SOFT6008 Class 03

We looked at the Random Image example. This example is tricky because of the escaped quotes.

I asked student to try this for themselves but using their own images and naming convention. Using my naming convention doesn't demonstrate much understand of what's going on.

I asked student to try the time based image exercise. Any well known landmark would be suitable, as images are likely easy to come by.

I messed up the video so the quality of the podcast is very poor.

SOFT6008 Class 02

I asked students to ensure they knew how to subscribe to the module podcast at
http://mcom.cit.ie/staff/computing/cmanning/soft6008.xml

However it took student so long to log into the machines that we got straight down to business once they did. In addition, some machine in that lab have no sound. I logged both problems with the Service Desk.

I talked about what JavaScript is and is not.

We did the Time Based Greeting example.

I asked students to type in this code and see it working. Many students got to see first hand just how fussy JavaScript is, and just how difficult it is to debug.

I messed up the video recording so the quality of the podcast is very poor.

SOFT6008 Class 01

Welcome to Interactive Web Development.

There are more then 20 students in this class so when the numbers finalize we might have to modify the timetable to accommodate a second lab group.

There was no projector in C134x so class was short.

After introducing myself I gave a very quick introduction to JavaScript and answered some questions.

Free Choice Module

Instructions for free choice module registration should be sent tomorrow

Colin Manning, Dept. of Computing
Cork Institute of Technology, Ireland

Visit to Lannion

I was in Lannion earlier his week.

Details later

LRC Meeting

I had my first meeting of the Learning Resources Committee today. It was very interesting. The people involved are very keen.

We looked a bit at the terms of reference of the LRC. They are a bit old now.

We talked about Blackboard.

There's a lot of overlap between the membership of the LRC and the Teaching & Learning Unit.

COMP7004 Computing Ethics class podcasts

I plan to use podcasts extensively for this module. I recommend using iTunes to subscribe to the podcasts, but any other RSS reader should be fine too.

The URL for the class podcast is

http://mcom.cit.ie/staff/computing/cmanning/comp7004/comp7004.xml

This podcast will deliver digital copies of the class where appropriate and copies of slides and (some) handouts. There are two downloads available already so that students can test their set-up is working correctly.

In addition to subscribing to the course podcast listed above, students should subscribe to the this custom podcast of radio programs from various media organisations around the world.

http://huffduffer.com/tags/cit-comp7004/rss

If you need help using iTunes please let me know.