Welcome to CS 115!

1. Welcome to CS 115! Introduction to Programming

2. Class URLwww.cs.uky.edu/~rmi226/CS115Write this down!

3. Myself • R. Paul Mihail, instructor • Office hours – use them! • MWF, RGAN 104 at 10:15 to 11:15 • Email – r.p.mihail(at)gmail(dot)com

4. Thank you very much!!

5. Laptop Policies • Lecture • Studies show most students with laptops open in front of them are NOT paying attention to the lecture • IF you insist on using a laptop in lecture, you MUST sit in the very BACK row of the classroom, so that you distract only yourself and not other students • Lab • There are sufficient computers in each lab for every student • You can use your own laptop if you wish

6. Textbook and Supplies • Students are responsible for material in chapters that are listed in schedule and covered in lectures • Lecture tests are closed note, closed book • Lab tests are open note, open book

7. For Attendance – on one 3x5 card • Write your NAME • Write the DATE • Write your SECTION • AND...

8. GOALS - write them down • What are your goals for this class? That is, what do you want to learn? • How much time do you expect to spend on this class OUTSIDE of lecture and lab time?

9. Goals Activity - continued • SHARE your list with a neighbor and ADD to it if you like • COMPARE your list with the one from the syllabus • Turn in your card at the end of class by putting it in the envelope with your section number

10. And on the back of the card, describe • What is the most complicated thing you have done with a computer? or • What have you done with a computer that you are most proud of? • We are trying to tell what level of experience you have with computers.

11. The goals of the class are • To acquire an understanding of computer architecture and data representations (variables, representation of numbers and character strings) • To learn basic algorithmic problem-solving techniques (decision structures, loops, functions) • To be able to use and understand classes • To be able to design, document, implement and test solutions to programming problems

12. Experience in Programming • This class assumes NO experience in programming • It does assume some experience with computers and Windows • copying files, printing • navigating paths • If you HAVE a lot of programming experience, have you considered the BYPASS exam?

13. Your Grade is Based on: • Lecture Attendance 5% • Lab Attendance and Assignments 10% • Programming Assignments 35% • Midterm exam    20% • Two Lab Exams 10% • Final Exam (Comprehensive) 20%

14. Attendance • Required at All Lectures • taken at random by 3x5 cards, cooperative activities • Required at All Lab sessions • don’t get credit for team submission if not there • only "UK excuses" accepted • death in family, illness, school trips, religious holidays • Give me your excuse documentation

15. Class Locations • Lecture – FPAT 267 • Lab – RGAN 103 • Office Hours • RGAN 104 MWF 10:15 to 11:15 – after lecture

16. Due Dates/Times • Labs – individual work due the day before lab session by email, then team work submitted by end of the day of lab session • Labs are NOT accepted after that! • Programs – submit electronically • Programs have a late penalty of 10% of grade for every school day late, up to 5 calendar days

17. Plagiarism / Cheating • “Getting an unfair academic advantage" • using other people's code as your own • attempt to make code appear to work when it does not • NO assistance from someone else on Lab or Lecture tests • Only talk in GENERAL TERMS about program assignments, not specifics • Do NOT "work together" on a program

18. Cheating, cont'd • Do NOT show your source code to any other student - Protect your source code! • If you talk to anyone outside the class, do not let anyone "inject code" into your program! YOU are the one writing it! • Penalties START with a zero on the assignment and a LETTER in your permanent file! UK Policy is followed

19. Cooperative Work On the other hand! • “Talk to your neighbor” or cooperative activities in lectures • Lab assignments – you will have lab partners and turn in work with them

20. Your “Magic Excuse” • Everybody has one and only one • Only works on programs, not labs! • Gives you 24-hour extension of deadline With no documented excuse • If you don’t use it during the semester, good for 10 bonus points on final exam • To use it, see the syllabus – must let TA or Dr. Keen know

21. Accommodation • Please tell Dr. Keen about it if you have a letter - as soon as possible! • Letters are not retroactive! • We can arrange both lecture and lab tests to be accommodated

22. Software we will use • Python • Open source • Free • Python.org • Get version 3.x – right now is 3.2 • Easy to install on your machine, already in labs • Small graphics library from author of text • http://mcsp.wartburg.edu/zelle/python/ • See the “Python Help” link on class web page

23. Myths about CS 115 • It's a 100-level course, it's EASY! (or not much work!) or (trivial!) • You can cram the night before the tests and get through the course ok • You can wait until the day the programs are due to work on them • You can just memorize code

24. What to do next • Read Chapter 1 and 2 of textbook • Work on Lab 1 • Make sure your University account is activated • Labs next week, Labs DO start on Tuesday! you will be asked to interpret and run a program! practice the tutorial • You’ll get to meet your team

25. Today's Exit • Have your NAME, DATE and GOALS on the 3x5 card • Turn it in