Data Services Engineering COMP9321 20T1

Final Exam has Began

Posted by Morty Al-Banna Tuesday 05 May 2020, 12:06:12 PM.

Dear All,

Please be advised that the final exam Paper is now released ( https://webcms3.cse.unsw.edu.au/COMP9321/20T1/resources/45621 )

You can submit your MCQ answers in Moodle Quiz ( https://moodle.telt.unsw.edu.au/mod/quiz/view.php?... )

Remember the instructions we have provided in a previous post ( https://webcms3.cse.unsw.edu.au/COMP9321/20T1/resources/45621 )

Best luck to all...

Information about final exam tomorrow

Posted by Morty Al-Banna Monday 04 May 2020, 02:58:26 PM.

Dear All,

Please be advised for the following:

• Exam is tomorrow the 5th of May 2020. start time is 12:00 PM Sydney Time (mid-day) and ends at 11:59 AM of the 6th of May.
• The Exam paper is going to be released in WebCMS in the "Exam Paper" menu item on the designated time and a notification will be sent.
• As we mentioned before, we are going to use Moodle Quiz Module for the MCQ. the link to the quiz will be visible on the designated time.
• Answers to the Written questions to be submitted via Give system as a pdf file and the file name should be z{id}.pdf.
• if you have any inquiry about the exam questions, please send an e-mail to ( cs9321@cse.unsw.edu.au ). Please try to read the exam paper the sooner the better, and do not leave questions to the last minute. The title of the e-mail should include "COMP9321 Exam". I will try to be available on Microsoft Teams as well most of time, but e-mails are your best option to make sure me or the course admin (MohammadAli) will get your inquiry.
• if there are any corrections or updates during the exam we will make an announcement in WebCMS an an e-mail will be sent to all. make sure to check WebCMS regularly and before submitting.
• There is no extra time or late penalty. the deadline is final and any submission made after the deadline WILL NOT BE MARKED . Do not leave the submission to the last minute and risk facing issues or forgetting.
• By submitting your answers you certify that all the answers are according to your own effort and are in your own words . We are going to use plagiarism/text similarity tool to check submissions and If your submission is not your own effort, you will get zero marks for the exam and a possible charge of academic misconduct.
• Below are some instructions from the school you also need to be aware of:

FIT TO SIT

By sitting or submitting an assessment on the scheduled assessment date, a student is declaring that they are fit to do so and cannot later apply for Special Consideration.

If, during an exam a student feels unwell to the point that they cannot continue with the exam, they should take the following steps: <o:p></o:p>

1. Stop working on the exam and take note of the time <o:p></o:p>

2. If the Course Coordinator or Tutor is present online during the assessment in Microsoft Teams, make contact immediately and advise them that they are unwell <o:p></o:p>

3. Immediately submit a Special Consideration application saying that they felt ill during the exam and were unable to continue <o:p></o:p>

4. If they were able to advise the Course Coordinator or Tutor of the illness during the assessment, attach screenshots of this conversation to the Special Consideration application <o:p></o:p>

TECHNICAL ISSUES <o:p></o:p>

If students experience a technical issue, they should take the following steps: <o:p></o:p>

1. Take screenshots of as many of the following as possible: <o:p></o:p>

 error messages <o:p></o:p>

 screen not loading <o:p></o:p>

 timestamped speed tests <o:p></o:p>

 power outage maps <o:p></o:p>

2. If the Course Coordinator or Tutor is present online during the assessment in Microsoft Teams, contact should be made immediately to advise them of the issue. <o:p></o:p>

3. A Special Consideration application should be submitted immediately after the conclusion of the assessment, along with the appropriate screenshots.

Best of luck to all...

MyExperience Survey + Recommendations for external parties + Consultations

Posted by Morty Al-Banna Thursday 30 April 2020, 03:03:15 PM.

Dear All,

three things in this announcement:

• Sorry to sound like a broken record but we are still suffering from extremely low participation rate in the course Evaluation ( MyExperience : https://myexperience.unsw.edu.au/ ). please if you have not participated yet do that ASAP as the survey will close midnight today. We appreciate your feedback and it really helps us improve further.
• Although we are not allowed to disclose the final marks in the course, but if you are applying to a job or to work on a project that you want to illustrate the skills you picked up in the course and need some of sort verification, please feel free to use my contact details as a reference in this regard. I'm more than happy to communicate with your potential employer. I'm still not going to share the mark but I will be able put a good word for you to illustrate how you did in the course.
• By the way, feel free to keep asking questions on WebCMS and if you need you can send me an e-mail and we can schedule a consultation using Microsoft Teams.

best of luck to all...

Morty