Marjorie Chan's C694. Group Studies: Chinese Computing (SP 2000)

SPRING QUARTER 2000

Chinese 694. Group Studies
Topic: Chinese Computing

Professor Marjorie K.M. Chan
Dept. of E. Asian Lang. & Lit.
The Ohio State University
Columbus, OH 43210
U.S.A.

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CREDITS:

5 credits. U G

PREREQUISITES:

None (basic knowledge of Chinese is assumed)

CALL NUMBER:

18228-1

TIME & PLACE:

M 2:30 p.m. - 4:18 p.m.
354 Central Classroom Building
(Week 2 onwards: classroom available from 2:30 - 5:18 p.m.)
[This is a multimedia classroom with internet connection and
facilities for hooking up personal notebooks for sound and large-screen display]

COMPUTING LAB:
148 Cunz Hall
(Spring Qtr Hrs)

M - R	9:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m.
F	9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Sun.	1:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.

[Chinese fonts and some software have been installed on PCs since end of Week 1,
March 31, and additional software will be installed during the quarter as needed.
Classes may occasionally be held here. PCs in both the classroom and computing
lab have built-in CD ROMs and 100MB zip drives.]

OFFICE HOURS:

M	12:00 - 2:00 p.m., or by appointment
Office	366 Cunz Hall
Tel:	292-3619 (292-5816 for messages, 292-3225 for faxes)
Email:	chan.9@ osu.edu

C694 COURSE PAGE:

people.cohums.ohio-state.edu/chan9/c694.htm

MC's Home Page:

people.cohums.ohio-state.edu/chan9

MC's ChinaLinks:

ChinaLinks.osu.edu

TEXTBOOKS

This course makes full use of internet resources. Readings will be introduced during the quarter where relevant and will be placed in 208 Cunz Hall (and on Reserve in Main Library as needed).

COURSE DESCRIPTION

Chinese 694 (Group Studies) is for investigation of problems in Chinese language, literature, and linguistics. The topic for Spring Quarter 2000 is "Chinese Computing." As this is the first time that this topic is taught in DEALL, this quarter's offering will necessarily be experimental and exploratory in nature. If the course proves useful to our students, a formal, 600-level course on "Chinese Computing" will be proposed.

COURSE OJECTIVES

This course investigates issues pertaining to Chinese computing. Students will learn about various changes in computer technology in recent years that affect Chinese computing. The course aims to provide students with hands-on experience in exploring software relevant for study and research in Chinese, including fonts and codes, input methods, etc. for various programs. The course provides a forum for students to discuss with classmates the results of their testing and comparison of software for Chinese language study and/or teaching and research, and what internet resources are available for their research. Students will have opportunities to use software for speech analysis, creation of a home page and other web pages and web-accessible files that make use of multimedia and non-multimedia software and hardware.

COURSE CONTENT

The course will be conducted through lectures, guest lectures, as well as presentations of course assignments and projects. Students are encouraged to propose guest lecturers whose expertise would aid them in their course assignments and project preparation.

STUDENT RESPONSIBILITIES

Students are expected to attend class, design a personal home page as part of their course work, and be prepared to discuss their course assignments and projects with classmates. Students are expected to conduct their discussions in class as well as on a mailing list set up for this course. Chinese fonts, software, etc., will be installed in the Computing Lab in 148 Cunz Hall for students without a personal computer. (The class may meet occasionally in 148 Cunz Hall during the quarter if access to multiple computers would be useful. The fonts and software are also useful for students to help each other at school or for working on group assignments.) Submission of projects and assignments (testing and evaluation of software, etc.) should aim to be accessible online for classroom presentation.

GRADING

Grades are based on student attendance and participation, five take-home assignments, and one project. Assignments and projects are presented in class for discussion. More details will be given in class.

Class discussions/participation	25%
Take-home Assignments (5)	50%
Project	25%
	------
	100%

SCHEDULE

This class meets every Monday afternoon during the quarter.
The topics presented below are tentative and subject to change after the quarter begins.

