COMP9900 Notices

COMP3900/9900 Demo, Report, Project, and Peers Marks

Posted by Matthew Sladescu Thursday 03 September 2020, 10:01:04 AM.

Hi Everyone,

Final grades for Demo, Report, Software Quality, and Peers marks are now available on WebCMS3 from your grades page.

Hope you've enjoyed this course, and best wishes on your next journey.

For any queries, please do contact your mentor directly.

COMP3900/9900 Course Conclusion & myExperience Survey

Posted by Matthew Sladescu Monday 10 August 2020, 10:10:20 AM.

Hi everyone,


Thank you and congratulations on making it to the conclusion of the course. We'll return assessment results to you as soon as we've completed the marking process. It's been a pleasure watching so many great projects develop. Stay safe, and I wish you all the best on your next journey.



If you would take a moment to fill in a myExperience survey for the course it would be much appreciated.



The survey can be accessed either through the myExperience survey link on the moodle course website; or using your < zid>@ad.unsw.edu.au email address credentials (where <zid> replaces your zid) to log in here: https://myexperience.unsw.edu.au/

COMP3900/9900 Week 10 Notices / Reminders

Posted by Matthew Sladescu Monday 03 August 2020, 08:53:57 AM.

Hi Everyone,


Hope you are all safe and well. A few notices/reminders for this week:

- The final demonstration/presentation takes place in your lab this week. Please ensure you are ready and prepared for this.

Note that you cannot receive the mark for this final demonstration/presentation if you are not there.

- Remember that your software quality & report submissions are now due at the start of your lab this week. Please do ensure you have submitted these by then - note that the instructions on how to submit these are given on the Assessments Page (under Course Work > Assessments on the course WebCMS site).


- The peers evaluation to be submitted by each student individually is due this Friday 23:59, with details for submitting this also available on the Assessments page and in the assessment guidelines (under Course Work > Assessments on the course WebCMS site).

- We will have a final wrap-up lecture, available on echo360 at 1pm today, which you can access by clicking on Lectures from the course moodle site (slides also available from then on the course WebCMS site (under Course Work > Lectures - click on Download for the lecture)).

Have a great Week!

COMP3900/9900 Project Report Deadline - Extension

Posted by Matthew Sladescu Friday 31 July 2020, 11:06:29 AM.

Hi All,

For the project report submission, please note - there is also an extension to the deadline, as detailed below:

The new deadline for your team's project report submission is the beginning of your team's Week 10 lab.

Please ensure that you have submitted this assessment by this new deadline.

COMP3900/9900 Software Quality Submission Deadline - Extension

Posted by Matthew Sladescu Friday 31 July 2020, 10:46:27 AM.

Hi All,

For the software quality assessment submission, please note - there is an extension to the deadline, as detailed below:

The new deadline for your team's software quality submission is the beginning of your team's Week 10 lab.

Please ensure that you have submitted this assessment by this new deadline.

COMP3900/9900 Some additional Q & A

Posted by Matthew Sladescu Friday 17 July 2020, 10:42:57 AM.

Hi Everyone,

Below are some additional Q&A you might find useful:

Q1: If my team's software quality submission exceeds 100MB in size, how do I submit my software quality assessment?

A1: Please contact your mentor if your software quality submission exceeds 100MB to make alternative submission arrangements.

Q2: Is there a WebCMS submission required for the final demonstration/presentation?

A2: No. This will just be a demonstration/presentation that takes place during your lab.

Q3: Should all team members speak during the final demonstration/presentation?

A3: Yes, each member should speak during the demo.

Q4: What should we focus on in the final demonstration/presentation?

A4: Please do focus on the final demo assessment guidelines. For example: do focus on demonstrating and presenting functionality; the user interfaces used to facilitate functionality; the technical quality, engineering practices and methodology used for your project; and ensuring you address all aspects mentioned on the assessment guidelines for the final demonstration/presentation. Full details found on the course WebCMS site by navigating to Course Work > Assessments > Assessment Guidelines.

COMP3900/9900 Final Demo

Posted by Matthew Sladescu Wednesday 15 July 2020, 02:44:40 PM.

Hi All,

Please note that the final demo in Week 10 will differ from the progressive demos - do be sure to take a look at the assessment guidelines for this (found on the course WebCMS site by navigating to Course Work > Assessments > Assessment Guidelines).

This final demo should be based on your submitted system source code (where final source code is submitted as part of the software quality assessment).

COMP3900/9900 Assessment submission links and instructions available for non-demo assessments

Posted by Matthew Sladescu Wednesday 15 July 2020, 01:17:08 PM.

