CIS 120 01 - Computer Sci for the Liberal Arts

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Welcome to CIS 120!
You will find the syllabus to the course in the Handouts  section below (General Information section).
The assignment schedule is not attached to the syllabus. It is in a separate  document in the same section of the Handouts.
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  • HCI

    Name Description Status Source
    Web Design
    Web design guidelines
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    Web project Required HCI Project.pdf Edit Web project Delete Web project
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  • Networks

    Name Description Status Source
    Notes on networks and Graph theory
    Updated November 9
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    GraphExample
    A graph in Sketchpad
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    Network Project Required Network Project.pdf Edit Network Project Delete Network Project
    SketchPad graph for Project
    Download this file to complete the network project.This file can be opened with Geometer's SketchPad.
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    Review for Network Test Required CIS 120 Review for Network Test.pdf Edit Review for Network Test Delete Review for Network Test
    Review for network test-solutions Required CIS 120 Review for Network Test-solution.pdf Edit Review for network test-solutions Delete Review for network test-solutions
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  • General Information

    Name Description Status Source
    Syllabus Required CIS 120 syllabus fall 09.pdf Edit Syllabus Delete Syllabus
    Alice Assignments
    Updated October 19
         		Required Alice Schedule.pdf Edit Alice Assignments Delete Alice Assignments
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  • Women in Computing

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  • Alice Unit

    You will find here all material for the Alice unit of study.
    Name Description Status Source
    Alice Notes
    This file will be updated as we progress throught the unit. It contains the exercises referred to in the assignment schedule.
    Uploaded October 26.
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    Setting up the Initial scene
    This PowerPoint shows how to create the initial scene in Alice and gives some information about the 3D-object in Alice.
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    Storyboards Design Required StoryboardDesign.ppt Edit Storyboards Design Delete Storyboards Design
    Storyboard to code
    This PowerPoint presentation has been converted to pdf so that I could insert some demos. It works like theAudacity tutorial.
    This pdf file requires Adobe reader 9 ( available in our lab and in the math lab). You can download it for free be clicking here.
    To create the animation describe in this presentation download the world called DragonAndPrincess found in Alice Worlds Handouts Section.
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    FunctionsAndLoops
    Monday October 12 presentation
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    InteractivityWithAlice
    Monday October 19 presentation.
    This pdf file requires Adobe reader 9 ( available in our lab and in the math lab). You can download it for free be clicking here.
    This presentation uses files found in the Handout "Sound files" and the World named ch04Beetlband found in Alice under the tab textbook.
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    Sound files
    This zipped folder contains the sound files used in the World developed in class on Monday October 19.
    Since you might not be able to work with zipped folders on school computers the files are also on the Hdrive (H>Mathematics and Computing>Schep>CIS 120) in a non-zipped format. 
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    Interactivity2
    Wednesday October 21 presentation.
    This pdf file requires Adobe reader 9 ( available in our lab and in the math lab). You can download it for free be clicking here.
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    Alice project
    This file contains the description of the Alice project. It is important to read the whole project description including the grading rubric.
    An assignment in Coursework has been created to upload your completed project.
    Deadlines: October 28 and November 6.
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    KangarooCode-Solutions
    This file shows the solution for exercise 6 (the kangorro World). It shows the three methods you needed to add: hop, hopToFence and HopToObject. It also shows the very short my first method.
    Method hop and hopToObject are methods of the class Kangorro because they involve only the kangoroo, and method hopToFence is a World method.
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  • Alice Worlds

    In tis section you will find all the Worlds needed for your Alice class work or exercises.
    Name Description Status Source
    Princess and Dragon World
    You cannot open this file directly. You must download it first; open Alice, and open the file through Alice.
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    DragonAndPrincess
    World needed for the Storyboard to code presentation (Friday, October 9).
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    FlyingDragonAndPrincess
    World needed for Monday, October 12 class.
    Try downloading in Firefox rather than Internet Explorer.
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  • Notes

    Name Description Status Source
    Representing Data
     Bits and Bytes
    These are the notes you will need for the first unit of the course on data representation that will run through September 30. The section on graphics  is best viewed directly on the computer to capture the picutres colors and details. The other sections can be printed (although you can try to save a few trees!).
    If you want to download the document to your computer, right-click the link and choose "save link as" (or equivalent on Internet Explorer) and follow the dialog box instruction to save the file.
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  • Homework

    Name Description Status Source
    Homework solutions-Binary and Hexadecimals Required Bits and Bytes-exercise solutions.pdf Edit Homework solutions-Binary and Hexadecimals Delete Homework solutions-Binary and Hexadecimals
    Binary and hexadecimal practice
    Practice problems on binary and hexadecimal numbers
    Use these problems to review for test1. 
    Solution will be posted later.
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    Solutions Bits and Bytes Ex, 14-17
    Scientific notation and floating-point notation exercises solutions
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    Review for test 1
    5 bonus points on test 1 if you complete the practice problems by Wednesday, September 30 and show them to me at the beginning of class. No bonus points for late work.
         		Required CIS 120 Review for test 1-solutions.pdf Edit Review for test 1 Delete Review for test 1
    Review for test 1-Solutions
    Solutions for all problems of test 1 practice, including Binary and Hexadecimal practice.
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  • Ungrouped

    Name Description Status Source
    GraphicExplorer
    This zipped folder contains a program called GraphicExplorer and a folder of pictures. Download the folder to the computer. Then extract the files: navigate to where the folder is located, right-click on it, and select Extract all. Follow the instructions of the dialog box.
    A small demo of the program is on the tutorial/demo portlet. 
    		Required GraphicExplorer.zip Edit GraphicExplorer Delete GraphicExplorer
    Practice for Alice test
    Alice test is on Friday, October 31.
    Solution to the practice test will be posted Thursday.
    		Required CIS 120 Alice Practice test-fall09.pdf Edit Practice for Alice test Delete Practice for Alice test
    Practice for Alice test-solution Required CIS 120 Alice Practice test-fall09-solution.pdf Edit Practice for Alice test-solution Delete Practice for Alice test-solution
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    GraphicExplorer Demo
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    GraphicExplorer2_demo.swf
    GIMP-Change Picture
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    ChangePicture_demo.swf
    Introduction to Audacity
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    Required
    Introduction to Audacity.pdf
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  • Computing Careers

    NCWIT resource page
    Resources page of the Nationnal Center for Women and Information Technology
    This page has many links to find information about careers, women in IT, the "real life" of IT people, etc. 
    Required
    www.ncwit.org
    ACM Computing careers
    Computing careers website form the largest international computer science organization, the Association for Computing Machinery.
    Required
    computingcareers.acm.org
    Computing carreer site
    Sloan Career Corner Stone Center, another site to get information about computing careers
    Required
    www.careercornerstone.org
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  • Women in computing

    Women Entrepreneurs in IT
    Interviews of successful women entrpreneurs in IT companies, large and small, even non-profit.
    Required
    www.ncwit.org
    IBM WIT external links page
    IBM Women in Technology external links page. Provide links to a number of of website concerning women and technology.
    Required
    www-03.ibm.com
    IBM WIT Persona page
    Links to two pages full of interviews and portraits of women who made significant contributions at IBM.
    Required
    www-03.ibm.com
    Grace Hopper Celebration Awards Winner
    Short portraits of the awards winner of the 2009 Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing.
    Required
    gracehopper.org
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