News, CPSC 217 (L02), Winter 2010

News

• April 20 - Complete term grades are available on Blackboard. Please let me know of any clerical errors before 4:30 PM on Wed, April 21, so I can assign final grades on Thursday.
• April 19 - The final exam will have 70 multiple-choice questions, of which you should answer at least 60 (55 are common, and there are 5 section-specific ones for each section of 217). You may answer more than 60 to get a bonus, but the maximum score you can get is 65/60.
• April 13 - Extended office hours in preparation for the final exam:
  • Thursday, April 15: 14:00 - 16:00
  • Friday, April 16: 13:00 - 16:00
  • Monday, April 19: 13:00 - 16:00
• April 13 - The lecture on Thursday, April 15 will consist of final exam review. I will go over solutions to the sample final. If there is anything else you would like me to disucss, please send me an email.
• April 7 - The top student scenes for A3 can be viewed here. We will conduct a vote in-class on Tuesday, April 13 to determine the prize winner!
• Mar 17 - Assignment 4, due Friday, April 9, 4:00 PM, is posted here. The two sample input files are available on the assignments page.
• Mar 2 - Copies of the first two "surveys" are available on the lectures page.
• Feb 24 - The location of the midterm has changed. It will now be held in ENE 241.
• Feb 24 - Assignment 3, due Friday, March 12, 4:00 PM, is posted here.
• Feb 23 - Two midterm review sessions have been scheduled:
  • March 1, 17:30 - 19:30, ICT 116
  • March 3, 18:00 - 21:00, ICT 102 (suggestions for topics can be sent to Prof. Aycock by email)
  The lecture on March 4 in our section will also be midterm review. Please send me any topics you'd like covered by email.
• Feb 2 - Assignment 2, due Monday, Feb 22, 10:00 AM, is posted here.
• Jan 22 - A suggested strategy for starting the first assignment is avaialbe in the L01 section's web page here. There is also a worksheet with examples of base conversion problems and full solutions there (we will cover these topics in class next week).
• Jan 21 - The formula for payment calculation in the loan example is unfortunately not very clear in the downloadable notes for Topic 2. For your reference, the formula is i A / [1 - (1 + i)^-N].
• Jan 19 - Assignment 1, due Feb 1, 10:00 AM, is posted here. See also the assignments page for more general information about the assignment schedule, and the submission and evaluation procedures.
• Jan 15 - Go here for a list of common Unix/Linux commands, and some suggestions for working from home via remote access to CPSC computers or installing Python. For those of you with Windows machines, an alternative is the Python program from the CD that comes with your textbook. Please feel free to make use of these suggestions, but remember that it is your responsibility to make sure that your Python programs for assignments work correctly in your computer science account.
• Jan 11 - Tutorial excercises for the first tutorial (Introduction to Linux) are available (Tutorial 1). These will be covered during the first week's tutorials (starting January 18).
• Jan 8 - All announcements regarding CPSC 217 (L02) will be placed on this page. Please check regularly, and don't forget to refresh the page to ensure that your browser has the most recent version.