Lessons - 1500

8/19 1 Orientation

• Lesson

  • Course Orientation and Success

  • Most Important Concepts

• Assignments

  • Getting Started Quiz

  • Ethics Quiz

  • Introduction Discussion

8/24 2 Concepts

• Lesson

  • Review of earlier assignments

    • Introduction discussion - Specifications, Grading forms / rubrics

    • Ethics Quiz - Print to PDF, Snipping Tool

  • Upcoming assignments

    • Academic Support Quiz

    • Grit and Growth Mindset

  • Class communication - use Teams

  • Concepts & Diagrams

    • RAPTOR

    • Robozzle

  • Success topic: Academic reading, SQ3R

8/26 3 Problem Solving

• SWEBOK section (CS/SE Questions in Canvas)

  • 1 Problem Solving Techniques

• Python book (chapter questions in Canvas)

  • 1 The way of the program

• Lesson

  • Team 1 formation

  • Problem Solving

    • Breakout rooms / small group discussion: introductions and discuss problems / ideas for integration project

  • Resources - sign in and save to OneDrive

    • SWEBOK

    • Python textbook

    • Foxit

  • Success topic: Time management

  • Register for Modern States Information Systems course (free)

    • CLEP Exams

    • Modern States Module 3: Software Development (3.0-3.6)

• Other assignments

  • Time Management

  • Team 1 Comm

8/31 4 Python

• Activity / POGIL

  • POGIL 01

• Lesson

  • Review Time Management

  • Get IDLE

  • How to do POGILs

  • Basic output, syntax and semantics in Python

  • How to do exercises

  • How to submit exercises

  • Introduction to project

• Programming exercises

  • 1

• Other assignments / work on project

  • Think about a project

9/2 5 Abstraction and Variables

• SWEBOK section (CS/SE Questions in Canvas)

  • 2 Abstraction

• Python book (chapter questions in Canvas)

  • 2 Variables, expressions and statements

• Activity / POGIL

  • POGIL 2 (45 minutes)

  • How to do POGILs

• Lesson

  • Abstraction

  • Variables, Data Types, Expressions, Assignments, Operators intro

    • State diagram intro

    • Most important concepts

  • Review POGIL

    • Vocabulary: function, prompt, variable, concatenation, keywords

    • Variable naming rules, conventions, best practices. Use snake_case. Be descriptive.

  • Input for exercises

    • Sometimes no prompts are necessary. You can just get a number with something like num1 = int(input())

    • Do not fixate on sample input and output. Programs need to work with different inputs.

    • Read instructions thoroughly.

• Other assignments / work on project

  • Team 1 Collab

9/9 6 Operators

• Activity / POGIL

  • POGIL 3 (35 minutes)

• Lesson

  • Variables, Data Types, Expressions, Assignments, Operators cont.

  • Most important concepts

  • Review POGIL

    • Vocabulary: assignment, string literal

    • usefulness of %

    • state diagram practice with #7

  • IDLE

    • make a shortcut

    • error messages

    • limitations

  • Modern States Module 3: Software Development (3.7-3.14)

• Programming exercises

  • 2

• Other assignments / work on project

9/14 7 Programming Fundamentals

• SWEBOK section (CS/SE Questions in Canvas)

  • 3 Programming Fundamentals

• Activity / POGIL

  • POGIL 4 (38 minutes)

    • There are two typos: 1e should have a period instead of a comma and 1f should not have a %

    • For the number before the decimal point, experiment with more numbers than the ones in the worksheet and actually count positions.

    • Python Numbers

• Lesson

  • Goal setting

    • Add integration project tasks to Outlook by copying and pasting

  • Programming Fundamentals (3)

  • Output Formatting and Boolean Expressions

  • Reminder about appropriate assistance.

