% CST8207 Assignment 01 -- Head Shot, Multi-tasking, and Schoolwork % Ian! D. Allen -- -- [www.idallen.com] % Winter 2018 - January to April 2018 - Updated 2018-01-26 22:19 EST - [Course Home Page] - [Course Outline] - [All Weeks] - [Plain Text] Due Date and Deliverables ========================= > **Do not print this assignment on paper!** > > - On paper, you will miss updates, corrections, and hints added to the > online version. > - On paper, you cannot follow any of the [hyperlink URLs] that lead you > to hints and course notes relevant to answering a question. > - On paper, scrolling text boxes will be cut off and not print properly. - **Due Date**: `23h59 (11:59pm) Tuesday January 30, 2018 (start of Week 3)` - Your next assignment will be available in a few days and will overlap this assignment. Start work on this now! - Late assignments or wrong file names may not be marked. Please be accurate and punctual. - **Available online** - Version 1 -- 11:00 January 15 2018 - Version 2 -- 02:30 January 26 2018 -- new due date; see above - Version 3 -- 22:30 January 26 2018 -- new due date; see above - **Prerequisites** - A digital camera that can take a picture of you. - Any text editor capable of creating a Plain Text `.txt` file. - An ability to **READ ALL THE WORDS** to work effectively. - **Deliverables** - Two (2) files uploaded to Blackboard according to the steps in the [Submission Method] section below. 1. One picture image file that is a clear head shot of you. 2. One plain text file (`.txt`) containing answers to questions. Purpose of this Assignment ========================== > **Do not print this assignment on paper!** On paper, you cannot follow any > of the hyperlink URLs that lead you to hints and course notes relevant to > answering a question. This assignment is based on your weekly [Class Notes][All Weeks]. 1. Create a "head shot" image to help your professor know your name. Name the file exactly as given below. 2. Read excerpts of research to understand the bad effects of multi-tasking and distractions on learning. 3. Consider making changes to your own study environment to avoid multi-tasking and promote memory. 4. Answer three questions using the exact format and labelling described below. 5. Create a Plain Text (`.txt`) file containing the three answers. Name the file exactly as given below. 6. Submit (upload) the two files (the image and the text file) as course work to Blackboard into the correct Assignments upload area. Part A: Head-Shot Photo Image: `abcd0001.jpg` ============================================= > The image you create in this section (and later upload) will be seen only > by your instructor. The image will not be available in public. 1. Create or select a clear [head shot] picture of you. (If you don't have a clear head-shot picture, ask a friend to take one for you.) The head shot should show your face clearly. The image file must be a JPEG (JPG) format image. The image must be no smaller than 300 pixels in height or width and no larger than 1024 pixels in height or width. The file size should be less than 1 MB. ### `abcd0001.jpg` 2. Preparation for uploading the head-shot image file to Blackboard: Re-name the head-shot image file on your computer to be *abcd0001*`.jpg` where the text *abcd0001* userid is replaced by your *own* eight-character Algonquin College (Blackboard) userid. The image file name must start with your own eight-character userid and end with a four-character `.jpg` extension. All the letters in the name are lower-case. The image file name will be exactly 12 characters long. You will upload your *abcd0001*`.jpg` head-shot image file to Blackboard later in this assignment. Part B: Multi-Tasking Considered Harmful: `assignment01.txt` ============================================================ For full marks, follow these directions exactly. **READ ALL THE WORDS!** below before you start to answer any questions. 1. In the Course Notes, read the web page of [This is your Brain] essay excerpts. (You do not have to follow any of the hyperlinks on that page, but feel free to also read some of the original essays from which these quotes are taken.) ### `assignment01.txt` 2. After reading the above web page, open a plain text file on your computer named `assignment01.txt` and answer the following three questions in *your own words* (no copy and paste) in that file: - `(I-2a)`: Given that studies show that multi-tasking makes it harder for your brain to remember what you have been doing (see the readings), in what ways does your method of doing school work and homework suffer from multi-tasking? In the file, label the start of your answer to this question with the exact six-character label `(I-2a)` (including the parentheses) in the text file. That label contains