Check-ins

A check-in is just a weekly opportunity to score some points and ensure that you are keeping up with the course content. The requirements vary from week to week, but may involve responding to a survey, taking a brief online quiz, or participating in a discussion forum. They are due by midnight on the designated day.

1. Tue Jan 26 +15
   • Please complete this quick survey to help me understand your background and interests.
   • Then log in to Piazza, find my “Welcome to CS101” message, and post to the “follow-up discussions” beneath it. In your post, introduce yourself to the class and tell us about your interests – in computing and elsewhere.
2. Thu Feb 4 +15
   • After exploring ASCII and Unicode in the text encoding notes, complete these questions about writing your name in binary.
3. Tue Feb 9 +15

   • Below are links to a series of images that are lossy-compressed using different quality settings. Open them in separate tabs of your browser, and then try to rate them in order from worst quality (1) to best quality (5). Submit your ratings here.

     • Ropes: (A)  (B)  (C)  (D)  (E)
     • Penguin: (A)  (B)  (C)  (D)  (E)
4. Mon Feb 15 +15
   • Complete this anonymous survey about the course so far. After you submit the survey, a new link will appear. Click that link and enter your name to receive credit.
5. Tue Feb 23 +15
   • Complete this short online quiz about Boolean logic and combinational circuits.
6. Sun Mar 6 +15
   • Watch these videos:
     • Selection sort (Harvard CS50) (up to 5:30)
     • Getting sorted (Computerphile) (up to 6:20)
   • Complete this short online quiz about them.
7. Sun Mar 20 +15
   • If you can bring a laptop this week, please install Python onto it before class.
   • Create a Python program to calculate quiz averages and grades, as suggested in the exercises section of the Python notes. Submit your .py file to the dropbox at https://www.dropbox.com/request/9yYyskKezYj7HLKPQD0D.
8. Sun Apr 3 +15
   • Watch the three videos on the Networking notes page.
   • Complete this short online quiz about them.
9. Sun Apr 10 +15
   • TBD
10. Sun Apr 24 +15
    • TBD