IT 6403 Windows Application Development
Spring 2005
Tuesdays 6:00PM-7:15PM J260 and via WebCT

Rich Halstead-Nussloch
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Last changed 1/11/05

• Have a great term!
• Note my office is now in the new Architecture Building (N154)
• Read the final project requirements
• Read the whole syllabus--understand the assignments and grading
• Strategize about how you will operate with WebCT

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• Text
• Class Notices
• Objectives
• Projects and Assignments
• Lecture Notes
• Documents/Handouts/Zip Files
• Class Schedule
• Journal
• Class Attendance
• Graded Work
• Policies
• Hyperlinks
• Disabilities (ADA)
• Schedule Questions and Registration Problems

Lomax, P. VB and VBA in a Nutshell . O'Reilly Publishing, 1998. ISBN 1565923588
Called here VB or the red book.

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Objectives

Upon successful completion of the course, each student will be able to:

• Define and discuss major concepts and processes of windowing applications.
• Utilize modern tools, techniques, methods, and development environments for developing windowing applications, including those for analysis, design, development, testing and implementation.
• Plan, design, and implement a significant windows application development project.

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Projects Assignments and Graded Work

• Course and Book Discussion covers timely questions from the course and its text, the Red Book. This discussion will be carried out via WebCT threaded discussion. Each student is expected to keep current in the reading, and participate in the threaded discussion for the week by Friday of that week.
• Weekly Exercises due each Friday and submitted via WebCT threaded discussion.
• Two Concept Papers. The concept papers will be submitted via a WebCT threaded discussion. Each student is expected to read and comment upon two or three other concept papers for the first round of submission, which will be assigned to you. Your commenting will be reflected in your class contribution grade. Remember, be consultative and professional in your comments.
• A Final Project requiring submission of
  • a proposal
  • a project report
  • a project presentation during the final two weeks of classes Final projects are recommended to be done in teams of 3 to 5 students.
• Participation in and contribution to class discussion and activity is required. This might take place in person-to-person meetings that student teams will manage on their own and report via WebCT or through threaded electronic discussions via WebCT. As previously mentioned, you are expected to spend at least one hour per week engaged in threaded discussion on the course WebCT site. You are also expected to meet with your project team for at least an hour each week. These meetings can be either face-to-face or electronic (or a combination of both).

Weights for graded components

• Final Windowing Application Development Project Proposal 5%
• Weekly Exercises 10%
• Concept Paper with Highest Grade 25%
• Concept Paper with Second Highest Grade 10%
• Final Project (Windowing Application, Presentation and Report) 30%
• Class Participation and Contribution, 20%, Ongoing

Note: All written work must be submitted electronically preferable using Word, HTML, rtf or PDF. Use the spell-checker. Deductions will be taken for persistent misspellings, etc.

Note: A final project proposal handed in on time that is evaluated as a B+ or lower might be re-written for potential grade improvement. If this assignment is handed in after the due date, it may not be re-written for potential grade improvement.

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Lecture Notes Available

• Lecture slides on Windows Application Development

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Useful Zip Files, Documents, and Handouts

• Our modification of Bill Venners' Design Process
• Final Project Requirements and Specifications
• Final Project Proposal with Examples
• Final Report Outline
• Concept paper eedback form Word file
• A quick guide to presentations
• Ethics: Hints and Tips for Research and Testing
• Timer Project in VB--Zip File
• Web Project files using VB Script--Zip File
• Spring 2003 Syllabus
• Fall 2002 Syllabus
• Summer 2002 Syllabus

We will have real and virtual lectures and labs. We will use WebCT for discussions. You will be expected to meet with your project team to complete your project work. During each week, will have a threaded discussion, allowing everyone to contribute to class through a planned exercise.

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NOTE: The professor reserves the right to adjust the schedule to meet the needs of the class.

Keeping a journal is highly recommended for this course. Include in it descriptions of your readings, your reviews of your readings and activities, tips and techniques for doing windows application development, the results of your research, testing, and trials, logs of, e.g., Internet activity, etc.

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Class Attendance

Class participation and contribution will account for a significant portion of your grade. Since one cannot contribute to and participate in the class without attending, attendance is recommended. Regardless of attendance, each student is responsible for keeping up with materials and information from each class period. This means it is up to the student to arrange with another class member, obtaining notes, handouts, etc., from any class meeting, or portion thereof, missed.

NOTE: All students are expected to attend the final presentation session(s) in their entirety. Any un-excused absences during this period will result in the loss of a whole letter grade from your final course grade. If you're going to miss mandatory class(es), let me know ahead of time!!!

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Policies

1. No late submissions for full grade credit except for documented emergencies.
2. All work assigned to be turned in is due at the beginning of the class.
3. Assignments turned in late will be accepted, but at a grade discount. Multiple late assignments will result in additional discount applied to your final course grade.
4. Academic dishonesty will not be tolerated. If academic dishonesty is determined on an assignment, it will result in a zero for that assignment and potentially an additional penalty on the course grade.

Note that you will be leaving the Southern Polytechnic website by taking these links, and neither Southern Polytechnic nor Richard Halstead-Nussloch has control over what you will encounter.

• O'Reilly's VB Page
• Microsoft Visual Basic Page
• Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications Page
• ACM Home Page
• IEEE Home Page
• Galileo Home Page
• The largest freely accessible literature database in computer science
• Bill Vernners' Introduction to "Design Techniques" from 1998 JavaWorld

Disabilities--Americans with Disabilities Act Compliance

Students with disabilities who believe that they may need accommodations in this class are encouraged to contact the counselor working with disabilities at (678)915-7226 as soon as possible to better ensure that such accommodations are implemented in a timely fashion.

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Schedule and Registration

If you are majoring in Computer Science and have questions about your schedule or you are having registration problems, please contact the CSE Student Services office located at J 393 or call (678)915-7406 and ask for an appointment.

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