SOFT6007 ITS1/DCOM1 Class 32 DCOM1 Lab

Some students used the time to finish up their assignments.

I used some of the time to meet with students. Double-jobbing I know, but I'm keen to make progress.

This was the last class of the module. I am always disappointed by the way in which all that hard work doesn't culminate in some sort of momentous event, and merely fizzles out. Modules should end with a bang, not a whimper.

SOFT6007 COM1 Class 32 Lab A

Some students handed up by 1600.

My machine's battery was low so I had to go back to my office.

I copied over the dropbox at 1700.

If you submitted by 1600 but did work before 1700, and want me to use the dropbox version instead let me know.

SOFT6007 COM1 Class 32 Lab B

Poor turnout. Some students handed up in person.

I'll take the rest from the dropbox at 1700.

SOFT6007 COM1 Submissions

I had to return my machine to its power supply. If you'd like to submit in person please come to my office in C123c.

Otherwise I will copy over the files from the dropboxes at 1700. Please leave enough time for syncrhonization.

SOFT6007 No classes next week

I will be using class time next week to meet with students to review their assignment submissions. So we won't be having classes.

It's been a pleasure doing business with you.

Good luck with your other assessments and exams

SOFT6007 No Class Tomorrow

There will be no lecture this Friday at 0900

SOFT6008 No more classes

I will be using class time from now on to meet with students to review their assignment submissions. So we won't be having classes.

SOFT6007 ITS1 Class 32 ITS1 Lab

Some students handed up their assignments right away. Others needed a bit of time to put some finishing touches.

Here's what I have from ITS1 today. If you should be here and are not you need to contact me.

SOFT6007 Dropbox

Dropbox 25/04/2012 at 1108

SOFT6008 Class 32

I used this time to review assigment submissions with 4 students

SOFT6007 Calculations

Hi ***

The maths is not as bad as your calculations suggest.

Assignment 1 is worth 20%
Assignment 2 is worth 40%
Assignment 3 is worth 40%


If you get x% for 1, y% for 2 and z% for 3

your final mark will be

x*.2 + y*.4 + z *.4

If you submit assignment 3 up to 1 week late your final mark would be

x *.2 + y*.4 + (z-10)*.4

SOFT6007 SOFT6008 Late Penalties

If you don't get the assignments done to your satisfaction and don't meet the minimum requirements by the deadline, you have the option (as with any assignment at CIT) of submitting up to 1 week late for a penalty of 10%. This penalty is subtractive. Work that would have earned 55% if on time, would get 45% (not 49.5%) if late. The penalty is applied weekly. So 1 day late costs the same 6. If you want to take that option please let me know. Otherwise I will just correct whatever I have.

SOFT6007 ITS1/DCOM1 Class 31

We had a lab instead of a lecture. Overcrowding doesn't seem to be a problem.

SOFT6007 SOFT6008 Assignment Reviews

During the assignment review I will just ask you about your assignment and the design decisions that you made. If you didn't get everything working to your satisfaction, but feel like you know more than in reflected in your submission, the review is your chance to increase your mark. Conversely, however, if you are unable to explain well the code you wrote, it may have a negative impact on your mark. Not signing up for any meeting slot, will very seriously impact on your mark.

Those meetings will be in my office C123c.

If you are first on the list try to be there from 5 mins past.
Second on the list from 15 mins past. Third on the list from 30 mins past. Fourth on the list from 40 mins past.

They shouldn't take that long and are noting to worry about. If you didn't get everything done that you had liked, be prepared to draw attention to and example what you would have done.



 Recordings

I propose to record my meetings with each student and have these recordings form part of the assessment material.


Each student may:

Decline to have me make a recording.

In such cases my notes made during and immediately after the meeting will form part of the assessment material

Allow me to make a recording, but change his/her mind afterwards.

In such cases I will keep the recording for up to 24 hours in order to make notes. These notes will form part of the assessment material. The recording will be deleted.

Allow me to make a recording

The recording will form part of the assessment material.

All assessment material may be shared with members of the Module Exam Board (MEB) that awards the mark. In due course all the assessment material will be destroyed/deleted.

SOFT6008 Class 31

We had our final lab. The assignment is due at 1630. Some students handed up via USB stick, but the majority want me to just pick it up from the dropbox.

SOFT6007 COM1 Class 31

We had a lab in IT2.2 instead of a lecture.

