COMP1911 Notices

Final Message

Posted by Binghao Li Monday 05 September 2022, 09:36:39 AM.

Dear all,

This is the final message from me for COMP1911 2022 T2.

On behalf of the team, thanks again for selecting this course. I hope you found it helpful. The final marks have been finalised, if you have any questions, please email cs1911@cse.unsw.edu.au, we can discuss them individually.

Thanks for your feedback; they are encouraging and helpful. Based on your suggestions, we will keep doing the good thing and improve the course.

Some of you will attend the bridging course that Dylan will deliver. You should have received a Teams message. Please let me know if you have expressed interest but have not received any notice. Enjoy the bridging course.

All the best for your future career.

PS: If you want to discuss anything with me, drop me a line.

Regards

Binghao

Bridging Course Reminder

Posted by Dylan Brotherston 🕴️ Friday 02 September 2022, 09:49:28 AM.

If you are interested in completing the bridging course, and have not done so already, please remember to complete the expression of interest form before tomorrow (3rd) midday.
https://forms.gle/YtZBUCiz7Rp5o21b8

COMP1911 Mark Finalisation + Bridging Course

Posted by Dylan Brotherston 🕴️ Saturday 27 August 2022, 03:44:13 AM.

Marks

We have finished marking all assessments and the marks are now available on the WebCMS grades page .

Your page should look something like the following:

Your final mark for the course can be calculated fairly easily from this information (UNSW doesn't allow us to do that for you).
The marks given are all raw marks (after any deductions from late penalties).
There may be scaling applied to your official final mark.

Official final marks are release by UNSW on the 1st of September.

If you believe that there is an error with your marks please email <cs1911@cse.unsw.edu.au> before midday Sunday 28th.
Note that being one or two marks away from passing the course isn't a valid reason for us to investigate your marks and we will only adjust marks if there is a legitimate error with the given mark.

Bridging Course

The COMP1911 Bridging Course provides equivalent competency to that of COMP1511.
That is, compleating the Bridging Course allows you to enroll in subject that have COMP1511 as a prerequisite.

The Bridging Course is free, and is intended for people intending in completing a software degree.

The Bridging Course will run from the 5th to the 10th of September (including Saturday 10th).

If you are interested in completing the Bridging Course please fill in this form https://forms.gle/YtZBUCiz7Rp5o21b8
You must fill in the form before midday Saturday 3rd of September.

The only requirement for enrolling in the Bridging Course is passing COMP1911.

COMP1911 Final Exam Is Now Over

Posted by Dylan Brotherston 🕴️ Tuesday 23 August 2022, 04:59:35 PM.

It is 5:00 PM and the COMP1911 Final Exam is now over .
Unless you have approved extra time.

Congratulations to everyone for completing COMP1911.

Please remember that there may be others still sitting the exam so please refrain from discussing exam questions or answers for 24 hours .

myExperience survey has closed, we have a good response rate ( 53% ). Thank you!
If you would still like to give us feedback, please feel free to send us an email at <cs1911@cse.unsw.edu.au>.

We will be marking the exam and finalising lab and assignment marks over the rest of the week.
We hope to release the rest of the course marks to you by Monday.

In the next day or two we will be sending out more information about the bridging course along with an expression of interest form.

COMP1911 Final Exam 30 Minutes Remaining

Posted by Dylan Brotherston 🕴️ Tuesday 23 August 2022, 04:28:41 PM.

There are (at time of writing) 30 minutes remaining in the COMP1911 Final Exam.

The exam will end at 5:00 PM, unless you have approved extra time.

Remember that the Moodle Quiz must also be completed before 5:00 PM.
If you have not done so already you should start the quiz before 4:40 PM otherwise your wont be able to use the full 20 minute time limit. The quiz will automatically submit at 5:00 PM.

Remember you must submit each coding question using the give command before 5:00 PM to receive marks.
Any submission after 5:00 PM will be ignored.
Do not leave submission until the last minute.
We won't accept late submissions because give took to long to run.

COMP1911 Final Exam Information

Posted by Dylan Brotherston 🕴️ Tuesday 23 August 2022, 12:52:36 PM.

Hi Everyone,

The final exam starts at 1:50 PM , approximately an hour from now.

If you have not yet read the Exam Conditions you should do so before the start of the exam.

Once the exam starts at 1:50 PM you have 10 minutes of reading time , you may not write any code, run autotests, or submit files during this time. You may read the exam page and provided code, plus run commands and create files to setup for the exam during this time.

At 2 PM you may start writing, You have 3 hours (until 5 PM) to finish the exam .

