Assessment
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About the unit assessments
What are the assessment items, when are they due, and what are they worth?
The assessment for CITS3007 consists of an online quiz, a mid-semester take-home test, a project, and a final examination:
| Assessment | % of final mark | Assessment dates | Where to submit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Week 4 online quiz | 5 | Available 5:00 pm Wed 20 Mar Closes 5:00 pm Thu 21 Mar | Moodle |
| Week 7 mid-semester test | 15 | Available 5:00 pm Wed 17 Apr Due 5:00 pm Thu 18 Apr | Moodle |
| Project | 30 | Available TBA Due 5:00 pm Thu 23 May | Moodle |
| Face-to-face lab-based exam | 50 | Due UWA exam period | Moodle, lab venue in exams timetable |
Assessments will normally be due at 5 pm on Thursdays. Any changes to this will be announced in the help3007 help forum, as well being noted on this website.
Do not rely on the Unit Outline for exact assessment due dates – the software used to generate the unit outlines is known to be buggy, and may insert incorrect due dates. Instead, use the assessment dates published here (also available from the Schedule). Any changes will be published here, as well as being announced on the unit discussion forum.
Online quizzes, tests and exams must be submitted by the due date and time – this will be enforced strictly (just as it is for face-to-face tests and exams), and late submissions will receive a mark of 0. It is your responsibility to ensure you submit by the due date and time – even if you think a website such as Moodle will not stop you from making a late submission.
No extensions are permitted for quizzes and tests: they must be done on the dates specified (just as for face-to-face tests and exams). For more details, see “Can I get an extension on the deadline for an assessment?” in the unit FAQ.
Your submitted work or answers for any assessment item
may be submitted to plagiarism detectors
such as JPlag, moss or turnitin to detect plagiarism.
The quizzes, tests and exam do contain theoretical questions, but are also intended to assess practical skills and knowledge. They’re not completed on paper, but instead on your own computer, and they may ask you to write compileable and executable code, or to investigate the properties of the standard CITS3007 development environment. So make sure you have access to the development environment while you complete assessments – you’re encouraged to use it to work out or to check your answers.
Common questions about assessments
Several common questions about assessment are answered on the unit FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) page.
These include the following:
- What material is examinable/testable?
- What are the expectations regarding citation of sources/academic
conduct?
(In brief: abide by UWA’s academic conduct policy; be careful not to plagiarize.) - What is the marking rubric for assessments?
- Are the quizzes/tests/exams open book?
Assessment item details
Week 4 quiz
- This quiz will be available on Moodle.
Quiz details (click to expand)
- Ensure you leave at least 1-2 hours available in which to complete it. If you wait until 2 hours before the due time, and don’t complete it, you will be awarded 0 marks for incomplete questions.
- The quiz will need to be completed in one sitting, and students are allowed only one attempt at it. There is a time limit of 2 hours (though the quiz should take less than that).
- Once you’ve started the quiz, it’s best not to leave your browser or computer unattended – the quiz may time out, or the browser may refresh, and Moodle may record you as not having completed the quiz.
- The quiz is open-book; you can look at any book, website or software you like. However, the answers must be your own work (not that of anyone else) and in your own words, and you must not distribute your answers to other people.
- Ensure you have a good Internet connection when sitting the quiz – you should sit it either on a UWA lab computer, or at home, but not using WiFi or a mobile device, as these could drop out part-way through.
- If you use a WiFi or mobile connection and it fails, you won’t be given extra time to complete the quiz. If for some reason you can’t access the quiz on Moodle, email me immediately from your University email account with a screenshot or photo showing the problem.
- Once you’ve finished the quiz, take and keep a screenshot of your completed attempt.
Week 7 mid-semester test
The week 7 mid-semester test will be made available in week 7 on Moodle, under “Week 7 mid-semester test”. You will have 24 hours to complete the test , and should submit it via Moodle.
The same instructions apply to the mid-semester test as for the week 4 quiz:
Test details (click to expand)
- Ensure you leave at least 1-2 hours available in which to complete the test. If you wait until 2 hours before the due time, and don’t complete it, you will be awarded 0 marks for incomplete questions.
- The test will need to be completed in one sitting, and students are allowed only one attempt at it. There is a time limit of 2 hours.
- Once you’ve started the test, it’s best not to leave your browser or computer unattended – the test may time out, or the browser may refresh, and Moodle may record you as not having completed the test.
- The test is open-book; you can look at any book, website or software you like. However, the answers must be your own work (not that of anyone else) and in your own words, and you must not distribute your answers to other people.
- Ensure you have a good Internet connection when sitting the test – you should sit it either on a UWA lab computer, or at home, but not using WiFi or a mobile device, as these could drop out part-way through.
- If you use a WiFi or mobile connection and it fails, you won’t be given extra time to complete the test. If for some reason you can’t access the test on Moodle, email me immediately from your University email account with a screenshot or photo showing the problem.
- Once you’ve finished the test, take and keep a screenshot of your completed attempt.
Project
The project for the unit, worth 30% of the unit’s marks, is due on Thursday 23 May.
It is to be completed individually.
The spec for the project is available here (PDF) (markdown).
- Project code (.zip file)
(Project spec and code updated to version 0.2 on 14 May 2024. Make sure you are working off the most up-to-date version.)
Exam
The exam is a face-to-face, laboratory-based practical exam, held during the UWA exam period. Details of the date and time will be available from your exam timetable. Once available, the exact venues will be published on the University Blackboard LMS.
Note that you must be present in person to sit your exam (even if you are granted a deferred exam or supplementary assessment).
The exam will be completed in Moodle, using laboratory computers.
The exam is not open-book, but (in addition to Moodle) you are permitted access to the following tools and materials:
- a printed or hand-written A4 page of notes (written both sides).
- copies of the lecture slides and lab worksheets (although not the lab solutions). These will be downloadable from Moodle during the exam.
- a PDF copy of the draft C11 standard. This will be downloadable from Moodle during the exam.
Past exam papers
See “Are past exams available?” in the unit FAQ.