A1: Information Please!

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Overview

During this assignment, you will:

  • Provide the instructor with contact information.
  • Tell the instructor about your interests and skills. This information enables the instructor to make course adjustments to meet student needs.
  • Decide if you have the necessary preparation to successfully complete this course.

Note: if you do not complete this assignment on time, you might be dropped from the course. Remember that you are responsible for dropping any course.

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Specifications

This assignment has several parts:

  1. Print out and complete the Student Information Sheet. Please write legibly.
  2. Attach a photo or drawing to the Student Information Sheet. Alternatively, please describe yourself so the instructor can identify you easily (e.g. "I'm the one with purple hair"). Do not attach a copy of your driver´s license or any other document containing private information.
  3. Print out and complete the Readiness Self Assessment and decide if you are ready to take this course or not. Make sure you sign the document if you want any credit.
  4. Submit a README.txt text file to WebCT with the number of hours you spent on this assignment following the instructions for submitting assignments. Note that if you do not submit the file, you will receive a zero for this assignment.
  5. Complete the Student Preferences survey in WebCT. Note that WebCT does not allow the instructor to see who answered which question of a survey. Thus, your survey answers are confidential and you may skip any question.

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Extra Credit

The following are worth extra credit points:

  1. Install JDK 1.4.2 on a computer system. (2 points)

Briefly describe your installation experience in the README.txt file you submit.

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Grading Criteria

The instructor will evaluate your assignment using the following criteria. Each criteria represents a specific achievement of your assignment and has a scoring guide. The scoring guide explains the possible scores you can receive.

Some scoring guides have a list of indicators. These indicators are a sign of meeting, or a symptom of not meeting, the specific criterion. Note that a single indicator may not always be reliable or appropriate in a given context. However, as a group, they show the condition of meeting the criterion.

For information on grading policies, including interpretation of scores, see the course Syllabus.

Student Information Sheet

  • 5: Sheet completed and turned in
  • 0: Sheet not completed

Readiness Self Assessment

  • 5: Self Assessment completed and turned in
  • 0: Self Assessment not completed

Maximum Score: 10, plus extra credit

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What to Turn In

  1. Hand in a paper copy of the completed Student Information Sheet with any attachments.
  2. Hand in a paper copy of the completed and signed Readiness Self Assessment.
  3. Submit a README.txt text file to WebCT with the number of hours you spent on this assignment following the instructions for submitting assignments. Note that if you do not submit the file, you will receive a zero for this assignment.

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