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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  • General Information

    Name Description Status Source
    Practice for Alice test-solution Required Alice Practice test-solution.pdf Edit Practice for Alice test-solution Delete Practice for Alice test-solution
    Assignments-Alice unit
    Updated November 3
    Required Assignment Calendar-Alice-02-nov3.pdf Edit Assignments-Alice unit Delete Assignments-Alice unit
    Assignments Data Representation Unit
    Updated October 4
    Required DataRepresentationCalendar-sect02.pdf Edit Assignments Data Representation Unit Delete Assignments Data Representation Unit
    Practice test-Alice unit Required Alice Practice test-f 10.pdf Edit Practice test-Alice unit Delete Practice test-Alice unit
    ALice exercise 18 solution (JoeyFence and Tree) Required KangorooCode.html Edit ALice exercise 18 solution (JoeyFence and Tree) Delete ALice exercise 18 solution (JoeyFence and Tree)
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  • HCI

    Name Description Status Source
    Web Design
    Web design guidelines
    Required HCI web design.pdf Edit Web Design Delete Web Design
    Web project Required HCI Project- fall 2010.pdf Edit Web project Delete Web project
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  • Alice Unit

    You will find here all material for the Alice unit of study.
    Name Description Status Source
    Alice Notes
    It contains the reading and exercises referred to in the assignment schedule.
    Updated October 26
    Required Alice-fall10.pdf Edit Alice Notes Delete Alice Notes
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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
    Snowwoman and Penguin-sect2
    Complete World after section 2
    Required penguinAndSnowwoman-sect2.a2w Edit Snowwoman and Penguin-sect2 Delete Snowwoman and Penguin-sect2
    AliceExercise6
    Word for exercise 6
    Required AliceExercise6.a2w Edit AliceExercise6 Delete AliceExercise6
    WizardHockeyGame
    World for exercise 7 to 10
    Required WizardHockeyGame.a2w Edit WizardHockeyGame Delete WizardHockeyGame
    SnowwomaAndPenguin-sect4
    Complete World after section 4
    Required penguinAndSnowwoman-sect4.a2w Edit SnowwomaAndPenguin-sect4 Delete SnowwomaAndPenguin-sect4
    JoeyFenceAndTree
    World needed for exercise 18
    Required JoeyFenceAndTree.a2w Edit JoeyFenceAndTree Delete JoeyFenceAndTree
    SnowwomanAndPenguin-sect5
    SnowwomanAndPenguin World at end of section 5
    Required penguinAndSnowwoman-sect5.a2w Edit SnowwomanAndPenguin-sect5 Delete SnowwomanAndPenguin-sect5
    Interactive world
    World for Alice section 7
    Required InteractiveInstrumentInitial.a2w Edit Interactive world Delete Interactive world
    Sound files
    Sound files for Alice section 7 & 8
    Required Sound files.zip Edit Sound files Delete Sound files
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  • Notes

    Name Description Status Source
    Representing Data
     Bits and Bytes
    These are the notes you will need for the unit of the course on data representation that will run through Fall Break. The section on graphics  is best viewed directly on the computer to capture the colors and details of the pictures. This is the same file as the one on your CD except I just discovered that the conversion to PDF eliminated most of the formulas in the first part of the document. Hence the Word document on KC. Refer to this Web version for the sections on numbers.
    Required Bits and Bytes-f10 edited-2.docx Edit Representing Data Delete Representing Data
    Floating-Point Numbers worksheet Required FloatingPointNumbers.docx Edit Floating-Point Numbers worksheet Delete Floating-Point Numbers worksheet
    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
    Review For Test on Data Representation Required CIS 109 Review for test-DataRep.pdf Edit Review For Test on Data Representation Delete Review For Test on Data Representation
    Solutions to Bits and Bytes exercises on numbers Required BitsAndBytesBinaryHexFloatExSolutions.pdf Edit Solutions to Bits and Bytes exercises on numbers Delete Solutions to Bits and Bytes exercises on numbers
    Binary and Hexadecimal number practice Required Binary numbers practice.pdf Edit Binary and Hexadecimal number practice Delete Binary and Hexadecimal number practice
    Solution to binary practice Required Binary numbers practice-solution.pdf Edit Solution to binary practice Delete Solution to binary practice
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  • Women in Computing

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  • Networks

    Name Description Status Source
    Notes on networks and Graph theory Required Networks-fall10.pdf Edit Notes on networks and Graph theory Delete Notes on networks and Graph theory
    GraphExample
    A graph in Sketchpad
    Required GraphExample.gsp Edit GraphExample Delete GraphExample
    Review for Network Test
    The test on network is Thursday, September 9. The problems in this review and the homework exercises are good preparation for the test. It will be a short  test (about 30 min.)
    Solutions to the review will be posted on Wednesday at noon. It is very recommended to complete the problems BEFORE viewing the solutions. 
    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
    newgraph Required GraphExample.gsp Edit newgraph Delete newgraph
    Project Graph v4.7 Required project Graph-4.7.gsp Edit Project Graph v4.7 Delete Project Graph v4.7
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  • Ungrouped

    Name Description Status Source
    GraphicExplorer Demo Required GraphicExplorer2_demo.pdf Edit GraphicExplorer Demo Delete GraphicExplorer Demo
    GIMP-Change Picture Required ChangePicture_demo.swf Edit GIMP-Change Picture Delete GIMP-Change Picture
    Introduction to Audacity
    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.
    Required Introduction to Audacity.pdf Edit Introduction to Audacity Delete Introduction to Audacity
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  • Computing Careers

    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
    Computing careers website form the largest international computer science organization, the Association for Computing Machinery.
    Required
    computingcareers.acm.org
    Sloan Career Corner Stone Center, another site to get information about computing careers
    Required
    www.careercornerstone.org
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  • Women in computing

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

    Video introduction to pair-programming
    Required
    agile.csc.ncsu.edu
    Required
    www.surveymonkey.com
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