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 later.
We only mark what is submitted by the deadline. Plan to submit early in case of unforeseen circumstances.
Final Assessment
| Exam Window Start Date and Time and Location: | Tuesday, December 15, 2020, 4:00PM (Waterloo, ON time) at https://www.student.cs.uwaterloo.ca/~cs240/protect/index.php |
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| Submission Location: | Academic Integrity Declaration to MarkUs, Answers to Crowdmark |
| Exam Window End Date and Time: | Wednesday, December 16, 2020, 4:00PM (Waterloo, ON time) |
| Exam time : | 2.5 hours writing + 1.5 hours creating PDF and submitting to Crowdmark |
| Website for viewing your personal exam start and end time : | My Exam Time |
| Academic Integrity Declaration: | Final-AID.txt |
| Final First Page: | CS240_Final_Page1.pdf |
| Content: | Modules 1 to 11 (inclusive) with an emphasis on Modules 7 to 11 |
| Allowed Aids: | Only course provided materials. |
| Note: | Public posts to Piazza will be turned off during the exam. Only private posts to instructors will be allowed in the case where you think you have found an error or lack of clarification (read the question again carefully first). We will put any errors or clarifications on Piazza in an Official Final Exam Clarifications post. Students choose their start time for their fixed time period and their exam ends at the end of the fixed writing time or the end of the exam availability period, whichever comes first. The exam window start date was determined by the Registrar's Office and is posted on the Registrar's Office Final Examination schedule. Your Academic Integrity Declaration is to be submitted to MarkUs where we have means to autocheck correct completion. The integrity of the grade you receive in this course is very important to you and the University of Waterloo. You must read and sign an Academic Integrity Declaration Final-AID.txt (found on the course Testing/Exams webpage) before starting work on the assessment and submit it to MarkUS before the deadline of December 16th at 4:00pm (i.e. read, sign and submit now or as soon as possible) or your assessment will not be marked. The agreement will indicate what you must do to ensure the integrity of your grade. Your answers to the assessment questions are to be submitted to Crowdmark. After the assessment has started, you will receive email from the Crowdmark mailer with the link for submitting your files (if you do not see it, check your span and junk folders in your email reader). Submitting to Crowdmark may be done as separate question files (one for each question) or one PDF, as long as, each question answer starts on a new page so you can drag page by page to the correct question in Crowdmark. Make sure each page has the question number and part labels (if any). You may use LaTeX to create your file or hand write your answer and scan it or take a picture. Generally speaking, if your answer is longer than a page for a question, it is too long. However, you can still submit more than one page for each question, if necessary (for example, if your writing is large or you include a drawing). Make sure to allocate enough time at the end to create the necessary file(s) and to submit. Remember, late assessments will not be marked. More complete instructions for submitting and verifying submission can be found at: https://crowdmark.com/help/completing-and-submitting-an-assignment/ https://crowdmark.com/help/verifying-that-an-assignment-was-submitted/ |
Mini-tests
All Mini-tests will be on LEARN (Submit --> Quizzes)
| Relase date and time (Waterloo, ON) | Due date and time (Waterloo, ON) | |
| Mini-test 1 | Thursday, October 1, 2020 5:00 PM | Friday, October 2, 2020 5:00 PM |
| Mini-test 2 | Thursday, October 22, 2020 5:00 PM | Friday, October 23, 2020 5:00 PM |
| Mini-test 3 | Thursday, Novemebr 12, 2020 5:00 PM | Friday, November 13, 2020 5:00 PM |
| Mini-test 4 | Thursday, November 26, 2020 5:00 PM | Friday, November 27, 2020 5:00 PM |
| Mini-test 5 | Monday, December 7, 2020 12:01 AM | Monday, December 7, 2020 11:59 PM |
- 15-20 questions for each mini-test
- dependintg on the test
- at most 2 attempts but both must be completed within the 24 hour time period that the mini-test is available
- grade will be the average of the attempts
- only course-provided materials are allowed
- you must agree to complete the mini-test with academic integrity (Question 1 of each mini-test) 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 below:
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 MarkUs, the post mortem and re-reading the question and your answer. |
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| Remark Requests Due: | Fri. Nov. 20, 2020, 5:00PM, Waterloo, ON time. Re-mark requests will only be accepted using the Midterm re-mark request form starting Mon. Nov. 9. (authentication is required to ensure requester is on the classlist and to determine the requester). |
| Exam Window Start Date and Time and Location: | Thursday, October 29 2020, 5:00PM (Waterloo, ON time) at https://www.student.cs.uwaterloo.ca/~cs240/protect/index.php |
| Academic Integrity Declaration: | Mid-AID.txt |
| Submission Location: | Academic Integrity Declaration to MarkUs,Answers to Crowdmark |
| Exam Window End Date and Time: | Friday, October 30 2020, 5:00PM (Waterloo, ON time) |
| Content: | Modules 1 through 6. |
| Allowed Aids: | Only course provided materials. |
| Notes: | Due Date: Fri. October 30, 2020, 5:00PM EDT (submit whatever you have by 3:00PM EDT as a precaution for deadline submissions problems but you can update until 4:59PM EDT if all goes well). We will only mark what is submitted by the 5:00PM deadline.
Public posts to Piazza will be turned off during the midterm. Only private posts to instructors will be allowed in case you think you have found an error or lack of clarification (read the question again carefully first). We will put any errors or clarifications on Piazza in an Official Midterm Post. Your Academic Integrity Declaration is to be submitted to MarkUs where we have means to auto check correct completion. The integrity of the grade you receive in this course is very important to you and the University of Waterloo. You must read and sign an Academic Integrity Declaration, Mid-AID.txt (found on the courseTesting/Exams web page), before you start working on this assessment and submit it to MarkUs before the assessment deadline of Fri. Oct. 30, 5:00PM EDT (i.e. read, sign and submit now or as soon as possible) or the assessment will not be marked. The agreement will indicate what you must do to ensure the integrity of your grade. Your answers to the assessment questions are to be submitted to Crowdmark. After the assessment has started, you will receive email from the Crowdmark mailer with the link for submitting your files (if you do not, check your spam and junk folders in your emailer). Each question must be submitted individually to Crowdmark. This may be separate files for each question or one pdf as long as each question answer starts on a new page so you can drag page by page to the correct question in Crowdmark. You may use LaTeX to create your file or hand write your answer and scan it or take a picture. Generally speaking, if your answer is longer than a page for a question, it is too long. However, you can still submit more than one page for each question, if necessary (for example, you write or draw big). 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/ |