Announcements
- Mar 31. The first class meeting of IT 238 is in Room CDM 222 at 11:50 AM on March 31. This class meeting is synchronous in person or via Zoom.
- Mar 31. My cell number is 847/612-7285. If you text or email me, please identify yourself because I don't have a list of your phone numbers. If you email me over the weekend, you may want to also text me to let me know that I should check for your email.
- Mar 31. Scheduled office hours are from 10:30 am to 11:15 am on Mondays and Wednesdays. Call my cell phone (847/612-7285) or email me at sjost@cdm.depaul.edu. We can set up a Zoom session if necessary. Use the Office Hours Zoom link, which will be posted on D2L. To talk to me outside of these scheduled office hours, call, text, or email to make an appointment.
- Mar 31. The online textbook for this class: Marijn Haverbecke, Eloquent JavaScript, A Modern Introduction to Programming, 3rd Edition, No Starch Press, 2019. Here is a link to the Eloquent JavaScript book as a PDF document.
- Mar 31. Download Visual Studio Code, from this site:
https://code.visualstudio.com/download, if you don't already have it installed. We will use the VS Code to create and edit HTML, CSS, and JavaScript files for this class. - Mar 31. Download FileZilla to use for uploading projects to the studentweb.cdm.depaul.edu server. Here are links to download FileZilla for Windows: https://filezilla-project.org/download.php?platform=win64 and for Mac: https://filezilla-project.org/download.php?platform=osx
- Mar 31. The dropbox for Project 0 is posted on D2L. It is due on Apr 8.
- Mar 31. Practice quizzes count 10% of your grade. Students in the synchronous section will take the practice quizzes in class. Asynchronous students will have ten days after the practice quiz is taken in class to take the quiz.
- Mar 31. Attendance counts 10% of your grade in IT 238. Students in the sync sections obtain credit for attendance by attending class meetings, in person or via Zoom. Students in the async section obtain credit for attendance by submitting a study log each Monday summarizing what you did to study for the class for the preceding week (Monday to Sunday). The study log should summarize how you studied for IT 238, including how much time you spent on each item. Include any questions you had during the week. What was easy, what was hard, what was interesting, what would you like to know more about, etc.
- Mar 31. The dropbox for study logs will be posted later this week. You will submit all your study logs for the quarter to the same dropbox.
- Mar 31. The deadline to drop this course with full tuition refund and no W grade on transcript: Friday, Apr 11 at 11:59 pm.
- Mar 31. Set the Microsoft Explorer on your Windows PC to show file extensions:
Invoke the Windows 10 File Explorer by selecting Start, All Programs, Accessories, and Windows Explorer.
From the File Explorer, select the main menu item Tools, check the box File name extensions
Mac and Unix do not have official file extensions.
