Monday, 12 November 2007

Signing off...

I'm moving course related material to the www.finnegas.net VLE.
Hopefully this will mean you only have to go to ONE website in future...

See you there!
PS - Keep your own blogs going for now!

Thursday, 8 November 2007

Thank Crunchie it's Friday!

Today you will continue working on the Analysis section of your project writeup (started yesterday).
In particular you should use try to identify Data Sources etc and create relevant Data flow Diagrams or flow charts of manual processes.
Continue working on this for HW over the weekend.
Bring in your books on Mon.
Have a good weekend!

Wednesday, 7 November 2007

Assembly Langauge Quiz

(A) Today you will log in to www.finnegas.net
(You all BETTER remember your usernames and passwords!)

You should click on the link for "Assembly Language Quiz (1)".
This consists of 3 past paper questions on Assembly Language & the Fetch Execute cycle.

You should type your answers into the available edit boxes on the webpage.

You will not receive any immediate feedback / results as I have to mark these answers manually.

(B) - Get the "Practical Project" photocopy in your folders in the filing cabinet (bottom right drawer).
Create a Word document with the following headings:

  • Background to/identification of problem
  • Identification of the prospective user(s)
  • Identification of user needs and acceptable limitations
  • Use of appropriate analysis techniques
  • Data source(s) and destination(s)
  • DFDs (Existing and Proposed Systems)
  • Analysis Data Dictionary
  • E-R model; Objective Analysis diagrams (if appropriate)
  • Objectives of the project
  • Realistic appraisal of the feasibility of potential solutions
  • Justification of chosen solution


Read through the notes and try to complete the first 3 headings in relation to your proposed Computing project.
At this point you do not refer to actual programming techologies you will use.
You will 'decide' on this at a later stage.

Tuesday, 6 November 2007

Today you will...


Complete summary of Ch 2 Assembly Language, started yesterday.
HW: Answer q's 1 - 6 on your blog

Monday, 5 November 2007

LNI bites the dust (for a while at least!)

Today gentlemen you will go to:
http://www.finnegas.net
You will log in (details will be given in class) and explore this Virtual Learning Environment.

Please reply to the forum posts in "Week 3" (ignore the week numbers etc for now)
You should complete the 'First Impressions' question AFTER you have become familiar with the set up.