Classes with Colin canceled on Thursday

I am going to a funeral on Thursday. I don't expect to be at any classes. Except maybe the 0900 one. Check back here for an update

Google Docs has upgraded the Presentation App

It might be worth checking out. It still looks fairly basic though.

CMOD6001 COM, DNET, DCOM, DWEB Blogs

Tonight I spent a good while reading student blogs. I had planned to read all the first year blogs, but guess what? If you open up 100 webpages all at a time your machine gets really slow. I should have expected that. So maybe I'll check out the other classes another day.

I noticed that a some students have very short posts. It annoyed me though to see so many people using lower case i for the first person. I thought I totally made that point very forcefully. Oh well.

topsecretgovernmentsecrets.blogspot.com can only be read by the people who wrote it. Ironic, but not much use.

Some students have colour schemes that make it really hard for old people like me to read.

I left a load of comments but they didn't seem to appear on the pages at all. If people didn't get them I'll be annoyed 'cause that means I was wasting my time. I could have been watching TV or something.

SOFT7001 Class

We looked a color and text. I spoke a little bit about the different kinds of fonts and how they can make a different impression. The interaction of background and font can impact on readability. I stressed the importance of relative sizing.

I referred students to fonttester.com to experiment with the different font properties

We finished up around 1730 instead of 1800

CMOD6001 COM1 Class

I asked mostly Group B students to talk us through the jobs they were assigned to research.

CMOD6001 COM Lab A

I asked students to talk us through the jobs they were assigned to research.

CMOD6001 ITM ITM-A

I asked students to talk us through the jobs they were assigned to research.

CMOD6001 WEB1-A

I asked students to talk us through the jobs they were assigned to research.

SOFT7001

http://www.fonttester.com/

Is Facebook a no-go for teachers?

Is Facebook a no-go for teachers?

Get your Facebook data - all of it!

This is an interesting article on how to get a copy of nearly all of the data Facebook  has on you

http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/weekend/2011/1015/1224305819740.html

SOFT7001 Class 13

I asked students make a vertical menu from a nested list in CSS. This is much easier than the horizontal one we did last week. But it's best to start with an empty CSS file rather than modify the horizontal one.

CMOD6001 ITS/ITM Lab

We went through some of the jobs students researched.

A number of students didn't know the job number they were assigned so that meant I didn't get as many responses as I should have. Students should know their job numbers in time for the next class.

Students who felt they didn't do a great job of explaining their topic might get another chance to explain their job.

I pointed out that one of the machines in C128 now has Skype on it

SOFT6007 Web Dev Fun Image Maps

Build a webpage with an image map that links to 4 cities: Los Angeles, San Francisco, Las Vegas, and New Orleans (circle). Download the image here

This grid can help you figure out the coordinates

Remember that using the correct order for the areas can make the map simpler. Some areas can be under others.


You can revise image maps using this video

CMOD6001 DWEB Lab B

I forgot that DWEB had an extension for the job exercise.

I showed students again where to find online journals in the library.

Some students worked onthe job exercise and others worked on their papers. Others just mess around a bit.

I reminded that copy and pasted text was of little use for the job exercise.

CMOD6001 COM1 Lab B

Students checked the list to see the topics for the essays.

I showed students where to find online journals at the library website and explained why they are often superior to what can be found for free online. Students searched for articles relevant to their essay topics.

CMOD6001 DNET/DCOM Class 15

We did a group exercise. I have never seen a more impressive group distribute information as efficiently. Borg could not have done it better.

It seems that early on students figured out that they needed to listen to each other. Some students tired to take charge and the others let them.

CMOD6001 COM Class 15

We did a group exercise. It was good fun but didn't go especially well. Many students stood around waiting for others to come to them, and clusters of students who belonged together didn't read out to other clusters.

CMOD6001 DWEB1 Class 15

I gave out handouts on study skills and time management.

We did a group exercise. It didn't go especially well.

CMOD6001 Job Exercise deadline

The job exercise deadline is extended to Monday 1600 for DWEB1