IT 117: Introduction to Scripting

IT 117: Introduction to Scripting
Homework 1

Due

Sunday, January 28th at 11:59 PM

Deliverables

Registration with the Piazza discussion area for this class - 10 points
A message posted to this section - 40 points
A photo of your signed Oath of Honesty - 40 points
Forwarding your UMB email to an email account you check regularly - 10 points

Details

Register for the class discussion area on Piazza
- Go to https://piazza.com/umass_boston/spring2024/it11711.
- Register for the discussion area for this course
- For help with Piazza go to https://piazza.com/support
Go to the Piazza discussion area at https://piazza.com/umass_boston/spring2024/it11711. and create a Note (not a Question) in the hw1 directory in the class discussion area entitled "HW 1 IT 117"
- This post should contain the following
  - The full spelling of your name.
  - If your name is often mispronounced, how it should be pronounced.
  - How you prefer to be addressed. For example, many men whose first name is William are often called Bill.
  - Do you have access to a computer with an Internet connection at home?
  - Have you ever done any programming or scripting? If so, please describe your experience briefly.
  - If you have a job, how many hours a week do you work?
  - How many courses are you taking this semester?
  - How many of these courses are science, engineering, mathematics, computer science or IT courses?
  - Tell me a little about yourself.
  - If you work, tell me what kind of work you do.
  - (Optional) A link to a page with a picture of you or a file containing a photograph of yourself. This will help m e associate your name with your face.
- You must do this even if you have taken a class with me before
Follow the instruction you will find here to email me a copy of your signed Oath of Honesty
Forward your UMB email to an account you check regularly
- I will use your UMB email address when I need to communicate with you
- All your scoring sheets will be sent to this account
- You must forward emails to this account to an account you check frequently
- Friday of next week I will send a test message to your UMB account
- The title of the message will be "IT 117 Homework 1 Test Message"
- You must reply to this message or you will lose 10 points