| Schedule by week or unit | Information to cover Please note that the first assignment is at the bottom of the list posted here. You should do the work in order! I may add to the weekly schedule during the course of the week, so please check back multiple times. Please keep copies of all work you submit until you receive your final grade at the end of the semester. Play computer means to figure out the results yourself by evaluating the data rather than running the query. Remember that I tape all my classes and capture notes on the Smartboard in the spring and fall. The recordings (audio) and the Smartboard are available for online students or students who missed a class to use under Audio and Smartboard. |
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| Unit #13, #14 and #15 | Catch up time with no new assignments. Here is the status sheet that you should fill out and send to me. I will let you know if our records do not match. Required status sheet Your final is due on Thursday, Aug 22nd at midnight. It must be emailed to be at the address you use for homework and also to priscilla.grocer@bristolcc.edu. Final exam All homework must be passed in by Aug 26th. |
| Unit #12 | You should review HTML and Access briefly and start to look at Access database. with multiple tables. We will look at relational databases and implementation in Access. Normalization (3rd normal form) Student 4 table database Student 4 table data needed We will work on this database in class. I did a lot of the donation database in class last Spring, so I suggest you look at the Smartboard and listen to the audio. Assignments: Portfolio Project to start (must be done using HTML that you write): I want you to start creating an online portfolio. For CIS majors you can work on this throughout your time at BCC and develop a portfolio to help you when you are looking for a job. For now we are going to do a basic start. You should make a title page with basic information and a link to a second page that should contain a menu with links to a database that you upload, two JavaScript problems you have written and other work for this or another course. You can certainly incorporate your introductory page from week 1. The index or first page should have basic information. The second page should link to at least four things that you have done. You can put the work in the root of cisweb or you can put it in a folder. The address should be cisweb.bristolcc.edu/~yourusername/folder if any/name of the page. Remember that the port is now 220. If it is html page then it has a .html extension. The database has a .accdb extension. Check with me if you have problems. Access multiple table assignment Donation database. |
| Unit #11 | In the spring, a group of CIS alum came and spoke to the class (April 9, 2009). I suggest you listen to them - they talk about their careers. Your final is due August 22nd. It will be posted so that you have a week to work on it. Assignments: Visual Basic Assignment #2 Check back! |
| Unit #10 | We will start Visual Basic this unit. Download Visual Studio (scroll down a little for the 2017 version which is what we have in class) from Microsoft Use Community edition. I suggest you use the 2017 to match what we do in class. Look at the Visual Basic examples and be sure to look at the Smartboard and audio notes. I would suggest looking at both the Spring and last Fall (2018) to kind of go over it twice. Assignments: Visual Basic Assignment #1: I want you to redo the first JavaScript assignment but this time write the programs using Visual Basic. When you have written all the programs, zip the folder for each one of them up and attach them to the email you send. Alternatively you can zip them up and put them on cisweb and send me the address to download each program. Career and mentor paper: The mentors are professionals who went through the CIS program at BCC and are now working in the field or continuing their studies. They have generously volunteered to be an email mentor to discuss career and skills with current students. This assignment will need you to interview your mentor. I want you to write a paper about careers in the computer field. There should be two parts to the paper: The first part should be an interview with your mentor about the work he or she does in the computing field or if your mentor is continuing studies in computing, ask about the degree program he or she is in and what they would like to do when they complete their studies. You should also ask your mentor about the soft skills they find are important and why. Your paper should contain information about your mentor's job or degree program with several quotes from your mentor. The second part should be researching a career in computing that interests you and writing about what the job involves and the skills that are needed. This should include softskills. The paper should include notes citing your sources (I would estimate that you need at least a couple of pages to cover the goals well). In addition, send me a list of the questions you asked your mentor. The paper is due by August 9th (earlier would be appreciated). If you have trouble contacting your mentor, let me know and pass in the mentor part late (the research part must be on time to get full points). If you are too far behind on work and you need to send me a lot of work, I might not send you a mentor until you are more caught up and proved you are participating in this course. If you do not get a mentor this week and you do not think you are that far behind, be sure to contact me. Check back! |