From Week 3 onwards, the third hour or portion thereof is devoted to Q&A's on web-authoring and Chinese computing.

WEEK 1 Orientation

March 27

Preliminaries: course syllabus, web accounts, mailing list, topics of interest, etc.
Student Assignments and Projects

WEEK 1	Orientation
March 27	Preliminaries: course syllabus, web accounts, mailing list, topics of interest, etc. Student Assignments and Projects

WEEK 2 Designing a Personal Home Page

April 3

Fonts, encoding, graphics, sound files, and web-authoring issues.
Lecture outline: Some General Info on Designing a Personal Home Page
MC: Web-Authoring Guides & Tutorials
MC: Linguistic Software (including shareware for editing sound; e.g., Cool Edit, GoldWave) (added 06/11/00)
MC: Web Tools (including freeware/shareware for FTP'ing, graphics, and HTML-authoring; e.g., WS_FTP LE (Limited Edition (LE) is freeware for non-business use), LView Pro, GIF Construction Set, WebEdit, 1st Page, DreamWeaver; as well as downloadables at Shareware.com, TUCOWS, ZD Net, etc.) (added 06/11/00)
MC: Unicode | Fonts
CoH: Online Resources Center (tutorials/syllabi)
UTS: Computing Short Courses (9/2000: New unit)

WEEK 2	Designing a Personal Home Page
April 3	Fonts, encoding, graphics, sound files, and web-authoring issues. Lecture outline: Some General Info on Designing a Personal Home Page MC: Web-Authoring Guides & Tutorials MC: Linguistic Software (including shareware for editing sound; e.g., Cool Edit, GoldWave) (added 06/11/00) MC: Web Tools (including freeware/shareware for FTP'ing, graphics, and HTML-authoring; e.g., WS_FTP LE (Limited Edition (LE) is freeware for non-business use), LView Pro, GIF Construction Set, WebEdit, 1st Page, DreamWeaver; as well as downloadables at Shareware.com, TUCOWS, ZD Net, etc.) (added 06/11/00) MC: Unicode \| Fonts CoH: Online Resources Center (tutorials/syllabi) UTS: Computing Short Courses (9/2000: New unit)

WEEK 3 Chinese Systems and Encoders/Decoders I

April 10

Jun Da: How to Display and Edit Chinese on E-Win Systems
Jun Da: Chinese Computing: FAQs
MC: FAQs, General Info and Free/Shareware Downloading Sites
MC: Chinese software (Freeware/Shareware/Demos)
MC: Cantonese Vernacular Characters and RichWin97 vs RichWin2000
Assignment 1. Review of Software for Chinese

WEEK 3	Chinese Systems and Encoders/Decoders I
April 10	Jun Da: How to Display and Edit Chinese on E-Win Systems Jun Da: Chinese Computing: FAQs MC: FAQs, General Info and Free/Shareware Downloading Sites MC: Chinese software (Freeware/Shareware/Demos) MC: Cantonese Vernacular Characters and RichWin97 vs RichWin2000 Assignment 1. Review of Software for Chinese

WEEK 4 Chinese Systems and Encoders/Decoders II; Internet Resources and Links

April 17

Further issues concerning Chinese encoders/decoders, web-authoring, etc.

Assignment 2. Annotated Links to Internet Resources for Chinese

Lin Chien's guest lecture & demo: Cangjie Input Method
See also PRC's Wubizixing input method.

WEEK 4	Chinese Systems and Encoders/Decoders II; Internet Resources and Links
April 17	Further issues concerning Chinese encoders/decoders, web-authoring, etc. Assignment 2. Annotated Links to Internet Resources for Chinese Lin Chien's guest lecture & demo: Cangjie Input Method See also PRC's Wubizixing input method.

