COMP 105: Assignment Summary

The following summary is a draft, based on previous quarters. It does not include reading and video assignments!

-- These assignments are subject to change based on the instructor's analysis of what is needed to encourage and aid student learning. --> The Detailed Schedule is the definitive summary of pre-class preparation, in-class activities, and follow-up assignments, and will be updated throughout the quarter as necessary. You can also use Kit to see assignments that are currently due or will be due in the near future, as well as to track your progress through past assignments!

Assignments are grouped by when you should be working on them. Programming assignments are in bold; these need to be uploaded to comp105.cs.kzoo.edu to be visible instructors and teaching assistants. (Lab 1 covers this.)

Week 1 (Probably)

• Don't forget to check the Detailed Schedule for Reading and Video assignments!
• Reflection 1: Computing background and goals
• Syllabus Quiz (prep questions)
• Lab 1: Home Page (This will contain links to later programming assignments, and will need to be updated every time you upload a programming assignment.)
• Mini-Lab: Numbers and Strings, Part 1 and Part 2
• Mini-Lab: MadLibs, Original (will be updated in Week 2)
• Small Programming Project: Calculator, Part 1 (will be updated in Week 2)

Week 2 (Probably)

• Don't forget to check the Detailed Schedule for Reading and Video assignments!
• Updated version of MadLibs
• Updated version of Calculator
• Mini-Lab: Lucky Number
• Pre-Lab Design — Virtual Pet: Initial Design (bring to lab)
• Lab 2: Creating a Starter Virtual Pet
• Quiz 2: Basic HTML and JavaScript
• First Puzzle Mini-Lab

Week 3 (Probably)

• Don't forget to check the Detailed Schedule for Reading and Video assignments!
• Updated version of Puzzle
• Lab 3 Entrance Quiz (Quiz 3): If and If/Else Statements
• Pre-Lab Design — Virtual Pet: State Transition Design (bring state diagram to lab)
• Lab 3: Virtual Pet, Part 2 (State Changes)
• Mini-Lab: Art Catalog (Getting Started)

Week 4 (Probably)

• Don't forget to check the Detailed Schedule for Reading and Video assignments!
• Programming Project: Virtual Pet Enhancements (due before Lab 4)
• Mini-Lab: Printing the Art Catalog
• Mini-Lab: Swap and Minimum
• Lab 4 Entrance Quiz (Quiz 4): For Loops
• Lab 4: Sorting the Art Catalog
• Quiz 5: Arrays
• Video Reflection: CS History — Concepts to Implementation

Week 5 (Probably)

• Don't forget to check the Detailed Schedule for Reading and Video assignments!
• Programming Project: Art Catalog Enhancements (due before Lab 5)
• Quiz 6: Binary Numbers
• Mini-Lab: ASCII to Binary
• Mini-Lab: Assembly/Machine Language Exercise
• Lab 5: Machine Language, Assembly Language, and the CPU   (The Simple CPU Simulator)

Week 6 (Probably)

• Don't forget to check the Detailed Schedule for Reading and Video assignments!
• Mini-Lab: Boolean Logic Exercises (pdf) (Markdown template)
• Mini-Lab: Gates ↔ Logic
• Lab 6: Gates Lab
• Video Reflection: CS History — Mainframes to Personal Computers

Week 7 (Probably)

• Don't forget to check the Detailed Schedule for Reading and Video assignments!
• Mini-Lab: Searching and Sorting
• Lab 7: FSAs and Regular Expressions
• Mini-Lab: Turing Machines

Week 8 (Probably)

• Don't forget to check the Detailed Schedule for Reading and Video assignments!
• Mini-Lab: User Interfaces
• Reflection: User Interfaces
• Reflection: Social, Ethical, and Privacy Issues
• Reflection: Artificial Intelligence
• Work on Presentations (due by Sunday of 10th Week)

Week 9 (Probably)

• Don't forget to check the Detailed Schedule for Reading and Video assignments!
• Work on Presentations (due by Sunday of 10th Week)
• Lab 9: Art Entry Form

Week 10 (Probably)

• Don't forget to check the Detailed Schedule for Reading and Video assignments!
• Reflections on Student Presentations (3 - 10)