Discrepancies between WebCMS and myUNSW Marks

Posted by Nick Patrikeos 🐾 Thursday 19 May 2022, 10:48:25 AM.

Hi everyone,

If you find that there is a difference between the course mark in your results email and the final mark in WebCMS from when we released marks the other day - the course mark in your results email is correct.

We made a slight error in summing up the marks to display to you on WebCMS meaning that the final value was 3 marks higher than it should have been. We have rectified this issue and if you check your marks in WebCMS now they should be consistent with your results in myUNSW. None of your raw sprint or portfolio marks have changed or had any errors.

We're really sorry about this - this probably disappoints a few of you :( Please reach out if you have any further concerns and enjoy the rest of your holidays!

Wrapping it All Up 🧩

Posted by Nick Patrikeos 🐾 Tuesday 17 May 2022, 09:45:54 AM.

Hi everyone,

Congratulations on completing SENG2021.

We made it - the course is over and you have all done a spectacular job!

Release of Sprint 4, Final Portfolio Marks + Final Course Mark

The following marks are now available to view under the Grades section on WebCMS:

• Your final mark for Sprint 4 ( / 100)
• Your group's final report mark ( / 30) - note that this comprises part of your Sprint 4 mark;
• Your final portfolio mark ( / 15)
• Your overall project mark , Sprints 1, 2, 3 and 4 combined ( / 80)
• To save you the trouble of calculating it yourself, your final course mark ( / 100).

If you are distressed by receiving your marks you can always reach out and seek some support, Lifeline is available 24/7 and UNSW provides free Counselling and Psychological services .

If you have any questions about any of your marks, please email the class account (se2021@cse.unsw.edu.au). Please do not contact your mentor as we are handling all queries regarding marks centrally.

Requirements and Design

You've done a lot of reflection throughout the course - but we want you to take one last time to think and be proud of how far you've come and how much you've achieved - you have all come an exceptionally long way from being fresh out of COMP1531 and are now further down the road to becoming a Software Engineer. We're sure that many of you didn't even know you were capable of creating the services and applications you did before the course. Well done.

The Sydney Opera House is an example of impressive physical design and architecture - elegant and long-lasting; and they are the characteristics of software we've sought to write in this course. Just in case you were still curious about the course photo :)

So, where next?

To get you excited, some courses that you will be taking as part of the SE degree in future...

• COMP2511 - how to design and write beautiful software using design principles and patterns;
• DESN2000 - user-centric design, requirements engineering, product management;
• SENG2011 - formal reasoning about programs;
• COMP3311 - databases! We know those!
• SENG3011 - the third-year workshop where next year we will be diving into the brave new world of toolchains and DevOps!!

Thank you for being an incredible cohort of students to work with both online and in person - you are all fantastic and will go on to do amazing things. Feel free to stay connected to us virtually via LinkedIn and please come and say hi if you see us on campus!

Finally, we just want to give a shout out to your terrific mentors - Chinmay, Webster, Max, Tina, Giuseppe and Chris - without them this course couldn't function and they have put in many long hours supporting you and providing you with feedback.

All the very best for T2 and beyond.

Fethi, Nick and the SENG2021 22T1 Teaching Team

Atlassian Jira Learning Path

Posted by Nick Patrikeos 🐾 Sunday 01 May 2022, 08:18:02 PM, last modified Sunday 01 May 2022, 08:19:36 PM.

Hi everyone,

Hope your exams are going well.

Atlassian are launching a training program for tertiary students and educators in using Jira. If you're interested in learning more have a read!

I’m so excited to share that Atlassian University has launched its first ever FREE training program for higher education students and educators.

We are currently running a pilot of this program and would love for you and your UNSW students to be a part of this.

Benefits of the program

Getting your first job in technology is competitive: stand out in your field with proficiency in Atlassian’s industry-leading tools. Get free Atlassian University training in Jira Software , along with a path to earn badges and your first Atlassian certification.

What are we teaching?

We’re starting with the Jira Project Administration learning path which prepares students to take the ACP-620 Managing Jira Projects Certification Exam.

