CSC 142 Checklist

What do I want in my binder at the start of the quarter?

• Syllabus
• Expectation-setting, what to do for assignments
• Calendar (topics, homeworks, quizzes, exams)
• Content outline (detailed)
• Lecture notes - slides and code (in Github repo)
• Quizzes

&* exams

• Homework problems and worksheets (take-home problems)

So, let's come up with checklists.

CSC 142 Fall 2016 Checklist

Syllabus

Steps to completion:

• Fill in basic class information (sched/dates/times)
• Fill in book information
• Academic integrity
• Devices
• Course content (chapter by chapter breakdown)
• Course grade
• Homework
• Quizzes
• Exams
• Prereqs

Syllabus lecture:

• Syllabus lecture slides skeleton
• Syllabus lecture slides fill in

PDF

• Create pdf for syllabus lecture notes

Content Outline

Chapter by chapter outline

Section by section outline

Lecture notes

Notes on format:

• Keynote slides - 1 slide deck per chapter - pdf format - provided to students
• Partial examples/syntax - in Keynote
• Complete examples - develop in Github repo
• Slides contain various break-points for code examples, worksheets

Checklist: Chapter N slide deck:

• Skeleton: Section-by-section with key topics in each section
• Skeleton: Reference to each lecture/worksheet example on Github
• Skeleton: Stub of code on Github
• Github code finished
• References to Github on slide finished
• Remaining sections filled in with whatevers (small examples from book)

Week 0 Lecture

• Skeleton
• To do: expand and add sections corresponding to sections in syllabus
  • More fun, less dour.
  • More computer science.

Week 1 Lecture

• Sekeleton
• Github code stub
• Github code
• Slides with Github code references
• Slides filled in

Homework

Notes on procedure:

• Review questions at end of chapter, and review questions at end of chapter in other Java books
• Based on questions, build a rubric of what kinds of questions test what kind of skills
• Write some of your own questions
• Divide the questions based on the kinds of skills they teach (simpler, more complex)
• Create two question pools: quiz question pool, exam question pool

Question types

• Homeworks are rote written questions taking the same form always
• Exams and quizzes can be matching, more interesting

Quizzes

Procedure:

• Review problems in quiz question pool
• Quizzes have easier problems, more syntax, less abstraction, more mechanical, less wordy
• Create quizzes

Exams

Procedure:

• Review problems in exam question pool
• Exams have more abstract, more complex, more involved problems, less rote, more critical thinking
• Create exams