COMP3100/COMP3500/COMP4500 - SE_Projects

Reflection homework : 10%

Reflection homework will be completed using Google Sites. We have decided to do this rather than use Wattle blogs because it provides ready access to your work as well as permitting some flexibility in how work is presented and to whom you provide access.

NB: Students may use their Google Sites web site for their learning journal.

Students must follow the procedure set out below in order to create a Google account and web site for the purposes of this course.

Using their indvidual Google Sites website, students will be required to write two questions which address the topic -- as indicated on the course schedule -- for that piece of homework.

Once written, the question needs to be evaluated to determine whether it is a question:

1. to which they or their peers could reasonably be expected to know the answer?
2. to which they would know the answer if they had read the material provided through the course website and/or they had googled it?
3. to which they don't know the answer as they are unsure how to apply the solution to their project?

The aim, of course, is to write questions of type c. During the course mentors will check student blogs and may provide feedback. Students need to note the type of question they believe it to be.

For each question, students need to discuss briefly the reasons they need to know the answer, i.e. what benefits they hope to obtain through having the question answered.

Assessment

• Each Stage 1 competencies self-assessment = 2%
• Each homework reflection = 1%

Setting up your Google Sites website.

You must follow the following procedure in order to create a Google account and web site for the purposes of this course.

Create a new Google account

Do not use any existing Google account name. Create a new one as follows:

• Goto http://accounts.google.com and click the link 'create an account for free'.
• Enter the username '2012seprojectsu1234567' where '1234567' is your ANU student number. Make sure that it is entered in lowercase and that you have an underscore not a hyphen between 'se' and 'projects'.
• Enter the other required details as you see fit and complete the registration process.

Create a web site

• Goto http://sites.google.com and login using the username you created above.
• Click the 'Create Site' button
• Select the 'Blank Template'
• In the 'Name your site' box, enter '2012se_projectsu1234567' where '1234567' is your ANU student number. Make sure that it is entered in lowercase and that you have an underscore not a hyphen between 'se' and 'projects'.
• Open 'Select a theme'
• Choose a theme you like
• Open 'More options'
• Enter 'se_projects - firstname LASTNAME' in the site description box. Enter your firstname in lowercase and lastname in UPPER CASE.
• Select 'Share with -> Only people I specify can view this site'
• Enter the required code word and press 'Enter'
• Your site will be created.

Give the course lecturer and mentor access to your site

• Click the 'Share' button at the top right of the page.
• Add the user 'se.projects.2012@gmail.com' to the Add people box.
• Select 'Can View' from the pull down list to the right of the 'Add people' box.
• Click 'Share & save'

At this stage your lecturer and tutor will be able to view your SE_Projects web site. You will be able to add content to it as required by the course assessment scheme.