SOFT6007 ITS1/DCOM1 Class 29 DCOM1 Lab

Students worked on the assignments. I had expected students form other classes to join us in the lab, but they didn't show.

SOFT6007 ITS1/DCOM1 Class 30

We had a lab in C128 instead of a lecture

SOFT6008 Assignment 2 Reviews

Please select a time to meet me. I have sent you an e-mail with a like that you can use to specify the time slot you want.

SOFT6007 COM1 Class 30

We had a lab in C128.

Some students worked on their assignments while others tried to get to grips with Photoshop.

SOFT6007 Dropbox 2012.04.19 1725

SOFT6008 Class 30

We had a lab in C128 instead of a lecture. That seemed like it would be more useful.

SOFT6007 Assignment 2 Spec update

I removed the 5 page constraint for the Assignment 2 website.

SOFT6007 COM1 Class 29 Lab A

Some students viewed their scripts for Assessment 1. Students worked away on their assignments. The ones I saw looked good.

SOFT6007 SOFT6008 Assessment Meetings

Students who
have had poor attendance at labs
did not set up their dropbox on time
have not been updating their dropbox regularly
should expect me to contact them after the submission date in order to arrange a time for them to come meet me to discuss they implemented the projects. The meetings should take about 15 minutes each and will form part of the assessment process. I plan to meet very student taking the module.

Any students who feels that his/her submission does not fully reflect his/her level of understanding is welcome to request such a meeting also. And it will form part of the assessment process. A student might want to that if he/she had something go wrong at the 11th hour. Or if he/she knows a good bit about the course content, but somehow that wasn't reflected in the submission.

SOFT6007 COM1 Class 29 Lab B

Students worked on the assignments.

SOFT6007 ITS Class 29 ITS Lab

Students worked on their assignments. I got progress reports from (almost) all of the students present

SOFT6008 Class 29

Lab class. I met with students and they showed me how far they had gotten. I helped with some debugging.

SOFT6007 Assignment 2 Comments

As I give feedback to students I am copying and pasting the comments into a page so that other students might benefit from them. It's over there on the right in the Pages section.

SOFT6007 ITS1/DCOM1 Class 28

We had a Q&A session

SOFT6008 Class 28

For the fist hour we had a Q&A session. The second hour was more like a regular lab.

Most of the work I saw today was getting there. A lot of students are nearly done.

When you think you're done let me know. I'm happy to commit to a mark.

SOFT6007 COM1 Class 28

We had a Q&A session. We mostly discussed Assignment 3

SOFT6007 Dropbox

1320 12 April

Erasmus Study in Paris

Details here:
http://en.isep.fr/studying-at-isep/exchange-students

SOFT6007 Dropbox

As of 1004 5/4/2012

SOFT6008 Comments

I left a note called notefromColin.txt in each student's dropbox.

A number of students appear to have uploaded nothing yet.

I've pasted all of the comments here in case other students might benefit from them. They are in no particular order.

I was hoping to see how your assignment was going.
But I couldn't find it here.

You seem to be making progress but I think you are a small bit behind schedule.
Concentrate on meeting the minimum requirements.
For the topping selection it makes more sense to use checkboxes
and toggling the visibility is a bit of a long way around.
See the Tatyo Head example 2 on the blog. It does what you are trying to do.


Your pizza page looks great and you have a lot of it done already.
The total box you are using to display the price is editable. This would allow the user to set his own price. It need not be a text box. You could use a div and modify the innerHTML, like in the phone checksum example.
I'm not sure if the plain setting belongs there. It's a bit confusing. Unless sleecting it unchecks all the other boxes (that would be inpressive) you should remove it.
Check the values being sent to the PHP server for the drinks. It seems to be sending numbers.
You still have a bit of a ways to go. But you have nearly met the minimum requirements. Concentrate on those and make sure you meet them. Then try the visualization using the Tayto Head examples as a template.


You have made a lot of progress. But you are a bit behind schedule at this stage. Te validation functions are not being called when you click the buy now button. Wrap up the validation activities in a single function and call that when the button is pressed. That should help. Make sure that your functions return values.


Try the visualization using the Tayto Head examples as a template.
The pizza guy might look beter against a white background. But as it is, it looks great.
You need to start putting the pieces together. I think you are a bit behind schedule.
You are getting there though. well done.


You still have a ways to go with the pizza assignment.
You are a bit behind schedule at this stage.

SOFT6007 Dropbox

At 0955 3/4/2012