SILS iSchool

25 Apr 2019

meets Tuesday and Thursday from 0800-0915

in Carolina Hall 220

Contact options

office hours in Manning 112


Value Added | daily

Class Schedule

Basics | sessions 01-05

10 Jan | intro
15 Jan | clients
17 Jan | servers
22 Jan | networks
24 Jan | basics lab

Web Development | sessions 06-11

29 Jan | structural layer
31 Jan | presentational layer
05 Feb | working with layers
07 Feb | behavior layer |
12 Feb | images & design
14 Feb | website lab

Document Markup | sessions 12-14

19 Feb | document markup
21 Feb | graphics
26 Feb | document markup lab

Spreadsheets | sessions 15-19

28 Feb | spreadsheets
05 Mar | formulas & functions
07 Mar | data display

 09-17 Mar | Spring Break 

19 Mar | database tools
21 Mar | spreadsheets lab

Relational Database | sessions 20-26

26 Mar | relational databases
28 Mar | tables
02 Apr | relationships
04 Apr | input & output
09 Apr | SQL
11 Apr | complex queries
16 Apr | databases lab

Presentation | sessions 27-30

18 Apr | presentation design
23 Apr | presentation delivery
25 Apr | thoughts on presentations | evals & lab
30 Apr | 0800-1100 | final in class presentation





Think about what you want to do,
think about how people react to visual stimuli,
think about how you manage your and their time.

Basic & Theoretical Considerations

Dilbert strip, 03 April 2007

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Doing the presentation

Try out your presentation in advance

  • check to see if the timings of the transitions and animations will work for the audience
  • pay particular attention to how much time it takes for animations to occur
  • remember that most audiences do not have a lot of time to spend waiting for things to happen

The eye can see and understand concepts very quickly.
The quicker your presentation can get in,
make a positive impression,
and get out,
the better off you will be.

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Key principles to consider

  • focus on the audience's needs and build your visuals to conform to their expectations and your message
  • simple and effective is preferable to complex and confusing

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Rules to live by

Hammer it home

  1. tell them what you're going to tell them
  2. tell them
  3. tell them what you told them

Less is More

Dilbert cartoon from 03 Mar 2009

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