News Archive
The complete list of announcements for this class:- [Tue Dec 13 14:20 2011] Here are blank versions of the quizzes: Quiz1.pdf, Quiz2.pdf, Quiz3.pdf, Quiz4.pdf and Quiz5.pdf.
- [Tue Dec 13 12:10 2011] Due date for the extra credit assignment has been extended to Thursday, December 15, 11:59pm.
- [Thu Dec 08 09:42 2011] Homework 13 was posted on Tuesday.
- [Tue Nov 29 08:10 2011] Homework 12 posted.
- [Tue Nov 15 09:41 2011] Homework 11 posted.
- [Thu Nov 10 18:20 2011] Here's something to help us remember that September is actually one of the months in the year.
- [Thu Nov 10 12:20 2011] Updated the schedule.
- [Tue Nov 08 08:41 2011] Homework 10 posted.
- [Tue Nov 08 00:01 2011] An extra credit assignment has been posted. If you do all four parts of this assignment correctly, you will improve your final grade by 4 percent. This assignment has a good amount of work, but is not particularly tricky. You can submit this work up until the last day of class (by 1pm Tuesday, December 13).
- [Wed Oct 26 20:29 2011]
The Blackboard Grade Center for CMSC104 has been updated to include Quiz 1&2, Homework 1-6 and Classwork 1-6.
There is also a new column for your Mid-semester score. This score is the percentage of the possible points so far that you have obtained. The Mid-semester score was computed as follows:
2 Quizzes = 2 x 6 = 12.000 points 6 Homeworks = 6 x 36/13 = 16.615... 4 Classwork = 6 x 14/18 = 3.111... (18 classworks is a guess) ------------------------------------ Total possible points = 31.72...
Your score in the "Total" column is added to any extra credit you received and divided by 31.72... giving you a percentage.
You can think of this score as roughly what your grade would be if the semester ended today. It should give you a pretty good indication of where you stand.
The Mid-semester score is computed off-line and will not be updated even if your scores change. (This is because Grade Center does not know how to add or divide.)
- [Wed Oct 26 20:29 2011] Prof. Chang's office hours on Thursday, October 27 are shortened to 2:30pm to 3:00pm.
- [Tue Oct 18 23:15 2011] Fixed some typos in Homework 7 & 8.
- [Tue Oct 18 08:41 2011] Homework 7 & 8 have been posted.
- [Mon Oct 10 12:55 2011] Prof. Chang's office hours on Tuesday, October 11 have been moved to 3:15pm – 4:00pm.
- [Wed Oct 05 16:15 2011] Grade sheets for Classwork 5 (extra credit) and Classwork 6 have been sent back to the students via email.
- [Wed Oct 05 16:15 2011] Grade sheets for Classwork 4 and Homework 3 have been sent back to the students via email.
- [Wed Oct 05 08:28 2011] Homework 5 has been available since yesterday.
- [Fri Sep 30 08:48 2011]
Homework 2 scores have
been posted on Blackboard. You should have received email with
your program scores yesterday (Questions #3 & #4). The
questions submitted on paper (Questions #1 & #2) were returned
in class yesterday. Note that the paper questions were scored out
of 60 points, but should have equal weight as the programming
questions. So, the posted scores on Blackboard are computed by:
hw2 total score = (paper score ÷ 3) + (program score)
- [Fri Sep 30 07:46 2011] We have a new classwork policy, as discussed in class on Thursday, September 29. To receive credit for classwork, you must submit something by the end of class (even if it doesn't work). If you complete the work later, you can submit online using late as the project name to receive additional credit. Do send email to Prof. Chang if you submit something to late.
- [Fri Sep 30 07:46 2011] Reminder: Quiz 1 is on Thursday, October 6 according to the schedule. In this quiz, you will be asked to write two short C programs. You should be able to use printf(), scanf() and arithmetic expressions involving variables of different types.
- [Fri Sep 30 07:33 2011] Added .txt extension to all C programs so clueless web browsers know what to do with them. (Example: hello.c.) If you save these files locally, rememeber to remove the .txt.
- [Tue Sep 27 09:10 2011] Homework 4 has been released.
- [Tue Sep 20 11:39 2011] Updated notes for Lecture 6 (9/20). and Lecture 7 (9/22).
- [Fri Sep 23 12:33 2011] Grade sheets for Classwork 1, Classwork 2 and Homework 1 have been sent to the students via email. You can also check your grades on the class Blackboard site which is now available. We will only use Blackboard for grades. All announcements and assignments are on this web page.
- [Tue Sep 20 12:30 2011] The Computer Science Help Center is now open with a regular schedule for walk-in help (no appointment needed). If Prof. Chang's office hours does not match your schedule, the tutors at the Help Center can help you, too.
- [Tue Sep 20 11:39 2011] Posted notes for Lecture 5 (9/15).
- [Tue Sep 20 09:30 2011] Homework 3 has been released.
- [Mon Sep 19 13:30 2011] Office hours on Tuesday 9/20 is pushed back to 3:30pm - 4:00pm.
- [Thu Sep 15 08:57 2011] Posted notes for Lecture 4 (9/13).
- [Wed Sep 14 09:05 2011] Homework 1 is now closed from further submission. If you have a legitimate late excuse, contact Prof. Chang.
- [Wed Sep 14 09:05 2011] Homework 2 has been available since yesterday and is due Tuesday 9/20 in class.
- [Fri Sep 09 17:30 2011] Updated the schedule.
- [Fri Sep 09 13:35 2011] Posted notes for Lecture 3 (9/8).
- [Fri Sep 09 12:59 2011] Added the script command to the list of simple Unix commands. Also added separate pages for an in-depth look at the ls and mv commands.
- [Thu Sep 08 16:10 2011] There seems to be some confusion about this, but according to the Schedule on the website, Homework 1 is not due until Tuesday, September 13. Several people thought it was due today (Thursday, 9/8).
- [Thu Sep 08 15:49 2011] Fixed typescript bug in the second part of Classwork 02.
- [Thu Sep 08 09:50 2011] Posted notes for Lecture 2 (9/7).
- [Tue Sep 06 07:00 2011] Homework 1 released.
- [Thu Sep 01 15:55 2011] Notes for the first day of class posted: Lecture 1.
- [Wed Aug 31 21:35 2011] Updated the link for the Undergraduate Student Academic Conduct Policy on the web syllabus and on the printable syllabus.
- [Wed Aug 31 21:00 2011] Updated printable syllabus cmsc104_syllabus.pdf. Crossed out clause that says you can't talk about tests.
- [Tue Aug 30 14:55 2011] A printable version of the course syllabus and schedule is available: cmsc104_syllabus.pdf. (Hard copies will be distributed in class.)
- [Mon Aug 29 16:35 2011] Updated the syllabus.
- [Wed Aug 24 17:25 2011] The textbook selected for this class is: Problem Solving and Program Design in C, 6th Edition Jeri Hanly and Elliot Koffman, Addison Wesley, 2009. ISBN: 0321535421.
- [Wed Aug 24 14:05 2011] Web page up.