IT 211 -- Announcements
- Mar 16. The in-class final exam is on Monday, March 18, from 1:30am to 1:45am.
- Mar 13. For Project 7, the __str__ method in the
automobile.py file has been changed to
def __str__(self): return f"Model: {self.model} -- Color: {self.color}"Previously color was returned twice, which didn't make sense. - Mar 9. Online students: final exam signup is open on D2L. Please sign up for a slot to take the final exam. Some of the slots may fill up, so sign up as soon as possible.
- Mar 4. Two typos were fixed in the pseudocode for Project 6:
(1) The line "Initialize counter to 0" should be "Initialize counter to 1", so that the numbering of the photos within each album starts at 1.
(2) The format string "{:s}/{:03d}-{:%s}" should have the % removed to be "{:s}/{:03d}-{:s}". - Mar 4. Translate the pseudocode line
Assign folder_name to previous_album.
as
previous_album = folder_name
- Feb 28. A Pseudocode section has been added to the end of Project 6. Let me know if you need clarification or if you find any typos in the pseudocode.
- Feb 25. The due date for Project 5 has been changed to Friday, March 1.
- Feb 25. A couple of modifications have been added to the pseudocode for Project 5 to make it easier to translate into Python.
- Feb 18. The due date for Project 4 is Tuesday, Feb 19.
- Feb 16. The due date for Quiz 4 is posted on D2L as Feb 24 instead of Feb 17. Rather than moving up the due date at the last minute, there will be no new quiz this week; Quiz 5 will open on Feb 21.
- Feb 12. Quiz 4 is posted. It will be due Sunday, Feb 24. You should probably wait to take the quiz until after class on Wednesday, Feb 13, so you can see the discussion of user defined methods before you take Quiz 3.
- Feb 3. The Quiz3 questions and correct answers will be posted tonight at 12 midnight after the quiz closes (in case any of you are studying after midnight.) Please take Quiz 3 before then if you have not yet done so.
- Feb 3. The due date for Project 3 is moved back to Feb 7.
- Feb 2. Please take Quiz 3 by Sunday night.
- Feb 1. There will be no quiz this week because of the Midterm Exam. Quiz 4 will be posted on Friday, Feb. 8 and will close on Sunday, Feb 17.
- Jan 31. Lecture notes are posted for the canceled Wednesday class. The topic is Sequential Processing, which will help you for Project 3.
- Jan 28. Class is canceled for Wednesday, Jan 31, due to cold weather. Therefore the in-class midterm exam will be moved to Wednesday, Feb 6. Slots for the online midterm section start on Wednesday night, Feb 6 at 6pm. Check the home page of the DePaul Website for class closing information.
- Jan 26. The midterm exam for the in-class section is on Monday, Feb 4. Signup is also available on D2L for the online section. Please sign up as soon as possible.
- Jan 26. Quiz 3 is posted on D2L with a close date of Sunday, Feb 3. Also, Quiz 2 closes tomorrow, Sunday, Jan 27.
- Jan 24. The due date of Project 2b has been changed to Thursday, Jan 31.
- Jan 21. Here are some of the common deductions that were made on the scores for Project 1. These
deductions may be larger on subsequent projects:
1Maximum deduction on future projects.Deduction Project 1 Future1 Bad File Name2 -2 -5 No Header3 -2 -5 No Source Code Comments -3 -10 Spelling Mistake in Output -1 -3
2File name of script should be proj1Smith.py or proj1Smith.zip where you replace Smith by your last name. This is so that files sort in alphabetic order.
3No header with name, project number, and submit date. - Jan 21. When emailing the professor a script for help, also use the naming convention proj1Smith.py. Email or submit the .py file, not a screen dump.
- Jan 21. The questions and correct answers are posted for Quiz 1 on this class website. Use the D2L Quizzes link on the left side of the Announcements Page.
- Jan 19. Remember to take Quiz 1 by 11:59pm on Sunday, Jan 20. You are allowed 3 attempts. Quizzes cannot be taken late.
- Jan 19. Quiz 2 is posted. It is due on Sunday, Jan 27.
- Jan 16. The dropboxes for projects 2a and 2b are posted.
- Jan 14. Question: When should you take the quizzes?
Answer: Remember that you can take each quiz up to 3 tries. You can your first try fairly soon after the quiz is posted to know what the questions are. Wait to take your second and third tries on Thursday or Friday, 3 or 4 days before the quiz is due in case I give any hints for the quiz in class. Don't wait until the Sunday night that the quiz is due because you might fall asleep and miss the quiz. Remember, quizzes cannot be taken late. - Jan 14. Project 1 is due on Thursday, Jan 17. Each project is due at 11:59pm.
- Jan 14. There is no live class meeting or recorded lecture on Martin Luther King Day, Monday, Jan 21.
- Jan 12. Point of clarification for online students: The document that you submit to the Attendance dropbox is a one-time submission to verify that you are not a no-show and intend to remain in this class. You don't have to submit an Attendance document every week.
- Jan 11. Quiz 1 is posted on D2L. Remember that you are allowed 3 tries for this quiz. Quiz 1 is due on Sunday night, Jan 20, at 11:59pm. Quizzes cannot be taken late.
- Jan 11. If you are in the online section, the due date for the Attendance document is Jan 15, not Jan 22.
- Jan 10. Clarification message to online students: you don't have to come to class if you are in the online section, although you are welcome to attend the live class meetings whenever you wish. Please submit a document to the Attendance dropbox stating that you wish to remain in the class. Submit this document by Tuesday, Jan 15. If you do not wish to remain in this class, drop by Friday, Jan 18.
- Jan 9. Pseudocode has been added to the Project 1 Description.
- Jan 7. The first live meeting of IT 211, Section 501, will be on Monday, January 7, at 11:50am, in CDM 216.
- Jan 7. On Wednesdays, we meet in the computer lab CDM 819.
- Jan 7. Office hours are on Mondays and Wednesdays, from 1:30pm to 3:00pm. Meet me in my office, CDM 744, or in the 4th floor CDM Computer Lab.
- Jan 7. Download Python, which includes IDLE, from this site:
https://www.python.org/downloads/. We will use the IDLE editor to create Python scripts for this class. - Jan 7. Attendence and participation may make a difference in your course grade with borderline cases.
- Jan 7. Weekly quizzes count 10% of your grade. Each week on Friday, a D2L quiz will be posted, which will be due the following Friday. Each quiz will have 5 multiple choice questions. Quizzes cannot be submitted late.
- Jan 7. Set the Microsoft Explorer on your Windows PC to show file extensions:
Invoke the MS File Explorer by selecting Start, All Programs, Accessories, and Windows Explorer.
From the MS File Explorer, select Tools, Folder Options... Select the View tab and uncheck the box for "Hide extensions for known file extensions." - Jan 7. Mac computer files do not use formal file extensions.