Hi All,

Submission links and instructions are now also available for remaining non-demo assessments (please take a look at WebCMS course website: go to Course Work > Assessments).

COMP3900/9900 Week 6 Flexibility Week Notices

Posted by Matthew Sladescu Monday 06 July 2020, 06:23:09 PM.

Hi Everyone,

A few notices for this week:

A reminder that this week, (week 6), is flexibility week, and there are no scheduled labs for comp3900/9900 during this week.

The submission link for Retrospective A is open. Please do take a look at instructions for submission given on the WebCMS course website: go to Course Work > Assessments > Retrospective A > Retrospective A.
Note that only one member (the Scrum Master) of the team submits the retrospective report on behalf of the whole team.

If you have any queries during this time please contact your mentor.

COMP3900/9900: Reminder: Progressive Demo A + Retrospective

Posted by Matthew Sladescu Friday 26 June 2020, 09:14:40 AM.

Hi Everyone,

A friendly reminder that your first progressive demo (A) takes place next week.
Note that you'll need to be present at such demos otherwise you cannot receive marks for these.

For your retrospective, do try to conduct your retrospective meeting as soon as is possible after the demo.
You need to be present at your retrospective meetings to receive a mark for the retrospectives.

Please do make sure that you familiarise yourself with the assessment guidelines for the progressive demo and retrospective. (see WebCMS Course Website > Assessments > Assessment Guidelines).

COMP3900/9900 Project Proposal Submission Page Open

Posted by Matthew Sladescu Wednesday 17 June 2020, 08:14:43 AM.

Hi Everyone,

Please note that the submission page for the project proposal is now open. This proposal is due on Sunday 21 June 2020 at 23.59pm.

Please do take a look at instructions for submission given on the WebCMS course website: go to Course Work > Assessments > Project Proposal > Proposal.

Note that only one member (the Scrum Master) of the team submits the Project Proposal on behalf of the whole team.

Week 3 Lecture

Posted by Matthew Sladescu Monday 15 June 2020, 12:59:08 PM.

Hi Everyone,

Lecture 3 is now available on echo360, which you can access by clicking on Lectures from the course moodle site.
Slides are also available for lectures under Course Work > Lectures on the course WebCMS site (click on Download for the lecture needed).

COMP3900/9900 Joining GitHub Classroom

Posted by Matthew Sladescu Wednesday 10 June 2020, 12:01:44 PM.

Hi Everyone,

Please follow the instructions given on this page to join GitHub Classroom
(under Course Work > GitHub Classroom, on the course WebCMS site).

Week 2 COMP3900/9900 Notices

Posted by Matthew Sladescu Tuesday 09 June 2020, 08:57:55 AM.

Hi Everyone,

A few important items for COMP3900/9900:

- If you do not have a team of 5 (or 4), please email your mentor as soon as possible. Your mentor's name and email are mentioned on the Team Formation Forums page for your lab on the course WebCMS site.

- Lecture 2 is now available on echo360, which you can access by clicking on Lectures from the course moodle site. Slides are also available for lectures under Course Work > Lectures on the course WebCMS site (click on Download for the lecture needed).

- Please make sure you have looked at the project & proposal specifications (see Assessment Guidelines under Assessments on the course WebCMS site). Importantly do make sure that you are covering all project objectives in your project, as this is one of the assessed items.

- Note that your progressive demos take place in the week 5 and 8 labs. A part of your proposal needs to define the start and end dates for all sprints envisaged during term. Make sure that the sprints you define allow you to undertake a demo in each of those labs. You'll need to be present at these demos otherwise you cannot receive marks for these.

- Also make sure that your Sprint dates will allow you to carry out a retrospective meeting prior to each of your labs in Weeks 7 and 9. Again, you cannot receive a mark for a retrospective if you are not at that retrospective's meeting.

Lecture 1 now also Available on echo360

Posted by Matthew Sladescu Monday 01 June 2020, 02:23:13 PM.

Hi Everyone,

Lecture 1 is now also available on echo360.

Lecture 1 Available on Dropbox for now

Posted by Matthew Sladescu Monday 01 June 2020, 01:29:40 PM.

Hi Everyone,

Please find the first week's lecture below:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/8zt73wt143ybhbm/Lecture1LQ.mov?dl=0

You can use this link before the echo360 stream completes.

Kind regards,
Matthew

Lecture 1 echo360

Posted by Matthew Sladescu Monday 01 June 2020, 01:24:32 PM.

Hi Everyone,

The first lecture has been uploaded to echo360 but the system is still processing.
I will let you all know once this is complete. Apologies for the delay.

Matthew