The learning path has over 30+ hours of content and contains the following:

• Jira Fundamentals
• Jira Essentials with Agile Mindset
• Gain project insights through JQL
• Managing Jira Projects
• Managing Permissions in Jira
• Agile Boards and Reports
• Basic Reporting in Jira
• Customizing Workflows
• Managing Jira Projects Certification

We are also providing labs which allows students hands-on practice and exercises within the tool.

Who can enrol?

• A current student, faculty, or staff at a higher education institution
• Must have a valid .edu, co.edu , or ac.nz or other edu email address

All information and sign up can be found here- Atlassian University for Higher Education

Sign up is available now! We will have a restricted number of spaces for this pilot so we encourage early sign up.

Further questions

All info can be found through the above link, including a Contact Support section.

Macquarie Prize Shortlist + myExperience

Posted by Nick Patrikeos 🐾 Wednesday 27 April 2022, 06:52:48 PM.

Hi everyone,

Congratulations to the following groups who have been shortlisted for the Macquarie Second Year Software Engineering Prize.

• W14A_APPLEPIE
• W14A_HONEYCOMB
• H14A_APPLEPIE
• H14A_DONUT
• T13A_FUDGE
• H17A_JELLY
• H18A_ECLAIR

Well done to everyone on your presentations - it was very close between all the top teams!

Groups selected will need to prepare and present a 4 minute presentation followed by 3 minutes of feedback and questions from the judges. Your presentation will essentially be a shortened version of your Shark Tank pitch - containing:

• The idea behind your application and how it provides business value;
• An overview of your Software Architecture and a discussion of the key technical challenges you faced; and
• A demonstration of the core features of your product.

The presentations will occur in-person at the Macquarie office (50 Martin Place, Wynyard) on the 17th May at 1pm . Selected groups will receive an email from Macquarie with further details.

For everyone - if you haven't already please fill out myExperience - tomorrow is the last day!

Click here to fill out myExperience

We read through every single piece of feedback - positive and constructive, and spend a lot of time thinking about how we can improve the course and how we teach.

We'll be in touch over the holidays with the release of Sprint 4, final project and portfolio marks - but for now we hope you have a bit of respite now everything is wrapped up, and best of luck for your exams!

End of Week 10 Updates ✈️

Posted by Nick Patrikeos 🐾 Sunday 24 April 2022, 12:59:43 PM.

Hi everyone,

We made it!!! Congratulations on finishing Sprint 4, your Shark Tank presentations and the Final Reports. We were blown away by how good your applications were – from the engaging presentations and business value to fantastic looking frontends and complex functionality – well done on your efforts.

The portfolios are due on Tuesday at 1pm – please post on the forum between now and then if you have any questions.

We think it’s also important to highlight your work in terms of how different this course is structured compared to the first-year COMP courses – rather than being handed content on a silver platter, the onus has been on you to research, learn and make decisions and we’ve been here to support you, as is the case in the real world. It’s certainly a jump and you have all made it with professional maturity.

Please take some time to fill out myExperience – we always want to iterate and improve on how we run the course.

Finally – based on your Sprint 4 Shark Tank Presentations we are selecting several teams to be shortlisted for the Macquarie Second Year Software Engineering Prize. If selected, you will be asked to prepare and present a presentation about your system i n-person on 17 ^th May at Macquarie to a panel of judges. Attendance is not mandatory if you have clashing commitments, though at least one person from your team will need to be there.

We will notify you of the teams selected this coming Wednesday.

End of Week 9 Updates 🐣 + Sprint 3 Marks

Posted by Nick Patrikeos 🐾 Monday 18 April 2022, 07:56:36 PM.

Hi everyone,

Hope you’ve had a nice break! We are almost at the end – and you’ve all done incredibly well making it this far. Sprint 4 is almost done and this week will be an opportunity for you to show your hard work to your peers and mentor – be proud of what you’ve achieved as there are some spectacular pieces of software you have created!

