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WHAT'S NEW?

• Apr 09, 2008
  Office hours: I will have office hours from 2 to 4 pm on Monday Apr. 14.
• Apr 09, 2008
  Test #2 answers Part G: The answers that we accepted for the Excel part of the term test are here.
• Apr 11, 2008
  Final Exam: As you were told in class the examination has a significant portion on Excel, about 40% of the examination. You should review the guide book, the labs exercises as well as the assignment for this part of the examination. The test is quite comprehensive, as indicated in class, and covers history, binary numbers, 2's complement, and other the number systems and floating point numbers, Boolean algebra and logic and gates, and general stuff about computer components, operating systems, including scheduling and a little on artificial intelligence. The test itself has 100 questions worth 1 mark each and you will be given 3 hours to complete the exam. No aids will be allowed including no calculator, although you will be given a list of the Excel functions including their arguments.Good Luck.
• Apr 09, 2008
  Test #2 returned: Test #2 are now available to pick up outside my office cse 3012 door. In two boxes. The tests in each box were arranged in alphebetical order, look in each box in turn and keep the tests in the order you found them. Pleae only take your own test and no other.
• Apr 09, 2008
  Test #2 Reappraisal: The midterm test #2 has been returned today. Should you believe strongly that there is an error in marking your midterm then you must fill out a reappraisal request and hand in the signed request form and the whole midterm exam with valid supported reasons by questions why it should be remarked using the following form prior to and including Wednesday Apr 16, 2008. (For Midterm #2 held on March 19 returned Wednesday Apr 09). No reappraisl will be considered after that date. Midterms written in pencil will not be remarked. Remember that the whole exam will be remarked and your mark could go up, stay the same or even go down.
• Apr 09, 2008
  Test2 marks: Test #2 marks are now available on the main course website for cse1520. Click resources then section R and you can see all your marks including the test #2 scores out of 50. Notice that this site also tells you the % weight of the final examination for you personally. Shortly, I will let you know how and when you can pick up your test #2.
• Apr 07, 2008
  Next Office Hours: My office hours for today are complete and as a reminder I will hold office hours again on next Monday April 14 from 2 to 4 pm.
• Apr 07, 2008
  Binary multiply and divide: As an answer to a question in class, binary multiplication and division will NOT be on the final examination.
• Apr. 5, 2008
  Questions ; For those who had questions about material on the final examination and did not get them answerd in our last class, please come to my office hours and I would be happy to answer. I could not possibly answer all questions and also do even a little bit on Excel in 50 minutes.
• Apr 04, 2008
  Office hours before the examination: I will be available on both Mondays, Apr. 7 and 14, before the examination between 2 and 4pm in my office CSE3012 to answer your questions and give you help.
• Apr 03, 2008
  Final exam coverage: The final exam will cover all the material and chapters both from the text and the guide that are refered to on our main course website. Plus all labs work and all lectures. These include: Chapters in text: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 10, 11.1, 11.2, 12.1, 12.2, 13 and 14.1. Chapters in lab guide: all chapters 0 - 9; You are resposible for all material whter it was taken in class or not. The main website is the official word on all this.
• Apr 03, 2008
  Test #2 results: The TA marking the test became ill and there will be a delay in completing the marking. When the marking is completed the marks will be posted on the main course website by the overall course coordinator, as was done for the first test, and the tests will be returned. The results will be available well in advance of the final exam and the last day for droppiong the test mark. When the results are available and where to pick up the tests will be announced on this website.
• Mar 30, 2008
  Last week of classes includes extra class on Thursday: In the last week of classes we have 4 lectures, our regular lectures on Monday, March 31, and Wednesday, April 2, and Friday, April 4, but also a makeup class on Thursday April 3.
• Mar 17, 2008
  example in class: The correct useage of the AND in our example in class today is =and(coin1=1,coin2=1)
• Mar 14, 2008
  MidTerm Test #2: As stated in class the Excel portion of the test could be from about 25% to 35% more likely around 30%.
• Mar 14, 2008
  MidTerm Test #2: Please follow this page regularly especially before a test for any updates on the test etc.
• Mar 14, 2008
  MidTerm Test #2: The instruction, test content and other information about the midterm is now post here below the waht's new messages.
• Mar 14, 2008
  MidTerm Test #2: Please note that I will post here shortly information on the midterm but in the meantime as clarification the midterm will be mainly on the material taken since the midterm test #1. However some ideas are cumulative.
• Mar 06, 2008
  Marks: Please note that marks for the midterm and for labs 2 and 3 have been posted on our main course website.
• Mar 06, 2008
  Reading: Please finish reading Chapter 4 of our text until the end including sections 4.5 4.6 and 4.7 for the next lectures. Also read all of chapter 5 for next week. This will allow the class to be more interactive.
• Feb 27, 2008
  Reading: Please continue reading Chapter 4 of our text sections 4.3 and 4.4 for the next lectures. This will allow the class to be more interactive.
• Feb 22, 2008
  Reading: Please begin reading Chapter 4 of our text sections 4.1,and 4.2 for next week. This will allow the class to be more interactive.
