**Due Sunday 11:59 PM:** Presentation assignment, discussion, and quiz. Don't let the holiday sneak up on you.
+
+**Common mistakes so far:**
+- Presentations with paragraphs of text on every slide. Less is more. Seriously.
+- On the quiz: confusing a modem and a router. Your modem connects you to your ISP (the internet). Your router shares that connection with your devices. Most people have a combo box from their ISP that does both — but they're different jobs.
+- Mixing up LAN and WAN. LAN = your home or office network. WAN = the big network connecting everything (the internet is the biggest WAN).
+
+**Next week:** The Internet, email, and the web. How does a website actually get to your screen? What happens when you type a URL? What's the deal with cookies? And we'll talk about email — specifically, how to spot the shady stuff in your inbox. This is where things start to get really practical.
+
+Have a great weekend. Eat something off a grill for me.
+
+-peter h

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+# Week 4 Announcements
+
+## Monday: This Week in CSIS 1 — Internet, Email & The Web
+
+Hey everyone -
+
+Week 4. We're talking about the thing you use every day but probably haven't thought much about — the internet. How it works, how the web works, how email works, and what "the cloud" actually means.
+
+**This week you'll be able to:**
+- Explain how a web request travels from your browser to a server and back
+- Identify common internet protocols (HTTP, HTTPS, SMTP, DNS)
+- Evaluate a website's credibility using specific criteria
+- Describe cloud computing and name common cloud services
+- Spot the signs of a phishing email
+
+**What's due this week (all due Sunday 11:59 PM):**
+- Practice Quiz (unlimited attempts)
+- Discussion: "How do you decide if a website is trustworthy? Walk us through your actual process."
+- Real-World Task #1: Internet & web concepts quiz
+- Real-World Task #2: Evaluate 3 websites for credibility
+- Weekly Check-In Quiz (2 attempts)
+
+**Readings:** OpenStax Ch. 1 Sec. 1.3 (Internet & Cloud), Ch. 8 (CMS & Social Media). Also watch the Code.org "How the Internet Works" videos — they're short (about 5 min each) and really well done. Links in Module 4.
+
+**Monday Demo tonight** — I'll trace a web request from browser to server and back so you can see all the steps. Then we'll look at the actual source code of a web page. It's not as scary as it sounds. Zoom link in Module 4.
+
+-peter h
+
+---
+
+## Wednesday: Mid-Week Check-In
+
+Hey everyone -
+
+**Tip: Check the URL before you trust a website.** The domain name tells you who owns the site. `bankofamerica.com` is legit. `bankofamerica.secure-login.xyz` is not — look at what comes right before the `.xyz`. That's the real domain. Scammers rely on you not noticing.
+
+Also: HTTPS (the lock icon) means your connection is encrypted. It does NOT mean the site is safe. A phishing site can have HTTPS too. The lock just means nobody can eavesdrop on the data between you and the site — it doesn't tell you whether the site itself is trustworthy.
+
+**On the website evaluation assignment:** Don't just say "it looks professional." That's not a reason to trust a site. Look at who wrote it, when it was last updated, whether it cites sources, and whether you can verify the claims elsewhere. Three of these, due Sunday.
+
+-peter
+
+---
+
+## Friday: Week Wrap-Up
+
+Hey everyone -
+
+Week 4 wrap-up:
+
+**Due Sunday 11:59 PM:** Website evaluation, internet quiz, discussion, and the weekly quiz.
+
+**Mistakes I'm seeing:**
+- On the quiz: people saying HTTP and HTTPS are the same thing. They're not. The S stands for Secure — it means your data is encrypted in transit. Always look for HTTPS, especially when entering passwords or payment info.
+- On the website evaluation: "The site looks professional" isn't evidence of credibility. A scam site can look beautiful. Look for author credentials, date of publication, cited sources, and whether other reputable sites say the same thing.
+- Confusing "the internet" and "the web." The internet is the network (the pipes). The web is one thing that runs on it (websites, accessed via browsers using HTTP). Email, streaming, and gaming also use the internet — they're not "the web."
