CS 1510 Intro to Computing

Readings before class - ZyBook "participation" activities and readings are due before the class they are assigned but are graded on Fridays at 11:59pm.  Each section usually takes on average 10 minutes complete (although some might take a little more time and some might take a little less time).  "Challenge" activities are optional and may be used as examples in class. Chapter sections marked as optional will not be graded, but they will better help you understand Python.

Topics/Notes - Any class notes will be linked here. If you miss a class, screencasts are provided through eLearning. (Note - screencasts are only meant as note suppliments. You may miss things written on the board or in-class activities/bonus points.)

Assignments - Assignments should be submitted on the program submission system before they are due. The system will automatically run your program and report any errors. If you do not understand what the system means if it returns an error, it is your responsibility to ask. Assignments can be turned in up to two days late with a 10% penalty deducted per day.

Week #1
Date	Activities Assigned	Topics/Notes	Due Today by 11:59pm
8/25	Get the online textbook: Instructions here	Class Notes - Course Introductions	No programming assignment this first week.
8/27	zyBook 1.1 - 1.2	Class Notes - Understanding the history and basics of computers
8/28		Lab #1 in CEE 016A (check your assigned lab times)
8/29	zyBook 1.4 -1.6	Advice from last fall's students - Log into your UNI account to view Finish class notes from Wednesday	zyBooks participation due for week #1

Week #2
Date	Activities Assigned	Topics/Notes	Due Today by 11:59pm
9/1	Holiday, no class
9/3	zyBook 1.7	Starting to write programs Example program from class
9/4		Lab #2 in CEE 016A
9/5	zyBook 1.8 - 1.10 HW #1	Starting to write programs (Notes and examples from zyBook)	zyBooks participation due for week #2

Week #3
Date	Activities Assigned	Topics/Notes	Due Today by 11:59pm
9/8	zyBook 1.11 - 1.13	Notes - More with data and types (Notes and examples from zyBook)
9/10	zyBook 2.1 - 2.2	Notes - Introducing Branching in Python (Notes and examples from zyBook)	HW #1 due
9/11		Lab #3 in CEE 016A
9/12	zyBook 2.3 - 2.4 HW #2	Notes - Boolean and Relational Operators (Notes and examples from zyBook)	zyBooks participation due for week #3

Week #4
Date	Activities Assigned	Topics/Notes	Due Today by 11:59pm
9/15	zyBook 2.5 - 2.7	Notes - More if/else (Notes and examples from zyBook)
9/17	zyBook 3.1 - 3.3	Class Notes - Introducing For and While Loops	HW #2 due
9/18		Lab #4 in CEE 016A
9/19	zyBook 3.4 - 3.5 HW #3	Class Notes - Lab Debrief and More Practice	zyBooks participation due for week #4

Week #5
Date	Activities Assigned	Topics/Notes	Due Today by 11:59pm
9/22	zyBook 3.6 - 3.7	Class Notes - Advanced Looping
9/24	zyBook 3.8 - 3.9	Class Notes - Nested looping	HW #3 due
9/25		Lab #5 in CEE 016A
9/26 No Class	HW #4	Lab 5 Demonstration Watch Class Video Here	zyBooks participation due for week #5

Week #6
Date	Activities Assigned	Topics/Notes	Due Today by 11:59pm
9/29	Powerpoint notes	Class Notes- Algorithms and Program Development
10/1	zyBook 4.1 - 4.2	Class Notes - Introduction to Strings	HW #4 due
10/2		Lab #6 in CEE 016A
10/3	HW #5	Class Notes - Working with Strings	zyBooks participation due for week #6

Week #7
Date	Activities Assigned	Topics/Notes	Due Today by 11:59pm
10/6	zyBook 4.3 - 4.4	Class Notes - More with Strings - Methods
10/8	zyBook 4.5	Class Notes - More with Strings - Penny Math	HW #5 due
10/9		Lab #7 in in CEE 016A
10/10		Lab 7 Debrief and Midterm Exam Prep Preparing for the Exams Programming Exam Question Bank Reference Sheet - you may use the first page on the exam	zyBooks participation due for week #7

