COMP6023 General feedback on blog posts

Some general things that came up when I was looking at the blog posts.

It's important to read over the post and check it for errors. Also many students need to work on their clarity of their posts.  Some have very long complicated sentences.

Some things I spotted:

• You are using commas where full stops are called for
• You not using full stops where they are needed
• i am and i'm are wrong. You must always use an uppercase I for that
• Put a space after punctuation, And no space before
• New sentences must begin with an uppercase letter
• Remove some of the very casual phrases that don't add much, and get in the way of clarity
• Google is a company. it is a thing. So don't use they for it
• etc is best avoided
• ... does not mean what you think it means
• : does not do what you think it does
• if the subject of the sentence is singular then the verb must take the singular form (the cat sits)
• if the subject of the sentence is plural then the verb must take the plural form (the cats sit)
• if the subject of the sentence is singular then the verb must take the singular form
• is it an adjective or an adverb? delve too deep[ly]
• Case matters. Especially in Cork

COMP6023 Class 03.1 & 03.2 Lab A

Students put finishing touches to their blog configurations on Blogger.

This week's blogging task is a move review. Blogs should include an appropriate image.

I asked students to read some other students' blogs and to highlight any typos or errors that might need attention in the comments. These comments need not be published.

Students who had comments enabled got some feedback from me on their first post(s). Students who don't have comments enabled didn't get any.

COMP 8035 Class 02.3

Students worked away by themselves. I met with students who are presenting next week and helped them refine the focus of their topics.

COMP6023 Class 02.4

I explained about web servers and how to use FTP to transfer files.  But we didn't actually set up a server, nor actually do an FTP session.

We looked at hosting options and how to buy domain names.

We looked at different options on godaddy.com but that wasn't as informative as it used to be.

Hostcentric has some interesting lists of different options
http://www.hostcentric.com/product/onePlan.bml

COMP6023 Class 02.3 Lecture

We looked at blogs

COMP6023 Class 02.1 & 02.2 B

I got students to set up a blog in Blogger and send me the URL. I talked them through the most important settings.

Students added Google Analytics and an RSS feed

COMP8035 S/he

Yesterday we discussed the problems of using gender neutral language in academic writing.

Here's an intersting podcast n the issue from Lexicon Valley

COMP8035 Classes 02.1 & 20.2

I gave students handouts on style, structure, academic tone and talked them through the most important points.

I gave a handout on the Chicago Style of referencing, and talked about it very briefly.

COMP6023 Class 02.1 & 02.2 A

I got students to set up a blog in Blogger and send me the URL. I talked them through the most important settings.

Students added Google Analytics and an RSS feed

COMP8035 Class 01.3

There was a problem with the computer so that delayed us.

I talked about paragraph structure and the importance of a good clear topic sentence in each paragraph.  We looked and some examples and I gave students an exercise.

I gave some tips on giving presentations.  I didn't get to finish on the so we will continue with that in the next class.

COMP6023 What is a Blog?

This video is a quick introduction to blogs.


This site has some more detailed information.
http://www.gcflearnfree.org/socialmedia/blogbasics

COMP6023 Web Publishing Class 01.1

I introduced myself and talked a bit about the module.  I went through the module descriptor.  I outlined the assessment plan for this module.  I will e-mail a detailed spec to students soon.

I showed students the (this) blog for the class.  There will be links to all notes and slide here.  There won't be anything on Blackboard.

We finished up early.

COMP8035 Spec update

I e-mailed v.2 of the spec. If you didn't get it, e-mail me so we can figure out why.

COMP8035 Classes 01.1 & 01.2

I talked about the assessment and how it would work.  We agreed to try for three presentations in each 2-hour slot so we can finish with those earlier.

I explained to students who to get IEEE and ACM papers using the library's online database and outlined the importance of using good sources.  Students did searches for papers relating to their topics.

COMP6023 DCOM1 Week 01 schedule

There will be no lab this Tuesday. 

On Wednesday all TUI members will be on strike so there will be no classes at all on that day. 

Our first class will be on Thursday. See you then. 

COMP8035 Assignment Specification

Today I e-mailed all registered with details of the assignments for this module.

Students should choose a presentation topic right away and start work it, Especially those students presenting in Week 03. We will pin down actual dates when the timetable is finalised.

SOFT6007 Late Submissions

If you did not successfully upload your assignment to Blackboard before the deadline it is late. 5.5 marks will be deducted from your overall grade.

The next deadline is Friday 11 Dec at noon.

Remember to run your pages through the validator and to submit your files as a single .ZIP file.

SOFT6007 Class 12.4 W

Students worked on the assignment. Attendance was poor

SOFT6008 CA Results

Hi

There provisions results for the CA so far are here

Please note that these results are provisional. The may be revised upwards or downwards slightly.

SOFT6007 Classes 12.2 & 12.3 & 12.4

I wasn't there for the first hour. I was in a meeting that ran over.

I asked students to run their pages through the validator.

Students worked on that.