• Feb 20, 2008
  Test #1 Returned: The midterm test #1 has been returned in class today. Should you believe strongly that there is an error in marking your midterm then you must fill out a reappraisal request and hand in the signed request form and the whole midterm exam with valid supported reasons by questions why it should be remarked using the following form prior to and including Wednesday Feb 27, 2008. (For Midterm #1 held on Feb 06 returned Wednesday Feb 20). No reappraisl will be considered after that date. Midterms written in pencil will not be remarked. Remember that the whole exam will be remarked and your mark could go up, stay the same or even go down.
• Feb 08, 2008
  Return of Labs or Test #1: Please do not email me about this, when they are ready to be returned you will be told on the course main website or here when and how to obtain them or their mark.
• Feb 08, 2008
  A purse of one of our students was stolen during or just after our test 1 on Wednesday, Feb 06, 2008. If you saw anything suspicious activity or found any personal article that may have come from the purse please report the incident or what you saw or return the article to campus security. York University Campus Security Services department is located in 227 William Small Centre at the Keele Campus and their website is www.yorku.ca/security and their phone number for Security Incidents-is 33333. 416-736-5333.
• Feb 04, 2008
  New on the Main Course 1520 Website: Please see a new section that is the course director's commentary on what to hand in for each lab which will usually be presented or loaded approximately 8 days before the lab is actually due. Included is a a check list of what must be handed in. He gives helpful hints about the lab.
• Feb 04, 2008
  Office hours: I have extended my office hours today I will be here from 1 to 2 as per usual and I will be available from about 4 to 5 pm as well today. My office is CSE3012
• Feb 04, 2008
  Term Test #1: The coverage, struture and some possible areas of the test are given below after the What's New list
• Feb 01, 2008
  Term Test #1: The instructions for the term test for our section is displayed down below in this website
• Feb 01, 2008
  Term Test #1: The term test for our section will be held in our lecture room CB121 on Wednesday Feb 06 during our regular lecture time.
• Jan. 27, 2008
  A student asked about the Glade lab monitor schedule The schedule is up on our main website. Go to course main webpage, click on the button "resources" then click on lab monitor schedule. If you find that the monitors are not there at the appointed times please inform me and I will make it know to the department. If you need help with the course material from the lectures the see me at my office hours or after any class out in the hallway I will wait for 5 minutes after class but I wil gladly stay much longer if there are questions.
• Jan. 23, 2008
  A link to the main 1520 webpage has now been added to this supplemental web above. Click on it to get back to the main 1520 page.
• Jan. 23, 2008
  The slides for chapter 2 from the book can be otained here by clicking on the underlined word slides. These slides are not on the main webpage.
• Jan. 23, 2008
  The drop box for handing in completed labs for 1520R is located in the main hallway in CSE along with the other sections of 1520. It had been missing earlier
• Jan. 21, 2008
  The information about Lab 2, what exercise and what needs to be submitted,that needs to be handed in Jan 29, 2008 is on the course website and accessible directly from the main page. The lecture schedule shows when the lab is due in column 4.
• Jan. 21, 2008
  There are many students who wish to ask questions before or after class class. I am very happy to answer questions after class in the hallway outside the classroom. Just after class, near the board, I am closing out the lecture and gathering my material and equipment so I can leave the class to the next instructor, who is usually all ready in the classroom. Once I have done this and am out in the hall I will be more relaxed. Before class is a time that I am preparing and setting up to teach the class and is not the best time to ask individual questions
• Jan. 21, 2008
  Student question: "I have a problem during doing my first lab work. I'm confused about the formulas view after viewing the website: how could I show the formulas, and is the formulas view sheet on the same sheet with the data or not?"
  Hi the answer to you question: You can toggle or switch between display of formulae and their value on the worksheet by using the command:
  Press CTRL + ` (grave accent).
  The formula will appear on the worksheet instead of their values. If you use the same command again and then the values will reappear on the worksheet instead of the formulae
• Jan. 21, 2008
  Please follow good email etiquette. Please put the course number "CSE1520R" on the subject line of your email and then what the email is aboput such as: "question about .....". Also please sign your name and student number at the end of your email so I know who you are, that is only coutesy. I get many emails per day and may be unable to answer emails that I do not recognize.
• Jan. 18, 2008
  In response to questions. For this course the professor's notes and slides will not be posted on the course website. However the books slides are made available on the 1520 website. You should read the text before class so you can better determine what to concentrate on in class and what to take notes on. The book's slides, the websites, the textbook , the lab handbook, and notes you take in class should suffice
• Jan. 18, 2008
  There have been many questions concerning the first lab to be handed in. This information is available on the main site for this course. Note in the lecture schedule that our first lab to be handed in is Lab 2 to be handed in in Week #4 on Jan 29, 2008 See the "lab work" page on our main website under when are labs due to see that Lab 2 relates to Chapter 2 in the lab handbook.
• Jan. 18, 2008
  Welcome to CSE1520R! The section of this course taught by Prof. Marvin Mandelbaum