Bookable Office Hours

Your success in this class is important to me. You all enter this classroom with different sets of skills, and we all learn differently. In virtue of this fact, I open my office to you as an extension of the classroom. I am available for you during that time and if you can’t make it to the scheduled times, please let me know via email and together we will find a solution. There’s no incorrect way to approaach office hours, and they can be as formal or informal as you would like.

Equipment

You will need a modern laptop (4 years old or younger is a good rule of thumb). Limited numbers are available for checkout from the department. Commercial software required in the course will be made available on the laptops available for checkout. Other required software is freely available.

Teaching Style and Online Course Support

Classes will be a mixture of lecture, discussion, hands-on tutorials, homework review, presentations, and group work. You will need to come to class prepared with a laptop and headphones. Extensive online resources will be available on this course website

Grading

Grades for the course will follow the standard A through F letter grading system and will be determined by the following breakdown:

At most two (2) unexcused absences will be tolerated without effect to your grade. Any more than two (2) unexcused absences will result a lowering of your final grade by one whole grade for each unexcused absence. For example, three (3) unexcused absences will result in your highest possible grade being a B instead of an A. Four (4) unexcused absences will result in your highest possible grade being a C and so on. Six (6) unexcused absences would result in an automatic F for the course. Two (2) late arrivals will count for one (1) absence.

Assignments

There will be regular assignments that are relevant to the class material. These assignments must be documented (written description, photos, screenshots, screen recording, code, and video all qualify based on the assignment) on the class website. Each assignment is due by class time one week after they are assigned unless stated otherwise.

It is expected that you will spend 6 to 8 hours a week on the class outside of class itself.  This will include reviewing material, reading, watching video, completing assignments and so on. Please budget your time accordingly.

Each assignment will be marked as complete (full credit), partially complete (half credit), or incomplete (no credit). To be complete, an assignment should meet the criteria specified in the syllabus including documentation. If significant portions are simply not attempted it may be marked partially complete. If an attempt isn’t made to meet the criteria specified it will be marked incomplete.

Course Schedule

The course will be one time per week for three hours for a total of 14 weeks.

Communication

You must check your email for important updates about class.