Welcome to CS1046 Approachable Apps A Gentle Introduction to Programming

Who this course aimed at? Someone who: Is logical and loves problem solving Likes math (or at least doesn’t hate math) Has never coded before  if you have coded before – you will be bored! This is an introduction to programming using JavaScript NOT an introduction to JavaScript for programmers

What software you will need? Text Editor like Notepad or TextEdit (Notepad++ is better than Notepad) Browser  preferably Chrome

What we will be learning? The beginnings/bare necessities of JavaScript A bit of HTML A bit of CSS Problem solving and debugging

How this BLENDED course will work? Videos (lectures) for all the material will be online and done on your own time Labs are done on your own time, email me if you get stuck  need to do TWO labs a week You will have a quiz of about 20-30 questions every Tuesday night (I am flexible on timing, we can decide on this) We will meet once a week to do group work for 5 weeks. 3 individual assignments 1 final exam

How do you access all the material? It is ALL in Owl  http://owl.uwo.ca

Other notes: Syntax issues: Notepad – sometimes the quotes get messed up when copying , retype them. Eg. “Hello World” (copy into Notepad) Try to use Chrome and Notepad++ I have syntax issues all the time, you need to be very careful

More notes There is more than one way to skin a cat! Most of the time I am just going to show you one way to do something, there may be other ways, but we don’t have time to see every variation. For example: var x; var y; x = 5; y = 6; var x, y; x = 5; y = 6; var x=5; var y =6; x=5; y =6;

Breakdown of grades: Quizzes  12% (5 quizzes, lowest mark dropped) ????? TIMING???? Flipped Classroom  10% (5 flipped classes) Weekly Labs  20% (10 labs worth 2% each) Assignment 1  5% Assignment 2  7% Assignment 3  11% Final Exam  35% 7-10pm on Monday June 15 ????? TIMING???

Next Week I am away so if you have problems email Kemi oola@uwo.ca She is my course assistant. Kemi will be doing the flipped classroom next week in this room, attendance for the flipped classroom is mandatory You need to do Lab 1 and Lab 2 and watch lectures 1 and 2 before Tuesday night (so you can do the first quiz) This is a new course, so: If you have any suggestions, PLEASE EMAIL ME! If you find something VERY confusing, PLEASE EMAIL ME! If something was done very well, PLEASE EMAIL ME! If you hate something, PLEASE EMAIL ME!