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Day/Time |
L01: TR 12:30 - 13:45 (MFH 160) |
Contact Information |
James Tam |
Office: ICT707 |
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Office hours: Monday 11:00 - 11:50 AM, Tuesday 2:00 - 2:50 PM (if I'm a bit late I could be just finishing off answering questions |
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Email: tamj@cpsc.ucalgary.ca |
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General information |
Official course information sheet (summary of official course requirements)My scheduleElectronic response system: TopHat Monacle: [JT's how-to guide] [Full help document]Estimating your term letter grade: [Spreadsheet] |
Tutorials (commence the week of Jan 18 - 24):
- Tutorials are a mandatory component of the courses. Time will be spent on the following: TA's teaching new skills, discussion of assignment requirements, completion of graded quizzes, and if possible some question and answer time.
- Schedule of activities for the tutorials: [Teaching teaching schedule] (Examples that I provide the TA's can be found on this link)
Tutorial No.
Date/Time
Location Instructor
T01 MW 10:00 AM - 10:50 AM MS 237 Parthasarathi Das dastheta@gmail.com T02 MW 11:00 AM - 11:50 AM MS 237 Tam Thanh Doan tam.doan2@ucalgary.ca T03 MW 12:00 PM - 12:50 PM MS 237 Nwanneka Okeoghene Onyejekwe nwanneka.onyejekwe@ucalgary.ca T04 MW 1:00 PM - 1:50 PM MS 237 Raushan Ara Dilruba rdilruba@ucalgary.ca T05 TR 11:00 AM - 11:50 AM MS 237 Shaikh Jeeshan Kabeer sjkabeer@gmail.com T06 TR 2:00 PM - 2:50 PM MS 237 May A. Sayed Mahmoud may.mahmoud2@ucalgary.ca Admin TA Konstantinos Xylogiannopoulos kostasfx@yahoo.gr Lab (Continuous tutorials or CT for short): CT will starting time is TBA
- In addition to my office hours and your time in lab there will be time set aside for you to ask questions. These sessions will typically be staffed by the tutorial instructors but they are not mandatory for students and are provided so that you can get help while you are in the computer lab.
- Continuous tutorial schedule: [CPSC 203 help times]
Topic
Lecture topic and notes
Extra supplement: you can purchase printed versions of the book for this course via the Student Union: [Bound and copied]
1
Administrative information and course introduction
[PDF notes] [PowerPoint]
2
Computer fundamentals
[PDF notes] [PowerPoint]
Chapter 1 (currently available in Bound and Copied)
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Logic
[PDF notes] [PowerPoint]
4
Spreadsheets: analyzing and visualizing information
[PDF notes] [PowerPoint] [Extra examples]
Chapter 2 (currently available in Bound and Copied)
5
Databases: storing and retrieving information
[PDF notes] [PowerPoint] [Example database]
Chapter 3 (done, should be available in Bound and Copied near end of week of Oct 11 - 17)
6
VBA macro programming (there is a recommended text in the bookstore - custom print by Wiley)
Part I: Introduction [PDF notes] [PowerPoint] [Example programs]
Part II: Intermediate concepts [PDF notes] [PowerPoint] [Example programs]Chapter 4 (done, should be available in Bound and Copied near end of week of Nov 29 - Dec 5)
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The Internet
[PDF notes] [PowerPoint]
8
Web design
HTML Tags: [PDF notes] [PowerPoint] [Example web pages]
Chapter 5: will be provided during the last lecture on Tuesday December 8. If you miss the class the remaining copies will be available outside of ICT707
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Computer security & privacy
[PDF notes] [PowerPoint] [Resources]
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Assignment submission requirements |
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Assignments: collaboration vs. cheating (what's allowed and not allowed for this class) |
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Partial assignment 1 (Advanced MS-Word worth 5%) Friday September 25 at 4 PM. |
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Assignment 2 (MS-Excel worth 10%) due Friday October 16 at 4 PM |
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Midterm examination information: Friday October 30 commencing at 4:30 PM in ICT102 [Link with exam information] |
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Assignment 3 (MS-Access worth 10%) due
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Assignment 4 (VBA MS-Word programming worth 10%) due Tuesday December 8 at 4 PM |
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The final exam will to be scheduled by university admin staff and not your course instructor: [See the exam schedule in PeopleSoft when the Office of the Registrar has scheduled it]. [Link with exam information] |