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  • General

     You can choose which exercise session you attend (does not need to be the one shown on MyCourses).


    Exercise times and places:

    Day          Start    End         Place


    Mon         10:15  12:00     Y342a      (Otakaari, 1)
    Mon         14:15  16:00     Y342a      (Otakaari, 1)
    Mon         16:15  18:00     Y342a      (Otakaari, 1)
    Tue           10:15  12:00     MaariB     (Sähkömiehentie, 3)
    Wed         14:15  16:00     MaariB      (Sähkömiehentie, 3)
    Wed         16:15  18:00     MaariB      (Sähkömiehentie, 3)
    Thu           8:15   10:00     C106.1 T7 (Konemiehentie, 2)
    Thu          14:15  16:00     Y342a        (Otakaari, 1)
    Thu          16:15  18:00     Y342a        (Otakaari, 1)


    Please note that this course is the English language equivalent of CS-A1121 and only one of the two can be included in a degree.

    For all questions related to the course, lectures, assignments, and the project connect to the course's Zulip channel. Both the English version and the Finnish version of the course use the same Zulip space, you can ask your general questions in either language, but first please go over the other posts to make sure your questions are not already answered.

    The course uses the A+ system for coursework, using the CS-A1121 course workspace. Once logged in, select English from the language symbol on the upper left corner using the button that looks like this:xa 


    Staff and contact information


    The responsible teacher of this course is Talayeh Aledavood, DSc. 

    We will soon publish the name of the teaching assistants of the course. The assistants will help you both with the assignments and your course project. We use Zulip for questions & answers. Please read first the instructions from "help with zulip" section. Before sending a message, please check if someone else has already got an answer to the same kind of problem and whether you could solve your problem the same way. Please DO NOT USE EMAILS for communicating with the course staff.
    If necessary (e.g. for personal issues that need to be communicated, like long sickness) use the private message option in Zulip to contact the responsible teacher. Please do not send private messages to assistants.


    Signing Up, Attending, and Grading


    You must sign up for the course on Sisu. You do not need to sign up for the exercise sessions and can attend any of the sessions (listed below under "Exercise sessions").

    The course has two mandatory tasks (more info about the tasks on A+). Both tasks (assignments and the final project) should be completed individually.

    Assignments: There will be six rounds, spaced about a week apart, during period III and the beginning of period IV.

    Final Project: This is a software project which includes individual online meetings with the teaching assistants according to a schedule (details on A+). The topic for the project will be chosen in mid-period III, a plan will be returned at the end of period III, and the final software with its documentation at the beginning of May (Period V). Both the program code and documentation will be returned using the Git version management system and needs to be demonstrated to the teaching assistant.

    For all tasks, you may ask for assistance (including your friends), but the work must be your own, and not copied from or dictated by somebody else. Also, if somebody asks for help, do not give them the complete answer, but guide them to learn and to figure it out themselves. This course uses an automated homework grading system and also an automated plagiarism identifier.

    Grading: The final grade of the course is a weighted average of both: round(0.4 * exercises + 0.6 * project), and both tasks must be acceptably completed. This course has no final exam.

    Attendance: It is not mandatory to attend the lectures or the exercise sessions.
     

    Materials and course information

    Instructions and course news will mainly be in the A+ system, including related reading material and course exercises. Assignments with their materials will cover the basic contents of the course, but the students should be prepared to search for additional information themselves, during the assignments, and especially the project. 


    Partial Coursework


    The whole course must be completed within the course period, partial work from earlier years cannot be combined with current work. We have allowed this occasionally in the past, however, the course policies have been revised.

    Exercise sessions


    The course has exercise sessions where you can come and ask the course assistants for help.  Attending these sessions is optional (you can go when you need help). You do not have to register for the exercise sessions and you can go to any that suits you. You can also ask for help in relevant streams in Zulip.
    Exercise sessions start on 16.1. and end on March 24th. There are no exercises in week 8 (February 20-24).  In all groups, you can get help in English and Finnish. In the groups marked with (SV) you can also get advice in Swedish.
     
    Spring 2023 course schedule
    WeekLectureTasks/DeadlineNotes
    2Wed 11.1. 10-12 Introduction
    		Start working on assignments
    3Wed 18.1. 10-12 architecture, objects, and exceptions
    		Fr 20.1. at 14:00
    Round 1: warmup
    4 Wed 25.1. 10-12 UML
    		Fr 27.1. at 14:00
    Round 2: objects
    5Wed 1.2. 10-12 testing
    		Fr 3.2. at 14:00
    Round 3: version control with GIT + UML

    Fr 3.2. at 14:00
    Optional: proposing your own project topic (topics outside the offered topics).
    6Wed 8.2. 10-12, storing information 
    		Fr 10.2. at 14:00
    Project: topic selection     		Project topic selection in MyCourses.
    Note! Round 4 exercises have more time reserved on purpose, so please start working on them this week!
    7 Wed 15.2. 10-12 
    events and user interface

    		Fr 17.2. at 14:00
    Round 4: testing + recursion
    8Fr 24.2. at 14:00
    Project Plan    		The project plan should be submitted using GIT.
    Note! Round 5 assignments have more time reserved on purpose, so please start working on them this week!
    9Week 9: Project plan demo meeting
    Fr 3.3. at 14:00
    Round 5: files    		Project plan demo for the teaching assistant, time reservations specified by your own assistant (can be different from other assistants)
    10Note! Round 6 exercises have more time reserved on purpose, so please start working on them this week!
    11Fr 17.3. at 14:00
    Round 6:
    user interface
    12Fr 24.3 at 14:00
    Project: checkpoint 1

    Fr 24.3. at 14:00
    (optional assignment round on A+)    		Project checkpoint: GIT + message, instructions in A+
    13
    14
    15Fr 14.4. at 14:00
    Project: checkpoint 2    		Project checkpoint: GIT + message, instructions in A+
    16
    17
    18

    19Fr 12.5. at 14:00
    Project: code and document submission via GIT
    		The project is submitted using GIT. After this, modifications done are ignored in grading.
    20Week 20:
    Project final demo to be presented to course assistants    		Project demo for the own assistant, time reservation method told by the assistant.
    21The course end, even though Sisu shows a later end date.(Project evaluation and grading)