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Tutoring remains open for students in College of IST courses—see the tutoring tab for details. The College is accepting LA applications for Spring 2021—see the Learning Assistant tab for details. Keep up with Penn State's Keep Learning site for remote instruction along with College resources. Penn State also has a general page on information about the global coronavirus outbreak.

Previous Recorded Workshops

Fall 2020 Virtual Programming Workshops

  • Python Workshop – Level 1
    • From: Sept. 14, 2020
    • Description/Goal: An introductory Python course to serve as a first experience or refresher to CMPSC 131. Covers Variables, Prints, Multiple Variables, Simple Math, User Input, Conditions, Loops, String Formatting, Lists, Functions.
    • Suggested Level of Experience: None required.
    • Recording: Kaltura Link
  • HTML/CSS Workshop
    • Date: Sept. 21, 2020
    • Description/Goal: An introductory web development course using HTML and CSS. Introduces both languages and covers the Box Model, Layouts, Basic Doc Structure, Basic CSS Structure, and Intro Coding.
    • Suggested Level of Experience: None required.
    • Recording: Kaltura Link
  • Python Workshop – Level 2
    • Date: Sept. 28, 2020
    • Description/Goal: An intermediate Python course and CMPSC 132 refresher. Covers Functions, Classes & Objects, Error Handling, and Modules/Libraries.
    • Suggested Level of Experience:  Students should be familiar with Python basics (Workshop 1 attendance or CMPSC 131 suggested).
    • Recording: Kaltura Link
  • JavaScript Workshop
    • Date: Oct. 12, 2020
    • Description/Goal: An introductory Javascript course. Covers the History of Javascript, Java vs. Javascript, Javascript Use Cases, Javascript Addons, Document Object Model, Printing out to the Console, Comments, Variables, Arithmetic, If/Else, Loops, Functions, Event/Action Listeners, and Error Handling.
    • Suggested Level of Experience:  None Required
    • Recording: Kaltura Link
  • SQL Workshop
    • Date: Oct. 26, 2020
    • Description/Goal: An introductory SQL course for students interested in data management. Covers a variety of simple queries, more complex queries with conditions, building a database, and populating a database.
    • Suggested Level of Experience:  No prior SQL experience is required, but students should be comfortable with programming logic.
    • Recording: Kaltura Link
  • Python Workshop – Level 3
    • Date: Nov. 9, 2020
    • Description/Goal: A higher level Python course that takes a deeper look at application-specific development. Covers Webscraping and Introductory Data Science Techniques
    • Suggested Level of Experience:  Students should be comfortable with all of the topics covered in Workshops 1 & 2, specifically Functions, Lists, Loops, and Error Handling
    • Recording: Kaltura Link

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