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Last Chance Saloon Arrangements
Dear all,
(If you have not booked for the Last Chance Saloon you can disregard this message)
The Last Chance Saloon will take place this coming Wednesday (5th April) in SB2022/3.
If you have previously booked with a correctly formatted email, then please take this message as confirmation of your booking. If you have not, you can register on the day, although this may eat into your test time.
PLEASE ARRIVE BEFORE 9:30AM READY FOR A 9:30AM START. NOT 9:45. NOT 10:30. DOORS WILL CLOSE AT 9:30AM. IF YOU ARE LATE YOU WILL *NOT* BE ADMITTED.
IF, HAVING SET OFF PROMPTLY ON THE DAY, CIRCUMSTANCES BEYOND YOUR CONTROL MEAN YOU WILL BE LATE (eg. transport problems, traffic, asteroid strikes, etc) PLEASE EMAIL ME BEFORE 9:30AM. (Everyone has smartphones these days so that should not be a problem!)
Although the event will run under exam conditions this is just so everyone has the proper environment in which to concentrate. Officially, it is not an exam or in-class test. It is considered part of your coursework portfolio and is an alternative to the summative activities we did during lectures that you might have missed.
You will have until a maximum of 1:30PM to answer a series of questions, derived from the Orange Events you missed. You will complete an Excel spreadsheet with your answers.
Good luck all, and I will see you Last Chancers on Wednesday!
All the best,
Paul
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PS: On the day you will need >> this file <<.
Important announcements – Last Orange Event, Deadlines and Submission, and the Last Chance Saloon
Dear all,
There will be a lot of information in this announcement. Please read it carefully, please read it in full. Those who do not may well end up losing marks (maybe ALL their marks!) Anyone who asks questions which have been answered in this announcement will simply be directed to this announcement.
Final Orange Event
The final Orange Event, as announced in class last week, will take place tomorrow Monday 27th March. This will be the last lecture of the year and an opportunity to gain up to 10% for the module. Don’t miss it.
Last chance to do missed Orange Events
For those of you who missed Orange Events throughout the year, there will be one final opportunity to do them in the Programming 1 Last Chance Saloon. This will take place in SB2022/3 on Wednesday 5th April. In order to attend and undertake any missed Orange Events, you must book your place by emailing me beforehand. When you email, be sure to include
- Your name
- Your K number
- The Orange Events that you missed and that you would like to do at the Last Chance Saloon
Any email that does not include these will not constitute a booking for the event and may not receive a reply.
Make sure you email before Monday 3rd April for your booking to be considered.
Final deadline and submission of your work
The final deadline for submission of work remains Friday 31st March at 5pm – i.e. this coming Friday. After that point, you can carry on doing NoobLab exercises but they will not count towards your final mark.
Once you have finished – or at least completed all the NoobLab activities you are able to – you must officially submit your work. If not, then officialdom will consider that you have submitted no coursework for the module, and as this module is 100% coursework, that would be a Bad ThingTM.
To submit your work, you should go to
>>> this link <<<
. It is a plain NoobLab page with two medals, one for ALL the NoobLab activities done throughout the module since last September, one for ALL the Orange slides done in lectures (including Orange Events) since last September. Click both medal links to submit your work. When you have both medals showing you have successfully submitted.
IF YOU DO NOT SUBMIT YOU MAY GET ZERO FOR THE WHOLE MODULE!
Good luck, all! If you have any questions, re-read the above, use your brain, think carefully, and then if there is still anything that is ambiguous, do please email for clarification.
All the best,
Paul
Venue for remaining lectures – JG2002
Dear all,
Please note that the venue for the remaining lectures on CI4100 – for both Team Skywalker and Solo – is JG2002.
Just to pre-empt any lost students who don’t know where they’re going! 
I seem to recall that when we split into Solo and Skywalker groups the room number doesn’t appear on students’ timetables.
