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!

Interesting article

http://www.economist.com/news/business/21695388-worries-about-fraud-and-fragmentation-may-prompt-shake-out-crowded-online-ad

All Students Required to Wear CIT Uniform

Cork Institute of Technology would like to inform students that from next semester (September 2016) students will be required to wear an official branded CIT student uniform at all times on campus.

More information is available here:

http://www.mycit.ie/student-uniform

COMP6023 Class 07.3

Attendance was poor.

We looked at Google Analytics

COMP6023 Classes 07.1 & 07.2 Lab B

Attendance was poor.  I spoke briefly about content management systems (CMSs).

I asked students to log into the WordPress accounts I had set up for them and to have a poke around.

COMP6023 Class 07.1 & 07.2 Lab A

I spoke briefly about content management systems (CMSs).

I asked students to ling into the WordPress accounts I had set up for them and to have a poke around.

COM8035 Class 06.3

Nobody turned up.

There will be no more Friday classes for this module.

COMP6023 Class 06.4

We looked and transparency in images and PNG

I talked a bit about the assignments

COMP6023 Class 06.3

We looked at GIF and JPEG

Why We Post

This is a very interesting website describing the results of some research in Social Media.

http://www.ucl.ac.uk/why-we-post

COMP6023 Classes 06.1 & 06.2 Labs B

Students worked on the image compression assignment.

COMP8035 Schedule

For you to be on schedule you should have a draft of you essay completed by the end of the month. Please send it on to me, when you have it done.

COMP8035 Classes 06.1 & 06.2

We had presentations from Jasmin and Kieran.  Albert was scheduled for today, but he will do his another day.

COMP6023 Classes 06.1 & 06.2 Lab A

Students worked on the images assignment. Except for a few who were working on something for another module.

COMP8035 Class 05.3

I met with each student and discussed his/her essay and/or presentation.

COMP6023 Class 05.4

We looked at compression, interpolation, indexed colour and dithering.

After class the class rep told me that some students were concerned because I had flagged blog posts that needed attention, but had not detailed exactly what was wrong with them.  In almost all of those cases there problems were errors of spelling or grammar.  Blog posts with incorrect spelling and grammar will get low marks.  However, it it up to each student check the blog posts for errors.  I did that for the first week, so that each student was aware of the kinds of errors he or she was making. But I won't be doing that for subsequent posts.  Furthermore, the absence of a comment from me is not an indication that it was perfect.

COMP6023 Class 05.3

We looked at the Lab and CYMK colours systems.

COMP6023 Classes 05.1 & 05.2

I showed students how to use Photoshop to save images at various quality settings. I explained everything needed for the assignment.

I showed students how to make pages in Blogger.

I mentioned during the lab that anyone using a logarithmic scale instead of a linear one, would want to explain that choice in the report. Otherwise it will come across as a mistake rather than a deliberate choice.

COMP8035 Classes 05.1 & 05.2

Brian, Karl, and Dillion gave presentations.

COMP6023 Photoshop

Photoshop can be used for very sophisticated image editing. We will use very few of its features in this class.  But it's a great tool to learn if you have the time.

There are lots of tutorials online.

So many that there is even a parody of them.

COMP6023 Class 05.1 & 05.2

I showed students how to use Photoshop to save images at various quality settings. I explained everything needed for the assignment.

I showed students how to make pages in Blogger.

I mentioned during the lab that anyone using a logarithmic scale instead of a linear one, would want to explain that choice in the report. Otherwise it will come across as a mistake rather than a deliberate choice.

COMP6023 Blogs

I had a look at the blogs this even and where I noticed something that needed attention, I left a comment.  However even if I didn't leave a comment for, you should check your blog post.

A number of students are behind schedule.

The next time I look at the blogs, it will be to assign them a mark.

