Topic outline

  • General

    Course starts on Wednesday 11.1.2023 at 10:15

    Before that you can whet your appetite with this video:

     

    It is also strongly suggested you read the material from the Assignment information page before the first lecture.


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    • Great opportunity!

      Want to complete your mandatory foreign language requirement in English alongside this course?
      Join the English module LC-1117 Integrated Oral and Written Skills!

      LC-1117 is organized in connection with KIG-C1010, and it grants you the 3 ECTS needed for fulfilling the university foreign language requirement in English. LC-1117 content and schedule are directly connected to those of KIG-C1010, and part of the assignments are shared. LC-1117 has room for 20 students, and the group meets on campus on Wednesday afternoons 12.30-15.45 from 11 January 2023 until 29 March 2023.  Note: the course will partly extend over to period 4.

      Register for LC-1117 Integrated Oral and Written Skills in Sisu and choose group H07. Registration period is 12 Dec 2022-10 Jan 2023. Learn more about the English course in the first KIG-C1010 lecture.

      Course programme

      For the programme of lectures and lecture materials go to the Lectures section, for the assignments, assignment schedule and general instructions go to the Assignments section.

      Grading

      The means of learning on this course are lectures and related reading, assignments, and exam. The exam is voluntary.

      The grades are based on the combined assignment and exam points. With just the assignments it is possible to get a maximum grade of 3; with assignments and the exam it is possible to get a maximum grade of 5. Sufficient points must be gained from the exam in order for the exam points to be included in the grade calculation.

      For those who did not attend the ArcGIS module in ENG-A1001

      If you are not familiar with GIS software, take a look at the free training materials in "Assignment info" section before you start to do the assignments.

      Do you have questions?

      Contact university lecturer Jussi Nikander (Jussi.nikander@aalto.fi) by email. Use the course code on the email subject field, please.

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  • Lectures

    NOTE: we do not guarantee that all lectures will be recorded. Lecture materials, including possible lecture recordings, will be added to this page.

  • Assignment information

    On this course we will officially support QGIS 3.22. For 3DF Zephyr Free, we will support the latest version available on the Zephyr website.

    Exercise sessions

    Weekly exercise sessions will be held Maari C-D. In the sessions you can get assistance on how to solve the exercises, or technical assistance on how to work with the programs.

    First exercise session will be on Monday, January 16th at 10-12.

    Weekly Assignment Deadlines

    The deadline for each weekly assignment (WA) will be on Sunday evening at 23:55. The return box for the assignment will be closed after this, and late submissions will not be accepted without prior permission from the teacher in charge of the course.

    Weekly assignments will be done either in pairs or as individual work.

    Group Work Assignment Deadlines

    The deadlines for each group work assignment (GW) will be on Thursday evening at 23:55. This is in order to not to have two deadlines at exactly the same time on the course. 
    Group work assignments will be done in groups of 4.

  • Assignments

    Remember: weekly assignment (WA) deadlines are on Sundays and group work assignment (GW) deadlines are on Thursdays. Deadlines are always at 23:55 (11:55PM) in the evening.

    Time needed to solve the assignments

    The weekly assignments typically take more than the 4 hours to solve. Therefore you should not think you can solve the assignment during the exercise session times, especially if you have problems with the assignment and need assistance.

    The amount of time required to solve an exercise can vary considerably. Average student might need:

    WA-1  3-5h
    WA-2 5-8h
    WA-3 6-8h
    WA-4 4-6h
    WA-5 4-6h

    However, the amount of time used for an exercise might be more than twice the minimum time reported in here. Plan accordingly.