Weekly Schedule

Please note: The weekly due dates for labs are soft due dates. You should aim to have labs completed by these dates to keep on top of the course and prepare for the relevant quizzes. The hard deadline (without penalty) for Azure Labs 1-4 is Friday, February 23, 2024.

Week 1: January 6-12

Topics or Skill	Reading	Assessment Due	Weight
Course Intro	Posted links and video lectures/Live demonstrations
Platform Overview	Lecture slides
Cloud Computing Concepts
Introduction to Microsoft Azure and Virtual Machines

Week 2: January 13-19

Topics or Skill	Reading	Assessment Due	Weight
Introduction to Ubuntu Linux	Posted links and video lectures/Live demonstrations
Introduction to the Command Line	Lecture slides
Updating Ubuntu
Securing Ubuntu

Week 3: January 20-26

Topics or Skill	Reading	Assessment Due	Weight
Understanding the Command Line	Posted links and video lectures/Live demonstrations	Azure Lab 1 – Creating Virtual Machines in Azure	2%
Navigating the Linux Filesystem	Lecture slides	Quiz 1	5%
Working with Files
Using System Utilities

Week 4: January 27 - February 2

Topics or Skill	Reading	Assessment Due	Weight
Managing Software Packages	Posted links and video lectures/Live demonstrations	Azure Lab 2 – Administrative Access and Securing Your VMs	2%
Working With Services	Lecture slides	Quiz 2	5%
Intro to Networking
Setting Up Application Firewalls Rules

Week 5: February 3-9

Topics or Skill	Reading	Assessment Due	Weight
Advanced Networking	Posted links and video lectures/Live demonstrations	Azure Lab 3 – Linux and the Command Line Interface	2%
Assignment 1 Release and Review	Lecture slides	Quiz 3	5%

Week 6: February 10-16

Topics or Skill	Reading	Assessment Due	Weight
Dedicated lab time and lab help (Work Week)	Posted links and video lectures/Live demonstrations	Azure Lab 4 – Setting Up a Multi-VM Application Server Environment	4%
	Lecture slides	Quiz 4	5%

Week 7: February 17-23

Topics or Skill	Reading	Assessment Due	Weight
Review and Lab Help	All previous material	Midterm Test (Feb. 21)	15%
Midterm Test (Feb. 21)		Assignment 1 (Feb. 21)	10%
		Labs 1-4 (Feb. 21)

Study Week: February 24-28

No classes this week. Campus is open.

The hard deadline for all AWS Labs is Friday, April 19, 2024.

Week 8: March 3-9

Topics or Skill	Reading	Assessment Due	Weight
Introduction to Platform-as-a-Service	AWS Cloud Foundations Introduction
Comparison: IaaS vs PaaS	AWS Modules 1-3
Introduction to Amazon Web Services	AWS Module 4
AWS Cloud Security

Week 9: March 10-16

Topics or Skill	Reading	Assessment Due	Weight
AWS Networking and Content Delivery	AWS Module 5	AWS Lab 1 – Introduction to AWS IAM	2%
		Quiz 5	5%

Week 10: March 17-23

Topics or Skill	Reading	Assessment Due	Weight
AWS Compute	AWS Module 6	AWS Lab 2 – Build your VPC and Launch a Web Server	2%
		Quiz 6	5%

Week 11: March 24-30

Topics or Skill	Reading	Assessment Due	Weight
AWS Databases	AWS Module 8	AWS Lab 3 – Introduction to Amazon EC2	1%
		AWS Lab Activity 1: AWS Lambda	0.5%
		AWS Lab Activity 2: Elastic Beanstalk	0.5%
		Quiz 7	5%

Week 12: March 31 - April 6

Topics or Skill	Reading	Assessment Due	Weight
AWS Storage	AWS Module 7	AWS Lab 5 – Build a Database Server	2%
		Quiz 8	5%

Week 13: April 7-13

Topics or Skill	Reading	Assessment Due	Weight
Dedicated lab time and lab help (Work Week)	All previous material	AWS Lab 4 – Working with EBS	2%
Final Test (April 11)		Final Test (April 11)	10%

Week 14: April 14-17

Topics or Skill	Reading	Assessment Due	Weight
Dedicated lab time and lab help (Work Week)	All previous material	Assignment 2 (April 17)	10%
		All AWS Labs (April 17)

Weekly Schedule

Week 1: January 6-12​

Week 2: January 13-19​

Week 3: January 20-26​

Week 4: January 27 - February 2​

Week 5: February 3-9​

Week 6: February 10-16​

Week 7: February 17-23​

Study Week: February 24-28​

Week 8: March 3-9​

Week 9: March 10-16​

Week 10: March 17-23​

Week 11: March 24-30​

Week 12: March 31 - April 6​

Week 13: April 7-13​

Week 14: April 14-17​