Revision as of 16:05, 5 January 2011

Strategy

course design for our particular cross-section of students
- three-stage exposure of course material
  - in-class exercises
  - workshops
  - assignments - real-world related to maximize motivation
- tutorial support for weakly structured domains (Jordan and Chris)
  - examples only
  - examples and problems
  - problems only
public course web sites
- comprehensive view of the course material
  - lecture notes
  - exercises
  - workshop problems
  - assignment specifications
  - practice problems
- read only - editable by authors alone
- creative commons attribution only 2.5 license - faculty copyright
- readily upgradable
integration of the course web sites within the SCS Drupal site
- should any sections be excluded
Moodle learning management system - password protected
- assignment submission mechanism
- grade reporting mechanism
- forums and discussion boards
wikis
- open for editing by registered members
course notes
- colour coded to facilitate readability


Course Code	Web Site	In-Class	Workshops	Tutorial Support	Assignments	SCS Integration	Remarks
BTP100	btp100	btp100/pages/exercises	btp100/pages/workshops	to be considered	btp100/pages/assignments	to be considered	on schedule
BTP200	btp200	btp200/pages/exercises	btp200/pages/workshops	to be considered	btp200/pages/assignments	to be considered	on schedule
BTP300	btp300	btp300/pages/exercises	btp300/pages/workshops	to be considered	btp300/pages/assignments	to be considered	well ahead
OOP244	oop244	oop244/pages/exercises	oop244/pages/workshops	partially implementented	oop244/pages/assignments	to be considered	on schedule
GAM666	gam666	to be considered	to be implemented	to be considered	to be considered	to be considered	on schedule

The TEL Series on Software Development

Completion Status
Title	Courses	Remarks
Introduction to the C Language	IPC144 BTP100	content to be reviewed
Introduction to C++ for C Programmers	OOP244 BTP200	December 2010 edition
Object-Oriented Programming Using C++	OOP344 BTP300	content to be reorganized
Introduction to Game Programming for C++ Programmers	GAM666 DPS901	content to be compressed

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-= Course Notes =
+= Published Course Notes =
 The TEL Series on Software Development
-* Minimum four volume series
+* Initially a four volume series
 * Up to date with current standards
-* Conversion of public web pages to printed form
+* Public web pages converted to printed form
-* Designed for use in tests and exams
+* Designed for use in tests and exams as well as lectures
 * Printed at Newnham and sold in the Bookstore
-* Minimal cost for our students
+* Affordable to our students
-* Colour versions can be printed once the cost drops
+* Colour versions can be printed once the colour costing drops
 * Creative Commons Attribution only 2.5 license
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+{| class="wikitable" border="1" cellpadding="5"
 |+ Completion Status
 ! Title !! Courses !! Remarks