two letters and one digit. - `(I-2b)`: How would it be possible for you to single-task your schoolwork, to remember it better come exam time (and job interview time)? In the file, label the start of your answer to this question with the exact six-character label `(I-2b)` (including the parentheses) in the text file. That label contains two letters and one digit. - `(I-2c)`: Do you find that your brain has been trained to "process information rather than understand or even remember it"? (As an example: When given an assignment question, do you Google for the answer every time, or do you remember the answer and write down what you remember?) In the file, label the start of your answer to this question with the exact six-character label `(I-2c)` (including the parentheses) in the text file. That label contains two letters and one digit. Answer these questions in your *own* words. There are no *right* answers, but no marks will be given to short answers that don't address the question fully. Single-sentence answers do not answer the question fully. 3. Put your three answers in a plain-text file named `assignment01.txt` on your computer. Each answer can be made up of long lines of text (with no word wrap), or each answer can be made up of shorter lines of text (e.g. less than 80 columns wide is good) with blank lines between paragraphs. 4. Create and edit a plain text file (*not* a word processor file) using the *exact* name `assignment01.txt` with no spaces or upper-case letters. This file name is 16 characters long and is all lower-case letters with two digits and one period. The name does not contain capital letters or spaces. There is only one correct way to spell the word `assignment`. For full marks, be accurate. 5. Do *not* copy any of the essays or web page or any of this assignment question material into your file as part of your answer. Only include your three written answers. Just your answers! Do not copy any of these questions. 6. **For full marks, make sure you label each of the three answers exactly as shown above.** - Write and submit your *own* answers to the above three questions. There are no "right" answers here. You decide your own answers. - Minimum length: Three answer paragraphs, one per question. No marks will be given to answers that are too short to fully address the question. Single sentence answers are too short. - Maximum length: five single-spaced pages (plus optional bibliography and/or references). (Nobody has yet written anything this detailed.) - Do not include the original essays, web page, or this file as part of your answer. Only enter your own answers. Just your own answers! - For full marks, number each of your three answers exactly as shown above using the exact six-character headings: `(I-2a)`, `(I-2b)`, and `(I-2c)`. The case (capitalization) of each letter must be exactly as shown. - Answers must be hand-typed original answers for this term. Any copy-and-paste in your answer file (e.g. from the Internet, previous terms, or other students) will result in a mark of zero. Write your own words in the file. - Use the exact file name `assignment01.txt` with no spaces or upper-case letters. This file name is 16 characters long and is all lower-case letters with two digits and one period. The name does not contain capital letters or spaces. There is only one correct way to spell the word `assignment`. Be accurate. - **PLAIN TEXT ONLY: NO EMAIL, WORD PROCESSOR, PDF, RTF, or HTML DOCUMENTS ACCEPTED.** The uploaded format must be plain text (**Notepad** or **TextEdit** or **VIM**), not a word processor document. > **WARNING**: If you use copy-and-paste from a word processor (e.g. MSWord) > or enter text using a foreign language setting on your computer > (e.g. Chinese), you are almost certain to include non-ASCII characters in > your text file (such as Smart Quotes) that will lower your mark. Set your > computer to use English and do not use a word processor to write the > answers. Type directly into Notepad without copy-and-paste. Please **READ ALL THE WORDS** Blackboard Submission upload method for Two Files (2) ===================================================== You should now have two (2) files with specific names ready for uploading to Blackboard: 1. Your own head-shot image file, with a 12-character file name similar to *abcd0001*`.jpg` but where the text *abcd0001* userid is replaced by your *own* eight-character Algonquin College (Blackboard) userid. 2. Your `assignment01.txt` plain text file containing three answers that you wrote yourself without any copy-and-paste. **Make sure the two files have the correct names before you continue.** 2. Follow this method to upload the two files from your local computer to the correct Assignment area on Blackboard before the due date: 1. On your local computer use a web browser to log in to Blackboard and go to the Blackboard home page for this course. 