| Unit #9 | We will continue with numbering systems and codes. Assignments: ASCII assignment Quick Quiz #3 Check back! |
| Unit #8 | Readings that will cover the information on if and loops. Decisions Decision making in JavaScipt IF at W3Schools Loops Looping in JavaScript Guess Game Logic Solution to practice exercises: While solution to problem #1 Do...while solution to problem #1 While solution to problem #2 Do...while solution to problem #2 Be sure you look at the guess game examples, they will help with taking in user input in a loop and with establishing a random number. Debug tool in Firefox We will wrap up JavaScript and then we will take a break from programming and look at numbering systems. Numbering systems and code This handout covers binary and hex well, but it was written over 20 years ago and the code information is historical and not current. We will look at 8-bit ASCII code in class and look at the link below. Reference for ASCII Assignments: Number Conversion Check back |
| Unit #7 |
Please read chapter #4 if you have the book. It is extra material on logic and flowcharts. We will continue with JavaScript and embedded logic this week. Assignments: Second JavaScript assignment Please pass in the logic flowchart or pseudocode for these problems as well. Please check back! |
| Unit #6 | We will continue with logic and concepts this unir and introduce JavaScript. If you have the book I suggest reading chapters #2 and #3. If
you do not have the book continue with the articles/videos I suggested in unit 4 and I will add a few more. Actually I think everyone should
read them. Basic video Assignments: Flowchart and Pseudocode assignment This is a quiz - you need to work on it individually because it is a quiz (that also means no resubmit). This quiz also counts more than the quick quizzes - guess I should have called it a test. It counts like a high-end homework. Extra Credit Assignment: The JavaScript example mathans.html checks for *. In class this spring, we modified it to check for * and to check for /. For extra credit you can modify it to check for * or / or + or -. My advice is to check the Smartboard and the accompnaying audio. Programming Assignment: First JavaScript Assignment Check back! |
| Unit #5 |
We will continue with logic and concepts this unit. For help on if statements, look at this presentation: Presentation on logical if structures Separate speaker notes to accompany presentation on logical if structures Assignments: Logic exercise Follow the logic flowchart and process the input, then tell me the output. Show the answers for the first four and then you can just show the messages. Logic PowerPoint assignment Play computer and determine the output. Quick Quiz #2 Check back! |
| Unit #4 | Mid June is Enrollment Verification time and I have to verify you are in the class. If you have not passed in work or the email a week
verifying you are in the class, then you need to contact me now to make sure you are not withdrawn from the class. Reading - there is not a required text but there is reading that will add to your knowledge base and that is required: If you bought the optional text, read chapter 1 (you might note that at Amazon much of the first chapter is available for Just Enough Programming Logic and Design in the Look inside feature). Might help you decide about the book. Compiler definition Compiler vs interpreter Types of software Memory and RAM Programming Process Examples: Pseudocode and Flowcharts Pseudocode and Flowcharts If statements Loops Data types I also want to include some information on skills, so please listen to this video and read this handout about note taking. Note taking plus other techniques for being successful -I suggest checking out the other links on this page . Cornell method of note taking We went over SQL last week. Here are some examples you may find helpful: Some SQL examples Let me know if you find a typo. This week, we will go over some of the principles from the readings above and start looking at logic. We will work on the practice exercise below. Practice exercise: Practice exercise Practice continued Be sure to look at the solutions to the practice and I also recommend listening to the accompanying audio. Presentation on using pseudocode to play computer Separate speaker notes to accompany presentation on using pseudocode to play computer For help on if statements, look at this presentation: Presentation on logical if structures Separate speaker notes to accompany presentation on logical if structures Please look at this PowerPoint on loops and repetition: Presentation on structure (focus on loops) Separate speaker notes to accompany presentation structure (focus on loops) Assignments: Logic Assignment Check back! |
| Unit #3 | This may take more time - this and unit #2 have a lot of new stuff so take the time you need. Some of the units after this students tell me
