1. CMPT 165 Introduction to Multimedia and the Internet

2. Course Information Instructor: Sarah Brown
MUST have CMPT 165 in subject
Office hours: TBA, until then by appointment only
TAs: TBA
Course website:
will be updated by Friday

3. Marking 30% assignments, probably 4 20% Midterm 50% Final
You must attain an overall passing grade on the weighted average of the exams
Late assignments incur a 10% penalty per day
Assignments which cannot be marked because of password protection, errors in files, or any other problem resulting from student error will also incur a late penalty
Assignments will have to be put on the CMPT165 server
Contact Ivan Matousek for access ASAP

4. Academic Dishonesty
Cheating on an assignment will result in a 0 mark for that assignment
Cheating on an exam will result in a recommendation of an F for the course

5. Copyright
You cannot use another person’s material, whether written or images unless that material is 1. copyright free, or 2. you have received permission from the author to use it.
You can summarize text, but not copy
You must reference all information you use from another source, including a link to that source if it is online.
Failure to do this falls under academic dishonesty

6. Textbooks Required: Optional: Study Guide (course pack)
How to Think Like a Computer Scientist: Learning with Python
Not strictly required
Optional:
The Internet Book
Designing with Web Standards
The Non-Designer's Design Book

7. Content Covered The Internet and how it works Good webpage design
XHTML
All work must be done “by hand”
No graphical web editors may be used, e.g. Dreamweaver, FrontPage
CSS – Cascading Style Sheets
Python programming

8. Required Software Browser: Python Text Editor Firefox (recommended)
Mozilla
Netscape 7
Safari
Please do not use Internet Explorer
Python
Text Editor
TextPad for Windows
Emacs
Any will really do
Do NOT use a word processor (like Microsoft Word)

9. Questions?