SOFT6002 Week 08

We had a guest speaker from Univ. de Oviedo who spoke about different aspects of usability and UI.

We looked at Technology (W08-L1), Task Analysis (W08-L2), and Cognitive Walk Throughs (W09).

We spent a good half hour talking about the assessment and the exam.

Part 3 of the assignment is due at noon on Fri 24 April.  Part 4 is due at noon on Fri 01 May.

The in-class exam will be on Thursday 07 May. We will start at 1815.

SOFT6008 Class 08.4

I helped students with their Photoshop issues.

COMP8035 Classes 08.2 & 08.3

Students worked in the research paper.

I met with each studebt briefly to discuss progress.

I'm expecting to see some drafts over the Easter break

COMP6021 Class 08.4 Interlaced Video

I explained interlaced video and how it causes problems for modern displays.

When I was finished talking students worked on the assignment.

COMP6021 Class 08.3 Bock Matching Algorithms

We looked at Block Matching Algorithms (BMAs) and how they contribute to the asymmetry of video compression.

SOFT6008 Classes 08.2 & 08.3

I met with each student to discuss how the assignment is going.

There was no Photoshop in this lab, so some students deferred working on it until tomorrow.

I hope that tomorrow we will get all of the Photoshop work out of the way

COMP6021 Class 08.2

We looked at video compression

SOFT6008 Class 08.1

I talked students through the marking scheme I used for the exam.

We looked at the code for the Time Game.

COMP8035 Class 08.1

I met with each student to discuss progress of the research reports.

I am expecting a first draft to be completed over the Easter break.  Students are also welcome to send shorter extracts before then for feedback.

COMP6021 Class 08.1

We looked at transparency and PNG.

SOFT6002 Week 07

We looked at Metaphors (Slides W06-L2), Requirements Gathering (W08-L1) and Prototyping (W08-L2).

SOFT6008 Class 07.3

We had an in-class exam

COMP8035 Class 07.1 & 07.2

I spoke about topic sentences and paragraph structure.  I gave out a photocopy of an article from a magazine and asked students to mark the topic sentence in each paragraph, and evaluate the extent to which the rest of the paragraph relates to the topic sentence.

I am expecting to drafts of the introduction of the research paper soon.

Interesting videos about Animated GIFs

Is it GIF or JIF?

COMP6021 Class 07.3

We looked at how JPEG works

When I was finished, students used the time to catch up in the dithering stuff they missed

The video below may also be of use

COMP6021 Class 07.2

I gave out some sample exam questions on dithering. But they didn't mean anything because none of the students in class today were in for the last class. Students should catch up using the videos online, and we will come back to those questions if we get time.

I talked a bit about the assignment 

We looked at GIF

SOFT6008 Class 07.1 & 07.2

Students prepared for the exam tomorrow.

COMP6021 Class 07.1

We looked at dithering.

We looked at dithering in Photoshop on a 10x10 pixel image. Students The student did some experiments with dithering in Photoshop.

This video might also be useful

SOFT6002 Week 06

There was one student in class. I had a look at a draft of his assignment submission.

SOFT6008 Class 06.4

I showed students a few more Photoshop party tricks that might be useful for the assignment.

Students continued work on the assignment.