INF1B: Schedule

• 0. Admin
• 1. Introduction and Basics

The Getting Started and Week 1 quiz become available.

There are no assignments yet but you need to start your preparation:

1. Start reading the Course Quality document (available on our Learn site under Assessment)
2. Start learning basic markdown (a simple way of formatting plain text) which you need for Assignment 2. In paricular learn how to create headings, bold, tables, lists, links, and how to write accessibility descriptions for images. You can use markdown inside IntelliJ and it has a viewer showing the rendered version.

Getting StartedQuiz and Week 1 Quiz due Friday at noon.

No actual assignments are running yet.

Keep re-reading the Code Quality document and start matching its advice to information from lectures and lab classes.

Assignment 1 Practice Test becomes available via STACK which you may retake as many times as you wish: you are not expected to know all the answers at this stage but it is important you check the Practice Test works on your browser. The Practice Test is representative of the range of knowledge and types of questions in the actual assignment. Discuss the Practice Test with lab demonstrators not your tutor.

A Piazza thread for reporting technical problems with the Assignment 1 Practice Test becomes available.

Week 2 Quiz due Friday at noon.

Assignment 1 (a series of online Tests on STACK) released on Monday 29 January at 12:00 (noon). You have until 12:00 (noon) on Thursday 29 February (leap year!) to complete the assignment. There are no extensions or ETAs for Assignment 1. Instead we have made the overall Assignment window generous and made the time limit for each Test generous. Beginners are not expected to be able to complete the Assignment for a few more weeks but we have made the Tests available early in case that helps some students manage their late February workload. Further details about Assignment 1 are in the Assessment folder on the Learn course page and on STACK.

Week 3 Quiz due Friday at noon.

Assignment 2 Part 1 (A2.1) released: Monday 5 February at noon. You have until Thursday 15 February (10 calendar days) to create your first draft. There are no extensions for A2.1 due to the tight-turnaround for marking. This version of the Assignment is not graded, it is formative, submitted for feedback. You will update your work and resubmit it for Part 2 which is summative (graded).

Your first deadline for Assignment 2 Part 1 is Monday 12 February 15:00 to submit your choice of task. Once you have chosen you are not allowed to change your mind. Submission of Part 1 is via Gradescope and opens on Tuesday 13 February. This is because we need time to process the choice of tasks to assign markers and moderators.

Week 4 Quiz due Friday at noon.

Assignment 2 Part 1 due Thursday 15 at noon via Gradescope. Remember this submission is formative (for feedback) not summative (graded). Nevertheless submission is compulsory and non-submission will be penalised when you submit the graded version for Part 2.

Week 5 Quiz due Friday at noon.

Continue working on Assignment 2 Part 2: improving your first version.

Assignment 1 Piazza thread closes Tuesday noon.

Assignment 1 technical problems become your problem from Wednesday noon.

Assignment 1 final cut-off date Thursday noon. 

Week 6 Quiz due Friday at noon.

Continue working on Assignment 2.

No weekly quiz to submit.

Assignment 2 Part 2 due Thursday noon via Gradescope.

Week 8 Quiz due Friday at noon.

Assignment 3 Part 1 (A3.1) released Monday noon. This version of the Assignment is not graded, it is formative, submitted for feedback. You have 10 calendar days until submission. Submission is via Gradescope and open Friday March 22. This is partly to force you to find and solve problems and limitations with your work before the auto-marker becomes available. The Assignment contains some unit tests for self-checking.

There are no extensions for A3.1 due to the tight-turnaround for marking. Instead there is a generous window from the feedback being returned to the time you re-submit for grading. You will update your work and resubmit it for Asignment 3 Part 2 (A3.2) which is summative (graded). Part 2 is taken during the exam period after Easter (early May), so you have all of April to continue making improvements and pracitising Java design and programming. A3.2 extends A3.1 to test knowledge taught near the end of the course, so that you are not under pressure to learn the later material quickly for A3.1.

Week 9 Quiz due Friday at noon.

Assignment 3 Part 1 (A3.1) due Thursday 28 1200 noon via Gradescope. This is formative (for feedback, not graded) but submission is compulsory.

No quiz to submit.

Keep improving your Assignment 3 Part 1.