CMOD6001 DWEB Class 08

Students got into their project groups - for the first time it seems.

I asked groups to devise a policy for dealing with team members that are not pulling their weight. Groups should post this policy to the group blog by the end of the week.

I will publish a policy in due course.

I showed students how to create a new blog and modify the permissions

CMOD6001 ITM/ITS

A number of students have applied for RPLs for this module. We discussed how their sudden departure from a group might affect the other members. There were some suggestions for how to deal with that. Since the project work hasn't started in earnest we will hold off for now. But anyone considering an RPL application should get it sorted as soon as possible.

I asked students to get into their groups and discuss how they would deal with team members who were not pulling their weight. [It's not up to them, by the way]. Groups should post their policies to the group blog by the end of the week.

Some groups were clearly meeting for the first time.

I distributed the job exercise to students who didn't have it already.

audio: cmod6001-itm-08-20110928.m4a

SOFT7001 Class 05

Still in section 8 of the W3 specification

I asked students to get to grips with sibling combinators

8.3 

div + p

h1 ~ div

We looked at psuedo classes

a:link    /* unvisited links */
a:visited /* visited links */
a:hover   /* user hovers */
a:active  /* active links */ 

6.6.3 :lang

6.6.4 not for us

6.6.5

:nth-child is very complicated. I doubt we'll use it

:first-child is very useful 

6.6.6 nothing for us

6.6.7 nothing for us

7.1 ::first-line 

7.2 ::first-letter

7.3 nothing for us

7.4 nothing for us

CMOD6001 COM1 Class

I recapped on what students were expected to have done so far.

I asked student to get into their project groups. Today was the first time most did that. Still no word on the Finnish group members.

I asked the groups to
decide which group member was going to set up the group blog
suss out if anyone has a device that can be used for Skype


I asked the groups to devise a proposed procedure for dealing with members who are not pulling their weight. Groups should post their recommendations to the blog by the end of this week. There will eventually be one set of rules for every group.

CMOD6001 COM1 Lab A

We looked at Google docs and how to share them. We all worked on a story together. And we all lived happily ever after

CMOD6001 ITM Lab ITM1-A

I showed students how Google Docs worked. Students couldn't try it for themselves though because the IDP server was down and they couldn't get authenticated.

CMOD6001 DWEB Lab A

We looked at Google Docs and I got students to all work together on a single document.

SOFT7001 Class 04

I couldn't get my computer connected to the projector, so that wasted some time. Hopefully we will find out groove soon. The new room is a vast improvement, projector or no

I asked students to codes pages with combinator selectors, and child selectors to demonstrate that they know how they work, Specifically these three forms

• h1 em  (descendant)
• body > p (child)
• div * p (grand child or deeper) 

Went around to each student. They are still finding their feet a bit, but I think those three things are OK now.

CMOD6001 ITM Lab ITS

We looked at Google Docs and how to share documents. We all collaborated a single document and tried to write a story. It didn't go very well but it was fun and illustrated how the technology works, if not the technique

CMOD6001 Bespoke Award Assignment (a.k.a. The Job Exercise)

Each student has been given a job description.

Imagine that this particular job is the job that you want.

Find out

• What technical skills are required for the job
• What non-technical / soft skills are required for the job
• What do all those technical terms mean *
• What modules at CIT should you take to get those skills
• Which modules provide which skills
• What kind of modules should you take, but are not offered at CIT

* Actually find out, understand, and explain in your own words. A copy & paste won't do

Students should publish the results of their investigations to their blogs by the end of week 5. It's week 3 now.

During Week 6 I will ask students to briefly outline their findings in class. Students who are not present in class when called upon will receive a very low mark. Students who are called upon to present will be marked based on their ability to answer questions on the day and their blog. Students who are not called upon will be marked on the blog alone. There is unlikely to be time to call on every student over the course of the week, but that might be possible. Each student will be asked once. Students who are no present on the day will not be provided a second opportunity.

CMOD6001 COM1 Class 07 Lab B

We looked at google docs and how to share and collaborate on documents

SOFT7001 Timetable has been updated

CMOD6001 DNET

I gave out job description (more about those later)

I explained that each group will be joined by a student in Helsinki

Students go into their project groups and discussed what they want to get out of college.

Two students left their dirty coffee cups behind them for someone else to clean up. Amazing.

CDMO6001 COM1

I explained that each group will be joined by a student in Helsinki

Students go into their project groups and discussed what they want to get out of college.

audio: cmod6001-com1-06-20110923.m4a

CMOD6001 DWEBD1

I explained pass by compensation and carry fairl.

I gave a quick overview of the appeal process. More info at www.cit.ie/appeals

I explained that each group is going to be joined by a student in Helsinki

I explained that students will be expected to go away on Erasmus in Semester 6. Students may be permitted to stay in Cork in exceptional circumstances.

audio: cmod6001-dweb-06-20110923.m4a

CMOD6001 Group Blogs

Each groups is going to start a group blog.

To do this
1. One member of the groups starts second blog. Nothin' too fancy for the name.
2 In Settings > Permissions add authors

Each group should use its group blog to sell itself to prospective team members. You might want to include links back to the individual groups members' blogs. Since some Metropolia students will be influenced by the availability of meeting times, you could list possible meeting times or even provide a link to a google calendar of your timetable.


Each student should include a link to the group blog by
1. going to Design
2. Add a gadget
3. add a Quick Links gadget
4. Put a link to the group blog


Your prospective group members from Metropolia and IUT  Lannion will probably use the blogs to find the groups they want to join.

France is 1 hour ahead of Ireland. Finland is 2 hours ahead of Ireland. So when it's 9 in Cork, it's 10 in Lannion, and it's 11 in Helsinki.

If you plan to use google calendar to organize meetings, you may need to enable the time zone support to that an invitation to a meeting at 9 in Cork is received in Helsinki as an invitation to a meeting at 11.

CMOD6001 Groups

Group List

I have assigned students to groups. Where students are in an incompatible group from a time table perspective, I will, of course, move them. However, in general, students are stuck with whoever they were assigned. Students who are groupless should find a group that is prepared to take them. Groups should think carefully about who they allow to join. Groups that already have 5 members may not take on any more.

We will have to formalize the procedures for removing students from groups if they are not pulling their weight. But in general this will be possible. Students who have been removed from a group may join another group that will have them, or may be required to work alone.

Each group will be joined an additional student from IUT Lannion or Metropolia Helsinki. (More about this later)

IUT students are restricted to joining groups G H I J K Q R S T U V

SOFT7001 Class 03

This class was in PF54. There was no projector, no computer, and not that many power points either.

Students that had laptops hared with those that didn't and go to work on the different combinator selectors (Secion 8 p32 of the handout). I got students started but I left at 1530 because I was no longer to prepared to shout over workers outside cutting stone.

I hope we will move the class from this room soon.

CMOD6001 ITM Class 05

I explained pass by compensation and carry fail.

I told students that the last person in each project will be a student from IUT Lannion in France.

We will pin down the project details later

audio: cmod6001-itm-05-20110922.m4a

CMOD6001 DNET/DCOM

We looked at some module descriptors to understand what there terms mean. And I discussed what would be expected for this module.

I explained RPL and how it works

Someone brought a cup of coffee to class but I left it go. However he didn't even bother to put it in the bin when he was finished. No food and drinks are allowed in class, except for bottled water.

Attendance was only about 50%. That's discouraging for week 2

audio: cmod6001-dnet-04-20110922.m4a