CS411W - Professional Workforce Development II

Spring 2013


Students must enroll in the lecture and the associated recitation

CLASS SCHEDULE: Monday & Wednesday 1:00 - 2:50 PM
PRE-REQUISITES: CS330 & CS 410 grade of C or better
INSTRUCTORS: Janet Brunelle Hill Price
OFFICE: E&CS 3210Dragas 1100A
PHONE NUMBER: (757) 683-7714(757) 683-7728
CS OFFICE: (757) 683-6001
EMAIL ADDRESS: brunelle@cs.odu.eduprice@cs.odu.edu (homepage)
OFFICE HOURS:
Monday 9:00 AM - Noon Noon - 1:00 PM
Tuesday 1:30 - 4:00 PM
Wednesday Noon - 1:00 PM
Thursday 1:30 - 4:00 PM
FridayNoon - 1:00 PM
GRAMMAR SPECIALIST: Dan Cox
EMAIL ADDRESS:dcox@cs.odu.edu
COURSE TEXT: None required.



LECTURES



  • Notes for Week 1
  • To do list for week 1
  • Document Map for the Course
  • Notes for Weeks 4 & 5
  • Notes for Weeks 6 & 7 - Test Plans



    HANDOUTS

  • Course Syllabus

  • Course Outline

  • OWL - Technical Writing Resource

    Lab 1

  • Requirements - Descriptive Paper
  • Lab 1 Template/Outline
  • Industry Examples
  • Sample
  • Development Environment Requirements for Prototype

    Lab 2

  • Lab 2 - Product Specification
  • Lab 2 Outline
  • EXAMPLE Project Requirements and Specifications
  • EXAMPLE Requirements Template
  • EXAMPLE System Specification Example
  • Sample from a previous semester Prototyping
    GUI design
  • Lab IV Users Manual
  • Student example

    PROJECT GROUPS

    Red

    Parsing Tool for Linguistic Analysis

    Blue

    VARCOM Rare Bird Data Management System

    Green

    Systems Education Database

    Black

    Academic Publication Database

    Purple

    Antiquated Language Tool

    GRADING

    All grades will include a component/multiplier based upon the student's demonstrated Professionalism. All labs will receive two grades: grammar and technical content. The percentage for each element will vary for each lab.

    Grading Criteria


    Type of Graded Element Description Percentage
    Writing - Lab I Descriptive/Persuasive Paper 10% (Individual)
    Writing - Lab II Prototype Product Specification 20% (Individual/Group)
    Writing - Lab III Prototype Test Plan/Procedures 20% (Individual/Group)
    Writing - Lab IV Product/Prototype User's Manuals 15% (Individual/Group)
    Writing - Lab V Summary Paper - Lessons Learned 5% (Individual)
    Final Exam - Prototype Demonstration Product Laboratory Prototype 25% (Group)
    Website Product and course documents 5% (Group)

    ETS organization Major Field Test

    All students are required to take the CS Exit Exam during this semester. Those who score in the lowest tenth percentile (nationally) will not graduate without successful remediation.

    ETS (out of Princeton) is the testing organization: Major Field Test - in Computer Science.







    GRADES

    Grades for this course can be viewed using Blackboard.




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