COM6023 Class 03.1 &03.2 Lab B

Students put finishing touches to their blog configurations on Blogger.

This week's blogging task is a movie review. Blogs should include an appropriate image.

I asked students to read some other students' blogs and to highlight any typos or errors that might need attention in the comments. These comments need not be published.

Students who were present and who had sent me their URLs got some feedback from me on their first post(s). 

COMP8035 Class Lab 03.1 & 02.2

Trevor, Robert, and Rokas did a presentation each.

COMP6023 General feedback on blog posts

Some general things that came up when I was looking at the blog posts.

It's important to read over the post and check it for errors. Also many students need to work on their clarity of their posts.  Some have very long complicated sentences.

Some things I spotted:

• You are using commas where full stops are called for
• You not using full stops where they are needed
• i am and i'm are wrong. You must always use an uppercase I for that
• Put a space after punctuation, And no space before
• New sentences must begin with an uppercase letter
• Remove some of the very casual phrases that don't add much, and get in the way of clarity
• Google is a company. it is a thing. So don't use they for it
• etc is best avoided
• ... does not mean what you think it means
• : does not do what you think it does
• if the subject of the sentence is singular then the verb must take the singular form (the cat sits)
• if the subject of the sentence is plural then the verb must take the plural form (the cats sit)
• if the subject of the sentence is singular then the verb must take the singular form
• is it an adjective or an adverb? delve too deep[ly]
• Case matters. Especially in Cork

COMP6023 Class 03.1 & 03.2 Lab A

Students put finishing touches to their blog configurations on Blogger.

This week's blogging task is a move review. Blogs should include an appropriate image.

I asked students to read some other students' blogs and to highlight any typos or errors that might need attention in the comments. These comments need not be published.

Students who had comments enabled got some feedback from me on their first post(s). Students who don't have comments enabled didn't get any.

COMP6023 Class 02.4

I explained about web servers and how to use FTP to transfer files.  But we didn't actually set up a server, nor actually do an FTP session.

We looked at hosting options and how to buy domain names.

We looked at different options on godaddy.com but that wasn't as informative as it used to be.

Hostcentric has some interesting lists of different options
http://www.hostcentric.com/product/onePlan.bml

COMP6023 Class 02.3 Lecture

We looked at blogs

COMP6023 Class 02.1 & 02.2 B

I got students to set up a blog in Blogger and send me the URL. I talked them through the most important settings.

Students added Google Analytics and an RSS feed

COMP6023 Class 02.1 & 02.2 A

I got students to set up a blog in Blogger and send me the URL. I talked them through the most important settings.

Students added Google Analytics and an RSS feed

COMP6023 What is a Blog?

This video is a quick introduction to blogs.


This site has some more detailed information.
http://www.gcflearnfree.org/socialmedia/blogbasics

COMP6023 Web Publishing Class 01.1

I introduced myself and talked a bit about the module.  I went through the module descriptor.  I outlined the assessment plan for this module.  I will e-mail a detailed spec to students soon.

I showed students the (this) blog for the class.  There will be links to all notes and slide here.  There won't be anything on Blackboard.

We finished up early.

COMP6023 DCOM1 Week 01 schedule

There will be no lab this Tuesday. 

On Wednesday all TUI members will be on strike so there will be no classes at all on that day. 

Our first class will be on Thursday. See you then. 

Improvements to JPEG Compression

http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2014/07/we-dont-need-new-image-formats-mozilla-works-to-build-a-better-jpeg/

COMP6023 Repeat

The Web Publishing repeat is by continuous assessment. There is no exam. By now you should have received the assignment specifications by email. If you did not please email your lecturer (Colin & Irene). 

Students may use the same blog as before, but should check the list online to make sure the lecturer has it.

Students may use the same images as before. So there is no need to redo the experiments provided they were done properly in the first place.

Students may use the same essay title as before or may choose another from the list. It's worth considering a change of topic. 

If you have any questions or problems please email Irene or Colin

Good Luck

COMP6023 Assignment 2

A number of students did not submit the image compression assignment for COMP6023 Web Publishing.  It is possible that some of these students completed the bulk of the work required for the assignment, but because they did not complete the process the work was not visible to the lecturers.  Since the lecturers couldn’t correct the assignment these students for no marks for it.

Please visit your blog by typing in the URL into the address bar and check to see that your Assignment 2 is visible from the home page.  If it is not visible, you should log into Blogger and  correct this.  You can find detailed instructions on how to do this here:http://youtu.be/6kb73odotYA

Once you have made the pages visible, please e-mail your lecturer (Colin or Irene) to let him or her  know.  You should do this beforenoon on Sunday 22 June.  However the sooner you do this the sooner we can get back to you.

In order to be fair to all students, any student who published Assignment 2 as blog Posts instead of Pages may also correct this problem.

COMP6023 Submission Issues

The deadline for Assignment 2 and Assignment 3 were today.

If you did not have Assignment 2 (GIF & JPEG experiments) completed by today it will be marked as late. However, it will only be marked if you e-mail me to advise me that you have posted it online.

If you did not submit your Assignment 3 (Essay) to Turnitin.com before the deadline today it will be marked as late. To submit it please send 2 e-mails to me. The first e-mail should have the essay as an attachment. The second email should be sent at the same time and should state that the first e-mail was just sent. [If the CIT firewall does not like the attachment it will kill the entire message, and will advise neither the sender nor the recipient.]

If you submitted work that was not entirely your own, you may withdraw your submission for all of any of either Assignments 1, 2, or 3 up to noon on Friday 9 May, by sending me an e-mail.

Last class of the year

That concludes our business. It's been a pleasure doing business with you all.

If you have any questions about anything please feel free to just drop by my office.

Good luck with your exams.

COMP6023 DCOM1 Class 48

I didn't go to class. No one from this class turned up all week.

COMP6023 DWEB1 Class 47 & 48

Nobody turned up.

COMP6023 DCOM1b Class 47 & 48

Nobody turned up

COMP6023 ITM1 Class 47 & 48 Lab

I gave students feedback on their essays. I gave a handout on the Chicago style.

I'll be around all day if anyone needs a bit more help with the essays.