Instructional Technology Program
University of South Florida College of Education

EDK EME 6930 (formerly EME 6412)
Programming Languages in Education:
Visual BASIC as a Research Tool

SUMMER 2006 SESSION 10 WEEK COURSE SCHEDULE/CONTENT OUTLINE
 

WEEK (of) TOPIC READING IN TEXT DUE *
1 (May 15) Intro to Visual BASIC Chapters 1-3  
2 (May 22) Control Attributes & Methods
Data & Decision-Making		 Chapters 4.1-4.6 & 5.5
(Chapters 10, 11, as needed
& optionally 12,
throughout course)		 Eval 1
3 (May 29) Repetition Chapters 4.7-4.12 & 5 Eval 2
4 (June 05) Arrayed Data (may need to read some of Chapter 6 first)  Chapter 7 Eval 3
5 (June 12) Functions Chapters 6.16 & 8 Eval 4
6 (June 19) Modular Programming Chapters 6.1-6.8 & 6.17
(6.11-6.15 optional)		  
7 (June 26) Files/Databases Chapter 14 (18 optional) Eval 5
8 (July 03) Randomness, Multimedia, & Other Topics Chapters 6.9-6.10, 9, 13
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evalasst.html#media
(Chapter 20 optional)		 Eval 6 &
Late
Deadline **
9 (July 10) Exam Preparation,
Project Work		 Sample Exam Items Eval 7
(Course "B")
10 (July 17) Final Examination Exam will be held Wednesday, July 19, 2006 at 6:00 PM in EDU159, USF Tampa Campus Project
(Course "A") 
(Due July 19)

* Assignments due midnight Saturday of the given week.
(OK, OK ... you can have Sunday too if you really need it.)
** Absolute deadline for late submission of any Evals 1-5