COMP6023 Class 16 ITS1

We looked at GIF and JPEG

ChartGo.com

ChartGo.com looks like a good place to do the charts for assignment 2. Adding the images it generates might be easier to include in a blogger page, that something generated by Excel.

COMP6023 Lab 08 ITS1b

I met with students to discuss how the assignments are progressing.

COMP6023 Class 16 DNET/DCOM

We, somehow, got talking about online learning and what college might look like in the future, and the role the internet might play. We had an interesting discussion, which is why I enjoy this module so much.

COMP6023 Class 15 ITS1

We looked at indexed colour for coding images and dithering.

COMP6023 Lab 08 DNET

I met with students to see how the assignments are progressing.

COMP6023 Lab 08 ITM

I met with teams and individuals to see how the assignments are progressing. People are at very different stages.

Prediction Market Leaders' Board

There were some major sporting upsets recently that brought about some serious changes of fortune.

COMP6023 Class 16 DWEB/ITM

We looked at JPEG & PNG.

COMP6023 Class 15 DWEB/ITM

We looked a little bit more at dithering. I'm not sure if all students are comfortable with putting numbers on it.

We looked a GIF.

COMP6023 Class 14 ITS1

We looked at digital colour. We saw the Hue Saturation Brightness, Lab, Red Green Blue (RGB), and Cyan Magenta Yellow Black (CMYK) systems.

COMP6023 Lab 07 ITS1b

I met with each student to get an update the progress of assignments 2 & 3

COMP6023 Class 14 DNET/DCOM

We looked at how colour can be represented digitally. We looked at the Hue Saturation & Brightness (HSB) model, Red Green & Blue (RGB) and very briefly Lab and CYMK.

Prediction Market Leaders' Table

COMP6023 Lab 07 DWEB

I got updates from the students on how the assignments are going.

I asked students who will be submitting essays to sign-up for the class on TurnItIn.com

COMP6023 Class 13 ITS1

We looked at how to digitize black and white images.

We bagan thinking about how we might represent colour digitally, and considered how many colours there are in the rainbow.

COMP6023 Lab 07 DNET

I met with students to discuss how the assigments are going.

I asked students who will be submitting essays to sign-up for the class on TurnItIn.com

COMP6023 Assignment Spec updated

I have made minor changes to the spec that dealt with the instructions for how to get your Assignment 2 images. So it's less confusing now.

The spec is up to Version 4 now. So if you are working from an older one it might be worth a look. But there have been no substantial changes.

Students submitting as essay for Assignment 3 should register with turnitin.com

Prediction Market Leaders' Table

COMP6023 Lab 07 ITM

I met with students to discuss how Assignment 3 is going. Nobody seems to be working on Assignment 2.

I asked students who will be submitting essays to sign-up for the class on TurnItIn.com 

COMP6023 Class 14 DEWB/ITM

We looked a pixel depth reduction, color look-up tables, and dithering. I felt like many students didn't really get dithering.

COMP6023 Class 13 DWEB/ITM

We bagan looking at how images are stored. We looked at bits and Black & White images.

COMP6023 Lab 07 DCOM

I met with each student and discussed his plans for Assignment 3.

I asked students who will be submitting essays to sign-up for the class on TurnItIn.com 

COMP6023 Class 13 DNET/DCOM

We began our look at image coding schemes.

COMP6023 Lab 07 ITS1a

We went to C128 for the first hour and I talked students through what was required for assignment 2 again.

In the second hour some students worked in the lab on the assignments. I met with some and we discussed the assignments.

I asked students who will be submitting essays to sign-up for the class on TurnItIn.com

COMP6023 Class 12 DNET/DCOM

I skipped the class on advanced search options for search engines because I was keen to press on.

We began our look at Search Engine Optimization (SEO)

COMP6023 Lab 06 ITS1b

We moved to C128 and I talked students through the Photoshop needed for Assignment 2.

COMP6023 Lab 06 DWEB

I met with the GOMC groups and I showed them some of the features available in AdWords.

COMP6023 Class 11 ITS

I forgot to go to class. I was busy correcting and just plain forgot.

COMP6023 Feedback - How am I driving?

We are at roughly the half-way point of the semester. I would be interested in getting student feedback on the module. I will open the comments on this blog to anonymous comments for a few days. That hasn't gone well in the past, but I will give it another go.

Comments don't have to be anonymous. But if you want to leave a comment anonymously make sure you are logged out of Google before you submit it. Comments will be moderated, but I hope to publish all of them.

Try to make the distinction between the module, the delivery of it,  the assessment of it, and the lecturer.  Students often merge all of these concepts.

So any comments, suggestions, or recommendations you might have are welcome. Just leave a comment on this post.

COMP6023 Lab 06 ITM

I met with groups to discuss the GOMC and I met with students doing essays to discuss their plans.

Please identify the week of your blog post

When posting please identify the week about which you are posting. That makes it much easier for me to award the marks you are due. It also allows for the possibility of my being  slightly flexible with the deadline.

Also please the format of the dates so that it says the date of the post, rather than "2 days ago" for example.

COMP6023 Class 12 DWEB/ITM

We began our look at Search Engine Optimization (SEO)

COMP6023 Class 11 DWEB/ITM

We moved the class to C128 so I could talk students through the Photoshop needed to complete Assignment 2. It was a bit crowded, but any students that wanted to stay and work after I was done talking were able to find machines. Most students stayed for a second hour, to get more of it done.

COMP6023 Lab 06 DCOM

Attendance was sparse but that's not surprising since I had a meeting for the first hour. And those who stayed were't especially well rewarded because we didn't do anything in particular.

I worked with some students on their GOMC campaign.

COMP6023 Class 11 DNET/DCOM

I went through the Photoshop required to complete Assignment 2.

We discussed the assessments.

COMP6023 Assignment 2 Podcast

Over the next few weeks I will go though the image coding theory that students need in order to complete Assignment 2 well. However I have assembled a subset of recordings from another module (COMP6021) in which these issues were covered. Students keen to make a start should subscribe to the podcast in iTunes using this url: http://mcom.cit.ie/staff/computing/cmanning/comp6021/comp6023.xml

COMP6023 Lab 06 ITS1a

I met with each student and gave feedback on his blog posts to date.

I showed students how to use Photoshop to save files for the web. Students will need Photoshop in order to complete Assignment 2. Students can download a 30-day free trial from Adobe.com or use the machines in C128.

I asked students to get to grips with the Page authoring tool in blogger.

DNET LAB 11 ON WED 6 MARCH

I won't be at the lab until aroud 1200.

Monday's DCOM Lab canceled

I have a meeting on Monday so I won't be able to make the lab class for 1600. However I should be available from 1700 to meet with any students that have issues.

COMP6023 Class 10 ITS1

We began looking at Search Engine Optimization (SEO)

Slides: SEO3.pdf Google Guide