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Overview 6 © R. Craig Collins, 2005/7

Items that should be accomplished before the beginning of the current time frame:
• Finished Lab 3
• Read Three, session 1 Reminder: Did you check your TC WebMail? Did you check the Quarantine folder?

Reminder: Did you check your TC WebMail? Did you check the Quarantine folder?
Did you check the D2L Dropbox, to View feedback? Did you check D2L Grades for feedback? (You may have to scroll down)

Items to accomplish during the current course time frame:

•Activities
• Take Test 1 in D2L (see Due Dates)
• Calculate your current GPA, if you like

•Read\Review
   • Numbers
     Video on Counting, Powers of 2 Number line
   • Colors
   • Instructor notes on Tutorial 3
   • While this overview is fairly short, Overview 7 is fairly long... move onto Overview 7 as quickly as possible

   • Review for Test 1
   • How to Study for a test
   • How to take a Collins test

About links on my webpages
I expect you to read each linked item above at least once.
Most of these linked web pages will have links, too.
Some of these links continue the topic, some of the links are for optional, additional information, but some links refer to pages you have already read...
those links are there not to force you to re-read a page you have already seen, but simply for easy access to something related, IF you need a reminder, for examples, etc.

•Activities
   • Take Test 1 in D2L (see Due Dates)
   • Calculate your current GPA, if you like

   •Answer the following block of questions; you will need them to later, to finish Lab 4
     Video on Counting, Powers of 2 Number line
     Video on Starting Windows Calculator
     Video on Using Windows Calculator

Match the following
		uses two counting symbols, also called binary
	base 2	uses ten counting symbols, also called decimal
		uses sixteen counting symbols, also called hex or hexadecimal
	base 10	uses 10 counting symbols, also called binary
		uses two counting symbols, also called hexadecimal
	base 16	uses two counting symbols, also called octal
		uses nine counting symbols, also called decimal

Fill in the missing number
	base₂ 0 1 10 11 100 101 ___ 111 1000 1001 1010 1011 1100 1101 1111 10000
	base₁₀ 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 __ 11 12 13 14 15 16 17
	base₁₆0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E F ___

What is 256₁₀ (base 10) in Base 16? _____₁₆ True or False: 255₁₀ (base 10) is FF₁₆ (base 16) Example, using the Windows Calculator. First, go to View menu, and choose Scientific View. $Calc, View\Scientific$ If the starting number is in base 10, set the button to dec, enter the number to convert, then click to bin, oct, or hex. Example 128₁₀=?₁₆

Color representation in monitors uses what three colors? ___ ___ and ___

256 shades of each of the above color yields 2⁸ for red, 2⁸ for green, and 2⁸ for blue, or 2²⁴ total, or the ability to represent ____________ colors using RRGGBB If you are trying to solve something like 2⁸+2⁸+2⁸=2²⁴, and you want to know what 2²⁴ is, Type in 2 then click the x^y button then type the exponent, 24 then press =, or hit the enter key to calculate
	24
	256
	about 65,000
	about 16.7 million

Using word colors, What is the syntax to change the body text to white, and the body background color to black?
	<body text=white bgcolor=black> ... </body>	<body text="white" background="black"> ... </body>
	< text="white" bgcolor="black"> ... </body>	<body text="white" bgcolor="black"> ... </body>

Using hex colors, what is the syntax to change the body text to white, and the body background color to black?
	<body text="ffffff" bgcolor="000000"> ... </body>	<body text="#ffffff" background="#000000"> ... </body>
	<body text="#000000" bgcolor="#ffffff"> ... </body>	<body text="#ffffff" bgcolor="#000000"> ... </body>

Match the hex number and the color
	#ff00ff	blue
	#ffff00	green
	#00ff00	red
	#ff0000	yellow
	#0000ff	purple (magenta)

Convert the following color from decimal representation to hex representation (you may use a calculator: covert the red, green, and blue components separately, then combine into the 6 digit hex value) 126 126 126= #_ _ _ _ _ _ What color is this?
	999999; gray
	7e7e7e; red
	7e7e7e; gray
	999999; red

Submit by 11:59 pm, Friday, of the current week (see due dates)
   • NO LAB DUE THIS TIME FRAME,
        but you are encouraged to answer the above questions, to use later, in lab 4.

   • MUD 6 (My Understanding, Details) Respond in the class D2L Discussion forum to the following:
      What topics, if any, during this time frame do you feel very comfortable with? Why?
      What topics, if any, during this time frame do you not feel comfortable with?
   • Participation Discussion 6 Respond in the class D2L Discussion forum to the following:
     There is no set discussion topic for overview 6, but drop a line on a topic of your choice
• Using D2L Discussions    • Using D2L dropbox       • Using D2L Quizzes      • Logon to D2L

              •You may click on Discussions, Dropbox, or Quizzes below, for more info
D2L navigation

• to Checklist

For the next time frame:
• Read Tutorial Three, remainder
•Each test has a review; you may wish to write out pertinent information from the readings and activities
•After completing this overview, you may wish to start on the next Overview material, and preview Lab 4

Checklist
Did you:
•Take Test 1
•Read Numbers and Colors
•Review Instructor notes on Tutorial 3
•Reply to Participation Discussion Topic 6 and MUD 6 in Desire2Learn (D2L)
•Start in on Overview 7
to Overview 6