09:00 – 09:30am Welcome Reception
We will provide coffee, tea, and breakfast pastries for a welcome reception just outside of LS G12. (Note: Breakfast will not be provided the rest of the week.)
09:30 – 10:45am Introductions
We will introduce the program and ask everyone to introduce themselves.
10:45 – 11:00am 15m Break
11:00 – 12:00pm CS Major and Advising
We will introduce the CS major and break into small groups for advising.
12:00 – 01:00pm Lunch
Students are encouraged to eat on campus using their meal plans or dons dollars. See the dining page for details.
01:00 – 02:00pm Careers in CS
02:00 – 03:00pm Mission Bit
We will have a presentation on service learning by Cynthia Chin, Program Manager with Mission Bit. Mission Bit strives to “eliminate the tech divide for youth living in urban poverty and rural areas across the San Francisco Bay Area by building computer programming and professional opportunity pathways for public school students.”
03:00 – 03:30pm 30m Break
03:30 – 04:15pm Computer Hardware
We will have a presentation on computer hardware by Elias Husary, System Administrator with our CS Support group. This group helps maintain all of the computing equipment used by the CS department, including the CS lab computers and login accounts.
04:15 – 04:45pm Using Unix
We will cover how to use a Unix-based operating system using the CS lab computers available in the LS G12 classroom. Students will login to their CS lab accounts, learn about file systems, and how to use the command line (or terminal) in Unix to navigate and execute code.
There are many other resources for learning how to use the command line in Linux. Here are a few:
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Using Linux via Command Line by CS Tutoring Center
Free online walkthrough offered by the CS Tutoring Center. Check out the CS Tutoring Center for other resources, like how to login remotely to the CS Lab computers. -
A Quick Introduction to Unix by Wikibooks
A free open-source online collaborative textbook presented as a wiki. -
Learn the Command Line by Codecademy
An interactive online course. Some content requires a subscription, but the free content is enough to learn the basics. -
Introduction to the Command Line by Launch School
A free book made to supplement their paid course content, but useful standalone. -
Learning Linux Command Line on LinkedIn Learning
Online video-based course. LinkedIn Learning is a free resource for USF students; requires login.
This lesson will be continued on Tuesday.
04:45 – 05:00pm Baseline Survey
All participants received an email with the subject “2019-20 USF S-STEM Baseline Survey” from smartstart-er.com, our external evaluator for this program. If you have not yet completed the survey, please do so now. It is important to complete this survey before you have gone through the majority of activities for this week.
Remember, we must have our program evaluated as a condition of our funding. This survey is used to evaluate our program, not you.
05:00 – 06:00pm Dinner
Students are encouraged to eat on campus using their meal plans or dons dollars. See the dining page for details.
06:00 – 08:00pm Social
Harrison and Daniel from the CS Tutoring Center will be hosting an evening social. Light snacks will be provided.