Shark Tank, Round 2

You know how these roll – we just want to remind you of two important points:

• All team members need to be a part of the presentation in some way – please email the class account ( se2021@cse.unsw.edu.au ) and apply for Special Consideration if you cannot be present at your demonstration for whatever reason;
• Teams should be present for all other groups' presentations in their class . If you cannot attend part or any of the class, please email your mentor prior to the presentations. If you do not attend other groups’ presentations you may be marked down.

Sprint 3 Marks Released

Your marks for Sprint 3 have been released and are available to view under the Grades section on WebCMS. If your mark has not yet been finalised then your mentor will have let you know. As always, please speak to your mentor first regarding any queries of marks and then email the class account if you have further concerns.

myExperience

It’s that time of term! Please fill out myExperience for the course when you have a spare moment amidst what is probably a busy week for most of you :)

Good luck for your presentations this week and assessments in other courses.

Draft Portfolio Marks Released

Posted by Nick Patrikeos 🐾 Wednesday 13 April 2022, 09:32:52 PM.

Hi everyone,

The draft portfolio marks and feedback have been released.

You can view your mark under the Grades section on WebCMS.

An email will come through to you shortly with your marker's feedback.

If you have any questions about your feedback or mark, please post on the forum or email your marker. You can find your marker's contact information by looking them up in Staff tab here on WebCMS. Please keep in mind that this assessment is only worth 5%, so we are unlikely to change marks unless there is a major reason.

Take the feedback on board and look at the collective feedback page to improve - the final submission is worth 15%.

If you have not received an email please post on the forum.

Have a great evening!

End of Week 8 Updates 🎁

Posted by Nick Patrikeos 🐾 Sunday 10 April 2022, 09:44:39 PM.

Hi everyone,

Well done on completing your Shark Tank presentations this week – we were all very impressed by your content and delivery.

Changes to Assessment Deadlines

We have adjusted some of the assessment deadlines to give you a bit more breathing room in some aspects of Sprint 4 and the Final Portfolios – please read carefully:

• Sprint 4 still finishes on Tuesday, Week 10 at 10am – that is all your code, Confluence space and Jira board;
• The Shark Tank presentations will take place during your Week 10 mentoring session as before;
• The Final Design Report is now due Friday, Week 10 at 9pm to take the pressure off early in the week and allow you to prepare for your presentations, then focus on the report;
• The Final Portfolio Submission is now due Tuesday, Week 11 at 1pm .

The draft portfolio marks and feedback are in the process of being finalised and we will release them in the next couple of days – our apologies for the delay.

Have a fantastic Week 9!

Lecture Today Moved to Rex Vowels Theatre

Posted by Nick Patrikeos 🐾 Friday 08 April 2022, 08:04:03 AM.

Hi everyone,

Today's lecture has been moved to the Rex Vowels Theatre (accessible via ground floor Electrical Engineering or from outside the Quad).

The online option is our usual Friday lecture link from WebCMS.

See you at 11am!

Sprint 4

Posted by Nick Patrikeos 🐾 Wednesday 06 April 2022, 07:53:48 AM.

Hi everyone,

The Sprint 4 specification is available to view here .

For now focus on your Shark Tank presentations, and we'll discuss this Sprint in Friday's lecture (a reminder that it'll be in person with an online option). Good luck for your presentations and well done - we're on the home stretch!!!

End of Week 7 Updates 🦈

Posted by Nick Patrikeos 🐾 Sunday 03 April 2022, 10:11:23 AM.

Hi everyone,

The end of Sprint 3 is almost here – it’s been great to see all the hard work you’ve put in coming together. Keep asking great questions on the forum and good luck for finishing everything in time for the deadline – Monday 1pm . A few updates from us this week.

Week 8 Lectures

Our lecture this week is IN PERSON (with an online option) – Friday 11am – 1pm at Colombo Theatre B . It’ll be our last lecture for the course, and we think a good setting to talk about Team Dynamics. So please come down (rain/floods permitting!) and join us on campus.

We will also talk about Sprint 4 and the Final Portfolio submission during Friday’s lecture. There is no lecture on Tuesday .

