Projects | 200 pts |
Class Participation | 150 pts |
Exams | 100 pts |
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Total | 450 pts |
The grading for participation in the class comes from:
Student Website:
You will maintain a website that maintains links to:
You will submit your website assignment page link as part of your submissions in your email. The links must be accurate and working in order to get full credit for your submission. You must also include the title of the article and the author's name. All email submissions must have a subject line that starts with:
"CSC8530 Fall 2005:"
PROJECT :
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Code must be mostly your own (the algorithm's must be all your own). If you are using anyone else's code (even the code provided), you must document clearly where it is used and who created it. (Failure to provide this information requires an automatic zero for the project, see academic integrity policy above)
All reports must be submitted in hard copy. I am expecting 5-10 pages of report (not including diagrams, code, screenshots,..) The writing center, at Villanova, has an article about writing college level papers at http://www.writingcenter.villanova.edu/html/college_paper.html.
For full credit your programming assignment reports will as a minimum consist of:
- Title Sheet (Project name, Student Name, Date, Class Name)
- Project description including the following diagrams and description of the diagrams
- Use case diagrams
- Communications diagrams
- Activity or sequence diagrams
- Class diagrams
- Deployment diagrams
- Description of the tests or of the running of code
- Results of the tests or runs (screen shots, relevant sample log or textscript ouputs , graphs, etc..)
- Conclusions: (Lessons learned, difficulties, suggestions, and final evaluation of program).
- Bibliography/Citations ( You must choose an established format and use it consistently.)
- IEEE Computer Society Style Guide http://www.computer.org/author/style/refer.htm
- Citation format index at turnitin.com http://www.turnitin.com/research_site/e_citation.html
- Appendixes
- Source Code (Required)
- Complete or larger sample of log or textscript
- Any supporting figures that are too large to be included in the body of the report
You will be graded on the following criteria:
- Organization and flow 20%
- Spelling and grammar 20%
- Content and completeness of report 40%
- Interesting conclusion 20%
Final reports must be submitted in hard copy.
Each week a number of students will "volunteer" to lead discussions. These discussions should enhance the topic in the textbook section with a topic outside the scope of the current text but related to the week's assignment.
A presentation are worth up to 50 pts, calculated using the average peer evaluation. (Maximum of two presentations not including the project report presentation).
When preparing for your presentation you will be looking for related topics from the internet. Please put the URL's on your website and email to the class mailing list . These presentations will be peer graded using a standardized grading form: Peer Presentation Evaluation Form
There will be two in class short tests.
Extra Credit is applied on a linearly diminishing scale. If your final grade is at 70% level then up to 6% can be given for an extra credit assignment. At the 94% grade level, the extra credit is worth 0%.
You may propose your own extra credit assignments. Each will be assigned a maximum possible points before beginning. Extra credit proposals will be accepted up to the mid-term. After the mid-term no more extra credit proposals will be accepted.
This class schedule may change depending on the amount of time we spend on
each subject and what we choose as topics for discussion.
See web page
DS_FALL 05_SCHEDULE
Last Update: Aug 29, 2005