The Excel spreadsheet for the Last Chance Saloon is attached. You will be told how to use this on the day.

Last Chance Saloon Spreadsheet

Dear all,

Having received a number of emails from students who tell me they will not be back from their Easter vacation in time for the first day back, which means many people will miss the final Orange Event, I have decided to change the arrangements and hold the final Orange Event a week later on Monday 11th April during the lecture slots.

This means that there will now be no lecture on the first day back from the Easter holidays – so no lecture on 4th April.

The final Orange Event will now take place during the lecture session on Monday 11th April.

THIS MESSAGE SUPERCEDES ANY PREVIOUS MESSAGES ABOUT THE FINAL ORANGE EVENT.

I have updated the previous announcements on Studyspace to reflect the correct information about when the Orange Event now is, and hopefully this (final!) change will mean fewer people panicking about not being able to make it!

There will be a workshop tomorrow (4th April) between 9:30am-1pm – please note slightly later start time than usual,. though.

See you tomorrow for the workshop. (If you are doing the card game activity, you MUST attend a workshop session between now and the end of term or the upcoming codebash to get your marks for your work!)

All the best,

Paul

Dear Programming 1’ers,

Just a quick message to let you all know that workshops and lectures will being going on as normal tomorrow (Monday 29th February).

I have posted the lectures in the usual place. Team Solo’ers, I have posted the Javascript lecture video from when I did that session with the other group. Team Skywalkers (or should that be “Skywalker’ers”?) I’m afraid there is no lecture video for last Monday because Dave had to sub for me on the day.

The workshops are also up and ready for you tomorrow morning. Remember that the place to get help and support from me on practical work is at the in-class workshop. If you email me asking for help on a practical task I will just say “no problem, bring your query to the workshop and I’ll be delighted to help”.

Dave also tells me that the Team Solo lecture last week was a bit thin on the ground and that your attention level was, shall we say, not all it might have been. Those of you in Team Solo really cannot afford to miss lectures and not pay attention when you are there! Doing that is setting sail for fail. Be there tomorrow, and bring your “A” game – or else!

Just to remind you all, the lecture is in JG0001 just in case the room number doesn’t appear in your timetable.

All the best,

Paul

Hi all,

Some feedback on your feedback:

Paul is a good teacher
Glad to hear it

Engaging lectures
Glad to hear it

People like nooblab, but we miss carol
Carol is for novices. You’re not novices any more! For what it’s worth I spoke to Carol yesterday and she misses you too

There is too much noise in exams (the orange sessions).
We shall talk more that – do you mean me talking, or other students talking? From my perspective I enforce strict exam conditions on YOUR part during orange events, so if it’s the former I really wasn’t aware of any noise. If you mean me talking – very diplomatic of you to put it this way. However, I do reserve the right to offer pointers, thoughts, nudges and also to lighten the tone. These AREN’T exams after all – the exam conditions for you are to ensure that the responses are YOURS, no more. Short version: orange events are not exams, they are lectures albeit lectures with a heavy load of ARS questions! Lectures are not necessarily quiet events. To be continued…

Lectures are too slow / Lectures are too fast
Ok. I’m too quick and too slow. Errm…!?! Guess those two feedbacks cancel each other out!