CSCI 6606 — Human Factors of On-line Information Systems — Winter 2015/16

Course Administrivia

First Day

First Assignment

1-initial-assignment.pdf: PDF file

Complete syllabus

CSCI6606-2016Winter-SyllabusPackage.zip

Complete syllabus in ZIP archive format (as of 2016-January-03)

Zip file contains:

Initial assignment (see above)

Notes for summaries

2-Notes-for-summaries,2016-01-24-2b.pdf: Instructions for the summaries students are to prepare (a PDF file); newer than in the ZIP file (edited 2016-01-24)

Syllabus proper

3-CS6606-2016Winter-Syllabus,2015-01-03-1a.pdf: The main part of the syllabus (as a PDF file)

Intake Form (to be printed)

4-CS6606,intake,2016-01-05.pdf: Intake form (a PDF file to be printed); newer than in the ZIP file (edited 2016-01-05)

Draft grading scheme for oral presentations

5-grading_oral_presentations,grad,2015-03-09.pdf: 2015-03-09 version (a PDF file)

Grading scheme and form for Midterm essay

6-midterm_summary_grading_form,2015-08-27.pdf: 2015-08-27 version (a PDF file)

More detailed advice about the term paper assignment

7-termpaper-grading,2015-05-19.pdf: 2015-05-09 version (a PDF file)

Guide to Editorial Marks

8-AdditionalNotationNotes,2015-04-21.pdf: The notation your professor uses when commenting on your written assignments. 2015-04-21 version (a PDF file)

Other Materials & Announcements

Registered students should login to courses.cs.dal.ca.

Handouts from previous years

basic advice for summarizing,2013-02-11.pdf

Guidance for what to write in the summaries to be graded, and a basic method for reading articles, suitable for students with only some experience reading scholarly writing
advice for summarizing,2013-01-10.pdf

For students with more experience reading scholarly articles

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