Computer Literacy
Foundational course for first-year students
A structured overview of how computers work and the basic operations every student should be able to perform. The course covers mental models of computing, navigation, files & folders, storage, processes & memory, system monitoring, daily maintenance, networking & VPN, security, and applied troubleshooting scenarios.
Course Materials
Lecture Videos
- 01 โ Foundations and Mental Models
- 02 โ Navigation and Interface Basics
- 03 โ Files, Folders, and Paths
- 04 โ File System Structure and Storage
- 05 โ Apps, Processes, and Memory
- 06 โ Task Manager and Activity Monitor
- 07 โ Daily Maintenance and Workflow
- 08 โ Networking and VPN Basics
- 09 โ Security and Troubleshooting
- 10 โ Applied Scenarios and Review
Practice Assessment
Interactive exercises for practicing everyday computer tasks.
Quantum Pandemonium
Interactive VR educational game
Dynamic System response visualizer
Visualize resonance, zero, first and second order responses interactively
Tool for visualizing and calculating zero-, first-, and second-order responses of dynamic systems. Originally developed for the ISAT 300 course to help students develop intuition for system behavior under different damping and forcing conditions.
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Uncertainty Visualizer
Uncertainty computation & visualization
Interactive tool for computing and visualizing measurement uncertainty given standard deviations and related parameters. Developed for ISAT 300 to support quantitative reasoning about experimental data and error propagation.