This is CS46B

Instructor: Kathleen O'Brien
Email: Kathleen@laughton.com

A wireless laptop is required for this class

• bring it to every class and lab

These slides are at: www.laughton.com/obrien/sjsu/fall2012/cs46b/lessons/intro.html

Add Requests

• Email me by 1800 tonight
  • specify your classification (Freshman, ... senior1, senior2, Open University)
  • If you contacted me during the break, remind me.
• If there is space, I will reply to your email with an add code
• You must use your add code within 24 hours
  • email me to confirm that you added the class
  • or the add code will be reassigned to someone else.

Desire2Learn

• URL: https://sjsu.desire2learn.com/
• How to get username
  • Log on your my.sjsu.edu account
  • To find your username/password
    • Click on Self Service > Campus Personal Information > Names
    • locate your Desire2Learn name (look for Name Type called D2L
• For log in directions, go to this URL
  • URL: http://www.sjsu.edu/ecampus/
  • Scroll down.
  • Under Login, click Student
  • Your default password is your 9-digit student id
• Log in to D2L
• Click this class

In the content area

• green sheet
• other important information

Piazza

• We will be using Piazza for our discussion group
• I will check for questions several times a day
• May not get as good a response time as last semester
  • there were 3 of us answering questions then
• More important than ever for you guys to help each other.
  • you will get a point for each post
  • the totals will be curved and is 5% of your grade
• Do not post anonymously if you want credit for your posts
• Instructions for signing up are in the content area of D2L

Homework

• dropbox on D2Lfor homework
• Two homeworks due every week
  • draft
  • final
  • except for hw0 – only one version due before next class
• Homework due at 11:59 pm on Sunday and Tuesday.
  • not accepted late.
  • Plan ahead.
    • don’t tell me that the assignment closed at 11:58 rather than 11:59
• If D2L is down,
  • post on Piazza.
  • I will extend deadline if necessary

Pre-class Reading

• Assigned for every class
• A quiz covering the material due 11:59 on Sunday and Tuesday
• 5% of your grade

Required Lab Section

• You must attend the lab and do the assigned work
• You pust pass the lab to pass the class
• If you pass the lab, it counts as 5% of your grade
• everyone should be able to get a good score on the labs.
  • I will not curve those grades heavily – perhaps not at all
    
• The lab this week requires that you have NetBeans installed
  • netbeans.org

Lectures

• I will answer any questions you have about the homework first thing
• I won’t present whole chapter in PowerPoint slides
• I’ll cover tricky parts
• I'll go over anything you have a question about in the reading
• Ask clicker questions through Piazza
• Sometimes have an activity for you to do.
• Best thing you can do
  • take a look at the homework before class
  • ask lots of questions about it

Exams

• Two exams
• A Final
• Bring your laptop

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