are easier! If you have questions - ASK! Directions for downloading Access are located under Notes and Handouts. Using Office 365 to download the suite is probably the easiest approach. Here are some articles you can read if you want support in working with Access. Many go beyond what we are doing in class. They are a resource you can choose to use. Create a table Create a query Create a table from Microsoft Create a table (uses older version of Access) Create a query (uses older version of Access) Introduction to SQL W3Schools on SQL This unit starts to look at SQL in Access. Examples of Access queries done in class: Query examples from 11:00 class Query examples from 12:30 class Example using Access 2016. Note that it is hard to tell the difference between versions - all these examples work in 2016: Sample Access 2016 database Note there is an accompanying presentation explaining this example under presentions Note, there is no makeup/resubmit on group projects. Assignments: The first assignment is a group assignment that I want you to work on with someone else in the class. When you are ready to do this, let me know and I will give you a partner that is also ready. You can communicate via email (if you want to meet that is fine too). The group project should be done using the user interface, not SQL. Please note that in the groups you should both work on all the problems! You are working together as a group! Note: On the flowcharts in the assignment, sometimes the word Technology is cut off and you see Course instead of Course Technology. Group DB assignment Group DB assignment (html version) Answer sheet for group project Book Database to use in answering questions (Access2016, 2013) Database assignment to query with SQL: Examples of SQL are available at my site and on the Smartboard and audio of the springs classes. I strongly suggest you do not start this assignment until you have gone over SQL. You need to send me the database and a list of the SQL queries you wrote so that if the queries get "Microsoft fixed" I can see what you wrote. Remember, the queries have to all be done in SQL. This is not a group project. It needs to be done individually. Softskills database to query with SQL Check back! |
| Unit #2 | This unit we will look at uploading a web page to our cisweb. Your user name and password for working with cisweb was sent to you at your bcc email. More about soft skills - please read We will also start looking at Microsoft Access 2016 this week. If you would like a copy for your computer you could choose to download Microsoft Access 2016 from Office 365. Access 2016 using Office 365 Please do not change any of the passwords we have given you. I need to be able to get to your site as does the IT staff if there is a problem. Several of you have asked about words for different colors. Here is a link: Color Names Uploading to the Web: Presentation on uploading to the web More information on uploading. In some of my notes I talk about cisweb.bristol.mass.edu. Things have changed and you should now use cisweb.bristolcc.edu. you need to also change the port to 220. We looked at login to cisweb during the spring as well, so check the notes on the Smartboard and the accompanying audio as well as the notes below. To load things up on the Internet, we use WINSCP. Please read the WINSCP and cisweb information: (note that in my examples I use cisweb.bristol.mass.edu as the host, we are now using cisweb.bristolcc.edu as the host although the old one is still supported). Here is information about using cisweb and WINSCP at BCC Talks more specifically about portfolio We will be looking at making a portfolio later in the semester. If you want to download WINSCP at home, you can find it at this address. WINSCP Again, please remember to change the port to 220. Access2013 example and explanation: Sample Access 2013 database Note there is an accompanying Smartboard explaining this database under presentations - there have not been many changes between Access2013 and 2016 in the areas we are looking at so these notes are fine. Access 2013 example explanation - database is under examples Other examples are at my site under Examples and under presentations. The databases we created in class a previous semester are shown below so you can take a look: Created in 11:00 a previous year (student.accdb) Created in 12:30 a previous year (studb.accdb) I suggest you look at the notes in this presentation and try to create the table following the steps. Presentation on creating an Access 2016 database and table Presentation going over first few HTML examples I created it to send to some students who were having trouble with HTML Assignments: Assignment #1: Upload your web page introducing yourself to the cisweb server and send me the address. Extra credit if you experiment with linking and try links that involve subfolders going back and forth and a link to an outside page. Assignment #2: Quick Quiz #1 Assignment #3: Access Database Assignment on BCC College ResourcesThis assignment must be done with the user interface we have looked at in class, it should not be done with SQL - next weeks assignment will deal with SQL. it is acceptable to leave some data blank but you should find some data on your own as well. Check back! |
