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How you will be assessed

(note for CI4520 students: This information is targeted at CI4100 students. If you are a CI4520 student this only applies to you for the first half of your module i.e. up until Christmas).

There are several ways you will be assessed on this module.

The practical work makes up 60% of the module. So, each and every NoobLab medal you win contributes towards your final module mark. We break this down as follows:

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  • Practical work for Thinking Like A Programmer: 15%
  • Practical work for Programming in Javascript: 15%
  • Practical work for Introduction to Java: 15%
  • Practical work for Further Java: 15%
  • Practical work for Thinking Like A Programmer: 15%
  • Practical work for Introduction to Web Programming: 15%
  • Practical work for Introduction to Java: 15%
  • Practical work for Programming in Javascript: 15%
Total for practical work: 60%

The remaining 40% of your marks will come from how well you do when you are asked questions in class. You will be asked questions in two settings:

During regular lectures you will find that, occasionally, the slide background will turn orange and there will be a multiple choice question you answer with your clicker. These questions are designed to see whether or not you’ve been paying attention and whether you’ve assimilated what we’ve been covering in the lecture. THEY WILL COUNT TOWARDS YOUR FINAL GRADE!

In addition to these quick-fire questions during lectures, we will also have four special lectures during the module (two before Christmas, two after Christmas). These are called Orange Events and as for what will happen in them, well, the clue is in the name! Basically, these lectures consist exclusively of orange slides with clicker questions for you to answer.

All of the orange slides – so the questions asked during regular lectures and those during Orange Events – go together to make up the remaining of the module.

The short version is when you miss lectures you lose marks that you cannot recover.

Total for tests and questions answered: 40%

Important note #1

It is also crucial that you bring your clicker to each and every lecture and workshop. If you do not do so then not only do you risk missing out on marks, but it will also affect your attendance record. If you don’t have your clicker and don’t answer the questions during a lecture, we have no way of knowing whether you were there!

Important note #2

We reserve the right to ask you to attend a viva about submitted work. At such a viva you will be asked to explain how the code in the submitted work operates and the processes you used to create it. If you are not able to satisfactorily explain your own work then we reserve the right to deduct some or all of the marks awarded for it. 

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