Overview
Coding, also known as programming or scripting, is an essential literacy in our increasingly digital world. This unit provides a practical introduction to coding using the JavaScript language. You will learn about fundamental programming principles and how they relate to the syntax and control structures of a programming language. You will learn how to analyse computing problems, design algorithms that solve those problems, implement algorithms as computer programs, and test those programs on a computer. Many of the programs that you write in this unit will involve building interactivity into web pages with client-side JavaScript code.
Details
Pre-requisites or Co-requisites
There are no requisites for this unit.
Important note: Students enrolled in a subsequent unit who failed their pre-requisite unit, should drop the subsequent unit before the census date or within 10 working days of Fail grade notification. Students who do not drop the unit in this timeframe cannot later drop the unit without academic and financial liability. See details in the Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework).
Offerings For Term 2 - 2024
Attendance Requirements
All on-campus students are expected to attend scheduled classes - in some units, these classes are identified as a mandatory (pass/fail) component and attendance is compulsory. International students, on a student visa, must maintain a full time study load and meet both attendance and academic progress requirements in each study period (satisfactory attendance for International students is defined as maintaining at least an 80% attendance record).
Recommended Student Time Commitment
Each 6-credit Undergraduate unit at CQUniversity requires an overall time commitment of an average of 12.5 hours of study per week, making a total of 150 hours for the unit.
Class Timetable
Assessment Overview
Assessment Grading
This is a graded unit: your overall grade will be calculated from the marks or grades for each assessment task, based on the relative weightings shown in the table above. You must obtain an overall mark for the unit of at least 50%, or an overall grade of 'pass' in order to pass the unit. If any 'pass/fail' tasks are shown in the table above they must also be completed successfully ('pass' grade). You must also meet any minimum mark requirements specified for a particular assessment task, as detailed in the 'assessment task' section (note that in some instances, the minimum mark for a task may be greater than 50%). Consult the University's Grades and Results Policy for more details of interim results and final grades.
All University policies are available on the CQUniversity Policy site.
You may wish to view these policies:
- Grades and Results Policy
- Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework)
- Review of Grade Procedure
- Student Academic Integrity Policy and Procedure
- Monitoring Academic Progress (MAP) Policy and Procedure - Domestic Students
- Monitoring Academic Progress (MAP) Policy and Procedure - International Students
- Student Refund and Credit Balance Policy and Procedure
- Student Feedback - Compliments and Complaints Policy and Procedure
- Information and Communications Technology Acceptable Use Policy and Procedure
This list is not an exhaustive list of all University policies. The full list of University policies are available on the CQUniversity Policy site.
Feedback, Recommendations and Responses
Every unit is reviewed for enhancement each year. At the most recent review, the following staff and student feedback items were identified and recommendations were made.
Feedback from Student and Unit Teaching Evaluations
Some unit content does not reflect current practice in code structure and style.
Revise the unit content to reflect current best practices in code structure and style for future offerings.
- understand and apply fundamental programming principles
- explain the syntax and control structures of a programming language
- design algorithms that solve computing problems
- implement, test and debug algorithms with a programming language
- build interactivity into web pages with client-side code.
Not applicable
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Learning Outcomes
| Assessment Tasks | Learning Outcomes | ||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |
| 1 - Practical Assessment - 30% | |||||
| 2 - Practical Assessment - 30% | |||||
| 3 - Practical Assessment - 40% | |||||
Alignment of Graduate Attributes to Learning Outcomes
| Graduate Attributes | Learning Outcomes | ||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |
| 1 - Communication | |||||
| 2 - Problem Solving | |||||
| 3 - Critical Thinking | |||||
| 4 - Information Literacy | |||||
| 5 - Team Work | |||||
| 6 - Information Technology Competence | |||||
| 7 - Cross Cultural Competence | |||||
| 8 - Ethical practice | |||||
| 9 - Social Innovation | |||||
| 10 - First Nations Knowledges | |||||
| 11 - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Cultures | |||||
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Graduate Attributes
| Assessment Tasks | Graduate Attributes | ||||||||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | |
| 1 - Practical Assessment - 30% | |||||||||||
| 2 - Practical Assessment - 30% | |||||||||||
| 3 - Practical Assessment - 40% | |||||||||||
Textbooks
Coding with JavaScript for Dummies
- Edition: 1st (2015)
- Authors: Chris Minnick and Eva Holland
- John Wiley & Sons
- Hoboken Hoboken , New Jersey , USA
- ISBN: 978-1-119-05607-2
- Binding: eBook
Additional Textbook Information
Students are not expected to buy this textbook. An electronic version of this textbook can be freely accessed through the CQUniversity Library.
