COMP6023 Class 11.4

We looked at coding schemes for different languages and I explained why UTF-8 is one of the cleverest things ever.

COMP6023 Class 11.3

We looked at information architecture and how best to structure content on a website.  This class was based on the very popular book "Don't Make Me Think"

COMP8035 Classes 11.1 & 11.2

I gave back some of the papers I have received (late) with some comments. The comments weren't as thorough as on some others, but we are getting stuck for time.

I suggested to students that they might swap essays in advance of the next draft to try to catch typos and errors.

I met with each student to to get an update.

COMP6023 Class 11.1 & 11.2

Students were studying for an exam for another module. That's fine.

Students had an exam for another module during the second hour.

COMP6023 Class 10.4

I talked about Data Protection, Privacy, and Big Data.

But I didn't do it justice. I managed to take a really interesting topic and make a boring lecture out of it. Sorry guys :-)

COMP6023 Class 10.3

We finished our look at SEO

COMP6023 Class 10.1 & 10.2 Lab B

Attendance was very poor.

Students worked on the assignment.

COMP6023 Class 09.4

You say you like Pokemon, but you can only name Pikachu. But that's none of my business. 

We began our look at the dark art of Search Engine Optimization (SEO). We will continue with this in the next lecture. 

COMP6023 Class 09.3

We had a whirlwind tour of Patents and Trade Marks.

COMP6023 Class 09.1 & 09.2 Lab B

Students worked on the assignment.

If you can't remember the password for your Wordpress and you don't have that much done, the quickest solution is to start again at Wordpress.com. If you have a lot done and want to continue with it I'll ask the technician to see what he can do for you.

COMP8035 Class 09.1 & 09.2

I returned all the drafts I received on time with comments. We discussed some of the common issues.

I hope to have the drafts that were submitted late corrected soon.

COMP6023 Deadlines

I will begin correcting Assignment 1 (blog) and Assignment 2 (images) starting on 25 April. There is no particular submission process. I will go to your blog and expect to find everything I need there.

Please ensure that the URL I have for you is correct
(It's over there ---->)
and make sure that there is a link to your image compression report.

I will begin correcting Assigment 3 (Wordpress) at the begining of Week 13 (9 May).

COM6023 Class 09.1 & 09.2

Students worked on the assignments. (A few worked on stuff for other modules. That's fine)

I met with each student just to make sure everything is going OK

COMP6023 Class 08.4

We had to cancel class because I couldn't get the projector working.

COMP6023 Class 08.3

We looked at copyright

COMP6023 Classes 08.1 & 08.2 Lab B

Students worked on their Wordpress websites.

COMP8035 Essay tips

Some things to watch for

• Quality sources.
• link points to make to evidence in literature
• Put a lot of thought into the structure

Style & Language issues

• there is no "we", no "you", no "us" 
• don't use ; unless you know what you are doing
• subject verb agreement are is very important
• don't use commas where full stops are required
• All sentences start with a uppercase letter. Yes. All of them.
• figure out the rule for the apostrophe. 
• i.e. and etc. are best avoided
• Put a space, after punctuation ,not before.
• Every good sentence has a verb
• there's no need to talk about "this report" or "this essay". just say what you have to say.
• you can use "above" or "below" to refer to other parts of the text
•  "With the ...", is a very weak way to start a sentence. Say what you what to say. be direct.
• incredible = cannot be believed

COMP8035 Classes 08.1 & 08.2

Michael gave a presentation on TV2.0

Afterwards I explained about referencing and the importance of connecting the bibliography with the main text.  We discussed the importance of using quality sources.

We discussed each student's essay topic and talk about some different approaches.

I gave out a rubric for the essay.  I had some corrected but those students were not in class.

When I have them all don I'll send an e-mail. My hope (but not expectation) is to have feedback on all of them before the weekend.

I didn't talk about the structure of the essays. But the overall organising structure is really important too.

COMP6023 Classes 08.1& 08.2

Students worked on the website for assignment 3.

Yay!