You must submit all questions you have attempted before 5 PM, any submission made after 5 PM will be ignored .

Do not leave submissions to the last minute, each question is submitted individually so you should make submissions as you finish each question , not all at once at the end of the exam.

At some point during the 3 hours of the exam time you need to complete the Moodle Quiz.

You have 20 minutes to complete the quiz, after 20 minutes or at 5 PM the quiz will automatically submit. So make sure you start the quiz no later than 4:40 PM or your time will be cut short.

HERE is the link to the Moodle quiz, available after 2 PM.
HERE is the link to the programing exercises, available after 1:50 PM.
Be aware that, as everyone is trying to load the same page at the same time, the programing exercises may be slow to load.
If you are having issues viewing the programing exercises please force reload the page , this can be done with CTRL + R on most web browsers.

During the exam the course forum will be locked.
If you have any questions please email the course account < cs1911@cse.unsw.edu.au >
The course forum will remain locked for a number of hours after the end of the exam.

During the exam you must not communicate with anyone other than COMP1911 staff .
After the exam you must not discuss specific questions or answers for 24 hours as some students have centrally allocated extra time and may still be working on the exam.

Final Exam

Posted by Binghao Li Monday 22 August 2022, 10:29:46 PM.

Time: Tuesday 23 August 13:50 - 17:00 2022 AEST.

Please ensure your Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) is working, as you will need to log into Moodle to complete exam Part 1. If you have never used MFA to log into Moodle, try it now.

Good luck.

Assignment 2 Performance Marks

Posted by Dylan Brotherston 🕴️ Monday 15 August 2022, 04:26:16 PM, last modified Monday 15 August 2022, 05:40:42 PM.

Assignment 2 Performance Marks are now available.
You can collect your marked submission in the "Collect Submission" tab.
Or by running `1911 classrun -collect ass2` on a CSE server.

Note that is is only the performance marks.
Hand marking (for style and design) has not been done yet (and wont be available before the exam).

As hand marking has not been completed yet, you will not see your mark for ass2 in the WebCMS the grades page.

Update:

There was an issue with some marking test input not ending with a newline.
This has been fixed and marking has been rerun.
Some assignments will now receive additional marks (most assignments won't be effected).

Practice Exam

Posted by Binghao Li Thursday 11 August 2022, 10:08:49 AM.

Dear all,

Probably you have noticed that the sample exam is available already. If you have not tried it, please go to the course website, click "Course Work", then click "Exam", you will find Final Exam Information. Scroll down, and at the very bottom, Practice Exam Links are there. There are two parts: part 1 Quiz, part 2 Exercise. Follow the instructions.

If you have any questions, please let us know.

Lab 10 Demo

Posted by Dylan Brotherston 🕴️ Tuesday 02 August 2022, 05:53:33 PM, last modified Wednesday 03 August 2022, 09:44:34 AM.

This week is our final teaching week and our final lab classes.

That means that there is no lab11 that can be used to demo your lab10 work.

Because of this lab10 doesn't have to be shown to your tutor to receive marks.

Simply submitting lab10 with give is enough to get marks for lab10.

Note: You still need to attend lab10 to get your lab9 work marked.

2022 T2 myExperience Survey Reminder

Posted by Dylan Brotherston 🕴️ Tuesday 02 August 2022, 04:16:55 PM.

The 2022 T2 myExperience Survey is still open.

The myExperience Survey feedback is used to improve the course content,
and helps both lecturers and tutors improve there teaching style.

Please take 5 minutes to complete the myExperience Survey for COMP1911 and any other courses you are taking this term.

You can access myExperience with the following link:
https://myexperience.unsw.edu.au/

Assignment 1 Marks

Posted by Dylan Brotherston 🕴️ Tuesday 02 August 2022, 04:09:44 PM.

Assignment 1 Marks are now available on the webCMS grades page.

You can also collect your marked submission in the "Collect Submission" tab.

Or by running `1911 classrun -collect ass1` on a CSE server.

The marked submission contains the automarking results (all 3017 tests) and comments added by the marker.

comments can either be added inline in your code or at the bottom of the marked submission.

2022 T2 myExperience Survey

Posted by Dylan Brotherston 🕴️ Wednesday 27 July 2022, 10:14:31 AM.

Hi everyone,

The 2022 T2 myExperience Survey is now open for you to complete.

The myExperience Survey is an anonymous Survey run by UNSW

The myExperience Survey allows you to provide feedback about the course, lectures, a tutorials.

The myExperience Survey feedback is used to improve the course content,
and helps both lecturers and tutors improve there teaching style.

