Teaching Material
Please note that this is a brand new module so please be patient if some aspects of it don't work quite as planned. The content and schedule are likely to change as the module is written.
Notes on the Food For Thought Videos
The module contains links to YouTube videos on a range of different topics. They do not represent the views of the University or any of its staff but are simply placed there to get you to think about a range of different issues related to the modern connected world. It is up to you to judge if the views they represent are accurate or not.
Week 15
Lecture
Food For Thought: Adam Ruins Everything : The Terrifying Cost of "Free" Websites
Lab Portfolio Title : System Documentation
Lab - Reverse Engineering the DVD Swap
Video
Week 16
Lecture
Lecture - Introduction to HTML5
Food For Thought: Cyber Attack: Ransomware causing chaos globally - BBC News
Lab Portfolio Title : HTML 5 Form Processor
Video
Week 17
Lecture
Lecture - Styles and the Box Model
Video
Food For Thought: STUXNET: The Virus that Almost Started WW3
Lab Portfolio Title : My Zen Garden
Video
Week 18
Lecture
Hyperlinks, Images and Tables part 1
Video
Food For Thought: How online activism propelled Tunisia's revolution
Lab Portfolio Title : Dynamic Table Generation
Video
Week 19
Lecture
Hyperlinks, Images and Tables part 2
Video
Food For Thought: How Bernie Sanders is winning the Internet
Lab Portfolio Title : Dynamic Data, Hyperlinks and Images
Dynamic Data Hyperlinks and Images
Video
Week 20
Lecture
Video
Food For Thought: The Great Firewall of China TED
Lab Portfolio Title : Password Hashing
Video
Week 21
Lecture
Video
Food for Thought: Digital Downloads! The Fall and Rise of Music Sales!
Lab Portfolio Title : SQL Injection
Video
Week 22
Lecture
Listen to some modem sounds (get your dancing shoes on!)
Lab Portfolio Title : Code Injection
Video
Week 23
This weeks classes will will be lead by staff from CLaSS. You will find them a very useful source of support for your studies over the next three years.
About CLaSS
The CLaSS team work with undergraduate, postgraduate and research students, who are studying full-time, part-time and by distance learning.
We know that all students will need help and advice at some point in their studies. These are typical examples:
- First year undergraduate - learn about simple strategies to help you to plan that first assignment.
- Second year undergraduate - discover practical approaches to critical analysis in your academic writing.
- Final year undergraduate - use guidance and support for your final dissertation.
- Postgraduate and research students - make use of advice about studying at a higher level - maybe after some time out of education
Lecture
Good Academic Practice Exercise
Lab
Lab
Video
Week 24
Lecture
There is no lecture this week
Lab
Lab - no new material this week, use the time to catch up
Week 25 Easter Break
Week 26 Easter Break
Week 27 Easter Break
Week 28 Development project due in Friday / 11
Lecture
There is no lecture this week
Lab
Lab - no new material this week, use the time to catch up
Week 29 10 min claims / 12
Lecture
There is no lecture this week
Lab
Lab - assessment and feedback
Week 30 Report due in Friday 10 min claims / 13
Lecture
There is no lecture this week
Lab
Lab - assessment and feedback
Week 31