Week 1 (August 24 – August 30)

Thursday, August 27 (6:00 P.M. – 8:00 P.M., Zoom) Class Session 1
Session Link	You may join the session using this link. Use 415965 as the session password. Please use a headset.
Topics	Welcome Discuss Syllabus Discuss Weekly Schedule Introductions
Required Readings	Course Syllabus
Required Recordings	Tutorial Video: Tips on Playing My YouTube Videos Lecture Video: Course Introduction and Syllabus Review Tutorial Video: How to Use the Service Desk for This Course
Other Resources	Slides for How to Use the Service Desk for This Course
Class Discussion Prep	Introduce Yourself An important activity during this first class will be introducing ourselves. I plan to go through the class in the order that students appear in the Zoom list of attendees. I will ask each of you to speak to us using your headset. I am expecting each of you to speak for 1 - 2 minutes. Here are the things that I would like you to share with us: Your name; The iSchool program in which you are enrolled; Your employment (this includes, full-time, part-time, university, and home care activities); Your previous experience with tools used in this course (Python, Anaconda); Most Important: What you would like to get out of this course. I look forward to meeting each of you during your introductions.

Sunday, August 30 (11:00 A.M. – 12:00 P.M., Zoom) Optional Session
Session Link	You may join the session using this link. Use 107577 as the session password. Please use a headset.
Online Lab	On Sunday mornings from 11:00 AM till 12:00 PM, I will be holding an optional Online Lab Session using Zoom. Please drop by to ask a question, to discuss solutions to previous assignments, to get help with the current assignment, to discuss the final project, or just to say hello.

Sunday, August 30, @ 11:55 P.M. Weekly Assignments Deadline
Computing Setup	Choose Your Computer Description: I recommend that you use a computer that runs Windows 10 or a recent release of MacOS. While the software that we will be using for this course does run on Linux computers, there will be substantially less technical support available for Linux. Install Anaconda Description: Anaconda is an open data science platform that provides access to a coordinated set of Python tools. We will be using Anaconda to provide our basic Python tools. This will relieve some of the pressure of downloading many Python tools individually. It will also give us some experience in working with Anaconda, which is a valuable skill in its own right. Anaconda Download Page Tutorial: Install Anaconda on Windows 10 - REV Summer 2020 Tutorial: Install Anaconda on macOS - REV Summer 2020 Install PyCharm Professional Description: PyCharm Professional is a leading Python Integrated Development Environment (IDE). I will be using PyCharm in my tutorial videos and I will expect you to use PyCharm when completing your assignments. JetBrains, the makers of PyCharm Professional, offer free licenses to this and a number of other products to university students and faculty. You will need to secure one of these free licenses from JetBrains using the link below. Following that, you will need to install PyCharm Professional by following one of the tutorial videos below that will help you through the download and install. JetBrains free individual licenses for students and faculty members Tutorial: Install PyCharm Professional on Windows 10 - REV Summer 2020 Tutorial: Install PyCharm Professional on macOS - REV Summer 2020

Sunday, August 30, @ 11:55 P.M.
Weekly Assignments Deadline

Computing Setup

Choose Your Computer
Description: I recommend that you use a computer that runs Windows 10 or a recent release of MacOS. While the software that we will be using for this course does run on Linux computers, there will be substantially less technical support available for Linux.
Install Anaconda
Description: Anaconda is an open data science platform that provides access to a coordinated set of Python tools. We will be using Anaconda to provide our basic Python tools. This will relieve some of the pressure of downloading many Python tools individually. It will also give us some experience in working with Anaconda, which is a valuable skill in its own right.
Install PyCharm Professional
Description: PyCharm Professional is a leading Python Integrated Development Environment (IDE). I will be using PyCharm in my tutorial videos and I will expect you to use PyCharm when completing your assignments. JetBrains, the makers of PyCharm Professional, offer free licenses to this and a number of other products to university students and faculty. You will need to secure one of these free licenses from JetBrains using the link below. Following that, you will need to install PyCharm Professional by following one of the tutorial videos below that will help you through the download and install.

Weekly Course Schedule – Fall 2020

IS430 - AO2/AOG - Foundations of Information Processing

Meets Thursday Evenings Online

Week 1 (August 24 – August 30)