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After successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
Classes are conducted in-person. Assignments & quizes will be due approximately weekly and submitted online via Canvas.
Email: kfreedman@ccsf.edu
CCSF Phone: (415) 902-0586
Office Hours: Tues 5-6PM
The instructor will respond to all course email within 48 hours Monday-Friday, exclusive of school holidays.
Students will use the Canvas Learning Management system for submitting assignments, taking quizzes/exams, viewing classmates' work, sharing resources, and viewing grades.
There is no textbook for this course. Online resources and other material will be provided.
You will need the following software for this course.
The book is NOT required. I'll provide many on-line resources which should be sufficient to pick up the material.
Day Class Begins: [Find the following dates in the Instructional Calendar or in the online Schedule of Classes by hovering over the deadlines link next to your class listing.]
Day Class Begins: August 21
Day Class Ends: December 22
Last Day to Add without instructor's approval: see Instructional Calendar
Last Day to Drop with refund: see Instructional Calendar
Last Day to Add with instructor's approval: see Instructional Calendar
Last Day to Drop without a 'W' symbol: see Instructional Calendar
Last Day to Opt for Pass/No Pass: see Instructional Calendar
Last Day to Drop with a 'W' symbol: see Instructional Calendar
Final Exam Date: see Final Exam in Canvas course shell
If you decide to discontinue this course, it is your responsibility to officially drop it to avoid getting no refund (after 10% of course length), a W symbol (after 20%), or a grade (after 60%). Also, for several consecutive, unexplained absences, the instructor may drop a student.
You may take this class P/NP. You must decide before the deadline, and add the option online with web4 or file the P/NP form with Admissions and Records. With a grade of C or better, you will get P.
You must file for the P/NP option by date. Once you decide to go for P/NP, you cannot change back to a letter grade. If you are taking this course as part of a certificate program, you can probably still take the class P/NP. Check with a counselor to be sure.
The instructor will post announcements on the “Instructor Announcements” page in Canvas throughout the semester. Canvas notifies students according to their preferred Notification Preferences as soon as the instructor creates an Announcement. A “Q&A Forum” is also on Canvas to ask for assistance of your classmates or of instructor.
Students who fail to attend the first class (face-to-face courses) or do not log-in to an online class after the second week will be dropped from the class. It is strongly advised that if you need to miss more than one class/homework deadline in a row that you contact me to avoid being dropped from the class.
All assignments are due at 6PM PST on the due date. A late submission will receive a 20% penalty. Submissions more than one week late are not accepted without prior arrangement. Late work will not be graded unless the student sends the instructor an email with URL for late work.
Course work will be weighted to determine your final course grade as follows:
| 14 Individual Assignments | 30% |
| 3 Group Assignments | 20% |
| 7 Quizzes | 30% |
| 1 Final Exam | 20% |
There will be online quizzes and a final exam. The material comes from the textbook, class lectures and supplemental materials. If any exam is missed, a zero will be recorded as the score. It is your responsibility to take the online exams by the due date.
Visit the “Grades” in Canvas to keep track of your grades. I grade once a week and post grades and comments on the online Canvas gradebook.
Grades will be assigned as follows:
A |
90% |
90 points or more |
B |
80% |
80 to 89 points |
C |
70% |
70 to 79 points |
D |
60% |
60 to 69 points |
F or FW |
<60% |
SEE NOTES BELOW |
If taking Pass/No Pass you need at least 70% of the total class points and complete the
midterm exam and the final exam to pass the class.
An “F” grade indicates that a student attended, participated and completed the course but failed to master the course curriculum.
An “FW” grade indicates the student stopped attending a course after the “last day to withdraw” deadline and subsequently did not submit any work or participate in any exams. Please check with your counselor and financial aid advisor for possible implications of the FW grade on residency and financial aid status.
Students who register in CCSF classes are required to abide by the CCSF Student Code of Conduct. Violation of the code is basis for referral to the Student Conduct Coordinator or dismissal from class or from the College. See the Office of Student Affairs and Wellness.
Collaborating on or copying of tests or homework in whole or in part will be considered an act of academic dishonesty and result in a grade of 0 for that test or assignment. I encourage students to share information and ideas, but not their work. See these links on Plagiarism:
Encourage Academic Integrity and Prevent Plagiarism
Modern programming is a collaborative effort. With the advent of Agile development, pair programming and scrum teams have become the norm in the workplace. Learning to work with other programmers is an important goal, but not all academic coursework can be collaborative: there are activities that you alone are responsible for. The lists below clarify what coursework is collaborative and what is not.
Unless I indicate otherwise, I encourage collaboration on some elements of the coursework. When you do collaborate on a project, you must credit work done by all collaborators.
All discussion about the course should be posted to the class forums so that everyone can be in the discussion. For that reason, I want all class discussion to be on the forums. If you email me questions about the coursework, I will refer you to the class forums where you question can contribute to the course discussion. With the course content entirely on Insight, it will be available to all students.
There are no face-to-face meetings in this course; all class discussion is through the Insight class discussion forums. It’s important to see the discussion forums as a study resource. When you have questions about the reading or about a coding assignment, post your questions to the class discussion forums where your classmates can join in the discussion. I will monitor the forum discussions during the weeks and respond when necessary.
If you have a personal question regarding your grade or other matters, please send it to my regular CCSF email address.
If you need classroom or testing accommodations because of a disability, or have emergency medical information to share with me, or need special arrangements in case the building needs to be evacuated, please make an appointment with me as soon as possible. My office hours are xxx. Students seeking disability related accommodations are encouraged to also register with Disabled Students Programs and Services located in Room 323 of the Rosenberg Library (415) 452-5481. Please see the DSPS website for more information and alternate locations.
Note to students: the assignments listed below do not include all course content. To view all course content, go to Modules.