SOFT6007-DCOM Web Dev 06 & 07

I gave out a long list for student to code. It was complex and few students got it correct on the first attempt. The nesting of lists is difficult to get right, especially when browsers are often so willing to correctly display incorrect code.

handout: exercise

SOFT6008 05

We looked at how to do a rollover. Most students succeeded in getting a rollover working during the class.

SOFT6007-DCOM Web Dev 05

We looked at lists again and discussed nested lists. We did an exericse in class.

SOFT6007-EVCOM Web Dev 02 - Lecture

Rather than have a lecture we carried on with the lab.

SOFT6007-EVCOM Web Dev 01 - Lab A

Introductions and contact details.

I showed students how to use iTunes to view the online classes.

Students made a web page with links and an image.

Handout: lesson01.ppt

SOFT6007-DCOM 04

We started to look at lists. ordered and unordered

By the next class everyone should have watched all of the online classes up to and including Online Class04 (lists).

SOFT6007-EVCOM Web Dev 01 - Lab B

Introductions and contact details.

I showed students how to use iTunes to view the online classes.

Students made a web page with links and an image.

Handout: lesson01.ppt

SOFT6008 04

We found a lab to work in instead of B219.

Students showed me the exercises they'd completed. Some students have tried new and interesesting things with the code we'd learned. That's the kind of thing I like to see.

Well done.

SOFT6008 02 & 03

02
I was late for class. Sorry about that.

I showed students where to find the online classes using iTunes. This course will cover more than in in the podcast at the moment.

Students watched Online Class 01.

03
We looked at the code to generate a random image. It's tricker than it looks because the the need to quote quotes. I asked students to write down possible output of the script.

Bonus round: It turns out the images do not appear with equal probabilities. Can you see why?

Students ran the random image code.

Then they made a start on the time dependant image exercise.

SOFT6007-DCOM 02 & 03

02
We looked at how to subscribe to the podcast and download online classes using iTunes.

The feel URL is http://mcom.cit.ie/staff/computing/cmanning/soft6007.xml

Students looked at Online Class 01

We discussed some of the main points in the online lesson.
Notes:www1g.ppt

Students made a webpage with some bold, italics, and a link to CIT.

03
Students looked at Online Class 02
Students made a second page and made links between both pages.

Students looked at Online Class 03
Students added images to their pages

That was a lot of work for the first day of class. But it's best to hit the ground running. If you need any the points we covered to be explained a bit better be sure to ask. We have plenty of time to get things right in this module.

Students are welcome to look at the next few online classes. It's best, though, but put the theory in to practice as you go.

I advised students that they were expected to continue with the blogs they started last semester. Students will be expected to make at least one entry per week.

SOFT6008 01

We started to take a look at JavaScript.

We made a page that used a different greeting depending on the time of day.

Notes
JS01.pps

The URL for the podcast lessons is
http://mcom.cit.ie/staff/computing/cmanning/soft6008.xml

SOFT6007-DCOM Web Dev 01

Introductions.

We had a lightening fast introduction to HTML. The important point was that most tags occur in begin-end pairs and all tags must be closed.

Handouts
Syllabus
Examples


Students should read examples again before class at 1400

Intellectual Property Book

Some students found our brief discussions on intellectual property interesting. These students might enjoy this free book by James Boyle

http://thepublicdomain.org/thepublicdomain1.pdf

Good Luck with your exams

Remember to just take them one at a time. And when one is over - forget about it and move on.

Well, all's well that ends

I spent most of the day correcting. I'm pretty pissed off actually, more than other times. The modules I was teaching this semester were really easy to pass. The subjects were not difficult and not complex. All people had to do was a bit of work. But a lot of students did not do that.

I'm actually looking forward to next semester because the subjects I have are more meaty and there's no waffle in them. It'll be good to be teaching real stuff.

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This morning I mostly just waited for students to arrive with pieces of projects.

While I was waiting I talked about recognition for prior learning (RPL) and the Erasmus programme.

The CIT contact for RPL is Phil O'Leary. You can e-mail her at phil.oleary@cit.ie

For information on Erasmus contact Margaret Mudderig. You can make an appointment to see her by call to her office. If the first on the right as you enter the admin building.

Web Pubishing CA Adjustments

During the semester I promised that I would find ways for students to get marks for various things that were not actually on the syllabus. Recall the 110% total we discussed. Well that was not in my gift and that is why that plan was abandoned and we went back to Plan A.

However I have made some adjustments so that studies who did that work can have it included in their marks. Students who didn't do it are at no loss because their marks is based on the course schedule anyway.

The Blog: I said I'd make that worth 10%. What I have done is calculated each students mark normally using the scheme set out in the course schedule.
Mark = (Essay * 40 + Exam * 30 + Project * 30)/100

However I awarded marks from 0 to 10 for the blog based on the number of weeks during which entries were made. I calculated a second mark
Mark2 = Mark *.9 + blog

The final marks awarded is the greater of the two. So everybody wins.

I had promised marks for the FTP lab. However when I looked I found that only two students had actually done it. SO I didn't bother with that.

I included questions from NewsU in the exam so I believe that covered that base.

Unfortunately these changes were not much use to the students that needed them most. Students who got 0 for their essays have a huge 40% sized hole in their mark and it's very hard to get around that.

Southpark Jumper

I left my Southpark jumper in B217/9 if anyone wants it. It might be a bit big for some of you seeing as how I'm big-boned and all. If it's still there next week I'll chuck it in the bin. I was going to give it to the charity shop but Isn't it enough that I pay taxes?! What about the poor houses that I pay for?!

Valuable Lessons

Bill Clinton: "No, thank you, Lisa. For teaching kids everywhere a valuable lesson: If things don't go your way, just keep complaining until your dreams come true."
Marge: "That's a pretty lousy lesson."
Bill Clinton: "Hey, I'm a pretty lousy president."

COM1-CMOD6001 2 weeks late?

If you submitted your project today with pieces missing you are free to supplement your submission next week. This will make the project 2 weeks late at a cost of 20%. But that might be better than projects with parts missing.