SOFT6007 COM1 Class 03 Lab

We looked at adding links to web pages. We saw the difference between absolute & relative paths.

I asked students to add to their first page a link to the CIT website, and a link to the second page. The second page should have a link back to the first. 

SOFT6007 ITM1 Class 04 Lab

We had a late start because I had a technical issue with the projector.

I showed students how to include an image in a web page. I explained the importance of the alt, width, and height attributes.

I asked students to add images to their webpages

[no recording because of the projector issue]

SOFT6007 ITM Class 03 Lab

We looked at links between pages. I asked student to add to their first page a link to the CIT home page and a link to the second page. The second page should have a link to the first.

We looked at the differences between absolute and relative paths

SOFT6007 ITM Class 02 Lab

We looked at some basic HTML tags.

I asked student to make a HTML page. I then asked them to make a second one.

SOFT6007 COM1 Class 02 Lab

We looked at some basic HTML tags.

I asked student to make a HTML page. I then asked them to make a second one.

In the next class we will look at links between pages.

SOFT6008 DWEB2 Class 02 Lab

We looked at the module descriptor and at some sample JavaScript programs. Most students had seen these in SOFT6007 so we went quite quickly.

SOFT6007 DNET Class 03 Lab

We looked at how anchor tags are used for links. We saw the difference between absolute and relative addressing.

I asked students add a link to the CIT home page to their first page, and a link to the second page. And asked them on the second page to put a link back to the first page.

SOFT6007 DNET Class 02 Lab

We looked at HTML.

The important point was that all tags that are opened must be closed.

I asked students to make two web pages.

SOFT6007 DWEB Class 04 Lab

We looked at how anchor tags are used for links. We saw the difference between absolute and relative addressing.

I asked students add a link to the CIT home page to their first page, and a link to the second page. And asked them on the second page to put a link back to the first page.

SOFT6007 DWEB Class 03 Lab

We looked at HTML.

The important point was that all tags that are opened must be closed.

I asked students to make two web pages.

SOFT6007 DWEB/ITM Class 01 Lecture

We looked at the module descriptor for SOFT6007 and discussed the structure of the module. It's 100% continuous assessment.

We had a brief history of the Internet and learned the the web and the Internet are not the same thing. I talked about what happened when a link is clicked on and explained what is a web server.

We will look at HTML in the next class.

SOFT6007 DWEB Class 02

I introduced myself and gave some free advice in my capacity as DWEB1/ITM1 course co-ordinator.

1. Go to class
2. Ask for help

SOFT6007 DNET/COM Class 01

I dispensed some free advice before we looked at a potted history of the internet. We looked at the steps required to display a web page.

SOFT6008 Class 02 & 03 COM2

I talked students through the module descriptor and we looked at some JavaScript code.

SOFT6008 Class 01

We had no lecture this morning because there was no room scheduled for it.

PPSN System Extended

Students who found that the PPSN check letter calculation assignments I set in JavaScript weren't challenging enough will be delighted to learn that the system is being extended. The number of people have have ever lived in Ireland would soon be greater than the 10 million possible under the current number scheme. So the letter after the check letter is going to be used from 2013. This will increase the maximum number 26 times. That should be plenty for the foreseeable future.

It does make the check letter calculation a bit more complicated than it was before. Interestingly ye old sexist W for Wife numbers will actually work fine alongside new W born after 2012 numbers, because by a huge coincidence W is the 23rd letter of the alphabet and so was taking up the zero slot anyway.

http://www.welfare.ie/en/Pages/Extension-of-the-Personal-Public-Service-Number-Range.aspx

So I must update my notes

Very busy correcting

I am very busy correcting. I think the deadlines the institute set this year for correcting and entering results were a bit unrealistic. I didn't even have lunch today.

I am surprised at just how much I am getting done though. It just goes to show that if I have targets and a plan for meeting them, I am much more productive.

I set my e-mail client to check for e-mails only when I tell it too. It's the single most useful thing any person could do.

COMP6023 Blog finished

Last week was Week 8 of the blog. Today is the last day students can post the week 8 entry.

Week 8 was the last week.

SOFT6008 PPSN test cases

I provided some PPSN test cases the last time this module ran. You can find them here.

http://colinmcit.blogspot.com.es/2012/10/soft6008-checksum-shopping-list.html

Note the W cases. Many students forget this.

SOFT6008 Feedback & Dropboxes

Today I went to the shared dropboxes to see how students were progressing. I sent feedback today to every student that had some code in the dropbox.

If you saved work to the dropbox but did not get an email from me then there may be a problem with the way the dropbox is shared. If so then you need to correct this in advance of the deadline to avoid problems.

There is less than a week to go before the deadline.

I recommend that you concentrate on getting the minimum requirements sorted before tackling any of the extras.

It is a bad idea to reuse code from your previous submission since you failed it last time. Tweaking your old broken code is less likely to be effective than starting with a clean slate.

I strongly advise against working closely with any other students for this assignment.

If you have any questions, doubts, or concerns, please e-mail me.