Assignments
The assignments for this class are managed on eCampus. Additional informaton for assingments may be posted here. Stay tuned for specifics.
In this course there will be approximately 15 programming assignments. For each assignment students will be shown how to write Java code that solves a well-defined and interesting problem using a programing topic that is the learning objective for that assignment. Students will be responsible for modifying and extending the code to solve a similar problem that interests them. Examples will be provided. Later assignments will have a bigger weighting for the overall grade.
This is a Studio course and some assignment code will be posted in an open forum. Grading will be based on three factors; is an individual’s code different from the code provided by the instructor, is the code different from that of all the other students, and the instructor may award bonus points for innovation, novelty, and coolness.
The assignments are an integral part of the course and students cannot learn the material without doing them. Students must turn in all coursework on E-Campus. A penalty is assessed on late assignments (30-50%). Late work is accepted until the assignment is no longer available on E-Campus, usually 2 weeks after the due date.
Projects
I will assign two projects during the semester. One at midterm and one as the final project. The projects are team based and required planning for successful implementation. These projects bring together the concepts introduced in prior weeks.
zyBook
I will assign reading and activities weekly in zybook. Your progress will be tracked and used for your weekly grade.
Quizzes
There will be a quiz given each week. There are two types of quizzes; gather and Mob Coding. In addition, the lab instructor may give up to ten in class pop quizzes or assignments. These will generally be programming problems used in job interviews and will relate to the weekly topic.
• Gather Quizzes
Each week students will be tasked with finding and evaluating a freely available online tutorial that covers the week’s topic. Students will post a web link to the tutorial along with a written evaluation of the tutorial in an online course forum. Repeats are not allowed. Every student must find a unique tutorial.
• Mob Coding Quizzes
On certain weeks, I will give an assignment to be coded as quickly as possible, in teams of four. I will explain the assignment and rules in class.