Tutorial questions
Questions for discussion in group:
Who are you and what are you doing here?
The textbook authors state that programming with Alice is “…like being a movie director, a puppeteer, or a choreographer.” Explain what is meant by this statement.
Describe what is meant by the term computer program in one or two sentences.
When a computer program [...]
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It has been brought to my attention that the Friday 11am lecture clashes with one of the MDCM1001 tutorial timeslots. Are there many of you affected by this? I am trying to get in contact with the media lecturer in order to find a solution if possible.
Would it help if we added another Friday 9am [...]
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A couple of changes to the timetable:
An additional hour of lectures has been added to the timetable for COMP1400. It will take place on Friday 11am in Elec Eng 224.
Some of your tutorial/lab times have had to be changed due to overenrolment.
I apologise if anyone is disadvantaged by these changes.
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There will be a lecture in the Friday timeslot of Week Zero (i.e. July 25th). We will be covering basic administrative matters. There will be no examinable material, but it would still be a good idea for you to attend.
Update: This lecture will be at 11am on Friday 25th in Red Centre Room M032 (note [...]
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Okay, the first ‘teething problem’ has struck already. Apparently the bookstore has only 24 textbooks for 70 students! More are on their way, but won’t be here for a couple of weeks. In the meantime I have been promised PDF copies of the chapters we’ll need. I’ll let you know in lectures where you can [...]
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Welcome to COMP1400.
This is an entirely new course, designed in consultation with Architecture and Media, aimed at non-engineering students. I hope it will help to demystify computer programming. I hope it will also be fun.
As this is the first time we’ve run this, there are bound to be a few teething problems. Please bear with [...]
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