Week 8 Shark Tank Demonstrations

*Shark Tank music plays* This week during your mentoring sessions you will be presenting your work to your class and assessors. All of the information is in Section 9 of the Sprint 3 specification, but three important points we want to restate:

• All team members need to be a part of the presentation in some way – please email the class account ( se2021@cse.unsw.edu.au ) and apply for Special Consideration if you cannot be present at your demonstration for whatever reason;
• Teams should be present for all other groups' presentations in their class . If you cannot attend part or any of the class, please email your mentor prior to the presentations. If you do not attend other groups’ presentations you may be marked down – listening and learning from others is just as important as presenting yourself.
• Rehearse, rehearse, rehearse . Spend some time preparing for your presentation as we are assessing your ability to present, articulate and convince as well as the content of your demo.

We are in the process of marking your draft portfolios and providing feedback and are aiming to return them to you towards the end of next week.

Keep up the fantastic work as always and reach out if you need.

End of Week 6 Updates 🏝️ + Sprint 2 Marks

Posted by Nick Patrikeos 🐾 Sunday 27 March 2022, 10:53:41 PM, last modified Sunday 27 March 2022, 10:55:19 PM.

Hi everyone,

The end of flex week has crept up on us already – we hope you’ve had some time to make some solid headway on Sprint 3, but more importantly to get some rest, recharge and recuperate. We’re over the halfway point of the course!

Sprint 2 Marks Release

Your Sprint 2 marks are available on the Grades page on WebCMS. Your mentor will provide you with written feedback for the Sprint in coming days if they haven't already.

If you have any questions regarding your marks, please email your mentor. If you still have further concerns after corresponding with your mentor, you can forward the email chain to se2021@cse.unsw.edu.au . Any reviews of results may result in your mark going up or down.

Reflection

Reflection is a major theme in this course – individually with your blog posts and portfolios each week, and in your team meetings and sprint retrospectives. If you haven’t already, now is a good point to sit down with your team and ask the question – what can each of us do better for the team? Remember as always to keep your tutor in the loop about issues as they arise and progress.

We are marking the draft portfolios – some fantastic content displayed in several of them, so well done on your efforts! We are aiming to wrap up the marking in the next week or so to give you time to take on the feedback and improve for the final submission in Week 10.

Sprint 3

We hope that Sprint 3 is progressing well – and encourage you to work smarter rather than harder and invest time into the areas of assessment worth the most. The marking criteria are a good place to look for this.

We expect that the MVP you display in the demo is functional, but only needs to be a prototype with a core feature or two implemented.

Please also take note of this spec update – remember to clearly document the other groups APIs you are using. If you haven’t already, submit the form for your API to be published and used by others.

Week 7 Lectures

This coming week, we have a guest lecture on Software Quality Management & Assurance from Tyro on Tuesday 11am – 12pm . This will be particularly helpful as we move into Sprint 4 when we start to consider quality more broadly for your applications. There is no lecture on Friday .

Feedback

We are always looking for ways to improve the course – myExperience is excellent for this, but if you think of anything at any point, this form (also linked in WebCMS sidebar) is always open and we welcome any constructive feedback warmly.

See you in Week 7!

Week 5 Wednesday Lecture

Posted by Nick Patrikeos 🐾 Wednesday 16 March 2022, 04:57:48 PM.

The lecture starts in 4 minutes :)

Click here to join the lecture live

See you soon...

Sprint 1 Marks, Sprint 2 Finish + Sprint 3 Release

Posted by Nick Patrikeos 🐾 Tuesday 15 March 2022, 10:25:01 AM.

Hi everyone,

Sprint 1 - your marks are now available under the Grades section on WebCMS.

If you have any questions regarding your marks, please email your mentor. If you still have further concerns after corresponding with your mentor, you can forward the email chain to se2021@cse.unsw.edu.au. Any reviews of results may result in your mark going up or down.

Sprint 2 - a huge congratulations on finishing it!! You have all done incredibly well to go from zero to an MVP in just two weeks - and it's great to see all of the reflective blog posts which show how far you've come in just a month.

Sprint 3 - the specification is available here . We will talk through it in tomorrow's lecture. It's due Monday, Week 8 - so you have 3 weeks this time.

Please fill out this form (one person per group) to have your API Documentation published for other groups to use your service .

