SOFT6008 DWEB2 Class 06 & 07

Students continued working on the coins exercise.

This took longer than I was anticipating. We will pick up the pace a bit next week. My main goal for this week was to get students thinking again and to get used to debugging.

I feel that a few students need to brush up on their programming skills before proceeding with this module. All students should complete this exercise by the end of the week.

SOFT6007 ITM1 Classes 06 & 07

We looked at headings, strong, em, bold, and italics

I gave students a nested list exercise to code in HTML.

It didn't go very well. Students might like to watch (the end of) the recording of today's lecture, and the other video on lists, before the next class.

SOFT6007 DWEB1 Classes 07 & 08

I gave students a nested list exercise to code in HTML

For those that were finished quickly I e-mailed a second similar exercise

SOFT6008 COM2.B Classes 05 & 06

We looked at alert, confirm, and prompt boxes; and loops.

I asked students to write a program that prompts the user for a number of cent, and outputs the minimum number of coins needed to make that change.

slides: js02p.pdf

SOFT6007 Class 05

I tried to explain how the Internet's history is responsible for its architecture.

We looked at lists in HTML

SOFT6007 Class 06 DWEB

We looked at headings, strong, em, bold, and italics

SOFT6007 Plan

Lists

This week we will look at lists (Class 05 - lecture)
Headings, B, I, strong, em (Class 06 - lab)

SOFT6008 Class 05 DWEB2

We looked at alert, confirm, and prompt boxes; and loops.

I asked students to write a program that prompts the user for a number of cent, and outputs the minimum number of coins needed to make that change.

slides: js02p.pdf

SOFT6008 Class 05 & 06 COM2.A

We looked at alert, confirm, and prompt boxes; and loops.

I asked students to write a program that prompts the user for a number of cent, and outputs the minimum number of coins needed to make that change.

slides: js02p.pdf

SOFT6008 Class 03 COM2.B

Students worked on exercises we started earlier during the week

SOFT6007 Class 03 Lab ITM

I asked students to make sure they competed the work we began in the last class. I went student-to-student to make sure everyone was OK.

SOFT6007 Class 04 Lecture

This was mostly a pep-talk about making the most of college.

But we did talk a little bit about the module and the assessment.

SOFT6008 COM2.B Class 01

I asked students to sign-up Google+ soon.

We looked at some JavaScript. We made a page that used a different greeting depending on the time of day.
We looked at how to generate random numbers in JavaScript and how to build up an img tag in a string. The nested quotes are tricky.

In the next class students will make a page that displays a different image depending on the time of day, and they will play with and extend the New Orleans example.

code: Time Based Greeting 
New Orleans
slides: JS01c.pdf

SOFT6008 Classes 02 & 03 Lab DWEB2

We looked at how to generate random numbers in JavaScript and how to build up an img tag in a string. The nested quotes are tricky.

I asked students to make a page that displayed a different image depending on the time of day, and to play with and extend the New Orleans example.


Slides: js01c.pdf

code: New Orleans

SOFT6007 Some useful online classes

A bit old, but still worth a look.

HTML basics

Some points on including images in web pages. Don't forget that an img tag must include alt, width, and height attributes.

SOFT6007 Class 01 & 02 Lab A

We wrote a basic HTML page that included links and images. I asked students to experiment and add to the page, but not to use new tags.

I asked students to check out each other on Google+ and to get to know those students around them I explained how G+ circles work.

SOFT6007 Class 02 & 03 Lab B

We wrote a basic HTML page that included links and images. I asked students to experiment and add to the page, but not to use new tags.

I asked students to check out each other on Google+ and to get to know those students around them I explained how G+ circles work.

SOFT6008 DWEB2

I added students the to the class Google+ circle.

We looked at some JavaScript.

code: Time Based Greeting
slides: JS01c.pdf

SOFT6007 (DWEB1) Class 01

We spent the class dealing with timetable issues. It's all a bit complicated.

SOFT6008 COM2.A Class 01 & 02 Lab

I discussed the objectives of the module, got students to sign up to Google+ and showed them this blog.

We looked at some JavaScript.

code: Time Based Greeting
slides: JS01c.pdf

Improvements to JPEG Compression

http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2014/07/we-dont-need-new-image-formats-mozilla-works-to-build-a-better-jpeg/

COMP6023 Repeat

The Web Publishing repeat is by continuous assessment. There is no exam. By now you should have received the assignment specifications by email. If you did not please email your lecturer (Colin & Irene). 

Students may use the same blog as before, but should check the list online to make sure the lecturer has it.

Students may use the same images as before. So there is no need to redo the experiments provided they were done properly in the first place.

Students may use the same essay title as before or may choose another from the list. It's worth considering a change of topic. 

