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COMP2720
Automating Tools for New Media

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Welcome to COMP2720 for 2008. This is a dynamic Web site which is constantly being updated. Watch this site regularly.

Syllabus: This course will introduce script-level programming (mostly Python and a little of Javascript) in the context of New Media. Topics covered will include the nature of New Media applications, New Media data formats and data manipulation, program organisation, control structures, writing and debugging New Media programs.

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News

Make sure you check the forum message boards on a regular basis:

• comp2720.announcements: I will post relevant announcements for the course on this notice board.
• comp2720.talk: This is for you as students to use and share information.

Lectures and labs

• Check the course activity schedule (dates for lectures, laboratories and assignments) to determine exactly when lectures and labs are scheduled.
  The StReaMS registration is open, register now. The labs will start in week 3.

• Verify lecture and lab times and venues on the ANU timetable.

  Activity Day Time Location Lecture A Thursday 9am–10am Haydon-Allen Lecture Theatre (The Tank) [Building 23] Lecture B Thursday 10m–11am Haydon-Allen Lecture Theatre (The Tank) [Building 23] Lecture C Friday 12pm–1pm Haydon-Allen Lecture Theatre (The Tank) [Building 23]

  Activity Day Time Location Lab group 1 Thursday 11am–1pm CSIT N115 (Bld. 108) Lab group 2 Friday 9am–11am CSIT N115 (Bld. 108) Lab group 3 Thursday 5pm–7pm CSIT N115 (Bld. 108) Lab group 4 Friday 1pm–3pm CSIT N115 (Bld. 108)

Consultation hours

No need to make an appointment if you can see me at

Day Time Monday N214 13:00–14:00 Tuesday N214 10:30–11:30 To see me at different time, a prior arrangement is necessary (use email). Course material Lecture slides and related files Lab and home work exercises Assignments Portfolio   Various example media files General course information Prerequisites: COMP1710 or COMP1100. Course administrative handout (PDF). Text book: We will be using the book Introduction to Computing and Programming with Python: A Multimedia Approach, by Mark Guzdial, Prentice-Hall, 2005, ISBN 0-13-117655-2. The cost for students at the ANU COOP bookshop will be $101.95 (Members Price: $92.77). Additional learning resources are discussed on the Resources web page. The above book has been recently published in an electronic format as a eBook. You can find more details of the publisher web page. Course assessment scheme. Course coordinator (and lecturer) is Alexei Khorev. Unit description from Study@ANU. Getting help! Further links Links to course related resources on the Web. This list will be updated during the course. Read a short article about COMP2720 from the September 2005 ANU IT week: Computer scientists make programming accessible. Have a look at some work we did in yesteryears: Submitted collage.jpg pictures in the assignment 1 gallery. Last modified: 8/02/2009, 22:18