Quiz Policies
The quizzes will be administered as a Gradescope quiz that will
consist of short-answer questions.
Quiz 1 will be open from Monday, July 10 at 2:00 pm until
Wednesday, July 12 at 11:59 pm.
Quiz 2 will be open from Monday, July 24 at 2:00 pm until
Wednesday, July 26 at 11:59 pm.
Quiz 3 will be open from Monday, August 7 at 2:00 pm until
Wednesday, August 9 at 11:59 pm.
Quiz 4 will be open from Wednesday, August 16 at 2:00 pm until
Friday, August 18 at 11:59 pm.
During this window, you may open, close, and submit the quiz as
many times as you would like to; only your last submission will be
graded.
You are to write up and complete each quiz on your own.
We want the work you submit to be a representation of your own
thoughts.
However, we acknowledge that your peers are often one of the best
resources for understanding concepts; therefore, we are allowing
the "Gilligan's Island Rule."
The Gilligan's Island Rule: You are free to meet with
fellow students and discuss assignments with them.
Writing on a board or shared piece of paper during the meeting is
acceptable; however, you should not take any written (electronic
or otherwise) record away from the meeting.
Everything that you derive from the collaboration should be in
your head.
After the meeting, engage in at least a half-hour of a mind-numbing
activity (like watching an episode of Gilligan's Island), before
starting to work on the assignment.
This will assure that you are reconstructing what you learned
from the meeting, by yourself, using your own brain instead of
just blindly copying other people's thoughts.
Quiz Structure
Each quiz will be composed of reflection questions on the
assignments completed so far. If an assignment was covered
on a previous quiz, it will not be covered on a later one.
Assignment Reflection Questions
On Gradescope, you will find reflection questions for each of the
exercises and homework assignments completed thus far.
As these are reflection questions, the
reasoning and explanation matter more than the statement of a fact
or opinion.
Where possible, please try to be brief/concise while still getting
your point across.
When we ask for "distinct" comparisons or "distinct" pros and cons,
we mean not to effectively repeat the same point but worded
differently.
For example, if I was comparing C and C++, and listed out the
comparisons:
- A pro of using C++ is that it has bool defined as a type by default
- A con of using C is that it doesn't have bool defined as a type by default
These would NOT be two distinct comparisons.
Course Reflection Questions
Also on Gradescope, you may find a few reflection questions on
the goals and learning objectives of the course as a whole.
The same rules and suggestions apply to these reflection questions.