End of Week 4 Updates 🎸

Posted by Nick Patrikeos 🐾 Sunday 13 March 2022, 10:23:32 PM.

Hi everyone,

End of Week 4! Well done on (almost!) reaching the end of Sprint 2 – it has been great to see all your fantastic questions and engagement on the forums and in mentoring sessions. Updates from us:

• Sprint 2 is due tomorrow (Monday) 1pm . During your mentoring this week you will demonstrate aspects of your Sprint 2 submission and receive initial feedback from your mentor.
• Sprint 1 marks and the Sprint 3 specification will be released on Tuesday morning .
• The Draft Portfolio is due Week 5 Friday – see the specification , some example portfolios and submission page . It’s worth 5% - so don’t feel pressured to get it perfect, it’s a starting point to build on.
• Week 5 Lectures :
  • There is no Tuesday lecture ;
  • On Wednesday at 5pm ( join the lecture here ) we will be going through Sprint 3 and aspects of web-based frontend development to assist you in building your prototype application;
  • During Friday’s lecture we will discuss System Modelling.

Good luck for the Sprint 2 finish.

AWS Machine Learning Day

Posted by Nick Patrikeos 🐾 Friday 11 March 2022, 01:43:31 PM.

Hi everyone,

Aarthi from AWS who presented the Cloud Services lecture in Week 2 has an exciting opportunity we would like to pass on:

Hi everyone,

For any of your students who might be interested in machine learning, we are running a 1-day Machine Learning days on 17 ^th of March at Maritime Museum, Sydney.

Agenda and registration link - https://pages.awscloud.com/machine-learning-days-anz.html

Kind Regards,

Aarthi Natarajan

Technical Trainer, AWS Training and Certification

Amazon Web Services

E: aarnat@amazon.com

End of Week 3 Updates ⛵

Posted by Nick Patrikeos 🐾 Sunday 06 March 2022, 10:16:45 PM.

Hi everyone,

Not too much from us this week – we hope that Sprint 2 is progressing well.

Some quick points:

• Sprint 1 marks will be made available early Week 5. We unfortunately can’t get them back to you any sooner as the marking and assessment takes time.
• Your mentor will give you some written feedback in the next few days expanding on your initial Sprint 1 feedback from last week to give you areas to focus on.
• There are no lectures in Week 4 .

Please keep your mentor in the loop about how things are going – remember we are looking for a proactive approach to resolving problems as they arise.

It’s also important to keep in mind that Sprint 2 is simply an MVP of the service – it doesn’t have to be perfect and you will have the opportunity to build on and improve what you’ve created in the remainder of the project.

And remember to have fun as well :) while it may be daunting and challenging we want this to be an interesting and insightful dive into building an API for yourselves from the ground up.

See you next week on the forum + in mentoring!

Week 3 Wednesday Lecture

Posted by Nick Patrikeos 🐾 Wednesday 02 March 2022, 04:20:35 PM.

A reminder that we have a lecture today at 5pm !

Click here to join the lecture

See you soon :)

Sprint 2

Posted by Nick Patrikeos 🐾 Tuesday 01 March 2022, 09:55:50 AM.

Hi everyone,

Well done on finishing Sprint 1!

The Sprint 2 specification is now available here . We will discuss it in tomorrow's lecture. In the meantime, please post on the forum if you have any questions.

Please fill out this short declaration form detailing your Git provider and username . We have to collect this information since you will be working on repositories which aren't hosted by UNSW and have an obligation to ensure academic integrity. We will only use this data for assessment purposes.

See you at 11 for the security lecture :)

End of Week 2 Updates ☂️

Posted by Nick Patrikeos 🐾 Sunday 27 February 2022, 09:49:38 PM.

Hi everyone,

End of Week 2 - and the Sprint 1 deadline is right around the corner. Make sure you have everything wrapped up and put on Confluence + Jira by tomorrow (Monday) 1pm .

The Sprint 2 specification will be released on Tuesday morning.

