CMOD6001 ITS/ITM Lab

I met with the groups and got an update on the games.

I asked students to make sure to update me of groups that have been revised in light of the presentation experience. All groups will have to be sorted out by Wednesday at 1700.

Group V
Plans seem to be well advanced

Group U
Sports based plot

Group G
Seems to be working away

Group H
Some group issues
No game work done yet

Group I
Some group issues

CMOD6001 Papers received to date

These screenshots show what papers had been submitted up to 0906 this morning

CMOD6001 ITS/ITM Class

Group V was not in a position to present. One student was in  hospoital and another was at a SU meeting.

Group U was not in a position to present. Only one student was present and he was not prepared to give a presentation.

Group T was not in a position to present. Only one student was present and he was not prepared to give a presentation.

Group J was not in a position to give a presentation. One student was missing and they remaining student were not prepared to give a presentation.

Group Q gave a presentation on RFID & Privacy

CMOD6001 Paper feedback

If you submitted your paper before this evening, there is some feedback waiting for you at turnitin.com

It's a pity more students haven't availed of my offer of feedback. Most of the papers I've seen will be much improved second time out.

CMOD6001 ITS/ITM Class

Group Q was not in a position to present today

Group J was not in a position to present today

Group I gave a presentation on Geolocation

Group S gave a presentation on Cloud Computing

Group R gave a presentation on Photo Editing

Students who were missing today should contact Colin with an explanation. Whatever the reason get in touch with me, and try me. Not contacting me is the only wrong course of action.

CMOD6001 ITS/ITM Lab

Groups H & G presented.

Group J was unable to give me slides. 1 person was missing from the group.

Group U gave me slides on time. 1 (to 3) person(s) missing from Group U

Group I was unable to give me slides.

Any student who was scheduled to be in class but was missing should contact Colin to provide an explanation.

Any group that spans across both lab groups should advise me of this.

CMOD6001 ITS/ITM No Presentations on Tuesday

There are no presentations schedules for Tuesday

CMOD6001 ITS/ITM Presentations

We'll muddle though as best we can this week. I appreciate that some students might be a bit upset and not feel like work.

If groups are available to present, I'll be really grateful to them for doing their presentations. Otherwise we could be at them a long time. I don't expect to be able to stick to the schedule.

But we'll manage

Mind yourselves and each other

CMOD6001 Presentation Preparations

I came in this morning to figure out how to connect my laptop up to the projectors. Some rooms have been acting up lately.

B219
Switch doesn't work
Use PC

B269
Works fine
Only one way to connect up
Can't go wrong

B187
Use chair to reach projector
Bring cable to box on top of PC


C170
Works like you'd expect
Connect laptop to computer socket
Set switch to laptop

Everything will go more smoothly on the day if students let me know in advance if they are using their laptop or mine. All the slides should be sent to me in advance of the presentations. I can take most common formats. If you are using my laptop send a PDF too just to be extra safe.

I have drawn up a schedule for the presentations but I've decided not to share that with students since it would give them the impression that they do not need to be ready on the first day. I plan to do three presentations per class. But I might do four. And if a group doesn't show, another will use its slot.

Just so there's no confusion, the presentations may also take place during the lab classes. And let me re-state that all students must attend their (timetabled) classmates' presentations. If you present on the first day you must still attend all the other presentations.

CMOD6001 Recognition for Prior Learning

A number of students applied for RPL for this module. It's Week 09 and some still have not completed the process. Despite being advised to continue with the module until the RPL was a done deal some students have not done so because they were confident that their RPL application would be successful. It's clear that if the RPL was not completed by Week 09 that that confidence was not well founded.

Students should be aware that failure to attend the presentation with their group will place the students in a bad position numerically, and it will be difficult for them to pass the module by conventional means. It is not generally possible to repeat this module by any means other than attending it in semester 1 of the following year.

CMOD6001 ITS/ITM Class

Groups had Skype meetings with their IUT partners. The technology worked  well today.

CMOD6001 Digital Pollution

This blog might be useful for students working on the Digital Pollution topic.

http://www.greenm3.com/

CMOD6001 QR Game Specification

I updated the game spec.

CMOD6001 Paper Drafts

I went through the five draft papers that had been submitted by the deadline.  I was disappointed that there were so few. It took way longer that I thought it would to go through them though. So in the end I was actually grateful there were so few.

Those students should be able to see the comments I made by logging into turnitin.

All students are free to submit drafts to the FINAL folder. But there is no certainty that they will get feedback in time to be any use.

CMOD6001 Update to Assignments Page

I updated the Assignments Page on foot of some questions asked in classes

CMOD6001 ITS/ITM Class

I answered some questions about the presentations.

I gave out the results for assignment 1 (job exercise). Any student that feels they got a mark that was not appropriate me should e-mail me and I will re-check. There is no need to make a case or anything. A simple request will do.

I asked students to check the group list to make sure it is accurate.

I talked about the structure and tone of the papers. I clarified some points on plagiarism.

I gave out a handout on academic writing. There weren't enough to go around. I will put extra copies outside my office.

CMOD6001 Draft Papers

The deadline for submitting draft essays for feedback is today.

After today students should submit their papers to the "final" dropbox. If I get time I might be able to provide feedback on these papers also. Students may re-submit as often as they wish before the deadline.

"Finding Your Academic Voice" booklet

This is a useful booklet with some exercises and tips for writing.

CMOD6001 ITS/M Lab Clas canceled

I turned up for two minutes just to explain that I had to leave campus use to a small family emergency.

CMOD6001 ITS/ITM Class

There was no one waiting for us online. There are no classes this week at IUT Lannion, so our planned Skype sessions didn't go according to plan. I was told this way back, but I forgot. Some IUT students were online anyway.

A large number of CIT students took the mere possibility that their partner might not be available as a cue to leave. That degree of commitment is shocking.