SOFT6001 Algorithmic Problem Solving Repeat

The Autumn repeat for this module will be a paper exam held during the normal exam session.

The paper has two questions.
Q1 is worth 70 marks
Q2 is worth 30 marks

Students should answer both questions. The pass mark is 40%


Students should practice for the exam by reviewing the weekly exercises completed in class.

For this exam students need not concern themselves with the Visual Basic interface. Simple INPUT & OUTPUT commands will suffice.

For example:
Question:
Write a program that inputs three integers and outputs the average.

Suggested Solution:

VAR A as Integer
VAR B as Integer
VAR C as Integer
VAR total as Integer
VAR average as Single

INPUT A
INPUT B
INPUT C

total = A + B + C
average = total / 3

OUTPUT average



The programs students will be asked to write in the exam are more complex than this. Students should expect levels of complexity similar to those in Assessment 3.

Google

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SOFT6008 Assignments

I had planned to meet with students to have them talk me through their assignments, and to use that as part of the assessment. That would have provided students who didn't have great code, to demonstrate their understanding in other ways. Unfortunately too much of my time was taken up dealing with plagiarism issues and I won't now get to do that.

I asked a number of students to come clear up some issues. Some things that looked like plagiarism turned out not to be, and some turned out to be just that. In some cases I am still trying to make a determination in conjunction with the head of department.

If I sent you an e-mail asking you to come talk to me, and you did nothing, you should assume that you will get zero for Assignment 1.

I want to make sure I have all of the assignments that were submitted. There were very few Assignment 2 submissions. I am concerned I am missing some. Below is a list of the submissions I have for Assignment 1 and Assignment 2. If you submitted but are not on the list lease get back to me so I can track down your submission.

Assignment 1
Ach
Antthony M
Ben L
Chris K
David Y
Enda C
Gearoid
David J
Kamil W
Katherine B
Maciej J
Manuel
Niamh
Paul S
Roy M
Thibaut
Yemisi
Andrew O
Brian O
Chris P
Declan M
Kevin M
Roy G
Sam L
Steven P
Tara O
Jose Manuel





Assignment 2
Achereiner
Anthony M
Brian O
Chris K
Chris P
David Y
David J
Declan M
Thibaut
Kamil
Manuel
Roy G
Roy M
Yemisi

Computing Ethics essays

I have papers from C, M, & S.

If you submitted a paper and think I might not have got it please e-mail me so I can track it down.

Computing Ethics paper

Turnitin is no longer accepting submissions for the paper. Students who want to submit should email the paper directly to Colin

If you are registered for the class and are not submitting, please let me know. That way I be sure none have been lost.

Colin Manning, Dept. of Computing
Cork Institute of Technology, Ireland

SOFT6008 Assignment 2 Extension

The deadline for Assignment was noon on Wednesday 04 May.

However the new deadline is 1400 Thursday 05 May.

Computing Ethics Class 35 Canceled

No class on Wednesday because I have to go to a meeting.

If you need me for anything you can e-mail, phone, or call to my office

Computing Ethics Class 34 Canceled

Today's class in canceled because I have to go to a meeting.

Computing Ethics Essay

The computing ethics essay should be submitted to turnitin.com

I re-emailed the codes required for login.

The paper should be 2500-3500 words. Anything less than 2000 words would be considered very short.

Computing Ethics Papers

Nobody submitted a draft paper.

Make sure you have all the information you need to submit your final paper to turnitin.com . You could even try a dummy submission just to check how it works

Assignent 2 Clarification

Students need only concern themselves with 16 digit credit card numbers.

Phone numbers don't have any check digits, but they do have a particular format.

Computing Ethics Class 33

Nobody turned up.

Good luck with the papers.

SOFT6008 Class 44

Only 3 students turned up.

2 worked on fixing their Assignment 1 submissions. 1 on Assignment 2.

SOFT6008 Assignment 1 - last chance extension

Hi

Under normal circumstances the 2 week late deadline for Assignment would be 1715 on Thursday 14 April. After this deadline late submissions will have a penalty of -100% applied to them.

I am extending this deadline to noon on Monday 18 April. Work submitted by e-mail by then will have the -20% penalty applied.

Computing Ethics Class 32

Today's class was given over to helping students with their papers. I wanted to have some brainstroming sessions where students could give each other ideas, to talk about the importance of structure, and give tips for constructing an argument.

No one turned up. Oh well.

Computing Ethics Class 31

We looked at security and encryption, and discussed some of the ethical issues surrounding cooperation with governments.

In the next two classes we will work on beating the papers into shape. Students should come prepared.

SOFT6008 Class 41 & 42 Lab B

Lab class. Only four students.

SOFT6008 Assignment 1

I am still waiting on some Assignment 1 submissions. Submissions received after Thursday at 1715, will not yield any marks.

Above is a list of submissions I have to date. If yours does not appear here, you need to contact Colin

SOFT6008 Class 43

We used this class as a lab. Students are working on Assignment 2

Colin M

SOFT6008 Class 41 & 42 Lab A

Lab.

Only 3 students attended