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: Jan. 8-14
| 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: Jan. 15-21
| Topics or Skill | Reading | Assessment Due | Weight |
|---|
| Introduction to CentOS Linux | Posted links and video lectures/Live demonstrations | Azure Lab 1 – Creating Virtual Machines in Azure | 2% |
| Introduction to the Command Line | Lecture slides | Quiz 1 | 3.75% |
| Updating CentOS | | | |
| Securing CentOS | | | |
Week 3: Jan. 22-28
| Topics or Skill | Reading | Assessment Due | Weight |
|---|
| Understanding the Command Line | Posted links and video lectures/Live demonstrations | Azure Lab 2 – Administrative Access and Securing Your VMs | 2% |
| Navigating the Linux Filesystem | Lecture slides | Quiz 2 | 3.75% |
| Working with Files | | | |
| Using System Utilities | | | |
Week 4: Jan. 29 - Feb. 4
| Topics or Skill | Reading | Assessment Due | Weight |
|---|
| Managing Software Packages | Posted links and video lectures/Live demonstrations | Azure Lab 3 – Linux and the Command Line Interface | 2% |
| Working With Services | Lecture slides | Quiz 3 | 3.75% |
| Intro to Networking | | | |
| Setting Up Application Firewalls Rules | | | |
Week 5: Feb. 4-11
| Topics or Skill | Reading | Assessment Due | Weight |
|---|
| Advanced Networking | Posted links and video lectures/Live demonstrations | Azure Lab 4 – Setting Up a Multi-VM Application Server Environment | 4% |
| Assignment 1 Release and Review | Lecture slides | Quiz 4 | 3.75% |
Week 6: Feb 12-18
| Topics or Skill | Reading | Assessment Due | Weight |
|---|
| Dedicated lab time and lab help (Work Week) | Posted links and video lectures/Live demonstrations | | |
| Lecture slides | | |
Week 7: Feb. 19-25
| Topics or Skill | Reading | Assessment Due | Weight |
|---|
| Review and Lab Help | All previous material | Midterm Test (Oct. 19) | 15% |
| Midterm Test (Oct. 19) | | Assignment 1 (Oct. 20) | 10% |
| | Labs 1-4 (Oct. 20) | |
Study Week: Feb. 26 - March 3
No classes this week. Campus is open.
The hard deadline for all AWS Labs is Friday, April 19, 2024.
Week 8: March 4-10
| 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 11-17
| 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 | 3.75% |
Week 10: March 18-24
| 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 | 3.75% |
Week 11: March 25-31
| 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 | 3.75% |
Week 12: April 1-7
| Topics or Skill | Reading | Assessment Due | Weight |
|---|
| AWS Storage | AWS Module 7 | AWS Lab 5 – Build a Database Server | 2% |
| | Quiz 8 | 3.75% |
Week 13: April 8-14
| 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% |
| | Quiz 9 | 3.75% |
Week 14: April 15-19
| Topics or Skill | Reading | Assessment Due | Weight |
|---|
| Final Test (April 19) | All previous material | Assignment 2 (April 19) | 10% |
| | All AWS Labs (April 19) | 15% |
| | Final Test (April 19) | |