Instructor
• Dr. Ken Rodham– [email protected]– 3370 TMCB– 422-5498– 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• http://icie.cs.byu.edu/cs100
Exams• Midterm 1 – May 20-21• Midterm 2 – June 10-11• Final Exam – June 19-20• 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
Blackboard
Blackboard will be used for:
• Quizzes
• Grades
Blackboard
Blackboard
Blackboard
Quizzes,Email, &Discussion
Blackboard
Quizzes
Grades
Blackboard: Quizzes
Blackboard: Email & Discussion
Getting Help
• Email (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
Structure of the Course
• Questions?
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