Online Format of Tests and Exams
Due to this term being online, there will be no in-person tests or exams. Instead of in-person midterm and final exams, there will be limited time midterm and final assessments somewhat similar to a cross between "traditional" exams and assignments. More information about the midterm and final assessments will be posted below when available.
We only mark what is submitted by the deadline. NO lates will be accepted. Only files submitted to the appropriate location will be accepted (emailed files will not be marked). Plan to submit early in case of unforeseen circumstances.
Crowdmark Note:
We will usually use Crowdmark for grading our exams and distributing midterm results to students. For this course (and many others) Crowdmark associates an exam with a student by their Quest Username (maximum 8 characters) @uwaterloo.ca email. When Crowdmark sends exam results to this email address it is resolved by your Mail Routing Address in WatIAM. If you have more then one email account in Crowdmark then you can merge the accounts so that all your Crowdmark assessments are visible under any of your Crowdmark accounts; follow account merging instructions.
Important: For all assignments, Quizzes, and other assessments, we will provide an academic integrity statement that students will be required to "sign" and submit to MarkUs when they start the component, or their mark will be zero on that component.
Final assessment
| Instructions: | Final Exam Instructions | Academic Integrity Declaration: | Final-AID.txt Sign and submit to Markus before you download the final assessment questions. |
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| Availability Start: | Mon. Aug. 9, 2021, 9:00AM (EDT) |
| Availability End: | Tues. Aug. 10, 2021, 9:00AM (EDT) |
| Time Allowed: | 2.5 hours writing time + 1.5 hours file creation and submissions = 4 hours total |
| Website for viewing your personal exam start and end time : | My Exam Time |
| General Logistics: | The Final will be very similar to the Midterm in terms of procedures and requirements. |
| Access: | Access to the questions will be through the protected files area (where sample assignment solutions are posted https://www.student.cs.uwaterloo.ca/~cs240/protect/index.php).
Note that the access system could become overloaded so you may have to try again later.
Your 4 hour timer begins when you access your copy of the exam. Do not use Crowdmark's timer unless you access the exam link in Crowdmark at the same time. |
| Content: | Up to and including Module TBA, with emphasis on the second half. |
| Submission: | Submit your question answers to Crowdmark. Each question's answer
must start on a new page and be submitted to the proper question.
There will be mark deductions for improperly submitted or illegible answers.
Submit you Academic Integrity Declaration (AID) .txt file to MarkUs. |
| Allowed Aids: | This should be treated like an in-person exam and we prefer that you use no aids, but if you must, only use course provided materials. This is a time to test how much you understand the course content (understanding means you can DO the question without looking at materials/solutions). |
Quizzes
Throughout the term, there will be short multiple choice tests on Learn to help both students and course staff assess how well students are understanding and keeping up with the material covered in lectures. These are to be done individually with no aid other than the course lectures/modules. Course staff will not help students with the quiz questions (or any of the midterm or final assessment questions).
Quiz Schedule
All Quizzes will be on LEARN (Submit -> Quizzes)
| Availability Start date and time (Waterloo, ON) | Availability End date and time (Waterloo, ON) | Coverage | |
| Quiz 1 | Thursday, June 3, 2021 5:00 PM | Friday, June 4, 2021 5:00 PM | Modules 1 & 2 |
| Quiz 2 | Thursday, June 17, 2021 5:00 PM | Friday, June 18, 2021 5:00 PM | Modules 3 & 4 |
| Quiz 3 | Thursday, July 8, 2021 5:00 PM | Friday, July 9, 2021 5:00 PM | Modules 5, 6 & 7 |
| Quiz 4 | Thursday, July 22, 2021 5:00 PM | Friday, July 23, 2021 5:00 PM | Modules 8 & 9 |
- 15-25 questions for each quiz
- 40-60 minutes maximum per attempt until the deadline (depending on the quiz)
- at most 2 attempts but both must be completed within the 24 hour time period that the quiz is available
- grade will be the average of the attempts
- only course-provided materials are allowed
- Questions and submissions will be on Learn
- you must agree to complete the quiz with academic integrity (Question 1 of each quiz) or a mark of zero will be assigned.
- each wil be released on Thursday at 5pm, due the next day, Friday at 5pm (both Waterloo, ON time) according to the chart above
Midterm Assessment
| Post-mortem: | midterm-pmSample solutions will not be provided but you are encouraged to discuss during consulting hours midterm answer uncertainties not resolved by looking at grader annotations in Crowdmark, the post mortem and re-reading the question and your answer. |
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| Remark Requests Due: | Mon. July 12, 5:00 PM (EDT). Re-mark requests will only be accepted using the Midterm re-mark request form starting Wed. June 30. (authentication is required to ensure requester is on the classlist and to determine the requester). All requests will be handled together after the deadline for fairness and consistency. |
| Academic Integrity Declaration: | Mid-AID.txt Submit to Markus before you download the midterm questions. |
| Availability Start Date and Time: | Wednesday, June 23, 2021, 10:00 AM (Waterloo, ON time) |
| Availability End Date and Time: | Thursday, June 24, 2021, 10:00 AM (Waterloo, ON time) . You must submit to Crowdmark by the end of your 3.5 hours (from when you download the questions) allowed time or 10:00 AM June 24 (Waterloo), whichever is earlier. |
| Time Allowed: : | The exam itself is 2 hours writing time + 1.5 hours to
create your submission file(s) and submit to Crowdmark
(less time if you start too close to the absolute submission deadline
of Thur. June 24 2021, 10:00 AM (Waterloo, ON time)). NO lates will
be accepted.
Therefore, to have the full allotted time, submit the Academic Integrity Decalaration to MarkUs no later than 6:25 AM and download the midterm questions no later than 6:30 AM June 24 (both Waterloo, ON time) |
| Website for viewing your personal exam start and end time : | My Exam Time Submit what you have at 30 minutes left in your available time just in case of unexpected submission problems. You can submit updates until your deadline. |
| Midterm First Page: | CS240R_Midterm_Page1.pdf Contains information on Piazza use, number of files to submit, kinds of files allowed for submission, etc. |
| Submission Location: | Academic Integrity Declaration to MarkUs, Answers to Crowdmark |
| Content: | Modules 1 through 5 (inclusive). |
| Allowed Aids: | Only course provided materials. |
| Notes: | Due Date: Thursday. June 24, 2021, 10:00 AM EDT (submit whatever you have by 9:30 AM EDT as a precaution for deadline submissions problems but you can update until 9:59 AM EDT if all goes well). We will only mark what is submitted by the 10:00 AM deadline.
Number of Questions: 12 (the last question is 2 marks for correct Crowdmark submission of questions 1 to 11 within your time limit -- no additional submission is needed). It is a good idea to submit questions as you go so you aren't trying to create several PDF files at the last minute. Remember, late assessments will not be marked. More complete instructions for submitting to Crowdmark can be found at https://crowdmark.com/help/completing-and-submitting-an-assignment/ Verifying submission: https://crowdmark.com/help/verifying-that-an-assignment-was-submitted/ |