COMP6023 ITM1 Class 11 & 12 Labs

The lab didn't cooperate. Photoshop wouldn't work. So students worked on their blogs and sme took the NewsU online course.

I asked student to read the blogs of the other students in the group and advise the author of any issues they identified.

COMP6023 DNET1 Classes 11 & 12

My plan to do an FTP session didnt' work out because the firewalls on the machines wouldn't allow it. Some students found a workaround using FTP browser plugins.

I got students to make a start on Assignment 2. Students downloaded their images and saved them using Photoshop as JPEGs with quality settings from 0 to 100 in steps of 10.

COMP6023 DNET1/COM1c Class 10

I talked about Directories and we began our look at Search Engines.

We stopped at Slide 35
 
(I was a bit rushed because I was in the queue at the blood bank)

COMP6021 Class 09 Representing Text

the one with the sailor

We completed our look at our post zombie apocalypse communication system and looked at some features of students' designs. We discussed some things to consider, and looked at Braille and Flag Semaphore

COMP6023 DWEB1/ITM1 Class 10

I talked about Directories and we began our look at Search Engines

We got as far as slide 46

COMP6023 DWEB1/ITM1 Class 09

We looked at some of the issues surrounding web hosting and domain names.

Apple - iPad Air - TV Ad - Your Verse

COMP6023 DCOM1 Class 09

We looked at some of the issues surrounding web hosting and domain names.

COMP6023 DNET1 Class 09

We looked at some of the issues surrounding web hosting and domain names.

COMP6023 Week 03 Plan

This week I plan to

• discuss uploading a website to a server 
• get students to upload using FTP during the lab
• look at ways to promote a webiste

This week students should

• read the 10 blogs after theirs on the list and highlight any issues in a comment
• post a movie review on the blog
• start the NewsU course Online Media & the Law

COMP6023 DCOM1 Class 05

I talked about some of the suggested essay topics. For all the available information on the assessments students should check out the COMP6023 Assessment Information page over there ---->

COMP6021 Class 08 Representing Text

the one with the zombies

We considered how to represent text using bits. I asked students to devise a text transmission system using traffic lights for use after the zombie apocalypse. I asked students to work in groups and email their solutions to me.

At the end of class I pointed out that someone has already devised a very similar system. But that it doesn't use lights. Quite the contrary in fact.

Outpost 19 Report day 256/Bad week/Surprised us at dawn day 253/ Lost 3/Lost Irish nerd/Told us morse code on stop lights inefficient/Can't decipher notes/know what 23x23=64 means?/OP19 out

COMP6021 Class 07 Lab Intro to Photoshop

the one with the penguins

We had a very brief introduction to Photoshop. But we are mostly interested in its ability to save images with different settings. We won't be doing much else with Photoshop. But it is the industry standard tool for image editing and the secret to celebrities looking good.

COMP6021 Class 06 Represnting Negative Integers

the one with the binary bingo

We played binary bingo. But the person with the winning card didn't figure it out, so we shared the bag of jellies between us.

We looked at representing negative numbers with bits. I mentioned the IEEE format is used for floating point numbers, but we didn't look at it in detail.

Next up we will consider how to represent text using bits.

COMP6023 DCOM1b Class 07 & 08 lab

Students worked on their blogs.

I recommended that they take the NewsU course Online Media & the Law today if they have time.

I showed students where to find quality sources in the CIT Library. The ACM and IEEE databases are the most useful for computing students.

COMP6023 ITM1 CLASS 07 & 08 Lab

Students worked on their blogs.

I recommended that they take the NewsU course Online Media & the Law today if they have time.

COMP6023 DNET1 Class 05 & 06 Lab

Students worked on their blogs. Students should get the blog up and running and have posted the first entry by the end of this week.

Check the blog list over there ----->
in assignments to ensure that I have your blog URL

May student left early because the weather was really bad

COMP6023 DNET1/COM1c Class 06

I has asked student to find out about blogs. I asked students to discuss in groups the main features of blogs that make them different from other websites.

I talked about blogs.

COMP6021 Class 05 The humble mighty bit

The one with the sock on the door

This was our first class. But I'm calling it Class 05 because I want to keep my numbering consistent with the weeks. I apologize for the late start, and the last minute room change.

I asked students to watch this video in advance of class. I don't believe that many did.

We looked at bits and combinations of bits, and how they can be assigned meaning. We looked at how bits can be used to represent integers.

COMP6023 DWEB/ITM Class 06

I talked students through the assignment specification.