Week 3 Lectures

• Tuesday's lecture will be from 11am-12pm, from a Guest Lecturer who works at Tyro , on Software Security.
• Due to timetabling reasons Friday's lecture has been moved to Wednesday 5pm . You can join via this link . We will be talking about Sprint 2, Advanced Persistence and Data Modelling to help you with the data layer component of your service. It will all be recorded.

Week 3 Mentoring

During this week's mentoring you'll take your mentor through parts of your Sprint 1 submission and receive some initial feedback, which you should take on board and improve on for Sprint 2. You'll also have a chance to discuss Sprint 2.

Week 2 Blogging + Portfolio

A friendly reminder to remember to do your blog for Week 2!! (We'll stop reminding you after this week). It has been truly inspiring to see so many of you comment on each other's posts and share your experiences and thoughts - keep up the great work, and if you feel comfortable make your post public for others to read and enjoy.

You can view the full portfolio specification here . The draft is due Friday Week 5, 5pm .

Good luck for the finish - keep asking great questions and we look forward to seeing what you produce!

AWS Lecture 11am Today

Posted by Nick Patrikeos 🐾 Friday 25 February 2022, 08:08:52 AM.

Hi everyone,

This is a reminder that we have a Guest Lecture from AWS today at 11am via our normal MS Teams link.

We unfortunately cannot record this lecture due to AWS constraints , so it's worth attending live if you can.

This is a link to a Google Doc where we will take notes from the lecture that will be accessible to anyone afterwards, for those that can't attend.

See you at 11am!

End of Week 1 Updates 🧭

Posted by Nick Patrikeos 🐾 Sunday 20 February 2022, 09:17:36 PM.

Hi everyone,

We’ve made it through Week 1 – well done! We hope you’re finding your feet in the course, have had the chance to meet your team and are excited for the weeks ahead as we dive head first into the project.

Forming Groups

Everyone should be in a group by now. If you do not have a group, please email your mentor ASAP . Each mentor has an assigned service category, which is the API your group will be designing and building. If you’re not sure which service category you are completing, please ask your mentor or post on the forum.

Week 2 Lectures

We have LOTS of lectures in Week 2 from various guest presenters to help you with understanding APIs, software stacks and microservice architecture. Here is the lecture schedule for next week:

• Monday 21 ^st February , 2-3pm – Service-Oriented Architecture . This is a combined SENG3011/SENG2021 lecture, held on zoom . Password: 733902
• Tuesday 22 ^nd February , 11am-1pm – guest lectures on Software Stacks and Application Programming Interfaces . This is our normal Tuesday lecture on MS Teams.
• Thursday 24 ^th February , 4-5pm – API Documentation - This is a combined SENG3011/SENG2021 lecture, held on zoom . Password: 733902.
• Friday 25 ^th February , 11am-1pm – Cloud Services (AWS Guest Lecture). This is our normal Friday lecture on MS Teams. Due to AWS constraints, we cannot record this lecture . Lecture notes will be made available for those who cannot attend live.

Week 2 Mentoring

Your team should now have an assigned 20 minute time slot each week to check-in with your mentor - which starts this week . If you don't have an assigned time yet, your mentor will reach out shortly.

Sprint 1

You have everything you need to make a start on Sprint 1 – it’s due Monday Week 3, 1pm . If you have any questions about the assessment and what’s required, be sure to check out the Week 1 Lectures or post on the forum! If you have any questions regarding your service category specification itself, you can make a comment on the respective Confluence page, post on the forum, or ask your mentor.

You should have received an email inviting you to your team’s Atlassian instance , which includes a Jira board and Confluence space. If you haven’t, please post on the forum.

There are a few Help Sessions for the Atlassian toolchain in Weeks 2, 3 and 4 which you can access on this page .

Weekly Blogging

It's been fantastic to see everyone's blogs!! If you haven't done it already make sure to write one up tonight / early tomorrow. You can read more information about the weekly blogging here . A full specification for the portfolio will be released on Monday .

If you're feeling a degree of nervousness about the weeks ahead - know that while a lot of this course is self and team-driven, we're here supporting you every step of the way - so please always feel free to reach out.

See you in Week 2!!

