CS230, Computing & Social Responsibility, Syllabus

 

CS230, Computing and Social Responsibility, 4 units

 

TEXT BOOKs:

A Gift of Fire: Social, Legal, and Ethical Issues for Computing Technology (5th Edition)
Sara Baase, San Diego State University
ISBN-13: 978-0134615271
Publisher: Prentice Hall
Copyright: 2017

 

ONLINE BOOK or other materials: some from library.csueastbay.edu and others To be announced

 

 

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INSTRUCTOR: Dr. Grewe [lynne.grewe@csueastbay.edu] phone: 510-885-4167

 

 

CLASS MEETINGS(mandatory unless other arrangements are made with Instructor): There are 3 types of required meetings!! (attendance will be taken)

• Required Class Meetings:    On ZOOM --- CURRENTLY there are 5 ENTIRE CLASS required meetings. Additional entire class meetings may take place if needed.
  • SECTION 1: 12:30pm-1:45pm (M/W) on these dates Jan 22,27, March 5, April 28, 30
  • SECTION 2: 8:00am-9:15am (T/Th) on these dates Jan 21, 23, Feb. 27, April 29, May 1
    
    
    
• Required Group Meetings: On Zoom ( to be set up by your group --see Canvas->Discussions-Group Meetings for your group's links)
  • SECTION 1: 12:30pm-1:45pm Monday EVERY WEEK (except for class meetings Jan 27, April 28) AND you will meet ONE Wedensday Jan 29 12:30pm-1:45pm
  • SECTION 2: 8:00am-9:15am Teusday EVERY WEEK (except for class meetings Jan 21, April 29)
    
    
    
• Required Person Check-in Meeting: I want each person to personally come in to see me once (please come more often) during office hours sometime after week 3 of classes and before March 4. If you have a conflict then you must email me to arrange an individual time. As a lot of the course material is delivered asynchronously, I want to use this time to check in with you personally and see how you are doing in class.
  
  
• Encouraged: Please come to my office hours as often as you can/like. You can drop in to discuss the course or to get general CS advising
  
  

OFFICE HOURS: TUESDAY and THURSDAY 11:45am-12:45pm on ZOOM (different than zoom link for class)

• if I need to move office hours you will be informed via campus emai or a canvas announcement

 

DESCRIPTION:

Social impact and ethical aspects of computing: responsibility of practicing professionals, effects on privacy, security, property rights of individuals and institutions, etc. Topics include system reliability, intellectual property, computer crime, attacks on computer systems, societal dependence on computers and more.

 

RESOURCES: Library has some open computers.


OUTCOMES:

• PLO#7: identify professional, ethical, legal, and security issues and responsibilities and the impact of computing on individuals, organizations, and society
• PLO #8: communicate effectively in written and oral form, work/collaborate with other classmates

 

COMMUNICATIONS:

. I do hope you will come and see me during office hours to get help or to get general CS advising. The best way outside of office hours to reach me is via email: lynne.grewe@csueastbay.edu. I will communicate with you through Announcements and postings on Canvas, email through Canvas, and information on the class website. You are also expected to communicate with each other, particularly in your group. In the week 1 module, there is information on how through Canvas to contact your group members.

 

GROUPS and GROUP WORK:

Before classes started, I randomly created working groups for our class. You can see who is in your group if you go to our Canvas site and select "CS230 groups". SEE Projects page for our policy about what work is individual and what is group work as well as issues regarding group membership and changes.

COMPUTERS, SKILLS AND PREREQUISITES: The students will be asked to work on projects that require computer access outside of class time. See catalog for prerequisites. You should also feel comfortable with email, web browsing, transferring of files, using Canvas and remotely logging in.

 

GENERAL GUIDELINES: Assignments turned in AS DIRECTED ON THE assignment statement and/or announcement. You must have your name, the date, and the course name at the top of the first page of ALL documents submitted. SEE LATE POLICY BELOW. Make sure your work is neat and legible (do spell check!). You will be expected to maintain a high degree of responsibility and preparedness including reading material beyond what is covered in the lectures and participating actively in class discussions. I will be available during office hours if you have any questions or concerns. Please try to visit me during office hours. Assessment will be during a scheduled time either (to be determined by instructor choice) the same as the scheduled class time or during finals. You will be notified how this will work later in the term.