  • Reminder about coding standards

    • space before and after operators

    • snake_case

• Programming exercises

  • 3

• Other assignments / work on project - importance of comments

9/16 8 Programming Language Basics

• SWEBOK section (CS/SE Questions in Canvas)

  • 4 Programming Language Basics

• Activity / POGIL

  • POGIL 5 (40 minutes)

• Lesson

  • Programming Language Basics (4)

  • Truth tables

  • POGIL 5

  • Output Formatting and Boolean Expressions

    • George Boole

  • conditional / relational operators

  • logical operators

  • How to submit integration project

9/21 9 Conditional Operators

• SWEBOK section (CS/SE Questions in Canvas)

  • 5 Debugging Tools and Techniques

• Python book (chapter questions in Canvas)

  • Chapter 5 Conditionals

• Lesson

  • Note taking

  • Review

    • conditional / relational operators

    • logical operators

    • Truth tables

  • Reminder about coding standards

  • Conditions

  • Teams Tip: Format - Code Snippet

  • Activity / POGIL

    • POGIL 6 (42 minutes)

• Programming exercises

  • 4

• Other assignments / work on project

  • Sprint 2 is a continuation

9/23 10 Control Structures

• SWEBOK section (CS/SE Questions in Canvas)

  • 6 Data Structure and Representation

• Activity / POGIL

  • POGIL 7 (35 minutes)

• Lesson

  • Conditions

  • Reminder about time management

  • Reminder about Canvas app

  • IDE tips

    • Comment out region

    • Indent region

  • trailing else

  • Counting comparison using elif

  • Low Level vs High Level

  • Problem solving methodology - make sure you understand the problem statement, make sure you understand the provided code

9/28 11 Loops - while

• Python book (chapter questions in Canvas)

  • Chapter 7 Iteration

• Activity / POGIL

  • POGIL 8 while

• Lesson

  • New seats / groups

    • Face to Face - set up OneDrive and IDLE

  • Team 2 comm (10 minutes)

    • Create chat group

    • Scheduling Assistant

  • New team ice breaker Commonalities (5-10 minutes)

  • Motivational speech (2 minutes)

  • POGIL 8 while (50 minutes)

  • Iterative control structures (Loops)

  • shortcut operators

• Programming exercises

  • 5

• Club (5-10 minutes)

  • SHPE

  • SE

9/30 12 Loops - for

• Activity / POGIL

  • POGIL 9 for

• Lesson

  • POGIL 9 for (35 minutes)

  • Programming Jokes of the week

    • Why was the programmer stuck in the shower?

    • A wife calls her programmer husband and tells him "while you're out, buy some milk". He never returns home.

  • Iterative control structures (Loops)

  • Review Boolean / conditions / logic

  • Visualization of looping in Raptor

  • Introduction to lists / arrays

  • Professionalism video

  • Plus Delta 1500 2021 Fall

  • Club

    • Math

    • FGCU eSports

10/5 13 Algorithms

• SWEBOK section (CS/SE Questions in Canvas)

  • 7 Algorithms and Complexity

• Python book

  • Appendix B Analysis of Algorithms (optional)

• Activity / POGIL

  • Problem Solving Activity

• Lesson

  • Advisor

  • Algorithm - Unambiguous instructions for solving a problem in a finite amount of time using a finite amount of data

    • An algorithm must be written before any coding in a programming language can be done

      • Peanut butter and jelly sandwich

      • Country, animal, color

      • Finding the min

      • Finding the sum

  • Algorithms, Data Structures, Complexity (6)

    • Searching and Sorting

    • Informal comparison of algorithm efficiency (operation counts)

• Programming exercises

  • 6

10/7 14 Data Structures

• SWEBOK section (CS/SE Questions in Canvas)

  • 6 Data Structure and Representation

• Python book (chapter questions in Canvas)

  • Chapter 10 Lists

• Activity / POGIL

  • Problem Solving Activity cont.