Please take 5 minutes to complete the myExperience Survey for COMP1911 and any other courses you are taking this term.

Remember that the survey is anonymous and responses are only released to us after your marks have been finalized,
so be honest and provide constructive criticism.

You can access myExperience with the following link:
https://myexperience.unsw.edu.au/

If you would like to read more information about the survey you can find it here:
https://www.student.unsw.edu.au/myexperience

Assignment 2 Due Date Extended

Posted by Dylan Brotherston 🕴️ Tuesday 26 July 2022, 12:15:20 PM.

Hi everyone,

Just a quick notice that the due date assignment 2 has been pushed back to Monday of week11.
The 8th of August, to give you a couple of extra days to work on it.

Week 9 Lectures

Posted by Binghao Li Monday 25 July 2022, 05:52:12 PM.

Dear all,

This week we will discuss two interesting data structures: stacks and queues. They are widely used in many computing applications.

As this is the second last week of this term, I will start the revision of what we have learned. We will run a Kahoot on Wednesday - yes, the winner will have a prize. The quizzes will be similar to those in the final exam.

See you tomorrow.

Assignment 2 Released

Posted by Dylan Brotherston 🕴️ Friday 15 July 2022, 08:04:13 PM, last modified Friday 15 July 2022, 08:05:58 PM.

Hi everyone,

Assignment 2 is now been released.
You can view it in WebCMS

The assignment requires knowledge of structs , which we have not covered in lectures yet.
But they are our next topic and will be discussed in the week08 lectures.

That shouldn't stop you from reading the assignment specification
and beginning to think about how you will implement your program.

Make sure you read the entire assignment specification carefully
and understand all the requirements and restrictions.

This week's lecture - Pointers

Posted by Binghao Li Monday 27 June 2022, 03:42:09 PM.

Dear all,

This week we will discuss pointers and memory. In my opinion, pointers are the most interesting topic in C. Understanding pointers is an essential step to mastering the C language. In the previous lectures, we left a few questions unanswered. Once we introduce the pointers, those things will be clear.

On Wednesday, I will run a Kahoot with ten quizzes, and you will have a chance to win a coffee voucher and a coffee cup.

I look forward to seeing you online.

End of Week04 Reminders

Posted by Dylan Brotherston 🕴️ Sunday 26 June 2022, 02:43:41 AM.

Hi everyone,

A reminder that Lab04 is due at 8pm today.

In order to get marks for Lab04 you must run give before 8pm today (instructions are on the lab page )
and (if you haven't done so already) show your tutor your work in your week05 lab class.

Lab04 also requires you to create a blog post,
This blog post must be created by 8pm today.

You should not edit your blog post after 8pm today.

You can view your marks for lab01, lab02, and lab03 on the WebCMS grade page

Assignment 1 has been released and is available on WebCMS
It is due on Monday 11th July (Week07) at 19:59:59

Part of Assignment 1 is writing a Blog.
You should have created (at least) your second assignment blob post by the end of today.

You can find the timetable for assignment help sessions here

There are 8 help sessions before the due date for assignment 1

Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday at 7pm-8pm
Saturday at 2pm-4pm
in both week05 and week06

For more information see the above link

Tutorial sample answers are available for tut 1,2,3,4
Lab sample answers are available for lab 1,2,3
here .

Tut and Lab 5 is now available for you to view.
here .

As there are no Lab classes in week06
You can demonstrate your lab05 work to your tutor in the week07 lab class.

The T2 Census Date is today.

We do not want to see anyone drop the course,
but if you have a good reason to do so, please do not miss the deadline.

You can find more info about the census date here and here

T2 Census Date

Posted by Binghao Li Thursday 23 June 2022, 03:48:04 PM.

Dear all,

The census date is approaching. 26 Jun 2022 (11:59 pm) is the last day to drop Teaching Period Two (T2) courses without financial liability (also does not incur academic penalty). I do not want to see you drop the course :-), but if you have a good reason to do so, please do not miss the deadline.

Assignment Help Sessions

Posted by Dylan Brotherston 🕴️ Tuesday 21 June 2022, 12:42:03 PM.

Hi everyone,

The time table for assignment help sessions is now available here on WebCMS

The first session is at 7pm Today.

You can access the sessions on Blackboard Collaborate ( via Moodle )
Or directly with this link

Help sessions are for assignment questions only.
If you have questions about weekly labs you should ask your tutor in your lab time or make a post on the Course Forum.

End of Week03 Reminders

Posted by Dylan Brotherston 🕴️ Sunday 19 June 2022, 12:08:22 PM.

