16 September 2012
PolyLearn Access and Background Questionnaire
21/09/12 18:28 Filed in: 480
I’ve enabled PolyLearn access for the CPE-480-01-2128 students (morning section), and requested a merge of the students enrolled in the afternoon section into the same PolyLearn course. This will probably take a few days. If you’ve added the course only recently, you may also not see it yet in your list of courses.
At the moment, there’s not much on PolyLearn anyway; the only item of interest is probably the background questionnaire, Quiz 0. If you have access to the course, please take it so I get a better picture of what I can expect students to know (or remember) from previous courses. You’ll see a score, but it will not be included in the grade calculation. Please let me know if you have problems or notice something unusual. For me, this is also a test case to see if the transition from my Blackboard question pool went without glitches.
At the moment, there’s not much on PolyLearn anyway; the only item of interest is probably the background questionnaire, Quiz 0. If you have access to the course, please take it so I get a better picture of what I can expect students to know (or remember) from previous courses. You’ll see a score, but it will not be included in the grade calculation. Please let me know if you have problems or notice something unusual. For me, this is also a test case to see if the transition from my Blackboard question pool went without glitches.
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Project TRAC Wikis Available
20/09/12 14:34 Filed in: 480
Our sysadmins created a number of TRAC wikis for us, to be used for the team projects. I want you to use them mostly for the project documentation, but you can also use their SVN functionality as a code repository. Once we assign the team numbers, I’ll add one team member to the wiki. This person then can add the rest of the team. If you want to, send me an email with whoever wants to be the first team member, and I’ll add that person.
My strong preference is for all teams to use the TRAC Wiki, at least for the documentation. This is mainly for two reasons: Persistence (documents on your personal Cal Poly Web page, for example, will disappear when you graduate), and consistency, which makes it easier for me to find a particular piece of documentation. If you have a good argument for using something else, I’m open to it, but please discuss it with me first.
For each team wiki, I've created a group "Members" with SVN_READ, SVN_WRITE and TRAC_ADMIN privileges.
To add your team members to the wiki, do the following:
When you create new pages in your wiki, you can select templates from a pull-down menu. Those templates are intended for my courses with team projects, and they contain information on what to put in the respective pages.
If you want to exercise tighter controls, you can also create different groups with restricted privileges, and assign them to those groups.
To access the SVN repository of the TRAC Wiki, add /svn either before or after the name of your wiki in the URL. So for team 11, this would be
https://wiki.csc.calpoly.edu/svn/CSC-480-F12-11/ or
https://wiki.csc.calpoly.edu/CSC-480-F12-11/svn/
See more information at https://wiki.csc.calpoly.edu/labs/wiki/WikiGettingStarted, the “Repository Browser” entry of the “Help/Guide” tab on your Wiki(https://wiki.csc.calpoly.edu/CSC-480-F12-11/wiki/TracBrowser), or http://trac.edgewall.org/wiki/TracSubversion for the technical details.
My strong preference is for all teams to use the TRAC Wiki, at least for the documentation. This is mainly for two reasons: Persistence (documents on your personal Cal Poly Web page, for example, will disappear when you graduate), and consistency, which makes it easier for me to find a particular piece of documentation. If you have a good argument for using something else, I’m open to it, but please discuss it with me first.
For each team wiki, I've created a group "Members" with SVN_READ, SVN_WRITE and TRAC_ADMIN privileges.
To add your team members to the wiki, do the following:
- go to the Wiki
- login with your CSC login information (login name, password)
- go the the "Admin" page by clicking on the "Admin" tab , and then "Permissions" in the list on the left.
- enter their login names one by one in the "Add Subject to Group" area to add them to the "Members" group
When you create new pages in your wiki, you can select templates from a pull-down menu. Those templates are intended for my courses with team projects, and they contain information on what to put in the respective pages.
If you want to exercise tighter controls, you can also create different groups with restricted privileges, and assign them to those groups.
To access the SVN repository of the TRAC Wiki, add /svn either before or after the name of your wiki in the URL. So for team 11, this would be
https://wiki.csc.calpoly.edu/svn/CSC-480-F12-11/ or
https://wiki.csc.calpoly.edu/CSC-480-F12-11/svn/
See more information at https://wiki.csc.calpoly.edu/labs/wiki/WikiGettingStarted, the “Repository Browser” entry of the “Help/Guide” tab on your Wiki(https://wiki.csc.calpoly.edu/CSC-480-F12-11/wiki/TracBrowser), or http://trac.edgewall.org/wiki/TracSubversion for the technical details.
Lab 1 Available
19/09/12 16:52 Filed in: 480
The first lab activity is available now. You can choose between three alternatives: An evaluation of chatbots, an exploration of Hunch.com, or an examination of educational modules related to AI.
The first one on chatbots is the most developed one, the other two are somewhat experimental.
Each alternative is worth 10 points for a total of 100 in the labs.
The deadline is Tue of Week 2, end of lab period.
The first one on chatbots is the most developed one, the other two are somewhat experimental.
Each alternative is worth 10 points for a total of 100 in the labs.
The deadline is Tue of Week 2, end of lab period.
AI Nuggets Presentations - Web Page Updated
19/09/12 13:50 Filed in: 480
I’ve updated the AI Nugget page with the information below, to make it easier to find the signup form and list of scheduled presentations.
If you have a topic for your AI Nugget presentation, you can sign up for it on the Semantic Media Wiki page at the AI KM KB Wiki. To create an entry for your presentation, go to the 480-F12 Nugget Creation Form. You can also view the presentations scheduled so far at
http://kurfess.wikia.com/wiki/480-F12_Nuggets_Page. At the moment, the page still contains some entries from the 481-W12 quarter. Once I figure out how to use the filter feature of the wiki, they won't be shown …
If you’re looking for topic ideas, try my collection of Web snippets in the AI Nuggets Evernote Notebook. You may also find some ideas in a related notebook, KM Nuggets, with an emphasis on knowledge management.
If you have a topic for your AI Nugget presentation, you can sign up for it on the Semantic Media Wiki page at the AI KM KB Wiki. To create an entry for your presentation, go to the 480-F12 Nugget Creation Form. You can also view the presentations scheduled so far at
http://kurfess.wikia.com/wiki/480-F12_Nuggets_Page. At the moment, the page still contains some entries from the 481-W12 quarter. Once I figure out how to use the filter feature of the wiki, they won't be shown …
If you’re looking for topic ideas, try my collection of Web snippets in the AI Nuggets Evernote Notebook. You may also find some ideas in a related notebook, KM Nuggets, with an emphasis on knowledge management.
Project Topic Suggestions
19/09/12 13:49 Filed in: 480
The documentation for the term project is available; in addition to the page with project topic ideas, you can find information on possible project topics at the Wikia Semantic Media Wiki under 480-F12 Project Proposal Listing.