You will acquire a composition book for use with this course. You may purchase one from the UTSA bookstore or most stores that sell office supplies. You will bring the composition book to each class.
The composition book should have about 100 sheets. The pages must be fixed - it should not be possible to add pages to the book. The book will be used only for this course.
Entries in this book must be made in pen, not pencil.
Put your name and course number on the front cover of the book.
It should look something like this
Number the sheets of the book consecutively as you use them.
Put the page number in the upper right corner of the right side
of each sheet.
The first sheet should be be number 1.
Sheet number 1 will be used for a table of contents.
Put the following list (one per line) near the top of sheet 1:
Assignment 0
Assignment 1
Assignment 2
Assignment 3
Assignment 4
Assignment 5
The first page should look like this
When you come into class, start a new sheet of the book.
On the top line, write the word
"Lecture" followed by the lecture number and the date.
You can find the lecture numbers for each class in the
Daily Class Schedule.
You will make entries in this book during some of the class periods.
Instructions will be given in class.
Whether you make an entry in class or not,
for each lecture you will add an entry to the corresponding
page in your log describing one important thing you learned in class.
This entry should include a date and time the entry was made
and must be inserted at least 2 hours after the end of the
class and before the start of the next class.
If you didn't learn anything important, choose something
discussed in class that you already knew.
It might look something like this
Do not use this book for general note taking.
You will also make entries for each assignment. Start a new sheet for the entries for each assignment and put its page number in the table of contents. Entries for the assignments will be done concurrently with the ones for the lecture.
For each assignment you will keep a log of the discussions you have had with others about the assignment. You should try to do the assignments on your own as much as possible, but you are allowed to ask for help from others. You may discuss general methods for solving the problem and get help with finding bugs in your code. However, what you turn in for an assignment must be your own work. You are not allowed to copy someone else's code or solution to a problem. Any interactions you have with others concerning an assignment turned in for a grade must be logged in this book. You should include the names of everyone involved and include a brief description of what was discussed. Example are below:
Do not remove pages from the book. If you do not want to use a page, just put a single diagonal line through it.
