Message Bank

Message Bank messages are in date order, with the most recent message at the top.

27 January 2006
Students sitting the Special Exam on 17 February will be allowed to take in an A4 sheet of notes as for the other COMP1100_S2 exams.

19 December 2005
If you missed the Supplementary Exam on 8 December, you can not have a Supplementary Exam at your own convenience.
You may apply for a Special Exam - which will not be the same as the Supplementary Exam - and which will be scheduled in O Week next year.

5 December 2005
If you are studying for the Supplementary Exam, you might like to read  Examinations FAQs.

3 December 2005
If you have a PX, you can not upgrade this to a Pass just by applying for Special Consideration. You should sit the Supplementary Exam.
If you cannot sit the Supplementary Exam, you may apply for a Special Exam (which will not be the same as the Supplementary Exam).

30 November 2005
If you intend to sit the Supplementary Exam (you must have a Grade of PX to sit the Supplementary Exam), you might like to read  What's On the Supplementary Exam and  Studying For the Supplementary Exam.

28 November 2005
You can not sit the Special Exam on 8 December if you sat the Final Exam.

23 November 2005
The Supplementary Exam for COMP1100 will be held on Thursday 8 December from 10:15-11:30 in N329 (Aquarium).
There is no Supplementary Exam for COMP1100 scheduled in 2006.

23 November 2005
The Special Exam for COMP1100 will be held on Thursday 8 December from 10:15-12:30 in N329 (Aquarium).

23 November 2005
If you would like to see your Final Exam paper, go to N335 (Meeting Room) during the following times:

 Wednesday  30 November  14:00-15:00
 Thursday    1 December  14:00-15:00

19 November 2005
I can not tell you your Exam Mark, or how well you went on the Final Exam, or your Grade, before the official release of results on 28 November.

18 November 2005
Marked Assignments and CA Exercises are now available from the DCS Office.
They are sorted by student number (of the student who submitted the assignment).

18 November 2005
It is now too late to request a review of your continuous assessment.

10 November 2005
If (you did not submit a1) OR (you did not submit a2) then you will receive a Grade of NCN - whether or not you sat the Final Exam. See Allocation of Grades.

10 November 2005
Final exam marks will not be posted on streams.
Your results will be released by the university on 28 November. (I understand that you will be able to see them via ANUBIS.)

10 November 2005
No, you can not do a deal about your a2 marks.

10 November 2005
If you want to know the average for a2, look at Some Statistics.

10 November 2005
If you ignored my advice and postings about not creating two scanner objects for reading user inputs, and about testing your a2 in background, then you may request that I run your a2 in foreground (with a 2 marks penalty - unless I re-ran your a1 in foreground, in which case the penalty rises to 5 marks).
However, you cannot request this until you have collected your marked a2 submission and we have agreed that this was probably the problem with your assignment.

9 November 2005
Your CA Mark includes all your marks from your assignments and from your CA Exercises.

9 November 2005
For a2, many students did not sort Division reports in ascending order of team name. If you were one of those students, please read Pages 3 and 4 of the Assignment 2 Problem Description.

9 November 2005
You can not sit the Supplementary Examination unless you sat the Final Exam.
If you missed the Final Exam, then will will receive a Grade of NCN unless you are granted, and sit, a Special Examination.
The Special Exam will be a two-hour paper similar to the Final Exam.

7 November 2005
Marked a2 (and a1 and ex3 and ex4) submissions may be collected from Carol's office during her Student Consultation Times.

7 November 2005
CA Marks should now be visible via streams.
Some Statistics

7 November 2005
a2 marks should now be visible via streams.
Some Statistics

5 November 2005
If you did not submit a2, you may receive a Grade of NCN for COMP1100. See Allocation of Grades.
No matter how many marks you have, if you do not submit the required work then you may fail COMP1100.

2 November 2005
If you have not submitted both assignments for COMP1100, you are on track to receive a Grade of NCN. See Allocation of Grades.
If you have not submitted both assignments for COMP1100, and you still hope to pass COMP1100, you need to contact Carol as soon as possible.

31 October 2005
ex5 marks should now be visible via streams.
Thank you to those who provided thoughtful, factually correct, feedback.

27 October 2005
If you have Feedback of "No Submission" for a2, and you think that you submitted a2 (or that someone submitted it on your behalf), please see Carol asap.

22 October 2005
No matter what Paul said in Lecture 28, Sumudu is not being paid to help you with exam preparation.
If you have questions arising from your exam preparation, you may see Carol during her Student Consultation Times, or post to  COMP1100.talk.