• Lesson

  • Plus Delta review (Canvas Home page)

  • Algorithms review / conclusion

  • Problem-solving strategies

    • Iterative and recursive mathematical functions

    • Iterative and recursive traversal of data structures

    • Divide-and-conquer strategies

  • Iterative control structures (Loops)

  • Algorithms, Data Structures, Complexity

  • Abstract data type (ADT) - a container whose properties (data and operations) are specified independently of any particular implementation

    • Stacks

    • Queues

    • Lists / Arrays

      • Subscripts / Index numbers

  • Use descriptive variable names!

  • range function to create a list

    • Function Vocabulary

      • Function - a name for some lines of code

10/12 15 Nested Loops and Women in STEM

• Activity / POGIL

  • POGIL 10 nested loops (30 min)

• Lesson

  • Review Algorithms: max and avg

    • Code your algorithms

    • Simulate program as dialogue with paper

  • Ada Lovelace Day

    • video

    • day

    • Guest speaker

    • Diversity and Inclusion in Computer Science - Gender

  • Function Vocabulary

    • Call: use / invoke function

    • Arguments: The information sent to a function. In the parentheses in the call.

10/14 16 Built-in Functions

• Python book (chapter questions in Canvas)

  • Chapter 3 Functions

• Activity / POGIL

  • POGIL 11 Predefined-Builtin Functions (30 min)

• Lesson

  • Functions and parameter passing

    • Function Vocabulary

      • Header: The top line of a function.

      • Parameters: The information received by a function. In the parentheses in the header.

      • Return value: The product of the function.

• PyCharm install and configuration (Apps Anywhere in classroom)

  • PEP 8

  • Guido

• Programming exercises

  • 7

10/19 17 Void Functions

• Activity / POGIL

  • POGIL 12 void Functions (45 min)

• Lesson

  • Functions and parameter passing

    • https://i.redd.it/54aa8jv3niq31.jpg

  • Functions - definition

  • first line of the function definition is called the header; the rest is called the body.

  • flow of execution

• Programming exercises

  • 8

10/21 18 Value Returning functions

• Python book (chapter questions in Canvas)

  • Chapter 6 Fruitful functions

• Activity / POGIL

  • POGIL 13 Value Returning Functions (25 min)

• Lesson

  • Functions and parameter passing

• Other assignments / work on project

  • Integration Project

    • Put whole program in a main function

    • Add additional functions without parameters

    • GitHub concepts

• Textbook

10/26 19 File I/O and Basic Concept of a Computer System

• Python book (chapter questions in Canvas)

  • Chapter 14 Files

• Activity / POGIL

  • POGIL 14

  • POGIL 15

• Lesson

  • Code auto formatting, line length

  • Code | Inspect Code

  • File I/O

  • Computer Organization (8 Basic Concept of a System)

    • Computer Systems

• Programming exercises

  • 9

• Other assignments / work on project

  • GitHub

10/28 20 Computer Organization: Hardware, Digital Logic, Data Expression

• SWEBOK section (CS/SE Questions in Canvas)

  • 9 Computer Organization

• Activity / POGIL

  • Lab Hardware, Logic, and Number Systems

• Lesson

  • New groups/seats based on major / interest (OneDrive, PyCharm) mini-ice breaker (hobby, why that major)

  • Computer Organization (9 Computer Organization)

    • Gates and Circuits, Logic

    • Number systems

  • Get Super Simple CPU running

• Other assignments

  • Modern States Module 2: Hardware and Systems Technology

11/2 21 Systems - Computer Systems (von Neumann model) and Information Systems

• SWEBOK section (CS/SE Questions in Canvas)

  • 8 Basic Concepts of a System

    • Figure 13.3

• Activity / POGIL

  • Lab Super Simple CPU

  • Pep8 (extra credit)

• Lesson

  • Computer Organization (10 Compiler Basics)

  • Assembly Language introduction

  • Super Simple CPU

  • Windows / MacOS Calculator - Programmer Mode

  • Pep8 intro

  • Try to install Ubuntu using information from the Operating Systems page before next class

• Other assignments

  • Modern States Module 1: What are Information Systems?

