Computer Science Practicum – Writing Intensive

Who am I? Dr. Barry Wittman Not Dr. Barry Whitman Education: Hobbies: PhD and MS in Computer Science, Purdue University BS in Computer Science, Morehouse College Hobbies: Reading, writing Enjoying ethnic cuisine DJing Lockpicking Stand-up comedy

How can you reach me? E-mail: wittman1@otterbein.edu Office: The Point 105 Phone: (614) 823-2944 Office hours: MWF 10:00 – 11:15 a.m. MWF 2:00 – 4:00 p.m. R 2:00 – 5:00 p.m. And by appointment Website: http://faculty.otterbein.edu/wittman1/

Who are you? FAA Game

Why are we here? What’s the purpose of this class? What do you want to get out of it? Do you want to be here?

Course Overview

Course focuses Requirements analysis Agile software development Testing Project planning and management Documentation Version control Working as a team

More information For more information, visit the webpage: http://faculty.otterbein.edu/wittman1/comp4100 The webpage will contain: The most current schedule Notes available for download Reminders about projects and assignments Syllabus (you can request a printed copy if you like) Detailed policies and guidelines

Projects

One giant project 58% of your grade is one giant project You will work on teams of four to five students Each team gets to pick its project I am arranging possibilities, mostly with non-profit entities If you have contacts in the non- or for-profit world, I am happy to work with them

Phases Requirements Document: 10% (Due 01/25/2019) What is your program supposed to do? You will work with the customer to determine requirements Design Document: 10% (Due 02/15/2019) How will your program do what it's supposed to do? Basic Functionality and Testing: 15% (Due 03/22/2019) Have a baseline of functionality and a suite of tests Final Program and Documentation: 23% (Due 04/18/2019) Final, polished program, fully documented, with manual

Turning in projects Do not put projects in your public directories All projects will be committed to private repositories on GitHub (https://github.com/) before the deadline Do not put projects in your public directories Late projects will not be accepted Exception: Each team will have 3 grace days You can use these grace days together or separately as extensions for your projects You must inform me before the deadline that you are going to use grace days

Written Assignments

Research paper To fulfill the Writing Intensive nature of this course, you will complete a paper about an underrepresented minority who made contributions to computer science Topic: 2% (Due 01/18/2019) Outline: 6% (Due 02/01/2019) Rough Draft: 8% (Due 02/22/2019) Peer Feedback: 4% (Due 03/01/2019) Final Draft: 10% (Due 03/29/2019) The paper must be at least 2,500 words, excluding works cited

Reflection 2% of your grade will be a reflection written about working on the project, similar to the reflections from last semester The reflection must be turned in via Blackboard before the deadline

Course Schedule

Tentative schedule Week Starting Topics Notes 1 01/07/19 Develop Requirements 2 01/14/19 Topic Due 3 01/21/19 Project 1 Friday 4 01/28/19 Design Outline 5 02/04/19 6 02/11/19 Project 2 Friday 7 02/18/19 Implementation Rough Draft 8 02/25/19 Student Feedback 03/04/19 Spring Break 9 03/11/19 10 03/18/19 Project 3 Friday 11 03/25/19 Testing Final Paper 12 04/01/19 13 04/08/19 Reflection 14 04/15/19 Project 4 Thursday

Policies

Grading breakdown 58% Project 30% Paper 2% Reflection 10% Attendance

Grading scale A 93-100 B- 80-82 D+ 67-69 A- 90-92 C+ 77-79 D 60-66 B+ 87-89 C 73-76 F 0-59 B 83-86 C- 70-72

Attendance You are expected to attend class Attendance is expected of every student at every class meeting Class meetings will be used to work on team projects Unexcused absences hurt the team and will be penalized

Academic dishonesty Don’t cheat First offense: Second offense: I will give you a zero for the assignment, then lower your final letter grade for the course by one full grade Second offense: I will fail you for the course and try to kick you out of Otterbein University Refer to the Student Handbook for the official policy Ask me if you have questions or concerns Avoid plagiarism in your papers! Always cite your sources!

Learning Differences If you have a documented learning difference please contact Kera McClain Manley, the Disability Services Coordinator, to arrange for whatever assistance you need. The Disability Services is located in Room #13 on the second floor of the Library in the Academic Support Center. You are welcome to consult with me privately to discuss your specific needs. For more information, contact Kera at kmanley@otterbein.edu, (614) 823-1618 or visit Disability Services.

Housekeeping

Form teams! You are not required to be on the same teams as last semester However, you are free to be

Available projects Industrial-grade implementation of text-based video game development tool Interactive website that uses visualization of data to teach the statistics Database and web interface to manage the inventory of the Promise House food pantry Database and web interface for tracking volunteer work and certification at Otterbein Platform-independent mobile app for crypto-currency wallet

Upcoming

Next time… Form teams Pick projects

Reminders Form your teams! Search for projects if you aren't happy with the available ones Think about your topic for the research paper