| Unit #1 | Lots of information in this unit! There are more weeks in the spring/fall semesters than in the summer. So instead of weeks I use units. There are 15 units (the last unit is the final) that must be done. Each student must complete all the units so some weeks you will need to do two units or get ahead and do three units. I will post the units so that you have that flexibility. Please check back several times during the week because I may add information. If you are just starting as a CIS major, I recommend that you double check your fall schedule with me. You have gotten or will be getting invitations and login information in the next few days at your BCC email acount. Please be sure to check for them. I leave up the Smartboard Notes and audio lectures from previous semesters since much of the material is the similar. I strongly recommend using the audio and the Smartboard for each unit to clarify the information being covered. Unit #1 covers the same material that was covered during the spring 2019 semester as week #1. You should look up Smartboard presentations on topics that you want to go over. I record the lectures and capture the Smartboard notes during the Spring and Fall. On line students can use these to help understand the material covered in class. In the summer Unit #1 matches (as close as possible) the material I went over in Week #1 etc so you too can use the audio and Smartboard notes to provide the information you need. If you go to audio and Smartboard you will find these recordings and captured Smartboard notes that should help you with the assignment. I took these from Spring 2019, you could also take them from Fall 2018 etc. Since the audio and the Smartboard are separate, you need to work on a way to figure out when to move to the next page in the Smartboard notes. Smartboard: First day and intro to HTML (1/24/19) Accompanying audio More intro to HTML and server (1/29/19) Accompanying audio Audio: First day and intro to HTML (1/24/19) Accompanying Smartboard presentation More intro to HTML and server (1/29/19) Accompanying Smartboard presentation Please be sure to use the audio and Smartboard. They really contain the explaination of the material that needs to be learned. We will start looking at HTML/HTML5 to develop a web page this week. Please look at the samples under Examples. These are the pages you need to go over and understand: HTML5intro.html HTML5list.html HTML5linkpage.html HTML5CSSlist.html HTML5headers.html HTML5CSSheaders.html HTML5CSSimage.html HTML5centeredimage.html HTML5CSStable.html HTML5CSScenteredtable.html HTML5morelinks.html fileInSubHTML5.html There is an HTML presentation that also looks at writing code with HTML. It is under presentations and it is zipped. Note that it does not use examples with the optional DOCTYPE on the first line. Zipped version of Introduction to HTML A great reference for writing HTML is W3Schools Note that I will not always repeat the address here in the week of - I will just point you to where it can be found. Please note that this class used to be CIS17 and some of the handouts will say CIS17, that is why I refer to the class as CIS120/CIS17. Remember that the CSS (College Success Strategies) skills are embedded in this course. For example time management and learning style readings will help you to write the web page introducing yourself and telling me how you are going to handle your time and use your knowledge about learning styles to be successful in this course. If you complete this course, you do not have to take the College Success Strategies course. For us there are two definitions of CSS - one is the College Success Strategies and one is Cascading Style Sheets. Here are some links where you can find information on HTML and CSS: I frequently search with the word "tutorial" and the subject when I want basic information. HTML: http://www.w3schools.com/html/html_intro.asp Many students find this the best http://www.tizag.com/htmlT/ http://www.html.net/tutorials/html/ Cascading Style Sheets: http://www.w3schools.com/css/default.asp/ Many students find this the best http://www.tizag.com/cssT/ www.csstutorial.net/ Remember that to see the code you wrote, right click and view source. I used Firefox to make my examples. A member of the last class found this article interesting: Improve your time management Assignments: All assignments must be turned in using the email addresses that I sent you. We will be looking at soft skills later in the semester and as a foundation for that, I want you to take this survey: Survey Send me an email letting me know you have taken it. Your assignment for this week: HTML page to introduce yourself (needs to include CSS) I should clarify that you should use a lot of the HTML in the examples so you should use things like lists, tables, images, CSS etc to get the best grade. If you use extra HTML that you research and use to create the page you need to explain the commands for extra credit. Also extra credit for having more than one page and linking them. Email me if you have questions! Accuracy is important when you are instructing a computer, so if your work is not correct I return it to you with comments and ask that you fix and resubmit. Quizzes and tests cannot be resubmitted unless I specifically say they can. |