| 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 when I teach in class, I record all my classes and capture notes on the Smartboard in the spring and fall. The recordings (audio) and the Smartboard are available for all students to use under Audio and Smartboard. This semester you should use the information from 2019 and some from Spring 2020. |
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| HELP schedule | I will try to set up some optional class Zoom meetings that you can attend. Check the week of information to see the times and dates. But first
you need to tell me some days and times that work for you. There will be tutors available for this class. You can check with the tutoring center or contact me for times and days. I will post the information when I get it. If you want to meet on Zoom with me, you can email me with a couple of times you can meet and usually one of those will work. I will send out the information to contact me on Zoom. I will post availability but you can also set something up with me. |
| Week #3 Week of September 15th |
INFORMATION: Looks like I am free Wednesday, Sept 17th from 11 to 1 so I can be available to answer questions and go over material. Let me know if you would like to come for help or to answer questions. This week we will start to look at databases and specifically we will work with Microsoft Access which is part of Office 365.Please look up a definition of a database and specifically one using Access. Here are some suggestions: What is a database Intro to databases What is Access Access can be downloaded through apporto (what we used last week to upload your pages to the web.) It is one of the possibilities under software. There is a lot happening this week so do not hesitate to contact me if you have questions or need help. EXAMPLES TO LOOK AT: Example I used in video Bristol serverExample I used in video my server TOPIC VIDEOS: Using Access - this is an old version using horizon instead of appartocomputer Introduction to using Access Introduction to using Access (youtube version) Access from Smartboard with flowcharts Access from Smartboard with flowcharts (youtube version) More Access Queries More Access Queries (youtube version) SMARTBOARD AND AUDIO NOTES FROM Spring 2020 and Fall 2019: There were two sections of the CIS120 last Fall (11:00 and 12:30)and each had two days of Smartboard and audio. I am showing them all so you can choose what to watch. Note also that you should look at the introSQL part next week.WinSCP and intro Access (9/10/19 11:00) Accompanying audio WinSCP and intro Access (9/10/19 11:00) Accompanying Smartboard presentation WinSCP and intro Access (9/10/19 12:30) Accompanying audio WinSCP and intro Access (9/10/19 12:30) Accompanying Smartboard presentation Access queries and intro SQL (9/12/19 11:00) Accompanying audio Access queries and intro SQL (9/12/19 11:00) Accompanying Smartboard presentation Access queries and intro SQL (9/12/19 12:30) Accompanying audio Access queries and intro SQL (9/12/19 12:30) Accompanying Smartboard presentation NOTES: Notes on getting to Access using apporto.
I should also add that gathering the infomation to send me pictures of the Access screens using apporto you should also open word and then you will find information at Insert/Screenshot/Tell me more. If you prefer to download and install you can log into Bristol and bring up Microsoft 365 apps and click on it. At the top right you will see Install apps and you want to click on that. From there you click on Microsoft 365 apps. That will lead you to the Install Office and Access is part of that. ASSIGNMENTS TO DO: This is a database assignment (it is due on Sept 25th) Access Database Assignment on BCC College Resources This assignment must be done with the Access user interface covered in the notes and examples. It should not be done with SQL - next weeks assignment will deal with SQL. It is acceptable to leave some data blank and makeup some data, but you should find some data on your own as well.There have been questions about the plan to use code in the past. The plan to use code is simply you saying whether you plan to use that resource. You can have a Y, N, M for yes, no, maybe or you can decide on your own codes. Feel free to make up data and leave some fields blank.The goal here is mostly testing the Access so look at the queries and see what fields are tested and therefore needed and try to make a pattern that works. Alternative: Instead of pasting on a document, you may send me the database you created as an attachment. It will look like there is a problem, but I can work around it usually when I receive it. CHECK BACK! |
| Week #2 Week of September 8th |
