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    Week 2.1. Module Overview

    CS1822 - Week 1

    Term 1

    • Weekly lectures on Computational Thinking
    • Weekly activity class
      • Lecture style class, more interactive with more examples
    • Moodle quizzes
      • 1 formative quiz each week
      • 4 summative wuizzes throughout term worth 5% each
    • Weekly Checkpoint Exercise Sheet
    • Meet online with a TA every other week
      • Discuss your checkpoint solutions
    • Supporting videos and tutorial on Moodle
    • 1 hour lab each week to get help with exercises

    Term 2

    Group project:

    • Either robotics (Java) or games (Python)
      • You will register a preference at the end of Term 1
    • Groups of 4-5
      • We put you into groups but you can choose a friend
    • Project consists of
      • Introductory videos and material
      • Five milestone sheets (like checkpoints)
      • Your project!

    Checkpoint Sheets

    Each weekly checkpoint sheet consists of:

    • 3 computational thinking exercises
      • Must do at least 2
    • 3 python programming exercises
      • Must do at least 2
    • 2 advanced
      • For your own study

    You must complete enough checkpoints in Term 1

    • These are a mandatory requirement
    • You need to have them checked off by a TA
      • 3 checkpoint sheets checked off by Week 8
      • 6 checkpoint sheets checked off by Week 11
    • Failing the checkpoints means failing the module

    What if I fail?

    • Switch to CS1821
      • Do more checkpoints
      • Write an essay
      • No choice in Term 2 project

    Organisation

    Each week there is

    • Lecture (Mondays 11:00-12:00)
      • Supporting videos you can watch
      • A formative quiz to test your understanding
      • Activity class (Thursdays 15:00-16:00)
      • A checkpoint sheet

    Checkpoint marking sessions

    • You will be given a 10 minute slot
      • Every other week
      • Thursday between 09:00-12:00
      • Meet online via Teams

    Labs

    • Wednesdays (between 10:00-13:00)
      • 1 hour (only come to your timetabled slot!)

    Assessment

    The assessment of the module is:

    • Checkpoints - essential to pass, but do not contribute percentage score
    • Quizzes (Term 1)
      • 5% each, total 20%
      • Deadlines on Moodle
    • Project (Term 2)
      • 40% presentation and demo at the end
      • 40% individual report
      • contribution factor

    This Term's Lecture Topics

    • Computational thinking
    • Writing programs
    • Interactive fiction
    • Abstraction
    • Organising data
    • Decomposition
    • Testing
    • Debugging
    • Working together