+
+**Next week:** Security, scams, and protecting yourself. This is the week that might actually save you money someday. We're covering phishing, malware, social engineering, AI-powered threats, password managers, 2FA — all of it. I'll show you real scam examples and we'll tear apart a phishing email live in the demo.
+
+This is my favorite week to teach. See you Monday.
+
+-peter h

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+# Week 5 Announcements
+
+## Monday: This Week in CSIS 1 — Security, Scams & Protecting Yourself
+
+Hey everyone -
+
+This is the week I think about all year. If you only pay attention to one week of this course, make it this one.
+
+We're covering cybersecurity, phishing, scams, malware, AI-generated threats, and what you can actually do to protect yourself. This stuff is real and it's happening to people every day.
+
+**This week you'll be able to:**
+- Identify common types of malware and how they spread
+- Spot phishing emails, texts, and phone scams using specific red flags
+- Explain how AI is being used to create more convincing scams (deepfakes, voice cloning, AI-written phishing)
+- Set up multi-factor authentication and understand why it matters
+- Evaluate your own digital security and create a plan to improve it
+
+**What's due this week (all due Sunday 11:59 PM):**
+- Practice Quiz (unlimited attempts)
+- Discussion: "After the security audit, what surprised you most about your own digital habits?"
+- Real-World Task #1: Security audit — evaluate your own digital security and make an action plan
+- Real-World Task #2: Scam identification — analyze 5 real-world scam examples
+- Weekly Check-In Quiz (2 attempts)
+
+**Readings:** Intro to CS Ch. 14 (Cybersecurity), WSS Ch. 1 Sec. 1.4 (Ethics & Security), plus the GCFGlobal Internet Safety module. Also — go to haveibeenpwned.com and check your email address. Yes, really. You'll probably be surprised.
+
+**Monday Demo tonight** — Live phishing teardown, deepfake examples, and I'll walk through setting up a password manager and 2FA. If you do nothing else, do those two things. Zoom link in Module 5.
+
+-peter h
+
+---
+
+## Wednesday: Mid-Week Check-In
+
+Hey everyone -
+
+Two things from this week that I want to make sure land:
+
+**1. Your password is probably terrible.** I'm not trying to be rude — almost everyone's is. If you're using the same password on multiple sites, or if your password is shorter than 12 characters, you're at risk. Get a password manager (Bitwarden is free and good). Let it generate random passwords for everything. You only have to remember one master password. Do this today.
+
+**2. If someone contacts you urgently asking for money or gift cards — stop.** It doesn't matter if it sounds like your boss, your grandkid, or your bank. Scammers create urgency on purpose so you don't think. Hang up. Call the person back on a number you already have. Never use the number they give you.
+
+AI makes this worse now. A 3-second clip of someone's voice is enough to clone it. So "it sounded just like them" isn't proof of anything anymore. Verify before you trust.
+
+Check haveibeenpwned.com if you haven't yet. It's part of the assignment but it's also just a good thing to know.
+
+-peter
+
+---
+
+## Friday: Week Wrap-Up
+
+Hey everyone -
+
+Week 5 wrap-up:
+
+**Due Sunday 11:59 PM:** Security audit, scam identification, discussion, and quiz.
+
+**Mistakes I'm seeing:**
+- On the quiz: people think antivirus software makes you safe. It helps, but it's one layer. Updates, strong passwords, 2FA, and not clicking sketchy links matter just as much — probably more.
+- On the scam identification: some of you are saying "I would never fall for this." Respectful pushback — the people who get scammed also thought that. The whole point of social engineering is that it works on smart people who are busy, distracted, or emotional. Stay humble about this.
+- Confusing encryption with security. Encryption protects data in transit or at rest. It doesn't mean a service is trustworthy. A criminal can encrypt their files too.
+
+**The security audit assignment:** If doing the audit made you realize you need to change some passwords or turn on 2FA — do it. For real. Don't just write about it and move on. This is the one assignment where the real-world payoff is immediate.
