My Thursday chores

I have a 1000 kilograms of PSC1121 chores to do this day:

1. Set up HW 4.
2. Create podcasts for Sept. 2, Sept. 4 and Sept. 9.
3. Recalculate L5 and L6 CPS data.
4. Collate L7 CPS data.
5. Upload L5, L6 and L7.

WHEWWWW!! What a day.

Double clutch

I have to upload the CPS scores in two batches, one for the morning section, one for the afternoon section. In doing so, I think Webcourses overwrites one section's scores with zeroes, and this might be why so many of you have been asking about mysterious 0 when you know you were present and clicking.

Not to worry. I have all the raw scores, so nothing has been lost, and I have never been defeated by Webcourses or CPS. I shall prevail!

Some new data in your My Grades page

There is a new set of data in your My Grades page, related to homework and CPS activity. Individual HW scores you might have already noticed. But now there are two rows to each CPS session: answered and correct. I.e., how many CPS questions you answered, how many you answered correctly.

Your semester grade converts your performance on HW and CPS answered into 16 and 24 points, respectively. I have set up running subtotals for those performance numbers, as well, each with its own row in the My Grade spage, right below the blue part. This will help you figure out what your HW and CPS percentages are at any point.



P.S. The first official CPS session was L5, last Wednesday.

Homework 3 is UP.

Homework assignment 3 is now ready, due Wednesday at the normal times, as discussed in lecture.

HW 1 and HW 2 are viewable again.

For study purposes, your homeworks from the past week, HW 1 and HW 2, are now viewable by everybody. They are each a nice mini-guide for test prep.

Still waiting on iTunes U!

I just got this message from the myUCF portal, concerning iTunes U.

Notice: Due to infrastructure changes, access to some iTunes U courses is not available at this time. We are aware of the issue and are working on a fix. We apologize for the inconvenience.

DANG! This is burning my grits, ready to podcast but nowhere to do so.

So, we wait.

Information

Early morning thoughts: molecular machines like rhodopsin. Can we assemble them into arrays that process information reliably and quickly for us?

Homework 2 is ready

Your second homework assignment is now UP and will appear at noon.

There are some brain-burners along with some basic study questions.

Due at the beginning of YOUR next lecture, 10:30 AM for section 0001 and 3:30 PM for section 0002.

Another try with iTunes U through the portal

OK, students. Let's give it another try. Log in to the myUCF portal, and try adding the "UCF on iTunes U" pagelet to your Online Course Tools page in myUCF.

Monday's podcast is UP.

I am not sure how it works for students or how it looks, so I cannot even give you an icon to look for. It might already be on your Online Course Tools page or even Webcourses. So post your conclusions and tips in the "Getting onto iTunes U" discussion area.

Early CPS bonus points are UP.

I just uploaded your guys' bonus points for getting the CPS clicker registered up. There were three points available, one for each lecture: Wed. , Friday lat week and this Monday.

Today is the start of regular CPS pointage. Bring your clicker to class.