The three major electronic means of exchange will be electronic mail, a class newsgroup and a class World Wide Web (WWW) home page. If you aren't already familiar with these Internet-based tools, now is the time to find out.
The class syllabus, indicating lecture topics, reading, homework and lab assignments, will be posted on the class Web page and will be continually updated throughout the quarter. You should make it a regular habit to consult the syllabus.
Grading
Individual grades for this course will be based on a mixture of
individual assignments, exams, class participation and group project
work.
The current weighting of assignments is listed below. It is possible that this weighting scheme will be adjusted as the quarter progresses. Any such changes will be announced to the class. It is up to the graduating students to make themselves known to the instructor at the beginning of the course.
| Category | Non-graduating | Graduating |
| Group project consisting of: | 60% | 60% |
| Project Plan/Scheduling | 10% | 10% |
| Requirements Doc | 10% | 10% |
| Design Doc | 10% | 10% |
| Final prototype | 10% | 10% |
| Final Notebook | 5% | 5% |
| Presentations | 5% | 5% | Individual Contribution | 10% | 10% |
| Exam 1 | 10% | 15% | Exam 2 | 10% | 15% | Final Exam | 10% | n/a |
| In-class quizzes | 10% | 10% |
There will be several project milestones that will contribute to the overall assessment of the project. These are outlined in the grading table above and will be explained during the course. The basic deliverables for the class will consist of written documents, demonstrations of software, presentations on group work. All of this information will be assembled in a Web-based project notebook and written in HTML.
All written deliverables will be graded twice. On the stated due date, the instructor will begin to grade a written deliverable. The project team will receive comments and a grade from the instructor within one week. The team has an additional week to do a revision of the deliverable and this revision will be graded by the TA. The final grade for this deliverable will be a weighted average of the two scores, with the revision grade counting double. If a team chooses not to do a revision, then the initial grade will stand. For the most part, the grade received by a project team impacts the grade for all students on that team. Individual contributions to the group project, however, will be assessed in two ways. First, for each deliverable for the group, at least one member will be deemed responsible for that deliverable and the grade received for that project will impact the individual contribution component of the project grade. In addition, there will be an opportunity toward the end of the quarter for a peer assessment. A negative peer assessment will also impact the individual contribution component of the project grade.
I want to know who you are, so please make an effort to speak in class
and talk to me outside of class. If by the end of the quarter I don't
know your name, it won't necessarily be my fault.
Above all, I would like to adhere to the reasonable person principle.
Class policies
Students are expected to attend all lectures on time. Students are
expected to conduct themselves in a professional manner. This expectation
includes showing up for exams at the appointed time. Late make-up exams
will not be given. Any conflicts with exam times should be brought to
the instructor's attention as soon as possible and in all cases PRIOR
to the examination period. In the event that the midterm is missed,
for any reason, the policy will be to use the score on the final exam
as a replacement for the midterm grade (applies to non-graduating
students only).
Students are expected to follow the university's codes of academic
conduct. Cases of suspected academic misconduct will be immediately
forwarded to the Dean of Student Affairs, and will be pursued to
resolution. This is an unpleasant process for all involved, so please
do not put yourself in this situation.
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