Hi everyone,

A reminder that Lab03 is due at 8pm today.

In order to get marks for Lab03 you must run give before 8pm today (instructions are on the lab page )
and (if you haven't done so already) show your tutor your work in your week04 lab class.

If you haven't done so already you can view your marks for lab01 and lab02 on the WebCMS grade page

Assignment 1 has been released and is avalible on WebCMS
It is due on Monday 11th July (Week07) at 19:59:59

Part of Assignment 1 is writing a Blog.
Your first blog post must be made by Tuesday.

Tutorial sample answers are available for tute 1,2,3
Lab sample answers are available for lab 1,2
here .

Tute and Lab 4 is now available for you to view.
here .

Assignment 1 Released

Posted by Dylan Brotherston 🕴️ Thursday 16 June 2022, 10:06:32 PM.

Hi everyone,

Assignment 1 has now been released.
You can view it in WebCMS

The assignment mentions array, which we have not covered in lectures yet.
But they are our next topic and will be discussed in the week04 lectures.

That shouldn't stop you from reading the assignment specification
and beginning to think about how you will implement your program.

Make sure you read the entire assignment specification
as there are more requirements to this assignment than just writing your code.

The assignment is due at 8pm on Monday 11th July (Week07).

Lab01 Submission Reminder

Posted by Dylan Brotherston 🕴️ Sunday 05 June 2022, 05:18:50 AM.

Hi everyone,

A reminder that Lab01 is due at 8pm today.

In order to get marks for Lab01 you must run give before 8pm today (instructions are on the lab page )
and (if you haven't done so already) show your tutor your work in your week02 lab class.

Our course forum this offering is ED, available here .

Note: To access ED you need to login with <zID>@unsw.edu.au as your email address.

Please join the course forum and introduce yourself in the welcome thread

The Week02 Tutorial and Lab are now available here on webCMS .

Tutorial Recordings

Posted by Binghao Li Wednesday 01 June 2022, 06:09:55 PM.

The first tutorial recording is already on Moodle, thanks Rosanna for sharing the video. The future tutorial recordings will all be there.

Tutorial and Lab Block

Posted by Binghao Li Tuesday 31 May 2022, 11:23:58 PM.

I have heard that some of you want to change your TLB class, from an online class to a f2f class or vice versa. If you have a good reason, say you have arrived in Sydney and want to attend the f2f class, to do so, please send us an email (cs1911@cse.unsw.edu.au). Thanks.

Week01 Tut-Lab and Course Forum

Posted by Dylan Brotherston 🕴️ Monday 30 May 2022, 12:56:02 AM.

The Week01 Tutorial and Lab are now available here on webCMS .
The Week01 Lecture Notes are also available here (but may be updated before our first lecture).
Lecture recording will be available here (after the lectures have finished of course).

Our course forum this offering is ED, available here .

Note: to access ED you need to login with <zID>@unsw.edu.au as your email address.

Please join the course forum and introduce yourself in the welcome thread

Poll Everywhere

Posted by Binghao Li Sunday 29 May 2022, 09:26:54 PM.

Dear all,

Poll Everywhere is a web-based audience response system. It is straightforward and works well for live audiences using mobile devices like phones. We will use Poll Everywhere for COMP1911 to improve student engagement. You should have received an email. Please log in to https://pollev.com/login to register (use your UNSW email address) before the first lecture on Tuesday. If you have any problems, please let me know.

Welcome to COMP1911 2022

Posted by Binghao Li Wednesday 25 May 2022, 11:53:51 PM.

Hi everyone,

Welcome to the 22T2 edition of COMP1911.

First of all, I'd like to introduce myself. My name is Binghao Li, the lecturer for this course.

Due to the pandemic, we had run the course entirely online in the past two years. Fortunately, we will have face-to-face tutorials and lab sessions this year. We will also keep one online class (tutorial and lab) for offshore students.

You will learn C programming in this course. C is one of the most widely used programming languages. I learned Basic, Fortran, C and assembly language when I was a kid. I have not touched three of them for a long time, but I am still using C (not just for teaching). I believe you will also find C very useful.

I want to draw your attention to a few essential things:

• The course website is https://webcms3.cse.unsw.edu.au/COMP1911/22T2/. We still have a Moodle page that is only used for BlackBoard and quizzes.
• The platform we will use to deliver the course is MS Teams. You should find yourself in Teams class - "2022 T2 COMP1911 Lectures" now. The Teams meeting will be used for lectures on Tue 1400-1600; Wed 1100-1300.
• The course outline and timetable are now available. You can access it by going to the course website.

I look forward to seeing you soon.