Lecture
1
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Lesson Topics
Syllabus,
objectives, and
policies.
The class website
Blackboard
Basic computer
skills
Get an OpenLab
account
Create your
portfolio
What is computer
engineering
technology?
Assignment/Lab
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Lecture 1 Slides
LAB:
1- Complete the following tutorials:
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Set up and OpenLab portofolio
Set your portfolio in OpenLab
Site on the OpenLab
2. Submit the URL of your OpenLab
Portfolio on Blackboard
READING ASSIGNMENTS:
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2
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Read the lesson: Introduction to
Computer Systems
What is a
SLIDES:
computer?
Hardware
 Intro to Computer Systems
Software
Bits and Bytes
VIDEO(S):
Data (storing and
transmitting)
 What is a computer?
Programming
Languages
LAB:
Computer Networks
 Complete the remaining
OpenLab tutorials in the Help
page
 Create a tab in your portfolio and
name it EMT 1111 Labs
 Create a Lab Report Example
page similar to this one and call it
Lab 0.
READING ASSIGNMENTS:
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Think Python: Chapter 1, Chapter
2
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3
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Complete Quiz 1 on Blackboard
What is a program? SLIDES:
Algorithms
The Programming
 Lecture 3 – Intro to Python
Process
Variables
VIDEO(S):
Statements and
Expressions
 Variables, statements, and
Data types
expressions
Operators
LAB:
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Lab 1
Post in your OpenLab portfolio:
lab description, source code,
screenshots
READING ASSIGNMENTS:
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4
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Boolean Logic
Boolean
expressions
Logical operators
If and if/else
statements
Loops
Think Python: Chapter 5, Chapter
7
Complete Quiz 2 on Blackboard
SLIDES:
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Lecture 4 – Python-Flow of
Control
VIDEO(S):
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Control Flow
LAB:
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Lab2
Post in your OpenLab portfolio:
lab description, source code,
screenshots
READING ASSIGNMENTS:
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Think Python: Chapter 3, Chapter
6
Complete Quiz 3 on Blackboard
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Functions
Built in functions
User defined
functions
Abstraction.
Reusability.
Parameters and
arguments.
Returning values.
Variables Scope
SLIDES:
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Lecture 5 – Python Functions
VIDEO(S):
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Functions one
LAB:
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Lab3
Post in your OpenLab portfolio:
lab description, source code,
screenshots
READING ASSIGNMENTS:
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6
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Think Python: Chapter 8, Chapter
10
Complete Quiz 4 on Blackboard
A string is a
SLIDES:
sequence
Traversing strings
 Lecture 6 – Python Strings and
String slices
Lists
A list is a sequence
Traversing a list
LAB:
List operations
Lists slices
 Lab4
 Post in your OpenLab portfolio:
lab description, source code,
screenshots
STUDY FOR MIDTERM EXAM
7
MIDTERM EXAM
READING ASSIGNMENTS:
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8
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App Inventor Setup
HelloPurr + Vibrate
AppInventor CH14 (App
Architecture)
Complete Quiz 5 on Blackboard
App Inventor Setup SLIDES:
What is an App?
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What is event
driven
 Lecture 7 – Intro to AppInventor
programming?
Components and
LAB:
properties
Events and event
1. Finish Lab 5: HelloPurr + Vibrate
handlers
and post it into your OpenLab
Calling built-in
portfolio.
function blocks
2. Include a short description of the
Reference
app, a picture of the main screen,
Documentation site
and a picture of the blocks
diagram.
READING ASSIGNMENTS:
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9
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PaintPot
AppInventor CH16 (Variables)
Complete Quiz 6 on Blackboard
Variables
SLIDES:
Parameters
Operators
 Lecture 8 – AppInventor
Drawing Canvases
Working with
VIDEO(S):
images and sound
Intro to algorithms
 AppInventor: Variables,
operators, and expressions
LAB:
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Do Lab 6: PaintPot and post it in
your OpenLab portfolio
READING ASSIGNMENTS:
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10
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Software
engineering
principles
Comments and
documentation
AppInventor CH15 (Software
Engineering and Debugging)
AppInventor CH17 (Creating
Animated Apps)
Complete Quiz 7 on Blackboard
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Lecture 9 – AppInventor
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Timer Events
LAB:
Canvases and
Image Sprites
 Do Lab 7: MoleMash and post it
Moving Objects
in your OpenLab portfolio
over Time
Drag and Touch
READING ASSIGNMENTS:
Events
Boolean
 AppInventor CH18 (Conditional
expressions
Blocks)
Relational operators
 AppInventor CH 19
If and If/else
(Programming Lists)
statement
 AppInventor CH20 (Repeating
Blocks)
 AppInventor CH22 (Working
with Databases)
 Complete Quiz 8 on Blackboard
Loops
While, For Each,
For Range
Databases
TinyDB
TinyWebDB
Procedures and
functions
Lists of data
Iterating a list with
an index
Lists of lists
SLIDES
Lecture 10 – AppInventor
Work on your
project
Work on your
presentation
ASSIGNMENTS:
LAB:
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Do Lab 8: QuizMe and post it in
your OpenLab portfolio
READING ASSIGNMENTS:
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Complete Quiz 9 on Blackboard
Finish your project
Finish your presentation
Finish quizzes
Finish labs
Finish your project SLIDES :
Project presentation
Project submission
 Review for Final Exam
Final Exam review
 Project Presentations
LAB:
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Finish your project
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FINAL EXAM
Submit your project
Comprehensive Exam