Updated 29-09-2010
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Today's talk should help you to understand better what your responsibilities for this module how you will be taught how you will be assessed what material will be covered how to contact us and to communicate
with other students what you need to have done to prepare for
this week’s seminar session
Your responsibilities What happens in … StudyingAssessments What you’ll need Getting in touch with us What to do this week
About this module – CO332
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Each week – you should
Attend and participate in the module's lectures
Work in the practical session Work on your own
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What’s expected of you -the basics
Attendance at practical sessions Attendance at lectures is crucial to your
learning Coursework must be submitted on-time
(If you are ill or ..., contact your tutor and your class supervisor. There is a form to be completed)
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What’s expected of youAutumn and Spring terms
3 hours a week = two lectures, a terminal session
6 hours a week on your own – reading, doing the exercises, completing work started in the terminal sessions, working on projects, doing your assessments, revising for examination, following up on suggestions from your lecturers …
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What’s expected of youthe Summer term
Revise the material so that you have thoroughly learned the skills, acquired the concepts, and thought about the material– To help you, we provide access to past
examination papers for this module
Successfully completing the 2-hour examination
Your responsibilities What happens in … Lectures,
practical sessions StudyingAssessments What you’ll need Getting in touch with us What to do this week
About this module
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Lectures?
Basic information and fundamental concepts about computing and information technology are introduced
Students listen, ask questions, give feedback Opportunities for students to discuss Students can prepare for lectures by reading the
textbook and using on-line resources There may be some quick written feedback or a
short quiz
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Among the topics covered in the lectures:
HTML, CSS Basic interaction design Scripting: JavaScript Basic spreadsheet design Database design & Basic
SQL Networks, the Internet,
the web How computers operate How search engines work
Programming concepts Bits & bytes Algorithms Social and legal issues in
Information Technology Digital representation of
multimedia The importance of
software engineering The basics of security Limits to computation
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What happens in practical sessions? Learn by doing Work at terminals Some presentation about how to do
various things. Observe tutor and other students
'Practical sessions' = 'labs' = 'terminal sessions'
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Among the skills covered in the practical sessions:
Autumn term Writing HTML, CSS Writing JavaScript
Spring term Building professional Excel applications Building Access applications
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Among the skills covered in the practical sessions:
Autumn term HTML, CSS JavaScript
Spring term Excel Access
But I’ve already done a lot of Excel (or HTML or
…)
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Among the skills covered in the practical sessions:
Autumn term HTML, CSS JavaScript
Spring term Excel Access
But I’ve already done
Excel (or HTML or …)
Great – that will just make it easier to
get to a high standard
(of usability, design and
professionalism)
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Among the skills covered in the practical sessions:
Autumn term HTML, CSS JavaScript
Spring term Excel Access
Oh no, I don’t know the first thing about
HTML (or JavaScript or Excel or …)
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Among the skills covered in the practical sessions:
Autumn term HTML, CSS JavaScript
Spring term Excel Access
Oh no, I don’t know the first thing about
HTML (or JavaScript or Excel or …)
No problem. We always start out
with basic exercises and coursework,
before moving onto more sophisticated
approaches.
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Why we do what we do in CO332‘computer concepts and practice’ Computers and IT change rapidly, but
fundamental concepts remain valid for a long time
Applications change and develop, but the skills of learning to use applications continue to be valuable
But practical and hands-on experience with current application software and current technologies are necessary to ensure that useful skills are acquired
Your responsibilities What happens in … StudyingAssessments What you’ll need Getting in touch with us What to do this week
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On your own
After terminal sessions, complete any exercises that weren’t finished in the sessions
Read the textbook Apply what you have learned to situations
you know and can relate to (Make it your own)
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‘On your own’ study time
Our estimate is that you should be spending about 2 hours working on this module outside of class, for every hour you are expected to be spending in classes, lectures and seminars – that means, on average, 9 hours per week.– Some weeks more, some weeks less possibly– Some students more some students less
… What happens in … StudyingAssessments
courseworkexamination
What you’ll need Getting in touch with us What to do this week
About this module
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Coursework
50% of final mark 5 coursework marks (2 due in the autumn term,
2 due in the winter term, plus one over all) Usually there will be about three weeks from
when they are set to when they are due
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Coursework in the autumn term
1. Participation in classes (over the entire two terms)
2. HTML development
3. JavaScript development
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Coursework in the spring term
4. Spring group project – uses what you've learned in the autumn term
5. Spreadsheet development using EXCEL
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Examination
50% of your final mark In Summer term (May or June)
You can find past examination questions on-line from the module web site
Your responsibilities What happens in … StudyingAssessments What you’ll need Getting in touch with us What to do this week
About this module
You'll need
Access to Moodle materials
Access to the textbook
A log book
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Our textbook for this module
Fluency with Information Technology: Skills, Concepts & Capabilities (3rd or 4th Edition) by Lawrence Snyder Published by Addison-Wesley
You will be using the textbook
There are a limited number of copies in the library (10 copies of the 4th edition and 6 copies of the 3rd edition on ordinary loan, 3 copies on short loan, 1 copy on study loan)
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A Log Book
We expect you to have a log-book that you use in your practical sessions
You should buy an appropriate one and bring it with you to each of your practical sessions
We strongly recommend that you use one also for your work on coursework
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About us
Yang He is the module convenor and lectures on the module.Her email is [email protected]
Bob Keim also lectures on the module. His email is [email protected].
We have offices in the Medway Building Third floor
Contact us with any questions.
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Module web site
Visit it regularly, since we are adding material to it all the time
From it you should be able to find out whatever you need to know
http://moodle.kent.ac.uk
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Module forum
A place to communicate with other students and with your lecturers
It’s a good place to ask questions
Your responsibilities What happens in … StudyingAssessments What you’ll need Getting in touch with us What to do this week
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This week
Lectures Practical session
(Lab): using a text-editor
All this information is available from the module Moodle page.
(Post something to the Module Moodle forum!)
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On your own this week
Become familiar with the module’s web pages
Read chapter 5 of Snyder (Get access to the textbook – short term, library – long term purchase)
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Upcoming lectures
Networks, the Internet and the Web (rgk) html (1) (yh)
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