CMOD6001 Week 08 DNET Lab

Someone was squatting in our lab, so students went to the canteen to do some project work.

CMOD6001 Week 08 Class 1

I met with each of the groups to get a progress report.

Group plug in the ceiling 2/4 members
Characters and plot done
Police report. Autopsy.
Just need to break clues up into a game

Team Actimel 3/4 members
Characters and plot done. Just need to do a small bit more tightening
up.
Just need to distribute clues into a game.

Team Alpha Beta 1/4 present
Characters and back stories done. Working on distributing clues.
Sounds like this group needs more more clues.

Team untitled 3/4
Characters and back stories done. Plot not finished yet. Probably need
to get moving.

Team ???????
Police report done. Characters done. Still working on the plot. Looks
like a 1 man group at this stage. I don't know if this group is going
to succeed. I think this group is broken.

I talked about how the structure might work.


At 0935 there was time for each group to hold another meeting.

BBADM3 Web Apps Week 08 Class 4B

We looked at checksums. Most students paid no attention to me what so ever.

Some tried out their PPSNs and banknotes.

BBADM3 Web Apps Group Blogs

Students should check that the list of blogs contains a link to their group blog. They should also check that it is visible to the whole world and not just the contributors.

If you have a fantastic site map done by Friday, but have neglected to tell me where I can find it, the world will be considered late.

A number of students have yet to join a group.

BBADM3 Web Apps Essay Submissions

So far I have some submissions from
Flynn, Caitriona
O Connor, Barra
O Connor, Barra
Patricia E., O Brien
Michelle C., Murray
osborne, michael
rossiter, isabel
Aisling M., Carey
O Sullivan, Siobhan
O'Connor, Stephen
O'Leary, Julie
Ryan, Darragh
Murphy, Amanda
O Sullivan, Joan

Many more students have registered than have submitted. Don't forget to scroll down on the turnitin page and actually click submit.

BBADM3 Web Apps Assignment 1 Results

The results for Assignment 1 are now online. They are sorted by the last 4 digits of student ID number.

BBADM3 Web Apps Week 08 Class 4 A

We looked at user input validation and check digits. Students checked the check digits of their PPS numbers and some money. Nobody had a credit card :-(

BBADM3 Web Apps Week 08 Class 3 B

We looked at web hosting and domain names.

BBADM3 Web Apps Week 08 Class 2 B

We we moved to C150 with no notice. I could not access my netwrok drive from there, so the plan for the class changed a bit.

Students uploaded drafs of their essays to turnitin just to check it was working and to get a feel for the plagiarism detection algorithm.

We discussed the project.

BBADM3 Web Apps SITE MAP

Site map is due by noon on Friday 6 Nov. Site map should be posted to the group blog.

Standard CIT late policy applies.

BBADM3 Web Apps Week 08 Class 2 & 3 A

We looked at web hosting and domain name registration.

Students went to different websites to compare prices.

I helped students with turnitin issues.

Project using Publisher vs. hand

We had a long discussion about plagiarism. Some students are just not hearing me.

BBADM3 Web Apps Project

I have put some thought into how best to execute the end of semester project. We have not found a web based CSM that is reliable enough for our purposes. DreamWeaver requires a more detailed understanding of HTML and CSS than most students have. So students have 2 options.

Microsoft Publisher: Students are free to use Publisher if they wish. Publisher is easy to use and provides templates that students can use. The main drawback is that pages look like they were made with published and it may be difficult to make the site do exactly what you want. Customizing the sites may prove difficult. Also if something goes wrong with Publisher there is not a lot I, nor anyone else, will be able to do about it.

Code by hand: Students will be provided with a template for a very basic site. They can customize the HTML and CSS to suit their own needs.


Students who chose to use Publisher should look at the template anyway, because it would be a very good learning exercise.

CMOD6001 Week 08 Lab DNET

Only 4 students were in class. That was 2 half groups.

I asked the groups to work on the plot, but one group said it was already done by they didn't have a copy.

Students might want to start using Google Docs. That way they can all have access to the work all the time.

BBADM3 Web Apps Week 08 Class 1B

We looked at CSS

BBADM3 Web Apps Week 08 Class 1A

We looked at CSS.

BBADM Web Apps Week 07 Class 4 B

We discussed the essays briefly. Some students uploaded drafts to turnitin.com just to check that it worked. At the end of class those students were curious to see their similarity score so I showed them.

We looked at some tips for web site design taken from Steve Krug's excellent book "Don't make me think".

CMOD6001 Thursday's classes are canceled

I will be away on Thursday.

BBADM3 Web Apps Essay Titles

Only 21 students have so far submitted an essay topic for approval. Students should check that the list of essays below is accurate.

Students who have not yet chosen a essay title are now very far behind schedule. The essay assignments for these students is as follows.

Students with surnames from A to H: RFID and Privacy
Students with surnames from I to O: Online Collaboration Tools
Students with surnames from P to Z: Monetizing Music in the Digital Age

Students who submit papers that are at variance from the topics they have chosen or were assigned will be zero marks.

BBADM3 Web Apps Week 07 Class 4 A

We looked at some tips for web site design taken from Steve Krug's excellent book "Don't make me think".

BBADM3 Project Groups

Hi Guys

One of the things I wanted to sort out this morning was the project
groups and blogs. With your help we can still get this done today.

Please
Form a project group
Start a group blog
Email me the full names of all the people on the group and the URL of
the blog

If you are having problems with the group blog please email me and I
will try to track you down in the last 5 mins of a lab class today.
Unless you are in the group that has a second class today , in which
case we can sort it out after that class.

Thanks

Colin M

Colin Manning, Dept. of Computing
Cork Institute of Technology, Ireland