2. Open the Blackboard *Assignments* area for the course, in the left side-bar menu. 3. Under *Assignments*, click on the underlined **assignment01** link for this assignment. a) If this is your first upload, the *Upload Assignment* page will open directly; skip the next sentence. b) If you have already uploaded previously, the *Review Submission History* page will be open and you must use the *Start New* button at the bottom of the page to get to the *Upload Assignment* page. 4. On the *Upload Assignment* page, scroll down and beside *Attach File* use *Browse My Computer* to find and attach each of your two assignment files from your local computer. Make sure each assignment file has the correct name on your local computer before you attach it. Use *Browse My Computer* twice to attach each file. 5. Make sure you have both files attached and listed as separate lines under *Attached Files* before you continue. (Make sure that the file names are correct!) 6. After you have attached both files on the *Upload Assignment* page, scroll up or down on the page and use the *Submit* button to actually upload your two attached assignment files to Blackboard. 7. After using the *Submit* button, you will see a page titled *Review Submission History* that will show all your uploaded submissions for this assignment. Make sure you see the *Review Submission History* page before you continue! Do not enter any text into the *Write Submission* or *Comments* boxes on Blackboard; I do not read them. Use only the *Attach File, Browse My Computer* section followed by the *Submit* button. If you need to comment on any assignment submission, send me [EMail]. You can revise, re-do, and re-upload your assignment more than once using the *Start New* button on the *Review Submission History* page to open a new *Upload Assignment* page. I only look at the most recent submission. Make sure you always upload *both* files every time! You must upload files with the correct names from your local computer; you cannot correct the names as you upload them to Blackboard. 3. **Verify that Blackboard has received your submission**: After using the *Submit* button, you will see a page titled *Review Submission History* that will show all your uploaded submissions for this assignment. Each of your submissions is called an *Attempt* on this page. A drop-down list of all your attempts is available. a) Verify that your latest *Attempt* has both files and that each file has the correct name under the *SUBMISSION* heading. b) The two file names must be the *only* thing under the *SUBMISSION* heading. Only exactly two file names are allowed. c) No *COMMENTS* heading should be visible on the page. Do not enter any comments when you upload an assignment; I do not read the comments. d) **Save a screen capture** of the *Review Submission History* page on your local computer, showing the two uploaded files listed under *SUBMISSION*. If you want to claim that you uploaded the assignment and Blackboard lost it, you will need this screen capture to prove that you actually uploaded the two files. (To date, Blackboard has never lost an uploaded assignment.) e) Make sure you have used *Submit* and not *Save as Draft*. I cannot mark draft assignments. Make sure you *Submit*. You will also see the *Review Submission History* page any time you already have an assignment attempt uploaded and you click on the underlined **assignment01** link. You can use the *Start New* button on this page to re-upload your assignment as many times as you like. Make sure you always upload *both* files every time! You cannot delete an assignment attempt, but you can always upload a new version. I only mark the latest version. - I do not accept any assignment submissions by EMail. Use only the Blackboard *Attach File, Browse My Computer*. - No marks are awarded for submitting under the wrong assignment number or for using the wrong file names. Use the exact lower-case names given above. - **WARNING:** Some inattentive students don't read all these words. Don't make that mistake! Be exact. **READ ALL THE WORDS. OH PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE READ ALL THE WORDS!** -- | Ian! D. Allen, BA, MMath - idallen@idallen.ca - Ottawa, Ontario, Canada | Home Page: http://idallen.com/ Contact Improv: http://contactimprov.ca/ | College professor (Free/Libre GNU+Linux) at: http://teaching.idallen.com/ | Defend digital freedom: http://eff.org/ and have fun: http://fools.ca/ [Plain Text] - plain text version of this page in [Pandoc Markdown] format [www.idallen.com]: http://www.idallen.com/ [Course Home Page]: .. 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