IT Resources
- CQUniversity Student Email
- Internet
- Unit Website (Moodle)
- Adobe Acrobat Reader (free browser plug-in)
- Google Chrome
- Microsoft Word
- Mozilla Firefox
- Plain text editor such as Notepad (Windows) or TextEdit (MacOS)
- Visual Studio Code with Live Preview code extension (free software)
All submissions for this unit must use the referencing style: American Psychological Association 7th Edition (APA 7th edition)
For further information, see the Assessment Tasks.
r.johnluan@cqu.edu.au
s.pace@cqu.edu.au
Week 1
Begin Date: 08 Jul 2024Module/Topic
1. Introduction to JavaScript
Chapter
Study Guide chapter 1
Events and Submissions/Topic
Week 2
Begin Date: 15 Jul 2024Module/Topic
2. HTML and CSS
Chapter
Study Guide chapter 2
Events and Submissions/Topic
Week 3
Begin Date: 22 Jul 2024Module/Topic
3. Variables, input and output
Chapter
Study Guide chapter 3
Events and Submissions/Topic
Week 4
Begin Date: 29 Jul 2024Module/Topic
4. Selection statements
Chapter
Study Guide chapter 4
Events and Submissions/Topic
Week 5
Begin Date: 05 Aug 2024Module/Topic
5. Repetition statements
Chapter
Study Guide chapter 5
Events and Submissions/Topic
Vacation Week
Begin Date: 12 Aug 2024Module/Topic
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Events and Submissions/Topic
Week 6
Begin Date: 19 Aug 2024Module/Topic
6. Functions
Chapter
Study Guide chapter 6
Events and Submissions/Topic
Week 7
Begin Date: 26 Aug 2024Module/Topic
7. Problem-solving
Chapter
Study Guide chapter 7
Events and Submissions/Topic
Week 8
Begin Date: 02 Sep 2024Module/Topic
8. Objects
Chapter
Study Guide chapter 8
Events and Submissions/Topic
Week 9
Begin Date: 09 Sep 2024Module/Topic
9. The DOM
Chapter
Study Guide chapter 9
Events and Submissions/Topic
Week 10
Begin Date: 16 Sep 2024Module/Topic
10. HTML forms
Chapter
Study Guide chapter 10
Events and Submissions/Topic
Week 11
Begin Date: 23 Sep 2024Module/Topic
11. Handling forms
Chapter
Study Guide chapter 11
Events and Submissions/Topic
Week 12
Begin Date: 30 Sep 2024Module/Topic
12. Further exploration
Chapter
Study Guide chapter 12
Events and Submissions/Topic
Review/Exam Week
Begin Date: 07 Oct 2024Module/Topic
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Exam Week
Begin Date: 14 Oct 2024Module/Topic
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REQUIRED RESOURCES
You must have access to the following resources for this unit.
UNIT WEBSITE
The unit website provides essential resources for the unit such as a Study Guide and an online discussion forum. It can be accessed at https://moodle.cqu.edu.au
STUDY GUIDE
The online Study Guide will direct you to all of the essential readings, discussion questions and activities for each module of the unit. The Study Guide is available in Adobe Portable Document format (PDF) from the unit website.
DISCUSSION FORUM
An online discussion forum will be provided through the unit website for discussing matters that relate to the unit. The discussion forum is the primary means of support for off-campus students who want assistance with tutorial activities and assignments.
VISUAL STUDIO CODE
You will need Visual Studio Code, which is a free code editor that can be used with a variety of languages including HTML and CSS. Visual Studio Code can be downloaded for Windows or macOS (https://code.visualstudio.com). You will also need a free Visual Studio Code extension named Live Preview, which can be downloaded from the Visual Studio Marketplace website (https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=ms-vscode.live-server).
TEXT EDITOR
You will need a plain text editor such as Notepad or TextEdit. Notepad is distributed with the Microsoft Windows operating system. TextEdit is distributed with the macOS operating system.
WEB BROWSERS
You will need a recent version of Google Chrome (https://www.google.com/chrome) and Mozilla Firefox (https://www.mozilla.org/firefox) to explore the Web and test the pages that you create. Off-campus students are encouraged to install the latest versions of these browsers. On-campus students may use whichever versions are installed in their local computer lab.
ADOBE ACROBAT READER
You will need Adobe Acrobat Reader, which is a free program that lets you view, navigate and print PDF documents like the DGTL11006 Study Guide. Adobe Acrobat Reader can be downloaded from the Adobe website (https://www.adobe.com).
