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Instructor. Dr. Ken Rodham rodham@cs.byu.edu 3370 TMCB 422-5498 Office Hours: By Appointment. To err is human; to make real mess, you need a computer.

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  1. Instructor • Dr. Ken Rodham • rodham@cs.byu.edu • 3370 TMCB • 422-5498 • Office Hours: By Appointment

  2. To err is human; to make real mess, you need a computer.

  3. "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

  4. 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

  5. How Computers Work • Information is stored in a computer

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

  7. Skills to Learn • How to learn new programs • We will cover • Internet - World Wide Web • Word Processing • Spreadsheets • Sound • Images • Animation • Video

  8. Skills to Learn • Structure of Information • Numbers • Characters • Words and Strings • Groups of named things • Arrays • Trees • Links

  9. Structure of the Course • Lectures • Text • Exploring the Digital Domain • Authors: Abernethy & Allen

  10. Structure of the Course • Computing Assignments • 1149 TMCB • Accounts • TAs • Jeremy • Dan

  11. Class Web Site • http://icie.cs.byu.edu/cs100

  12. 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

  13. 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

  14. Blackboard Blackboard will be used for: • Quizzes • Email • Grades

  15. Blackboard

  16. Blackboard

  17. Blackboard Quizzes, Email, & Discussion

  18. Blackboard Quizzes Email Grades

  19. Blackboard: Quizzes

  20. Blackboard: Email & Discussion

  21. Getting Help • Email (Blackboard) • TAs (1149 TMCB) • Instructor

  22. 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

  23. 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

  24. You Need • A 100 Megabyte Zip Disk (in Book Store) • A pair of headphones (Walkman style)

  25. Pornography • Zero Tolerance

  26. Structure of the Course • Questions?

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