INFORMATION: Continue working on the web page. I will be loading the information you need to put it up on the web.TOPIC VIDEOS: Loading up your page has some complications, so I want you to spend some time looking at the video notes.Upload html page to cisweb Another on uploading using WinSCP Note that I need to be in the virtual machine to connect to cisweb via winscp and apporto gets me into the virtual machine Finally when you have it uploaded onto cisweb, you need to figure out the address to give to others to see the file or files you upload. There is a very short video on that. See page in browser If you get confused (I did too!) I want you to have time to work with me or the tutoring center. If you wanted to do more with WinSCP you should look at the notes I left under Older Notes on WinSCP and cisweb. OLDER NOTES ON WINSCP AND CISWEB: Before we started using Horizon. These are notes about some of the things you can do when you are connected to cisweb. In my notes I talk about cisweb.bristol.mass.edu. Things have changed and you should now use cisweb.bristolcc.edu and the port number should be 220. You can also check the notes on the Smartboard and the accompanying audio as well as the notes below. Again: 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 and 22 as the port, we are now using cisweb.bristolcc.edu as the host and 220 as the port. 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. Remember the host is cisweb.bristolcc.edu and the port is 220. ASSIGNMENTS TO DO: Assignment: Upload your web page(s) and images introducing yourself to the cisweb server and send me the address.Don't forget that you need to upload all the pages if you have more than one and all the images you used. I waited to give you a little more time to do your pages so the pages loaded online/on the internet assignment is not due until Sunday (Sept 21) and the basic pages from assignment one are still due on September 11th. Other work will be assigned in week #3 so I suggest you get the pages online on the web as soon as you can. Quiz #1: Quick Quiz that is due next Thursday (Sept 18th). There is a penalty for late quizzes. Check back! |
| Week #1 Week of September 1st |
INFORMATION: Lots of information this week!Intro to Fall 2025 CIS120 Intro to Spring 2025 CIS120 Intro to Fall 2024 CIS120 Intro to Spring 2024 CIS120 Intro recording from 9/4/2024 Each week, I will post information at the start of the week. Please check back several times during the week because I may add information and/or assignments as the week progresses. Check the help session for support! If you are just starting as a CIS major, I recommend that you double check your schedule with me if you have questions. You should have gotten login information at your Bristol email acount. Please be sure to check for it. We will use it at various points in the course. Please check the examples, the topic videos and the other resources posted at my site that I list and that relate to what we are covering. There are lots of resources at my site, some that we will never use. Please use the resources I tell you to use about the current topic beinging covered.When this course runs in class, I record my lectures (under Audio) and capture my notes and examples using Smartboard. These are available some from the Spring of 2020 but mostly from the Fall of 2019. I strongly recomment you look at them as well. We will look at HTML/HTML5 and CSS this week to develop a web page. Please look at the samples under Examples and reproduced here. So, to summarize. This week look at the examples under EXAMPLES TO LOOK AT and the explanation of these examples under TOPIC VIDEOS. You should also try out the SMARTBOARD AND AUDIO NOTES so you can hear the lecture and see the notes from the class. EXAMPLES TO LOOK AT: HTML5intro.htmlHTML5list.html HTML5headers.html HTML5CSSheaders.html HTML5CSSlist.html HTML5CSSimage.html HTML5centeredimage.html HTML5CSStable.html HTML5CSScenteredtable.html HTML5linkpage.html HTML5morelinks.html fileInSubHTML5.html anotherpage.html TOPIC VIDEOS: This is an intro from a previous semester in case you want to here a slightly different version (this is also out on youtube)Starting a NEW HTML page Starting a NEW HTML page (youtube version) Introduction to HTML Introduction to HTML (youtube version) Continuing HTML and introducing CSS Another HTML and introducing CSS (youtube version) Adding images and tables to your page Adding images and tables to your page (you tube version) linking between pages linkingbetween pages (youtube version) SMARTBOARD AND AUDIO NOTES FROM Spring 2020 and Fall 2019: First day and intro to HTML (1/23/20 11:00) Accompanying audioFirst day and intro to HTML (1/23/20 11:00) Accompanying Smartboard presentation Second day and more HTML/CSS (1/28/20 11:00) Accompanying audio Second day and more HTML/CSS (1/28/20 11:00) Accompanying Smartboard presentation ASSIGNMENTS TO DO: All assignments must be turned in using priscilla.grocer@bristolcc.edu.Assignments are due the Thursday of the week after they are assigned. So assignments for this week are due Thursday, September 11th. I would try to get it in sooner because their will be a couple of assignments the second week of classes. Your assignment for this week: HTML pages to introduce yourself (needs to include CSS and two pages linked together) 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. The HTML code needs to be code you write, you should not use a tool that generates code. Even if in the real world you decide to generate code, you need a basic understanding of how it works and you get that by writing your own code. If you use extra HTML that you research and use to create the page you need to explain the commands for extra credit. Note: You do not need to put your web page(s) on line the first week. We will do that in the future. |