If you have any questions or problems please email Irene or Colin

Good Luck

COMP6023 Assignment 2

A number of students did not submit the image compression assignment for COMP6023 Web Publishing.  It is possible that some of these students completed the bulk of the work required for the assignment, but because they did not complete the process the work was not visible to the lecturers.  Since the lecturers couldn’t correct the assignment these students for no marks for it.

Please visit your blog by typing in the URL into the address bar and check to see that your Assignment 2 is visible from the home page.  If it is not visible, you should log into Blogger and  correct this.  You can find detailed instructions on how to do this here:http://youtu.be/6kb73odotYA

Once you have made the pages visible, please e-mail your lecturer (Colin or Irene) to let him or her  know.  You should do this beforenoon on Sunday 22 June.  However the sooner you do this the sooner we can get back to you.

In order to be fair to all students, any student who published Assignment 2 as blog Posts instead of Pages may also correct this problem.

COMP6021 Final Exam

The final exam was today at 1000.

Students will have their results when they are all published together. I don't plan to publish the results of the CA component in the meantime.

I hope you all enjoyed the module. It was a bit of a stretch for some of you. But trying new things is always a good idea. It's been a pleasure doing business with you.

Good luck with your future plans.

COMP6023 Submission Issues

The deadline for Assignment 2 and Assignment 3 were today.

If you did not have Assignment 2 (GIF & JPEG experiments) completed by today it will be marked as late. However, it will only be marked if you e-mail me to advise me that you have posted it online.

If you did not submit your Assignment 3 (Essay) to Turnitin.com before the deadline today it will be marked as late. To submit it please send 2 e-mails to me. The first e-mail should have the essay as an attachment. The second email should be sent at the same time and should state that the first e-mail was just sent. [If the CIT firewall does not like the attachment it will kill the entire message, and will advise neither the sender nor the recipient.]

If you submitted work that was not entirely your own, you may withdraw your submission for all of any of either Assignments 1, 2, or 3 up to noon on Friday 9 May, by sending me an e-mail.

Last class of the year

That concludes our business. It's been a pleasure doing business with you all.

If you have any questions about anything please feel free to just drop by my office.

Good luck with your exams.

COMP6023 DCOM1 Class 48

I didn't go to class. No one from this class turned up all week.

COMP6021 Class 48

Nobody turned up.

COMP6023 DWEB1 Class 47 & 48

Nobody turned up.

COMP6021 Class 47 Lab

Nobody turned up

COMP6021 Class 46

Nobody turned up. I was surprised by that.

COMP6023 DCOM1b Class 47 & 48

Nobody turned up

COMP6023 ITM1 Class 47 & 48 Lab

I gave students feedback on their essays. I gave a handout on the Chicago style.

I'll be around all day if anyone needs a bit more help with the essays.

COMP6021 Class 45

I turned up late. There was no one there. Sorry if I missed you.

COMP6023 DWEB1/ITM1 Class 46

I turned up late. There was no one there. Sorry if I missed you.

COMP6023 DWEB1/ITM1 Class 45

Nobody turned up.

COMP6023 DCOM1 Class 45

Nobody turned up.

COMP6023 DNET1/COM1c Class Class 45

No body turned up.

If you have any questions pop into my office, or come along to the labs.

COMP6023 Deadline Extensions

Assignment extensions. Assignments 2 and 3 are now due at noon on Friday 02 May (Week 12).

COMP6021 Late Submissions

If you were unable to submit your work on time for some reason, please follow these instructions for submitting it.

1. Make a PDF of your report
2. Change the name of the report so that it matches your name (e.g. DanMurphy.pdf)
3. e-mail the report as an attachment to colin.manning@cit.ie
4. send another e-mail with no attachment to colin.manning@cit.ie saying that the report was sent

Late penalties are applied weekly. So you may chose to submit up to one week late if you wish.

COMP6023 DCOM1 Class 42

Only one student turned up. He was a bit embarrassed to be the only one in class, so I let him go. 

COMP6021 Class 44 Tutorial

We had a tutorial. We looked at UTF-8, Huffman coding, and dithering. 

COMP6023 DWEB1 Classes 43 & 44 Labs

Students worked on the assignments.

COMP6021 Class 43 Lab

Students worked on the assignments.

COMP6021 Class 42 Tutorial

Nobody turned up.

COMP6023 DCOM1b Class 43 & 44

One one student turned up. And he wanted to work on stuff for another module so I left.

If anybody needs help with anything, come find me in my office.

COMP6023 ITM1 Classes 43 & 44

Students worked on the assignments.

I gave feedback on Assignment 2 to those students who had something online already.

COMP6023 DNET1/COM1c Class 42 SEO

We returned to the topic of Search Engine Optimization (SEO)

COMP6021 Class 41 Tutorial

We had a tutorial but no students had prepared questions. I did answer some questions about questions.

COMP6023 DWEB1 Class 42 SEO

We returned to SEO.