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CS 1110: Introduction to Computing Using Python

Fall 2013

Announcements

We have now posted all of the details about the final. You have a study guide, as well as a list of review sessions that you might want to attend. I highly recommend the Tuesday sessions, as those focus on loop invariants and the "required algorithms".

Posted Thursday, December 5th

The last assignment is also long, but we have a lot more experience with it, and have a good idea how long it should take. We have budgeted you enough time so that you do not need to lose your Thanksgiving Break to work on it. But you should start reading the instructions immediately.

Posted Friday, November 22nd

While you work on Assignment 5, we have the second prelim coming up. The best thing you can do to study for this exam is work on Assignment 5. However, there are a few things that are different, like diagramming folders. To help you with this, we have posted several review materials on the Exams page. Once again, the review slides posted are "without answers", meaning that we have cut out all the slides with solutions on them. We will post solutions closer to the review session and exam date.

Posted Sunday, November 3rd

After two weeks of testing, we have finally posted the instructions for assignment 5. This is a brand new assignment. We expect bugs and typos. We are also not 100% sure of the difficulty level (though that was the primary focus of our two weeks of testing). Please keep us updated with how well you are doing so we can determine whether we need to adjust the assignment.

Posted Saturday, November 2nd

We have posted the review material for the first prelim, which goes up to and including the lecture on for-loops. The review slides posted are "without answers", meaning that we have cut out all the slides with solutions on them. We will post solutions closer to the review session and exam date.

Posted Tuesday, October 8th

The 11am lectures this semester are being recorded for VideoNote. You can find them in the link to the left (under Materials). You will need to sign in under your net-id, and then choose "CS 1110" from the drop down menu. Lectures are often a class behind us.

Posted Thursday, September 5th

The discussion sections are all at room capacity, and it is very difficult for us to move students about right now. In addition, because of the large size of the class this semester, we cannot allow students to go to arbitrary sections. You must stay in your section.

In a few cases (particularly with the students originally in the TBA sections 212, and 213, we will allow students to move. However, all add-drops for this class must be done manually, and we will only do this for extreme conflicts. Please contact Molly Trufant if you absolutely must change sections.

Posted Wednesday, August 28th

The device number, needed to register the clicker, can be recovered by bringing your clicker to (a) the Academic Technology Center Room 123, Computing and Communications Center on the Ag Quad, open 9-5; (b) the ATC's G27 Stimson Hall office near Day Hall, open 12-5; or (c) Walker White's office hours, in between lectures, on Tuesdays and Thursday 10:05-11:05.

Posted Friday, August 23rd

To register your device, visit http://atcsupport.cit.cornell.edu/pollsrvc . You will login with your netID and password, and you will need the serial number, or device ID, of your clicker. The device id can be found on the back, perhaps near a "bar code". You may wish to put some invisible tape over the number or write it down somewhere, since the numbers can rub off.

Note that each individual student in CS1110 needs their own clicker. We will use the clickers in class for the first time on Tuesday, August 28. It is important that you have a clicker and register it by that class.

Posted Friday, August 23rd

The textbook that we are using, Think Python: How to Think Like a Computer Scientist, is licensed under the Creative Commons. That means it is freely available online as either a PDF or an eBook. To get a copy, you should go to the author's webpage.

We realize that not everyone likes eBooks, and that some of your would still like to have a printed copy. For that reason, the campus store is selling a few copies of the print version should you want one.

Posted Friday, August 23rd