 

By enrolling in this class the student agrees to uphold the standards of academic integrity described at https://www.csueastbay.edu/aps/academic-services/academic-policies/academic-dishonesty.html ”California State University, East Bay is committed to being a safe and caring community.  Your appropriate response in the event of an emergency can help save lives.  Information on what to do in an emergency situation (earthquake, electrical outage, fire, extreme heat, severe storm, hazardous materials, terrorist attack) may be found at: https://www.csueastbay.edu/riskmanagement/emergency-management/index.html Please be familiar with these procedures. Information on this page is updated as required. Please review the information on a regular basis. Note on Discrimination, Harassment, and Retaliation (DHR) Title IX and CSU policy prohibit discrimination, harassment and retaliation, including Sex Discrimination, Sexual Harassment or Sexual Violence.  CSUEB encourages anyone experiencing such behavior to report their concerns immediately.  CSUEB has both confidential and non-confidential resources and reporting options available to you.  Non-confidential resources include faculty and staff, who are required to report all incidents and thus cannot promise confidentiality.  Faculty and staff must provide the campus Title IX coordinator and or the DHR Administrator with relevant details such as the names of those involved in an incident. For confidential services, contact the Confidential Advocate at 510-885-3700 or go to the Student Health and Counseling Center. For 24-hour crisis services call the BAWAR hotline at 510-845-7273. For more information about policies and resources or reporting options, please visit the following websites: http://www.csueastbay.edu/af/departments/risk-management/investigations/registercomplaints.html  AND www.csueastbay.edu/titleix.

 

GRADING: The assignment of a grade is based on the following (tentative) formula: 70% Assignments, 25% Assessment and 5% Class Participation. Note this formula is for guidance only. The instructor is to use her best judgment in assigning final course grades.

 

FINAL: On Canvas -Open Book/Open Notes [ DETAILS on how the final will work will be sent to you in email and in a Canvas announcement as the date approaches]. Note: On average it should take approximately 1 hour 15 minutes to take the test with some preparation.

LATE POLICY: ALL work is due as announced and/or on web pages. No late work will be accepted except for a documented illness and it is the student's responsibility to contact the instructor in a timely fashion if there are any issues they wish to discuss. Students may take part in the evaluations of others in addition to instructor evaluations.

 

ACCOMMODATIONS: If you need disability-related accommodations in this class, please email, call, or visit me. The Student Disability Resource Center(SDRC) is the campus office responsible for verifying that students have disability-related needs for academic accommodations, and for planning appropriate accommodations in cooperation with the students themselves and their instructors. The Student Disability Resource Center (SDRC) is located in Library Complex 2400 and can be reached by phone at (510)-885-3868. The Contra Costa SDRC can be reached by phone at (925) 602-6716.

 

COURSE LEARNING MODULES: Each week you will be going through different modules in the outline of our web-based materials. For each numbered module you will find materials including online lecture materials, reading assignments, links to online resources, exercises to be completed, as well as related projects. Projects will utilize information learned in earlier modules but, are placed in a module indicating that at the completion of this module, you will have the skills to complete the project. Exercises are important as they can help you complete a project. Sometimes exercises have solutions and at other times, they do not.

 

TOPICS MAY INCLUDE : (see outline for listing of topics). NOTE: unanticipated circumstances, including discovery of the need to spend more time mastering particular content, may require changes to the outline/syllabus. In such situations you will be notified via Canvas.

Introduction Overview and Importance

History of Computers

The computing field as a profession, professional codes?

What is Ethics: Philosophical Ethics: Consequentialism, Deontologism, Social Contract Theory.

CyberEthics : Ethics on WWW - are they different?

SW Code and Ethics (benchmarks, claims, warranties)

Trademark

Copyright, Intellectual Property Rights

Hacking

Business Practices??

Roboethics, Human-Computer - BioTech Ethics

Computer and Children

Theft/Piracy concerns: Identity, SW, Financial Info

Privacy concerns

OpenSource, Freeware, Shareware

FileSharing

Global: Outsourcing Digital Divide

Free Speech

 

 

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COMMUNICATING WITH THE INSTURCTOR

you can best reach me via email (see above), in class or in office hours. I will be communicating with you through Canvas announcements, and email (your ofifcial university email) as well as during classes.

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OTHER -Student Services : To access student services offered at Cal State East Bay, click on the MyCompass icon to get you to your one-stop online student support hub for information on academic advising, tutoring, financial aid, the library, the health center, technology support, career counseling, campus life, equity programs, and more. Grade Appeal and Academic Grievances: If you wish to appeal your course grade at the end of the semester or have other academic concerns related to a course, please visit the Grade Appeals and Academic Grievances (GAAG) section of the catalog, which explains the process.

 

 

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Regarding Group/Team Work

This class has a learning outcome of teamwork associated with it. As such you will be doing significant teamwork. It is important to note that assignments not EXPLICITLY labeled Groupwork are individual work. This is our policy regarding teamwork.

1. IF GROUP NOT WORKING: The intention is for you to work in groups on any assignments labeled as group work using the group you were assigned to in class. If there are any conflicts you must resolve them prior to 30 days before the due date of the assignment if you want me to be involved in resolving your issues. IF I am contacted before the 30 days I will then make the decision to split you up into self-chosen sub-teams or to do the project by yourself. IF I am contacted after 30 days, then it will be at the discretion of the instructor after attempted discussions with the group as to if and how the group will disband. Please note, that if you are very late in contacting me (within 2 weeks of the due date) there are limited things I am able to do. Again the goal is to have a meaningful exchange and learn from the group. IF there are any conduct infractions as per University Regulations, the group will disband. See the next item about what happens when a group disbands.
   