+
+**Next week (our last week):** AI, emerging tech, information literacy, and the final exam. We'll talk about ChatGPT, deepfakes, misinformation, and how to think critically when you can't trust your eyes or ears anymore. Plus you'll get to use an AI tool and then fact-check it — which is honestly kind of fun.
+
+Almost done. One more week. Let's finish strong.
+
+-peter h

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+# Week 6 Announcements
+
+## Monday: This Week in CSIS 1 — AI, Emerging Tech, Info Literacy & Final Exam
+
+Hey everyone -
+
+Last week. You made it.
+
+This week we're talking about AI, emerging technology, and information literacy — basically, how to navigate a world where computers can write essays, clone voices, and generate fake photos that look completely real. We'll also cover blockchain, IoT, and other buzzwords you've probably heard but maybe couldn't explain.
+
+**This week you'll be able to:**
+- Explain what AI and machine learning are in plain language
+- Use an AI tool (ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, etc.) and critically evaluate its output
+- Identify misinformation, disinformation, and AI-generated content
+- Describe emerging technologies (IoT, blockchain, VR/AR) at a high level
+- Reflect on your own digital literacy and what you've learned
+
+**What's due this week:**
+- Practice Quiz (unlimited attempts)
+- Discussion: "You just used an AI tool. How did you decide what to trust?"
+- Real-World Task: Use an AI tool to research a topic, then fact-check its output
+- Weekly Check-In Quiz (2 attempts)
+- **Final Exam** — opens Wednesday, due Sunday 11:59 PM
+
+**All due Sunday 11:59 PM.** No extensions on the final.
+
+**Readings:** WSS Ch. 15 (selected sections) and the GCFGlobal Digital Media Literacy module. Links in Module 6.
+
+**Monday Demo tonight** — We're going hands-on with AI tools live. I'll ask them questions, we'll see what they get right and wrong, and I'll show you how to fact-check the output. This one's fun. Zoom link in Module 6.
+
+-peter h
+
+---
+
+## Wednesday: Mid-Week Check-In
+
+Hey everyone -
+
+**On the AI assignment:** The point isn't to prove that AI is bad or good. It's to use it and then think critically about the output. Ask it something you already know about and see what it gets wrong. Ask it for sources and check if they're real (sometimes they're completely made up). Ask it the same question twice and see if you get different answers.
+
+The skill here isn't using the AI — that part's easy. The skill is knowing when to trust it and when not to.
+
+**Reminder: The final exam opens today.** It's 30 questions, comprehensive, covering all 6 weeks. You can start it any time between now and Sunday 11:59 PM. Once you start, you'll have a time limit (check the exam page for details). Don't start it at 11:30 PM Sunday.
+
+**Quick study tip:** Go back through your practice quizzes. The questions on the final come from similar material. If there's a topic you struggled with earlier in the course, now's the time to review it.
+
+You're almost there.
+
+-peter
+
+---
+
+## Friday: Week Wrap-Up
+
+Hey everyone -
+
+That's it. We're done.
+
+**Final exam is due Sunday at 11:59 PM.** If you haven't started it, do it this weekend. Don't wait until the last hour.
+
+Also due Sunday: the AI assignment, discussion, and weekly quiz. Get everything in.
+
+**A few things before we go:**
+
+Six weeks ago, most of you walked in knowing how to use a computer but not necessarily understanding how it works. Now you know what's inside the machine, how files and software work, how the internet moves data around the planet, how to build documents and spreadsheets, how to spot a scam, and how to think critically about AI-generated content. That's a lot.
+
+The security stuff from Week 5 — password managers, 2FA, spotting phishing — that's going to matter for the rest of your life. Keep using it.
+
+The critical thinking from this week — questioning sources, verifying claims, not trusting something just because it sounds confident — that matters even more. Especially now.
+
+If you need to reach me after the course ends, phowell@gavilan.edu still works.
+
+Thanks for a great six weeks. I mean it.
+
+-peter h