CS 8 - Fall 2021

Instructor: Toby Gustafson
Email: gusta@cs.ucr.edu
Office Hours (Zoom): Tuesdays / Thursdays from 12:00 PM - 12:30 PM, 5:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Zoom Meeting Id: 695 134 990 (Passcode: 582519) - Connect to Zoom meeting



For any questions concerning enrollment (such as adding the class, the waitlist, etc.),
please contact the Bourns College of Engineering (BCOE) Student Affairs office:
Email: bcoeadvising@engr.ucr.edu
Phone Number: (951) 827-3647
Note that the instructor cannot add or drop students from the classs; only the BCOE Office can.



Lectures
Required Class Material
Grading
Labs
Lab Assignment Calendar
End-Of-Chapter Quizzes
TA Lab Office Hours
Midterms
Cheating Policy



Lectures:
Section Days and Times Lecture Information
001 Tuesdays / Thursdays 12:30 PM - 1:50 PM Zoom Meeting Id: 991 4288 6419 (Passcode: 564573) - Connect to Zoom meeting
002 Tuesdays / Thursdays 2:00 PM - 3:20 PM Zoom Meeting Id: 954 2352 9656 (Passcode: 528546) - Connect to Zoom meeting
003 Tuesdays / Thursdays 3:30 PM - 4:50 PM Zoom Meeting Id: 912 1264 4614 (Passcode: 528591) - Connect to Zoom meeting

Note: The Zoom meeting ids are different for each section, so make sure you join the correct meeting for your section.




Required Class Material (available online only - not in the UCR Bookstore):

Textbook: Visualizing Technology (e-book, part of MyITLab) Labs: MyITLab
LearnCS8 (HTML)
 

Note that the web sites listed below are not affiliated with UCR in any way, so the online purchases must be done using a credit card or Paypal. I apologize if this is an inconvenience for anybody, but was done to save you money.

Textbook:

The textbook is is an e-book and is part of MyITLab. Please see the following MyITLab Labs section.

MyITLab Labs:

Eight (8) of the labs will be done from a web site called MyITLab. The cost is $85.

When registering for MyITLab, you will be asked for a course ID. The course ID is gustafson64838.

Click on the following link for complete registration instructions: MyITLab Registration Instructions.

IMPORTANT! Once you have registered, you must enter your Student ID number into MyITLab and change the timezone settings.

NOTE: Failure to enter your Student ID will result in your MyITLab scores not being included in your grade calculations (meaning you will not get credit for them). Therefore, please perform do the following as soon as you register:

  1. Login to your MyITLab account
  2. Open Getting Started Tab
  3. Open Time Zone and Student ID (screenshot)
  4. Enter Student ID as one 9-digit number, such as 860123456 (screenshot)
  5. For the Time zone dropdown, select (GMT -08:00) Pacific Time (US and Canada; Tijuana)
  6. Scroll down until you see the "Save" button and click on it to save

Warning to Mac OSX Users: Some exercises are more difficult to complete using a Mac. Using the virtual keyboard usually helps.

If you have any technical issues with MyITLab, click on this Support link or the Support link at the bottom of the MyITLab login page.

The following are links to videos that show you details on how to use MyITLab:

LearnCS8 (HTML) Labs:

Please read the following instructions carefully as you will need to sign up for 2 different web sites.

The LearnCS8 labs are a set of four (4) labs where you create web pages using HTML. The instructions for each lab come from a site called LearnCS8.com, but the work itself is done using a second web site called Amazon Web Services (AWS).

You will first need to sign up on the LearnCS8 site. The cost is $15.99.

Note: The site uses Paypal for payment, but you do not need to have or create a Paypal account; Paypal has a "purchase as guest" option that allows you to enter a credit card number.

You will complete the LearnCS8 labs on another web site called AWS (Amazon Web Services).

Though anybody can create a normal AWS account for free, we are using "special" AWS accounts that allow you to share your workspace with your TA.

Click the following link for instructions on how to setup your AWS account:

AWS Setup Instructions

If you have problems setting up your account, please contact a TA for assistance.

Once you have setup your AWS account, you will need to use a special URL in order to login to AWS to do your labs.

AWS Login Page

Note: Once you have completed the first HTML (LearnCS8.com) lab, you must share your AWS workspace with your TA. Following are instructions on how to do this.

Sharing Your AWS Workspace




Grading
Midterm 1 20%  
Midterm 2 20%  
Midterm 3 20%  
  MyITLabs 20%  
  LearnCS8.com Labs 15%  
  End of Chapter Quizzes 5%  
 
  Note: There is no final exam.
Grading Scale


Labs

All labs are web-based, which means all of the MyITLab and LearnCS8 labs must be completed and submitted online using a web browser. Note that it is highly recommended that you use the most recent version of Google Chrome to do the labs. Do not use Internet Explorer.

The process for submitting your labs are different for the MyITLab and LearnCS8 labs.

No late lab assignments will be accepted without a doctor's note or other evidence of a serious situation which prevented you from being able to do school work for several days.

Lab Assignment Calendar

Week Due Date Lab Assignment
1 Saturday, Oct 2 MyITLab - Word 1 Lab
MyITLab - Word 2 Lab
   
2 Saturday, Oct 9 LearnCS8 - Lab 1
   
3 Saturday, Oct 16 MyITLab - Excel 1 Lab
MyITLab - Excel 2 Lab
   
4 Saturday, Oct 23 LearnCS8 - Lab 2
   
5 Saturday, Oct 30 MyITLab - Access 1 Lab
MyITLab - Access 2 Lab
   
6 Saturday, Nov 6 LearnCS8 - Lab 3
   
7 Saturday, Nov 13 MyITLab - Powerpoint 1 Lab
MyITLab - Powerpoint 2 Lab
   
8 Saturday, Nov 20 LearnCS8 - Lab 5
   
9 Saturday, Nov 27 No labs due
   
10 Wednesday, Dec 1 (Optional) MyITLab extra credit lab(s):
MyITLab - Word Chapter 3 (Extra Credit)
MyITLab - Excel Chapter 3 (Extra Credit)



End-Of-Chapter Quizzes

No late end-of-chapter quizzes will be accepted.




TA Lab Office Hours

Lab Section(s)TA NameEmail AddressUCR Net IDOffice Hours / Zoom Info
21, 22Xiu Zhangxzhan060@ucr.eduxzhan060 Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays from 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Fridays from 12:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Zoom Meeting Id: 953 4535 9254 (Passcode: 924007)
Connect to Zoom meeting
23Joshua Potterjpott002@ucr.edujpott002 Tuesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays from 8:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Zoom Meeting Id: 742 591 1304 (Passcode: 737806)
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Midterms

The midterms are not cumulative.

Midterm schedule:

Midterm # Date Chapters (subject to change)
Midterm 1 Thursday, October 14 1, 2
Midterm 2 Thursday, November 4 4, 5
Midterm 3 Thursday, December 2 (last day of class) 7, 8, 10

Chapter Slides

Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3

History of Computers (not required)

Chapter 4
Chapter 5

Chapter 7
Chapter 8

Chapter 10



Cheating Policy

Cheating on midterms or lab assignments will not be tolerated. Anyone caught cheating will receive an "F" in the class, even for the first offense.