Courses taught in Winter Term, 2006

New this week:

•  ECS marker's email
• Internet fundamentals
• Tech. Drawing: Solid Edge "Cool links"

Enhancing Computer Skills

Important notices

•  Classroom changes:
  • Sections 01 - 04, Mon. 9:45 - 11:15: New Room: 628
  • Sections 05 - 08, Tue 2:15 - 3:45:     New Room: 121
    
• Descriptive paper specifications (courtesy: Prof. E. Regener) Due Tuesday, May 2.
• New! Selected solutions to Test #2

  Class Tests

  •  Test #1 : February 27/ Feb. 28, 2006
    •  Pre-test study guide
    • Solutions to Binary-Hex arithmetic review questions: HTML (webpage) | MS-Excel file
      • Error correction to one of the answers.
  •  Test #2: April 18.
    •  Pre-test guide
  • New! Test Results
    • Test #2, Sections 05, 06, 08 [07 in progress/May 4]

Questions, examples

• Frequently asked questions in the lab - Updated Feb. 1.
  
• Examples
  • Hexadecimal Numbers - expanding on the Lab Manual with more examples & explanations.
    • How Hex. code is used in Webpages to specify colors : a simple Web Page example | its Source code(text file; look at the top of the file for 6-digit Hex. codes)

Notes

• Another way to convert a number from decimal to binary
• Operating Systems; files [ZIP package. Unzip into a new folder, then open the Start-with-ME file (.html) ]
• New! Assignment 10 . Due April 24.

Goodies, useful links

• How the ComputerWorks - the processor (CPU)
• New! Marker's email address. You are invited to send him feedback and your files.

Technical Drawing

• Announcements
  • Epreuve Synthese list.
• Pre-Test info
  • Class Test #1 (Updated for W2006)
    • Study Guide to be used with your textbook (plus a little extra on computer basics).
    • Terminology Checklist on Solid Edge
  • Class Test #2 (W2005 info. Updated for W2006)
    • Study Guide for Test #2
    • Results of Test #2.
• Assignments
  • Assignment 1. Handed out in class, and collected Jan. 20.
  • Assignment 2. (Pencil on paper. Due Tuesday Feb. 7).
  •  Assignment 3. [Handed out in class.]
  • Assignment 4. [PDF], due the class after Test #1
  • Assignment 5. Due March 31.
  • Assignment 6. Due April 18.

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• Final Project (info. posted for W2005 class, to be updated in W2006)
  In addition to what is, and will be, discussed in class, please note the following:
  
  •  If you are interested in the "Tinkertoy Project", an inventory of Tinkertoy parts can be seen in folder
         T:\Tech_drawing\Tinkertoy on the College network.
  •  Three sample "Tinkertoy" projects are available in my office for you to look at or borrow.
  •  Here is a short set of project guidelines originally written for the "Tinkertoy Project", but just as applicable to other project choices. [MS-Word document.]
  • A hardcopy of the "Mechanical Pencil Assembly" shown in class was placed on reserve in the College Library. (W2005)
    
  • As of Wednesday May 4 2005, a number of people had not yet placed their files in the designated "Project" folder on Drive T: on the College network, inside the folder that has your name (where you were required to leave your assignment files during the term). As discussed several times in class, and clarified again on Monday May 3, these files are part of your project. Without them the project is seriously incomplete and will be marked accordingly.
    
    On Friday May 6, 3pm I will make the final version of the CD containing the T:/.../Tech_drawing/students folder, which I will use during the evaluation of your projects.
    
    Reminder for those who were absent in the last few classes: as per your Course Outline/Plan D'Etudes, you are responsible for everything discussed in class, whether or not you are present.

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  Examples

  • New! List of Geometric Constructions that you should know (courtesy Dr. E. Regener).[.pdf file]  
  •  Pictures:
    •  Third Angle Projection
    •  First Angle Projection
  •   Handout on Dimensioning (courtesy Dr. E. Regener) [.pdf file]

  Goodies, Cool Links

  •  A nice summary of various Geometric Constructions, by a school in Lincolnshire, Illinois.
  •  New! Cool Links on Solid Edge.
    •  Excellent in-depth Tutorials and tips, plus Q&A section, by Tushar Suradkar, India
    •  Top Ten Links

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