Lecture Schedule with Slides

[Schedule for future dates is tentative]

[Each meeting may also have one or two presentations by students or small groups.]

Aug 29:
- Intro to course
- Assigned Homework 1 [Technical Writing]
- Technical Writing (slides 1-18)
  - Tips on Presenting Technical Material
Sept 5:
- Finished Technical Writing (slides 19-42)
- In-class writing exercise
- Start Plagiarism (slides 1-5)
  - How to Cite Skillfully and Avoid Plagiarizing by John R. Rodgers, PhD
  - Avoiding Plagiarism by Sharon Williams
Sept 12:
- Homework 1 due
- Assigned Homework 2/prerequisite test
- Discussed last week's in-class writing exercise
  - Complement vs. Compliment
- Finished Plagiarism (slides 6-18)
- Started Technical Speaking (slides 1-16)
  - Tips on Presenting Technical Material
  - Criteria in Evaluating a Presentation
Sept 19:
- Finished Technical Speaking (slides 17-22)
- Performance Measurement (ps1up, pdf1up, ps4up, pdf4up)
Sept 26:
- Homework 2 due
- Assigned homework 3 [review of other papers]
- Started Teamwork (slides 1-14)
  - TEAMWORKS: Skills for Collaborative Work
Oct 3:
- Finished Teamwork (slides 15-26)
- Student presentation: Brad Trenkle
Oct 10:
- Homework 3 due
- Assigned homework 4 [evaluating last semester's 489 projects] to groups 1, 2, 3
- Tutorial on LEGO robots, Handy Board, and Ferg 18 lab (6.5Mb) [Jed Pedersen]
Oct 17:
- Intellectual property [Don Costello]
Oct 24:
- Homework 4 oral presentations for groups 1, 2 [groups 3, 4 and 5 are not to attend]
Oct 31:
- Assigned homework 5 [performance evaluation]
- Homework 4 oral presentations for groups 3, 4, 5 [groups 1 and 2 are excused]
Nov 7:
- Ethics
  - onlineethics.org
- Boisjoly video and discussion
Nov 14:
- Homework 5 due
- Assigned homework 6 [teamwork/LEGO/Handy Board]
- Discussed next semester's 489 project
Nov 21: Thanksgiving Holiday
Nov 28
- Student presentation: Angela Weber, Scott Westbrook, & Sam Hart
- Demo 489 talk
Dec 5:
- Homework 6 due
- Student presentation: Cho Yong Koperski
- Student presentation: Sam Hart
- Course evaluations
Dec 12:
- No class
Dec 15: CSCE 489 competition and presentations
- 9:30-9:40am: First half
- 10:00am-12:00pm: Presentations
- 12:30-1:30pm: Lunch
- 2:30-2:40pm: Second half