• Programming exercises

  • 10

11/4 22 Operating Systems

• SWEBOK section (CS/SE Questions in Canvas)

  • 11 Operating System Basics

• Activity / POGIL

  • Lab OS

• Lesson

  • Exercises review

  • Operating Systems (11)

    • Virtualization overview and VMWare demo

    • vLabs walkthrough

    • Linux - Bandit

11/9 23 Technology Applications & Careers

• SWEBOK section (CS/SE Questions in Canvas)

  • 12 Database Basics

• Activity / POGIL

  • Lab Spreadsheets

• Lesson

  • Careers

    • Course registration - LA and students engage in discussion not related to the course but related to other courses or aspects of school within the university.

  • Spreadsheets

  • Finances

• Other assignments

11/16 24 Databases

• SWEBOK section (CS/SE Questions in Canvas)

  • 12 Database Basics

• Activity / POGIL

  • Lab Databases

• Lesson

  • Databases (12)

    • w3schools

• Other assignments

  • Modern States Module 5: Technology Applications

11/18 25 Networking

• SWEBOK section (CS/SE Questions in Canvas)

  • 13 Networking Basics

• Activity / POGIL

  • Quiz Networking

• Lesson

  • Networking (13)

  • 10 reasons why students should have personal websites

  • GitHub Pages

    • HTML, CSS, JavaScript - w3schools

    • Prof. V Demo Site

  • Visual Studio Code

• Other assignments

  • Modern States Module 4: The Internet and World Wide Web

11/23 26 AI, AR, VR, Parallel and Distributed Computing

• SWEBOK section (CS/SE Questions in Canvas)

  • 14 Parallel and Distributed Computing

• Activity / POGIL

  • Lab AI

  • VIPER Lab

• Lesson

  • Networking (14)

    • Parallel and Distributed Computing

    • AI

    • AR, VR

  • Diversity and Inclusion in Computer Science - LGBTQIA

• Other assignments

  • Team 3

11/30 27 HCI / User Human Factors

• SWEBOK section (CS/SE Questions in Canvas)

  • 15 Basic User Human Factors

• Activity / POGIL

  • Work on project

• Lesson

  • User Human Factors (15)

  • Improving Integration Project User Interface

  • Advanced technique: use a function to validate user input as number

• Other assignments

  • Work on project

12/2 28 Quality / Developer Human Factors

• SWEBOK section (CS/SE Questions in Canvas)

  • 16 Basic Developer Human Factors

• Python book (chapter questions in Canvas)

  • Appendix A Debugging

• Activity / POGIL

  • Work on project

• Lesson

  • Developer Human Factors (16)

  • Integration Project Style and Documentation

  • Structure / Style

  • Comments / Documentation

    • The types of comments include repeat of the code, explanation of the code, marker of the code, summary of the code, description of the code’s intent, and information that cannot possibly be expressed by the code itself.

• Other assignments

  • Work on project

12/7 29 SDLC and Security

• SWEBOK section (CS/SE Questions in Canvas)

  • 17 Secure Software Development and Maintenance

• Activity / POGIL

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• Lesson

  • CLEP reminder

    • You get credit for CGS 1100 if you pass the CLEP. https://www.fgcu.edu/testing/acceleration_programs/fgcu_clep_policy#Business

    • You get a voucher to take the CLEP for free if you finish the Modern States course. https://modernstates.org/clep-voucher-request/

  • SDLC & Security (17)

• Other assignments

  • Modern States Module 7: Social and Ethical Implications and Issues

12/9 30 Deployment and Ethics

• Lesson

  • Deployment (running your program outside of the IDE)

  • Ethics

  • Wrap Up

    • Cool stuff you can do with Python

    • Preparing for COP 2006

    • Closing comments

    • Review of course learning outcomes and final exam preparation

• End of semester awards / praise

• Other assignments

  • Portfolio Update