Some comments I made:

• you are a bit behind schedule.
• why does the font change? 
• what's the yellow highlighting about?
• See the notes on the blog about the common mistakes
• you may need to fix the dates
• perhaps you could put the movie title in the heading
• does the first paragraph really say anything?
• There's no need to introduce yourself at the start of the post.
• some of the usage here is incorrect. you may need to get a native English speaker to read your posts
• Don't have all the text centered.
• Watch the tense. Are you writing in the past tense or the present

COMP8035 Class 04.3

I met with each of the students and discussed the essay (&/ presentation)

COMP6023 Class 04.4

We looked at how images are stored digitally by considering the process of digitizing a grey-scale image. We looked at resolution and and pixel depth.

We looked at how colour is represented using the Hue Saturation Brightness scheme.

COMP6023 Class 04.3

We looked at the schedule for blog posts and I highlighted the importance of correct spelling, punctuation, and grammar.  I reminded students that posts with errors would receive low marks.

I explained how Podcasting works.

I asked students to subscribe to this feed just to try it out
https://huffduffer.com/colinmanning/tags/cit-comp6023/rss

COMP6023 Reminder of Blogging Asigments

This is the schedule for the blog posts

Week 02 - About me & my views on Internet Privacy
Week 03- A Movie review
Week 04 - Discussion of a UDRP cyber-squatting case
Week 05 - Review of a place to eat (guest post)
Week 06 - Best Band You've Never Heard Of (e.g. CSS, Stroame, Cibo Matto) - embed a YouTube

At the end of Week 08 you will analyse your stats.

Tips:
If you miss a deadline fake it by changing the posting data. You might get away with it
If you are very organised you can even post in advance

Note:
Posts with errors in spelling, grammar, and punctuation will yield very low marks.

COMP6023 Class 04.1 & 04.2 Lab B

Students worked on the analysis of the UDRP cases they were given.

I e-mailed the spec for Assignment 2, but that won't mean very much to students just yet. But I did offer to make sure students download the correct images needed to complete it.

I showed students how to add an author in Blogger and asked them to set that up. Next week's blog post will be a guest post that is a review of a place to eat. The marks for the post will go to the owner of the blog. So choose your guest wisely.

COMP8035 Class 04.1 & 04.2

David gave a presentation.

With only one presentation we finished a bit earlier, but most students stayed and did a bit of work, as did I.

COMP6023 Understanding Digital Colour I & II

These videos explains how Digital Colour works. We will be looking at this over the next few classes. The first one look at SHB and Lab.

The second video looks at RGB and CMYK.

COMP6023 Cyber Squatting

Here's an interesting cases for the season that's in it

http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/presidential-races/262325-jeb-bush-domain-name-redirects-to-trump-site

http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2013/02/ron-paul-vs-ronpaulcom-how-coalitions-crack-up-in-the-internet-age/273059/

COMP6023 Class 04.1 & 04.2 Lab A

Students worked on the analysis of the UDRP cases they were given.

I e-mailed the spec for Assignment 2, but that won't mean very much to students just yet. But I did offer to make sure students download the correct images needed to complete it.

I showed students how to add an author in Blogger and asked them to set that up. Next week's blog post will be a guest post that is a review of a place to eat. The marks for the post will go to the owner of the blog. So choose your guest wisely.

COMP8035 Class 03.3

I met with  each student and discussed progress with the paper.

COMP6023 Class 03.4

I called on several students to briefly outline the UDRP case they were assigned. Towards the end of the class students discussed the remaining cases in groups.

For next week's blog posts student must write summary of the case and include a link to the judgement online.  Students should pay particular attention to the three part test and identify the decision reached for each parts.  Students should say whether or not they agree with the panel's decision.

Students who did not receive a printed judgement may chose any judgement they wish. However they may not select one that is being used by another student.

COMP6023 Class 03.3

Earlier this morning I emailed a link to this article and asked students to read it, mindful that it was written in 1994.

http://www.wired.com/1994/10/mcdonalds/

In the lab I distributed some print outs of UDRP judgements. I distributed the remainder in class.

We discussed cyber squatting and the UDRP.

COM6023 Class 03.1 &03.2 Lab B

Students put finishing touches to their blog configurations on Blogger.

This week's blogging task is a movie 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 were present and who had sent me their URLs got some feedback from me on their first post(s). 

COMP8035 Class Lab 03.1 & 02.2

Trevor, Robert, and Rokas did a presentation each.

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.