Dear Students,
Assignment 1 has been released and is available on WebCMS under Course Work → Assignments.
Please note that the submission deadline is 5:00 PM on Tuesday of Week 4 (7th October), and submissions should be made via Moodle .
We encourage you to start early and ensure your submission is completed on time.
Best regards,
The COMP9311 Teaching Team
Dear Students,
Welcome to the course COMP9311. This week is O-Week, and I hope you are looking forward to learning about database systems. In this opening notice, I outline how the course is run in 2025 T3 and provide some important information that you may find helpful.
In this term, we will run multi-modal courses. Specifically, lectures will be delivered in hybrid mode with live streams and recordings available. Lab sessions will be face-to-face in classrooms on your own laptops. We will also run an online forum and offer both online and face-to-face help sessions (i.e., consultations) where you can get assistance from our tutors and staff.
Course Webpages . The main course materials reside on WebCMS3 ( https://webcms3.cse.unsw.edu.au/COMP9311/25T3/). All announcements, lecture notes, lab notes, assignment specifications, etc., will be posted here. If you're reading this notice, congratulations, you've found us.
Moodle (https://moodle.telt.unsw.edu.au) provides access to online lectures, recordings, consultations, and assessment submissions.
Lectures start in Week 1. The face-to-face lectures are scheduled for:
The online lectures are scheduled at the same time as the face-to-face lectures.
All lectures will be recorded and can be found on Moodle after the first lecture. All lectures will be both live streamed via Blackboard Collaborate and recorded via Echo360 on Moodle. There are two ways to access the lecture:
1. We will provide links to access the lecture (live and recording) in the Online Lecture Links tab.
2. You may log into Moodle first, find our course, and click "Blackboard Collaborate" to join a live lecture. You may click "Lecture Recordings" to access the recorded lectures.
Labs start in Week 2. Due to the limited space in school labs, this term we run bring-your-own-device (BYOD) labs face-to-face in classrooms. So you need to bring your own laptop and make sure it is fully charged. CSE has a laptop-lending machine, so if you forget your laptop or it is not working properly, you can borrow a laptop for the class: https://taggi.cse.unsw.edu.au/FAQ/Borrow_A_Laptop. During the lab, a tutor will be present to assist you and answer your questions.
Consultations start in Week 1. We run both face-to-face and online consultations this term. Face-to-face consultations will be held each Friday from 9AM to 11AM in G01 in Building K17. Online consultations will be held on Friday from 9AM to 11AM. You can find the link to online consultations via Blackboard Collaborate on Moodle or on WebCMS3 (under the "Consultation" tab). You may join the consultation if you have any questions regarding the course. Consultations will not be recorded.
Discourse Forums . You can use the Discourse forums (linked on the WebCMS menu) to ask questions and engage with other students. Tutors will visit the forum regularly to answer questions. Please let us know if you encounter any difficulty accessing it.
I hope you enjoy the course and wish you all the best for the term.
Best regards,
The COMP9311 25T3 Team