CMOD6001 Assignment 1

I was disappointed with both the quantity and quality of the submissions for Assignment 1. A lot of students did not get it in on time. If these students submit before next deadline (Monday at noon) the standard 10% penalty will be applied.

Some students who submitted on time might be better off if they re-submitted. Even with the 10% late penalty they could come out better off. This assignment required student to go find out about the various technologies required for their job. The example I went through in class made that clear. It was not enough to just plug terms into Google and copy and paste the results. Students must use their own words for assignment submissions.

Students who are re-submitting should make a new blog entry and leave the previous entry intact.

Some students did very well and I am please by that.

BBADM3 Web Apps ASSESSMENT

The short question exam will be held during Week 06. More details to follow.

BBADM3 Web Apps Week 04 Class 4 B

We looked at lists and tables in HTML.

We discussed the exam briefly.

BBADM3 Web Apps Report - ASSESSMENT ESSAY

Assessment 2 for this module is outlined in the module descriptor as:

Written Report - A report on current business Web applications - 4 - 25% - week 8

Learning Outcome 4 is
Explain the business benefits of a range of Web technologies.

This leaves a lot of scope for interesting reports. Students are free to propose report titles of their own, however they must be approved in advance. Once you have chosen a topic e-mail it to Colin for approval. Students without an approved topic by 21 October will be randomly assigned one. Reports should be at least 3000 words.

The report is due before noon on Friday 6 November 2009. Students are very welcome to submit drafts for comment in advance of this. Papers must be submitted to turnitin.com using Class ID 2932306. Enrollment password was given in class. (Hint: Hawaii)

Here is a list of possible topics I have thought of so far:

I have moved these to a more recent post for easier access

BBADM3 Web Apps Week 04 Class 4 A

I asked students to make HTML versions of their CVs.

Few did.

BBADM3 Web Apps Week 04 Class 3 B

Students asked for the class off to attend the careers fair. Seems like a good idea.

BBADM3 Web Apps Week 04 Class 2 B

I talked about blogs.

Notes

BBADM3 Web Apps Week 04 Class 2 & 3 A

I showed students where to find the online HTML classes. Students will need a thorough understanding of HTML if they are to successfully complete the project.

Although I was able to play the online classes on my machine, students were unable to do so. This is a problem.

We did a quick revision of HTML and looked at lists and tables. Students should follow up these topics using the online notes.

slides www1, www2, www3

BBADM3 Web Apps HTML Notes

I have placed some HTML notes online. Students should use these to learn the HTML required in order to successfully complete the project. (Students need not concern themselves with JavaScript code)

These online classes should play in Windows Media Player, in QuickTime, and in iTunes. They have been coded to play on iPods without any further encoding.

Interested student my learn even more HTML by taking more online classes via the iTunes Music Store. Inthe iTunes Music Store search for "Colin Manning".

CMOD6001 Week 04 - Lab DNET

Some students have still formed groups so the group exercise for todays calss was postponed.

Students should have formed groups of four by the end of the day.

One member from each group should e-mail me the name of their group, the URL for the group blog, and the names of the group members.

BBADM3 Web Apps Week 04 Class 1B

I completely forgot about this class and it was 1035 before I turned up. I am still a bit confused.

Some students had already left so we didn't do any thing new.

BBADM3 Web Apps Exam

The course schedule specifies that there is to be an exam in Week 04 worth 15%. However given the slight disruption we experienced, I think it is a bit soon just yet. I will give at least one week's notice of this exam.

BBADM3 Web Apps Week 04 Class 1 A

I gave a talk on blogs and social software notes

Students worked on their blogs and figured out how to add labels.

CMOD6001 DCOM/DNET Week 03 - Class 2

I gave out details of the project. Students formed groups and had their first brainstorming session.

By next Thursday groups should have:

• a group name


• a group blog


• minutes from today's meeting


• a scenario for the game (medievel castle / space ship / casino / underwater city /...)

CMOD6001 Week 03 - Lab DCOM

Students worked on the job & modules assignment.

CMOD6001 DCOM/DNET Week 03 - Class 1

Job exercise is due on Monday at noon. Students should check that they are correctly entered in my list of blogs.

I recommened a good book for study skills.

Class was a bit empty so we waiting until 0915 to make a start.

Handout 6. Students discussed this is groups. It sounded like students took this exercise seriously. There was some disucssion groups of the Lisbon 2 Treaty. But that's no harm either.

0920 Handout 29. Students discussed this is groups. Students took this serioulsy.

0945 Handouts 75 & 76. Students worked on these and then discussed them a bit.

0955 I spoke very briefly about the assessment plan.

Handout 63

BBADM3 Web Apps Week 03 Class 4 B

Students continued to work on their blogs.

BBADM3 Web Apps Week 03 Class 4 A

Students continued to work on thier blogs.

BBADM3 Web Apps Week 03 HOMEWORK

Find out about RSS.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RSS
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0klgLsSxGsU
http://www.webreference.com/authoring/languages/xml/rss/intro/
http://www.mnot.net/rss/tutorial/#DC

News organizations were among the earliest adopters of RSS. Add an RSS news feed from one of the major news sites (BBC, Sky, CNN, RTE) to your blog roll. Many news organizations offer specific feeds for sport, politics, business, and the like.

BBADM3 Web Apps Week 03 - Class 2 & 3 B

Students worked on their blogs. I asked students to add classmates to their blogroll and add one other blog.

Students asked me to conduct an election for class rep. Only one candidate was nominated.