WORD PROCESSOR
You will need a word processor such as Microsoft Word for writing parts of your assignments. Microsoft Word is part of Office 365, which is freely available to CQUniversity students at https://cqu365.cqu.edu.au. Sign in with your student email address and password to install the software on your computer.
1 Practical Assessment
This assignment requires you to build two web pages that use HTML and JavaScript code to solve two supplied coding problems. Please refer to the unit website for the assignment details.
Use of Generative Artificial Intelligence agents (Gen AI)
Within this assessment, the use of Microsoft Copilot, Chat GPT or other Gen AI agents is as follows:
No Gen AI use at any point during this assessment.
Week 6 Friday (23 Aug 2024) 9:00 pm AEST
2 weeks after submission
Please refer to the unit website for the detailed assessment criteria.
- understand and apply fundamental programming principles
- explain the syntax and control structures of a programming language
- design algorithms that solve computing problems
- implement, test and debug algorithms with a programming language
- Problem Solving
- Critical Thinking
- Information Literacy
- Information Technology Competence
2 Practical Assessment
This assignment requires you to build a web page that uses HTML and JavaScript code to solve a supplied coding problem involving functions and objects. Please refer to the unit website for the assignment details.
Use of Generative Artificial Intelligence agents (Gen AI)
Within this assessment, the use of Microsoft Copilot, Chat GPT or other Gen AI agents is as follows:
No Gen AI use at any point during this assessment.
Week 9 Friday (13 Sept 2024) 9:00 pm AEST
2 weeks after submission
Please refer to the unit website for the detailed assessment criteria.
- understand and apply fundamental programming principles
- explain the syntax and control structures of a programming language
- design algorithms that solve computing problems
- implement, test and debug algorithms with a programming language
- build interactivity into web pages with client-side code.
- Problem Solving
- Critical Thinking
- Information Literacy
- Information Technology Competence
- Ethical practice
3 Practical Assessment
This assignment requires you to build a web page that uses HTML and JavaScript code to solve a supplied coding problem involving HTML forms and the Document Object Model (DOM). Please refer to the unit website for the assignment details.
Use of Generative Artificial Intelligence agents (Gen AI)
Within this assessment, the use of Microsoft Copilot, Chat GPT or other Gen AI agents is as follows:
No Gen AI use at any point during this assessment.
Week 12 Friday (4 Oct 2024) 9:00 pm AEST
2 weeks after submission
Please refer to the unit website for the detailed assessment criteria.
- understand and apply fundamental programming principles
- explain the syntax and control structures of a programming language
- design algorithms that solve computing problems
- implement, test and debug algorithms with a programming language
- build interactivity into web pages with client-side code.
- Problem Solving
- Critical Thinking
- Information Literacy
- Information Technology Competence
- Ethical practice
As a CQUniversity student you are expected to act honestly in all aspects of your academic work.
Any assessable work undertaken or submitted for review or assessment must be your own work. Assessable work is any type of work you do to meet the assessment requirements in the unit, including draft work submitted for review and feedback and final work to be assessed.
When you use the ideas, words or data of others in your assessment, you must thoroughly and clearly acknowledge the source of this information by using the correct referencing style for your unit. Using others’ work without proper acknowledgement may be considered a form of intellectual dishonesty.
Participating honestly, respectfully, responsibly, and fairly in your university study ensures the CQUniversity qualification you earn will be valued as a true indication of your individual academic achievement and will continue to receive the respect and recognition it deserves.
As a student, you are responsible for reading and following CQUniversity’s policies, including the Student Academic Integrity Policy and Procedure. This policy sets out CQUniversity’s expectations of you to act with integrity, examples of academic integrity breaches to avoid, the processes used to address alleged breaches of academic integrity, and potential penalties.
What is a breach of academic integrity?
A breach of academic integrity includes but is not limited to plagiarism, self-plagiarism, collusion, cheating, contract cheating, and academic misconduct. The Student Academic Integrity Policy and Procedure defines what these terms mean and gives examples.
Why is academic integrity important?
A breach of academic integrity may result in one or more penalties, including suspension or even expulsion from the University. It can also have negative implications for student visas and future enrolment at CQUniversity or elsewhere. Students who engage in contract cheating also risk being blackmailed by contract cheating services.
Where can I get assistance?
For academic advice and guidance, the Academic Learning Centre (ALC) can support you in becoming confident in completing assessments with integrity and of high standard.
What can you do to act with integrity?