Guest Lecture 5pm Thursday - Rob Pike (Optional)

Posted by Nick Patrikeos 🐾 Wednesday 16 February 2022, 10:51:07 PM.

Hi everyone,

For those who are interested, Rob Pike is presenting a Guest Lecture for SENG3011 tomorrow titled "Lessons in Software Engineering" from 4pm - 5pm which is open to you as well. Rob is a member of the CSE Industry Advisory Board, and is one of the designers of the Go Programming language.

This lecture is completely optional, and not on course content - though what he will have to say will definitely be of relevance to the principles of Software Engineering this workshop directly and indirectly touches on.

You can join via this Zoom link .

Password: 733902

You can read more about Rob Pike here if you are interested.

Welcome to SENG2021 22T1 🚀

Posted by Nick Patrikeos 🐾 Monday 14 February 2022, 01:32:45 PM.

Hi everyone!

SENG2021 is for many the first Software Engineering specific course that you'll be taking in your degree - and it'll be an exciting dive together into the wonderful world of Software Engineering - you'll get the chance to apply your knowledge from first year CSE courses in this workshop and explore a whole lot of new and interesting concepts as well!

Key Points

• First lecture is Tuesday 11am – 1pm via MS Teams Webinar. You can join via the link on this page .
• Pay attention to your class time and location – all online classes are run via MS Teams, which you should have been added to.
• Groups will be formed in the Week 1 class slot, which you will need to be present for.
• See here for the course lecture schedule .

About the Course

We highly encourage you to take some time to read the Course Outline , as it highlights everything you need to know about what the course will involve.

There are two major assessment components:

• 80% Major Project (completed in groups of 4 – 5)
• 20% Individual Portfolio

Please remember that it’s extremely normal to be put into groups with people you might not already know, and things have a high chance of going fine. And for those that inevitably have some difficulties with group work, we have a series of measures in place to ensure that all assessment is both supportive and fair.<o:p></o:p>

In Person Classes

There are two in-person classes, both of which still have free spots if you wish to make a last minute change and study on campus.

• Tuesday 1pm
• Thursday 5pm

If you are taking a class in person, please do not come to campus if you feel unwell or have any COVID symptoms . Just email your tutor and cc se2021@cse.unsw.edu.au and we will make sure you are put into a group.

See you tomorrow!!!

Fethi, Nick & the SENG2021 22T1 Teaching Team

F2F Classes + Group Formation

Posted by Nick Patrikeos 🐾 Saturday 05 February 2022, 10:17:59 AM.

Hi everyone!

Welcome to SENG2021, Requirements & Design Workshop for 2022 Term 1.

We will give a more formal overview and introduction next week and leave you to enjoy the last week of your holidays for now :) but we suggest you have a read of the Course Outline which gives an in-depth overview of the course structure, outcomes and assessment.

To help both you and us with planning, there are two main points we want to highlight early:

1. F2F Classes

We are in the process of organising a few F2F classes. If you wish to attend a F2F class, please fill out the following poll. The time/s you select don't have to be aligned with your current tutorial time slot on myUNSW.

Please note that at this point we are just polling preferences - we will let you know the times once the classes have been created and you will be able to enrol yourself on myUNSW. Depending on availability and demand we may not be able to offer F2F classes at all of the times listed on the poll.

Here is a link to the poll , which will close at 10am on Tuesday 8th February (Week 0) .

2. Class Structure + Group Formation

The course is centred around a group software development project, completed in groups of 4 - 5 .

It's a requirement that your group is comprised of people enrolled in the same tutorial time slot . If you are in a F2F class, then your entire group will need to be enrolled in the F2F class.

From Week 2 onwards, you will have a 20 minute project check-in with your tutor during your timetabled weekly tutorial time slot.

In Week 1, you will need to be present for the 2 hours your class is scheduled for.

The Week 1 class time will give you a chance to get to know your peers and find people to form a group, and groups will be formed during that time. You can also look for people to join a group with via the course forum !

We're looking forward to what's going to be a great term ahead! If you have any questions, please post them on the forum or email se2021@cse.unsw.edu.au.

Fethi + Nick