WEEK 5 Electronic and Online Searchable Dictionaries / Databases

April 24

MC: Word Lists and Online Glossaries/Dictionaries
MC: Chinese Database, Chinese Dialect Database, etc.
Assignment 3. Review of Electronic/Online Chinese Dictionaries / Analysis of Databases

WEEK 5	Electronic and Online Searchable Dictionaries / Databases
April 24	MC: Word Lists and Online Glossaries/Dictionaries MC: Chinese Database, Chinese Dialect Database, etc. Assignment 3. Review of Electronic/Online Chinese Dictionaries / Analysis of Databases

WEEK 6 Recording and Use of Sound Files / Speech Analysis

May 1

Syntrillium: Recording Quality vs. Hard Disk Space (added 06/11/00)
(See also their tips on How to record from a turn table using Cool Edit (incl. useful recording tips). (added 06/11/00)

Assignment 4. Recording and Review/Analysis of Sound Files / Review of Speech Analysis Software
(See also MC's Wav format vs MP3 format vs RM format. (added 06/17/00))

WEEK 6	Recording and Use of Sound Files / Speech Analysis
May 1	Syntrillium: Recording Quality vs. Hard Disk Space (added 06/11/00) (See also their tips on How to record from a turn table using Cool Edit (incl. useful recording tips). (added 06/11/00) Assignment 4. Recording and Review/Analysis of Sound Files / Review of Speech Analysis Software (See also MC's Wav format vs MP3 format vs RM format. (added 06/17/00))

WEEK 7

May 8

(Class postponed: Begin preparations for Assignment 5 and Project.)

WEEK 7
May 8	(Class postponed: Begin preparations for Assignment 5 and Project.)

WEEK 8 Text-to-Speech, Dictation, Translation, and Handwriting-Recognition Software / Chinese Language Learning Software

May 15

Assignment 5: Review of Software / Chinese Language Learning Software
MC's Demo: Chinese and Acrobat 4.05 (and Acrobat 4.0 Reader)
Bai Jianhua: Advanced Chinese: Empower Reading by Reading about China
Swarthmore: The TriCollege Mellon Language Project
See the "Makers" Pages (freely-available online templates for course preparation) - a few of the Makers:

Glossmaker - for creating readings annotated with text and other media

Clozemaker - for developing fill-in-the-blank exercises

Memorymaker - for building flip-card-style ("memory") matching exercises

Ordermaker - for making image-based vocabulary exercises

Placemaker - for creating scrambled-sentences or scrambled-word exercises

WEEK 8	Text-to-Speech, Dictation, Translation, and Handwriting-Recognition Software / Chinese Language Learning Software
May 15	Assignment 5: Review of Software / Chinese Language Learning Software MC's Demo: Chinese and Acrobat 4.05 (and Acrobat 4.0 Reader) Bai Jianhua: Advanced Chinese: Empower Reading by Reading about China Swarthmore: The TriCollege Mellon Language Project See the "Makers" Pages (freely-available online templates for course preparation) - a few of the Makers: Glossmaker - for creating readings annotated with text and other media Clozemaker - for developing fill-in-the-blank exercises Memorymaker - for building flip-card-style ("memory") matching exercises Ordermaker - for making image-based vocabulary exercises Placemaker - for creating scrambled-sentences or scrambled-word exercises

WEEK 9 Student Projects and Other Activities

May 22

Project Presentations (cont'd on May 28) and other activities
(Scheduled doubling of class time to make up for May 8)
DEALL Search Engine
DEALL Web Statistics
College of Humanities Web Statistics

May 23

"Critical Issues in Global Higher Education"
Prof. Timothy Light, Western Michigan University
10:30 - 11:30 a.m., 300 Cunz Hall

WEEK 9	Student Projects and Other Activities
May 22	Project Presentations (cont'd on May 28) and other activities (Scheduled doubling of class time to make up for May 8) DEALL Search Engine DEALL Web Statistics College of Humanities Web Statistics
May 23	"Critical Issues in Global Higher Education" Prof. Timothy Light, Western Michigan University 10:30 - 11:30 a.m., 300 Cunz Hall

