Instructor Dr. Ken Rodham –3370 TMCB – –Office Hours: By Appointment

To err is human; to make real mess, you need a computer.

"Brother Maeser, I want you to remember that you ought not to teach even the alphabet or the multiplication tables without the Spirit of God." Brigham Young to Karl G. Maeser

Purpose of CS 100 Prepare to live in an information world Prepare for more training in computing NOT - to learn to program (CS 142) NOT - to become an expert in any particular software package

How Computers Work Information is stored in a computer

How Computers Work Processing Cycle Get Information Modify It Put it Back

Skills to Learn How to learn new programs We will cover –Internet - World Wide Web –Word Processing –Spreadsheets –Sound –Images –Animation –Video

Skills to Learn Structure of Information –Numbers –Characters –Words and Strings –Groups of named things –Arrays –Trees –Links

Structure of the Course Lectures Text –Exploring the Digital Domain –Authors: Abernethy & Allen

Structure of the Course Computing Assignments 1149 TMCB Accounts TAs –Jeremy –Dan

Class Web Site

Exams Midterm 1 – May Midterm 2 – June Final Exam – June Testing Center Multiple Choice Closed Book Untimed Keys will be made available in the lab after each exam

Quizzes Cover lectures and readings Help to prepare for exams and computing assignments Taken online through Blackboard Quiz dates will be announced in class and on Blackboard Keys will be made available in the lab after each quiz Quizzes cannot be taken late, but the two lowest quiz scores will be dropped

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Getting Help (Blackboard) TAs (1149 TMCB) Instructor

Late Policy All assignments due by class (4PM) Any assignment after that loses 20% Each week an assignment goes unsubmitted it loses an additional 20% After 5 weeks the assignment has no value

Cheating Talk to anyone you want about how to do the assignment Actually do the work yourself Copying or having someone else do the work is considered cheating and a violation of the University Honor Code

You Need A 100 Megabyte Zip Disk (in Book Store) A pair of headphones (Walkman style)

Pornography Zero Tolerance

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