See you there this afternoon and all the best,
Paul
URGENT: Illness / Lecture Cancellation Monday 20th February for Programming 1
Dear all,
Many apologies, but due to illness I will be unable to deliver the lectures for Programming 1 tomorrow (Monday 20th February). With Dave also unavailable, after discussions with School management we have taken the step to cancel the lecture early enough to give you a sufficient amount of notice so that you don’t make any unnecessary journeys into uni. Therefore, there will be no lectures for Programming 1 on Monday 20th January for either Team Solo OR Team Skywalker.
Given that we were due to start a new unit this coming week, and my absence means that won’t be possible, I intend to extend the deadline for the Introduction to Java unit until Friday 24th January at 5pm. To additionally help keep you busy in my absence I will also allow the same rules that applied to the Codebash to apply to the coming week – you may go back and win medals for “old” units and they will count towards your module total.
The workshops on Wednesday will be going ahead – so use them to pick up missed medals from previous units!
Many apologies to let everyone down – all being well I’ll see you next week.
All the best,
Paul
Codebash – Thursday 16th February
Dear all,
As announced in the workshop this week and hinted in previous classes, there will indeed be a Codebash this coming Thursday during Enrichment Week. The event will take place in SB2022/3 starting at 9am and running until the end of the day (whenever that may be, within reason – 5pm-ish I imagine).
This is not only a good opportunity to finish off any remaining medals, but, as announced in the workshop this week, I will allow you to work on old “legacy” material (such as Thinking Like A Programmer, Javascript, HTML/PHP) as well as the current Java unit. Any medals won on the day and (importantly!) when in physical attendance at the event will therefore count towards your final mark even if they are for old material. So, this is a real opportunity to dramatically improve your mark. If you’ve been a bit of a slacker and not turned up when you should, this is your chance to put things right!
All the best and see you there,
Paul
Thanks to Dave / Orange Event Monday 5th Dec!
Dear all,
First of all, many thanks to Dave for covering yesterday’s lectures. He tells me that he got a round of applause from both cohorts, so thanks to you too for making him welcome!
I have added the lecture videos from the sessions I delivered last year, so if there are any concepts or points that are unclear after the session yesterday you are strongly encouraged to watch the videos and reinforce what Dave covered. This is particularly important because next week will be the Orange Event for both Javascript and Web/PHP!
Once again, with feeling: the lectures on Monday 5th December will include an Orange Event. You need to be there, or you will miss out on up to 10% of the marks for the module!
Also make sure you are there for Wednesday’s workshops. The practicals will reinforce many of the concepts and principles that were covered in the lecture, and as you work I will go up front and discuss things that arise from people’s work. Attendance will leave you in much better shape for the Orange Event next Monday! Do good work, put in the effort, do some revision, and then go and ace the Orange Event!
All the best and see you on Wednesday.
Paul
Group allocations / codebash tomorrow reminder
Dear all,
You should have all received your group allocation (or will do before the end of the day). Please pay particular attention to what the email says, particularly with respect to lecture times after enrichment week.
I also wanted to remind you all of the Codebash tomorrow in SB2022/3. This will start at 9am and run until the end of the day (5pm or thereabouts). You can come for the whole day or just dip in for a few hours, and it will be an opportunity to pick up additional medals that you might need help with. Many of you are already storming the top of the medal table, and you guys might like to come along to pick up assist points and secure your place at the top of the table. If that isn’t you, however, and you need extra support to get the medals you need, then you should make sure to come along to get the help you need to succeed.
I have always said that I will make sure that anyone who tries their best will get through the module. So, come along tomorrow, give me your best, and get those medals!
See you there!
All the best,
Paul
TLAP Deadline and Codebash Clarification
Dear all,
It seems that lots of people weren’t listening in the workshop on Wednesday, nor reading the feedback email they got!
A clarification:
The feedback email you will have received represents your CURRENT marks for Thinking Like A Programmer. As I’ve announced in lectures and workshops, and as you can find in all the module documentation, the deadline for completing Thinking Like A Programmer is effectively Sunday 6th November.
I will send a final update with your total TLAP marks at the time.
Finally, and as a few of you have pointed out, the Codebash is Thursday 3rd NOVEMBER not October all day in SB2022/3. (Unless you have a time machine and can make it on the 3rd October instead )
All the best,
Paul
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