WEEK 10 Student Projects and Other Activities (cont'd from 05/22/00)

May 28

Project Presentations (cont'd from May 22) and other activities (at instructor's home)
*** Final version of projects: by Thursday, 8 June 2000. 5:00 p.m. ***

May 29

No classes - Memorial Day. (Make-up class: Sunday, May 28)

WEEK 10	Student Projects and Other Activities (cont'd from 05/22/00)
May 28	Project Presentations (cont'd from May 22) and other activities (at instructor's home) * Final version of projects: by Thursday, 8 June 2000. 5:00 p.m. *
May 29	No classes - Memorial Day. (Make-up class: Sunday, May 28)

LINKS AND WWW RESOURCES

[Note: In the process of restructuring, University Technology Services (UTS) combined with Adminstrative Resource Management System (ARMS) to become the Office of Information Technology (OIT). Hence, you may need to proceed to the OIT website instead of the UTS links given below. 09/22/00 -- mc]

Our College and University Internet Resources.: Links to OSU Libraries' net.TUTOR (interactive tutorials on using internet resources); OSU Libraries' On-Line Catalog (OSCAR) and other Library Catalogs; The OSU Libraries Chinese Collection; College of Humanities' Online Resources Center (tutorials/syllabi for HTML classes, etc.); College of Humanities WWW Server Policy; OIT: Computing Short Courses (for OSU fac/staff/students) [09/22/00 update]; UTS Software to Go (OSU's site-licensed software); UTS InfoSource Site-licensed Computing Tutorials (on CD ROM/disks for OSU fac/staff/student use, etc.); UniComp: OSU Bookstore's Computing Store (for academic-discounted software, computers, etc.); "Virtual Legality: An Overview of Your Rights and Responsibilities in Cyberspace"; (by Steven J. McDonald, OSU); links to copyright issues, cyberspace law, etc.); OSU's Policy on Responsible Use of University Computing Resources; OSU's IT Policies and Guidelines; OSU's Web Policy and Guidelines

Marjorie Chan's ChinaLinks (ChinaLinks.osu.edu - Homepage with Table of Contents to 4 satellite pages and their contents)

Marjorie Chan's Word Lists and Online Glossaries/Dictionaries.
Links to online Chinese (and Japanese) word lists, glossaries, and searchable dictionaries.

Thomas Chan's Home Page (de-activated, spring '04)
Links to some of his Chinese/Japanese/Korean/Vietnamese (CJKV)-related webpages.

Define this term:

(TechEncyclopedia at CMP's TechWeb site is for online searches of computing terms in English.)
Marjorie Chan's ChinaLinks (ChinaLinks.osu.edu - Homepage with Table of Contents to 4 satellite pages and their contents)

Marjorie Chan's Word Lists and Online Glossaries/Dictionaries.
Links to online Chinese (and Japanese) word lists, glossaries, and searchable dictionaries.

Thomas Chan's Home Page (de-activated, spring '04)
Links to some of his Chinese/Japanese/Korean/Vietnamese (CJKV)-related webpages.

Define this term:

(TechEncyclopedia at CMP's TechWeb site is for online searches of computing terms in English.)
Marjorie Chan's Word Lists and Online Glossaries/Dictionaries.: Links to online Chinese (and Japanese) word lists, glossaries, and searchable dictionaries.

Thomas Chan's Home Page (de-activated, spring '04)
Links to some of his Chinese/Japanese/Korean/Vietnamese (CJKV)-related webpages.

Define this term:

(TechEncyclopedia at CMP's TechWeb site is for online searches of computing terms in English.)
Thomas Chan's Home Page (de-activated, spring '04): Links to some of his Chinese/Japanese/Korean/Vietnamese (CJKV)-related webpages.

Define this term:

(TechEncyclopedia at CMP's TechWeb site is for online searches of computing terms in English.)

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