   
2. IF YOUR GROUP DISBANDS OR YOU LOOSE SOMEONE: If for some reason someone is removed from your group or everyone in the group ends up doing it individually, then each sub-group/individual will be responsible for all of the required work of the assignemnt(s). I HOPE that you will have a group to experience group work and all of the benefits you gain (after all you will work in groups when you get a job). Remember that the assignments' requirements and deliverables will NOT change even if you end up doing this work individually.
   

 

 

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YouTube VIDEO SUBMISSIONS

YouTube videos that you share with me demonstrate your work -- the easiest way to do this is via a smartphone (most Android and iOS devices have the ability to upload the video directly to YouTube). It is your responsibility to get a YouTube account and to understand how to post videos so that they are private and only shared with people you directly invite. You can only post videos if you already have a YouTube account.

YouTube TIP: when you "upload" a video to your YouTube - you should set the type to Unlisted.

YouTube How to Share From In YouTube Account: This is how to do this as of the time of editing this document, for recent changes search on "YouTube share private video" or go to YouTube.com to look for help.

Step 1) Log into your YouTube Account
Step 2) After you have uploaded the video and set it to Unlisted go to the Video and hit the "Edit" button.
Step 3) Type in the Name of the Video to reflect the desired name (if it is not already set that way when you uploaded it)
Step 4) Type is description that says the status of the Video work you are demonstrating (if you are demonstrating some work tell me what works and what doesn't---be detailed)
Step 5) Take NOTE of the URL of the video -you will need this to send to me and/or others to view it.

 

 

 

 

BROWSER, MICROPHONE, WEBCAM, SPEAKERS/HEADSET, INTERNET TECHNOLOGY REQUIREMENTS & more

• I prefer the use of Google Chrome, whatever you choose test and make sure it is compatible with Canvas and Zoom.
• Students will need a stable internet connection and a laptop or desktop computer. There is a Canvas App that can be downloaded. Instructional materials can be downloaded and accessed offline. The App can be used to review notifications, send messages, view content, participate in discussion boards and submit assignments. For exams and quizzes - they should be taken on a desktop or laptop.
• Students will need a webcam, microphone, and speakers. Headphones with built-in microphone)are strongly suggested because it provide better communication quality than the built-in microphone and speakers on computers. These resources are readily available in electronics stores and via the Internet.
• Students must be able to use and create content in common applications like Microsoft Office or Google Suite. Students are able to download Microsoft Office for free by following the directions located here. 
• Required use of Canvas and Zoom. See below for details on each.

Loaner Laptop: Available through the CSU East Bay Library for daily checkout, for more information please visit Library Loaner Laptop Program.

 

CANVAS

For the class's Q&A Discussion Board, to post your projects, take assessments, get announcements, get fellow students' email addresses, participate in wikis and blogs, and check your current scores, you MUST REGULARLY log onto our canvas site. On the canvas site is our course menu where you find the links to this website as well as the discussion board, projects drop box, announcements, email, tools, etc.

DISCUSSION BOARD: Our class's Discussion Board Q&A is where we post our questions from the class. Here is where you ask questions and interact with me and other students. You are to post your questions here unless they are of a personal nature. I check the online discussion at least two times every week. If you can answer someone else's questions before I can, please do so. We'll all learn from one another.

COMMUNICATION: I may use canvas announcements to notify you of some new information. Whenever I post an announcement, it appears at the top of the page as well as on your canvas site. I may instead email your horizon address information.

EMAIL: The canvas email area called inbox is where you go to send email to me or others in the class. You can email me at lynne.grewe@csueastbay.edu.

SCORES: The course canvas site is where you will find your grades.

 

 

Library & Canvas Technical Support / Helpdesk: 24/7 live

Regular business hours: Click here for current hours

In person: Library Learning Commons

Phone: 1-510-885-4152  Email: stsc@csueastbay.edu

 

 

ZOOM WEB CONFERENCING 

This course will utilize web conferencing services called Zoom. You will need a sturdy internet connection, webcam and microphone to participate in the live discussions. Please refer to the Zoom system requirements here. You will be asked to download the Zoom launcher application the first time you enter a Zoom meeting. If you need help or additional assistance including contact information for Canvas Help.

Zoom Accessibility Policy

Zoom Privacy Policy

 

 

Synchronous Zoom meeting System Requirement:

• Reliable broadband high-speed internet connection. Bandwidth calculator: broadbandnow.  

  • Recommended: 15Mbps/3Mbps (Down/Up) per household member. 
  • Minimum: Average 2.5Mbps (Down/Up) for single user Zoom only. Please Quit/Exit all other applications.

• Please refer to the Zoom system requirements here. Recommended bandwidth for class meetings:

  • For gallery view and/or 720p HD video: 1.5Mbps/1.5Mbps (up/down)
  • Receiving 1080p HD video requires 2.5Mbps (up/down)
  • Sending 1080p HD video requires 3.0 Mbps (up/down)

 

 

 

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