Week #8
Date	Activities Assigned	Topics/Notes	Due Today by 11:59pm
10/13	Extra Credit Day Bring your laptops	Programming Exam Practice
10/15	Note: Test in Sabin 102	Concepts Exam #1
10/16	Note: Test in in CEE 016A	In-lab Exam #1
10/17	Extra Credit Day	Career Services will give a talk on how you can leverage your coding skills to go towards a job or internship. This talk will not be recorded.

Week #9
Date	Activities Assigned	Topics/Notes	Due Today by 11:59pm
10/20	zyBook 6.1-6.3	Defining your own functions (zyBook used in class)
10/22	zyBook 6.4-6.6	Class Notes - More on functions
10/23		Lab #8 in CEE 016A
10/24	zyBook 7.1-7.3 HW #6	Class Notes - Introducing Lists	zyBooks participation due for week #9

Week #10
Date	Activities Assigned	Topics/Notes	Due Today by 11:59pm
10/27	zyBook 7.4-7.5	Class Notes - More Lists
10/29	zyBook 7.6-7.8	Class Notes - Lists - Indexing and Sorting	HW #6 due
10/30		Lab #9 in CEE 016A
10/31	HW #7	Class Notes - Intro to Files	zyBooks participation due for week #10

Week #11
Date	Activities Assigned	Topics/Notes	Due Today by 11:59pm
11/3	zyBook 5.1-5.2	Class Notes - More Files
11/5		Class Notes - Using Files and Lists to Parse Text	HW #7 due
11/6		Lab #10 in CEE 016A
11/7	HW #8	Lab 10 review	zyBooks participation due for week #11

Week #12
Date	Activities Assigned	Topics/Notes	Due Today by 11:59pm
11/10	zyBook 8.1 and 8.2	Class Notes - Introduction to Dictionaries
11/12	zyBook 8.3 and 8.4	Dictionary frequency analaysis sorted by key or value: Letter Count (Alphabetical Sort) - Sort dictionary by key Letter Count (Frequency Sort) - Sort dictionary by frequencey/value	HW #8 due
11/13		Lab #11 in CEE 016A
11/14	HW #9	Introduce Homework 9, more dictionary examples (Lab 11 explanation on eLearning)	zyBooks participation due for week #12

Week #13
Date	Activities Assigned	Topics/Notes	Due Today by 11:59pm
11/17	zyBook 9.3-9.4	Class Notes- Namespaces and Memory
11/19	zyBook 10.1	Class Notes - Sets	HW #9 due
11/20		Lab #12 in CEE 016A
11/21		TBD	zyBooks participation due for week #13

Week #14
Date	Activities Assigned	Topics/Notes	Due Today by 11:59pm
12/1	zyBook 11.1-11.3 HW #10	Class Notes - Intro to Searching
12/3	zyBook 11.5	Class Notes - More Searching
12/4		Lab #13 in CEE 016A
12/5		Class Notes - Sorting	HW #10 due zyBooks participation due for week #14

Week #15
Date	Activities Assigned	Topics/Notes	Due Today by 11:59pm
12/8	Anonymous Survey on eLearning for participation points	Programming Final Review - In-class lab final review session Preparing for the Exams Programming Exam Question Bank Reference Sheet - you may use both pages on the exam
12/10	No Class	No class, study for programming final
12/11	Note: Test in CEE 016A	In-Lab Exam #2
12/12		Concepts Final Review	Anonymous Survey due for week #15

Week #16
Date	Activities Assigned	Topics/Notes	Due Today by 11:59pm
Finals	Note: Final Exam in SAB 102 at 10:00 - 11:50am	10am class on Monday, December 15 11am class on Tuesday, December 16