CAP 211

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CAP 211 Visual Programming Introduction

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Welcome to CAP211

• Lecturer Reham Al-Abdul Jabbar
• Email ralabduljabbar_at_ksu.edu.sa
• Website http//faculty.ksu.edu.sa/reham
• Office location room 42 Bld. 20   
• Office hours check my website

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Practical

• One 1 hour and 50 minute practical session each
  week.
• Starting this week.
• Vital to you passing CAP211.
• Your attendance will be recorded.
• A significant proportion of marks comes from
  practical work.

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Assessment

• Made up from
• 2 midterms each 15
• Project 15
• Lab 15
• Final 40

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Exam Schedule

• Exam dates
• Midterm1 Sat 29/11/2008 1200 100
• Midterm2 Sat 10/1/2009 1200 100
• If you have an overlap please inform me
• within one week otherwise, I will stick to
• these dates.

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Cheating Policy

• Cheating is prohibited, so if we caught any
  identical assignments both will take -10 in the
  first copy and -20 to the second one and so on. 
• Why does cheating occur? It usually occurs
  because you run out of time to do an assignment,
  and feel you have no other way of completing the
  assignment!!!!

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Cheating Policy Contd

• So, how can you prevent this urge to cheat from
  overcoming you?
• Do not wait to start the assignment until a few
  days before it is due. This is guaranteed to
  cause you problems.
• Do not hesitate to get help from the TA's or
  myself if you find yourself stumped or unable to
  begin an assignment. 

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Absence Policy

• If you fail to attend any examination
• You should fill the excuse form and bring it to
  me within one week after the exam.
• You will not be allowed to have a makeup exam
  unless you have a very strong excuse.
• You will go for a comprehensive exam ONLY after
  the exam's committee accepts your excuse.

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Text Book

• Deitel Deitel, Visual Basic.NET, How to
  Program, Second Edition

All Lecture slides and other useful materials
will be available on my website
http//faculty.ksu.edu.sa/reham
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Aims of CAP211

• After completing this course, you will be able
  to
• Create a simple Visual Basic .NETapplication
  based on the Windows Application template.
• Use forms and controls to create a user
  interface.
• Validate user input for fields, controls, and
  forms.
• Enhance the user interface by adding menus,
  status bars, and toolbars.

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Course Content

• Chapter 1 Introduction to Computers, Internet
  and Visual Basic .NET
• Chapter 2 Introduction to visual studio .NET
  IDE.
• Chapter 3 Introduction to VB Programming
• Chapter 4, 5 Control Structures.
• Chapter 6 Methods.
• Chapter 7 Arrays.
• Chapter 12, 13 GUI.
• Chapter 16 Graphics Multimedia.
• Chapter 17 Files Streams.