22 October 2005
Marked a1s, ex3s and ex4s are available for collection from Carol's office. You may collect and keep your Continuous Assessment (CA).
Sumudu does not have your marked CA items.

22 October 2005
Carol has changed her Student Consultation Times.

20 October 2005
There are no more lectures this semester.
If you have questions arising from your exam preparation, you may see Carol during her Student Consultation Times, or post to  COMP1100.talk.

13 October 2005
No, I don't intend to go through the Practice Exam next Monday.
I have allocated this week's tut/lab to working on the Practice Exam.
If you have worked through the Practice Exam and realise that there are topics which you would like to have revised, please send me an email asap (see message below).

10 October 2005
If you have any topics which you would like covered in Lecture 29, please send Carol an email with the Subject  COMP1100 Revision.

1 October 2005
Some solution notes for ex4 (Black Box Testing - Report for Division > input) are available under a2 Hope This Helps.

1 October 2005
You may collect (and keep) your marked ex4 submissions from Carol's office.

1 October 2005
ex4 marks should now be visible via streams.

1 October 2005
You may collect (and keep) your marked a1 submissions from Carol's office.

1 October 2005
You may collect (and keep) your marked ex3 submissions from Carol's office.

29 September 2005
Your marked a1 submissions are with your tutor so that s/he can give them back to you during your tut/lab this week.
That's what "Marked submissions returned Week 9" means on the Assignments web page.

26 September 2005
a1 marks should now be visible via streams.

21 September 2005
If you are wondering what ----- means on the Lecture Schedule, please read the text at the top of the Lecture Schedule web page, and Lectures.

17 September 2005
ex3 marks should now be visible via streams.

5 September 2005
Carol tried to connect to fais to enter your ex3 marks today - both from home and from her office. The connection is being refused, so your ex3 marks are not yet available via streams.

5 September 2005
If you would like to collect your marked ex3, go to Carol's office in Weeks 8-13 during her Student Consultation Times.

3 September 2005
Some ex3 solution notes (UML Class Diagram - Design for Division) are available under a2 Hope This Helps.

3 September 2005
If you would like to see your Mid-Semester Exam paper, go to Carol's office in Weeks 8-13 during her Student Consultation Times.

1 September 2005
Carol will be on leave from Monday 5 September until Friday 16 September.

31 August 2005
If you have not yet submitted a1, you should do so as soon as possible, especially if you think that you are entitled to an extension.
a1 submissions will remain enabled until 6 September.

30 August 2005
Mid-Semester Exam marks should now be visible via streams as mid.
Some Statistics

29 August 2005
The a1 Marking Scheme has been updated.

28 August 2005
If you did not sit the Mid-Semester Exam, and you intend to continue with COMP1100, you need to contact Carol as soon as possible (even if you have seen FEIT Student Services or someone else).

28 August 2005
Carol has new Student Consultation Times

25 August 2005
ex2 marks should now be visible via streams.

20 August 2005
Submissions for ex2 have been disabled.
Quiz Solution Notes are available via a link in Hope This Helps

18 August 2005
I intend to post the answers to the a1 quiz (ex2) this Saturday.
You will not be able to submit ex2 after I post the solutions.

18 August 2005
ex1 marks for all students who had submitted entry.txt before 4.30pm today should now be visible via streams.
I have disabled submissions for ex1.

15 August 2005
Submissions for a1 have been enabled.

15 August 2005
ex1 marks for students who had submitted entry.txt before today's lecture should now be visible via streams.

15 August 2005
Because a new student joined the class today, submissions for ex1 have been re-enabled for a short time.
If you have not yet submitted ex1, you should do so ASAP.

15 August 2005
Submissions for ex1 have been disabled.
It is now Too Late to submit ex1.

8 August 2005
Because one student had a sick certificate for last week, I have re-enabled submissions for ex1.
I intend to disable ex1 submissions again next Saturday (13/8).
Usually, submissions for a CA Exercise can be made only in the week in which the CA Exercise is due.

8 August 2005
The a1 website now links to this year's declaration.txt

4 August 2005
If you would like to learn Dr Java, go to Sumudu's tut/lab group on Friday at 11am in N115.

28 July 2005
There are now four tut/lab groups available.
If you would like to register for the new group, fri11-13, login to streams.

20 July 2005
Assessment Schedule has been updated.

19 July 2005
There are now three tutorial groups available.
Please register for one group via streams.

1 July 2005
WELCOME to COMP1100_S2
I hope that this version of the course will appeal to students who are new to programming, and to students who wish to learn some programming to support their own discipline.
I expect the class size to be small (< 60 students).

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