Faculty

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 learn why Microsoft products misbehave

Skills to Learn How to learn new programs We will cover –Internet - World Wide Web –Wordprocessing –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 Instructors –Dan Olsen –Cory Barker –Paul Roper Text –Exploring the Digital Domain - Abernethy & Allen Printed Lecture Slides –Bookstore Packet Center

Structure of the Course Computing Assignments –1149 TMCB –Accounts

Class Web Site

Class Web Site Finding the handout Copy of this handout

Class Web Site Finding assignments and help on lectures

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

Graded Homework

Blackboard Blackboard will be used for: Quizzes Grades

Blackboard

Quizzes, , & Discussion

Blackboard Quizzes Grades

Blackboard: Quizzes

Blackboard: & Discussion

Getting Help (Blackboard) TAs (1149 TMCB) Instructors

Late Policy All assignments due by 1:00PM 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

Structure of the Course Questions?

How Computers Work Information is stored in a computer

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

How do we know where the information is? By Address –(give every storage place a number) By Name By search Get Information Modify It Put it Back

The Human Computer