IBCS2 - 1516 - September

From WLCS

Wednesday (9/30/15)

Warmup:

  1. Create a 2-3 person group
  2. Grab ~6 playing cards
  3. Walk-through the "bubble sort" algorithm with your group

Agenda:

Monday (9/28/15)

Warmup:

  1. Create a 2-3 person group
  2. Take some (~6) playing cards
  3. Lay them out randomly in a row (out of order)
  4. As a team, discuss an algorithm to sort them
  5. You are only allowed to swap cards (i.e. they cannot be removed or added to a new array)
  6. Sort them in numerical order (Ace is high)
  7. Write down the basic steps to your algorithm

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Thursday (9/24/15)

Agenda:

Tuesday (9/22/15)

Warmup:

Agenda:

Friday (9/18/15)

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Homework:

Wednesday (9/16/15)

Agenda:


Monday (9/14/15)

  • Media:SystemDesignBasics.pptx
  • Usability Assignment (due Wednesday (9/16/15)
    1. Sign into your APS Google account
    2. Open a Google Doc and title it Usability Assignment
    3. Put your name at the top
    4. Use Nielsen's 10 Usability Heuristics
    5. Find 2 examples of good usability
      1. Take a screenshot or find a picture of the example
      2. Paste it into the Google Doc
      3. Point out or highlight the specific usability aspect somehow (in red or bright green are best)
      4. State which usability rule the example is following, and describe how it follows it
      5. Repeat for each of the 2 examples of good usability (each example should be a different usability rule)
    6. Find 2 examples of bad usability
      1. Take a screenshot or find a picture of the example
      2. Paste it into the Google Doc
      3. Point out or highlight the specific usability aspect failure (in red or bright green are best)
      4. State which usability rule the example is breaking, and describe how it breaks it
      5. Repeat for each of the 2 examples of bad usability (each example should be a different usability rule)
    7. Submit the document through Google Classroom

Homework:

  1. Syllabus agreement form (due Friday 9/18/15)
  2. Quiz on Media:SystemDesignBasics.pptx on Wednesday (9/16/15)
  3. Usability Assignment (due Wednesday (9/16/15)

Thursday (9/10/15)

Tuesday (9/8/15)

  • Introductions
  • Name cards

Homework:

  1. Go to Syllabus (on the left)
  2. Read it
  3. Complete the agreement form with your parent (you will need your APS Google login)