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Homework submission
Homework should be submitted by 11:59p on the day that it is due.
Homework should be typed and submitted online to a WesFiles directory that I will
create for each of you, with the following naming format. You will be asked to enter your
Wesleyan username and password to access the page. Once the page opens, you should click on the "Open
Web View" link that shows up on the page, and that should take you to a page that gives
you options to upload files.
https://wesfiles.wesleyan.edu/home/vumanfredi/web/comp211-f17/submissions/hw#/USERNAME/
Written assignments must have your full name and the assignment number near the upper
right-hand corner of all pages submitted.
Source code must have the above information
in a comment at the beginning of the file.
Written work must be typed and submitted in PDF format.
No other format is accepted (i.e., no Microsoft Word documents), nor are
scans of handwritten work.
If you use applications such as Microsoft Word to produce your documents,
I strongly recommend verifying the results of the PDF conversion before
submission.
Grading
For 20-point assignments, the scores correspond to letter grades as follows, using the
Wesleyan 100-point scale, but divided by 5:
- 19: A. Stellar work. Shows an ability to go beyond what was
taught directly in lecture or in the text.
- 17: B. Solid work. Shows mastery of concepts taught in lecture
and/or the text.
- 15: C. Shows an understanding of concepts taught in lecture
and/or the text, but with some problems.
- 13: D. Shows some understanding of concepts taught in lecture
and/or the text, but with significant problems.
- 11: E. Shows little understanding of concepts taught in lecture
and/or the text.
- 9: F. Shows no understanding of concepts taught in lecture
and/or the text.
Typically grades are given for an entire assignment, not individual
problems.
Assignments will be worth 60% of your course grade and each exam 20%.
No scores are dropped.
Late submissions
You have four free days for late assignment submissions. Your stock of free
days is decreased by one for each partial day you turn in any assignment late.
If you have
zero free days left, then you will lose 15% of the possible points for
each 24 hours or portion thereof your assignment is late.
The only constraint on your use of your free days is that no assignment
may be submitted more than 48 hours late.
Regrades must be requested within one week of the return of the assignment
in question.
Lectures, readings, and labs
During lecture, all cell phones must be turned off.
Side conversations during class, leaving class for coffee, etc., is distracting
to both your professors and your colleagues, so please refrain from doing so.
I know
that you will sometimes need to ask your neighbor to remind you of something
I just said, and that is fine. It is the longer discussions that are an issue;
those should be turned into questions to ask, because probably
other students have the same question.
Most learning of the programming language will be done in weekly labs.
Although I will not take attendance, labs are mandatory
Concepts you are required to know will be
taught in some lab sessions and not covered in lecture.
Working together and academic integrity
I encourage you to discuss course material and homework with your
classmates, course assistants, and myself.
However, any work you submit must be wholly your own work.
and may not be derived from the work of others, whether a published or
unpublished source, the world wide web, another student, other
textbooks, materials from another course, from prior semesters
of this course, or any other person or program. You may not copy,
examine, or alter anyone else's homework assignment or computer
program, or use a computer program to transcribe or otherwise modify
or copy anyone else's files.
While it is permissible to discuss a
homework assignment with other students, the following
whiteboard policy should be used. Discussion of assignments may take place at a
whiteboard (or using scrap paper, etc.), but no one is allowed to
take notes or record the discussion of what is written on the board.
The board must be erased at the end of the discussion,
and you must allow two hours to lapse after any discussion before
writing, coding, etc. The fact that you can recreate the
solution from memory is taken as proof that you actually understood
it. You may return to the (now blank) whiteboard to continue further
discussions, but you may not consult your notes, code, etc., and this
next discussion is subject to the same constraints as the first one.
Any evidence of cheating, including but not limited to
exchange of code or solutions, copying of code from the Internet
or other sources, or decompiling or reverse engineering programs
that we have not posted in source-code format
will be taken very seriously and referred to the Honor Board if appropriate.
I reserve the right to check submissions for cheating at any time,
including after grades have been assigned.
In all cases, you are expected to abide by Wesleyan's Honor Code as described
in the Student Handbook, which is available at
http://www.wesleyan.edu/studentaffairs/studenthandbook/StudentHandbook.pdf
Students with disabilities
Wesleyan University is committed to ensuring that all qualified students with
disabilities are afforded an equal opportunity to participate in and benefit
from its programs and services. To receive accommodations, a student must have
a documented disability as defined by Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of
1973 and the ADA Amendments Act of 2008, and provide documentation of the
disability. Since accommodations may require early planning and generally are
not provided retroactively, please contact Disability Resources as soon as
possible.
If you believe that you need accommodations for a disability, please contact
Dean Patey (lpatey@wesleyan.edu)
in Disability Resources located in North College, room 021, or call
860-685-5581 for an appointment to discuss your needs and the process for
requesting accommodations.
More information about Disability Resources may be found at:
http://www.wesleyan.edu/studentaffairs/disabilities
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