CS1112: Archived Announcements

CS1112-->Archived Announcements

Date	Topic	Description
5/5 Tu	Discussion location	Discussion this week will be held in the computer lab Upson B7. Go to the lab this week, not the classrooms listed on the roster.
5/1 F	P6A Hints and corrections	Hints for the `Player`'s `move` method and the `Monster`'s `moveTo` methods. The `Player`'s `move` method should update the player's OLD location's room property `playerInRoom` and call the inherited `moveCharacter` method in order to actually get the player moved from one room to another. Additionally, the `move` method needs to update the properties of the player's NEW location--the room properties `playerInRoom` and `playerVisited` are relevant. The `Monster`'s `moveTo` methods have similar considerations. Correction: The `type` property of class `Game`: The value 1 means the monster always `moveToAttack`; the value 2 means the monster always `moveToProtect`. Other values mean that the monster will choose between the two moves randomly on each turn. This correction does not change the code that you need to write. Correction: The specification for the `Player`'s `poison` method was left out of the documentation: the `poison` method sets the `Player`'s `poisoned` property to 1.
4/29 W	P6B	Project 6 Part B has been posted. Both Part A and Part B will be due on Wednesday, May 6th, at 11pm.
4/28 T	P6A	Project 6 Part A has been posted; Part B will be posted later. Both parts will be due on Wednesday, May 6th, at 11pm.
4/28 T	Prepare for discussion	Please watch this short, 8-minute video that traces the example code `removeChar` presented in lecture. Watch it before your discussion section if you can.
4/27 M	Discussion location	Discussion this week will be held in the classrooms as listed on the roster, not the computer lab.
4/23 Th	Prelim 2 return	Please pick up your Prelim 2 paper during consulting hours (Sunday-Thursday 5-10pm) at ACCEL Green Room in Caprenter Hall. You must bring your student ID card and show it to a consultant. Please read our feedback and the statistics. Feel free to see any member of the course staff to get help on catching up with the course material. If you have a regrade request, please submit it to a consultant during consulting hours by Thursday, April 30th.
4/13 M	Review	Prelim 2 topics and review questions have been posted; solutions will be posted after the optional review session on Sunday (1:30-3pm, Kimball B11). See the Exams → Prelim 2 link for more info.
4/13 M	Discussion location	PLEASE NOTE LOCATION: Discussion this week will be held in the computer lab Upson B7. Go to the lab this week, not the classrooms listed on the roster.
4/12 Su	P5 extension	Due to a number of students having multiple prelims this week, the due date of Project 5 has been extended to 4/17 Friday at 11pm. It is not wise to wait any longer to start on P5--get started early and get back to it later to finish up so that in between you can be letting the ideas sink in. Remember that there is also the possibility of taking an extra day with a late penalty. However, finish up as soon as possible so that you can start focusing on studying for Prelim 2.
4/8 W 11pm	P5 data files	The links to the data files have been corrected. Sorry for the inconvenience!
4/8 W	P5	Project 5 has been posted; due Thursday, April 16th, at 11pm. Be sure that you download and use the `File2Cell.m` file from Insight and not the example code `file2cellArray.m` from lecture.
3/26 Th	Extra consulting hour	There will be an extra consulting hour tomorrow, Friday, 12:15-1pm in ACCEL Green Room in Carpenter Hall.
3/19 Th	P4 extension	Project 4 Parts A&B will be due on Friday, March 27th, at 11pm.
3/23 M	Discussion location	Discussion this week will be held in the classrooms as listed on the roster, not the computer lab.
3/19 Th	P4B	Project 4 Part B has been posted. Both parts will be due on Thursday, March 26th, at 11pm.
3/17 Tu	Academic Integrity	Final warning: Do not cheat! During the grading of Project 3, we found three pairs of individuals/groups who violated the Code of Academic Integrity. In one case, two groups submitted at least one practically identical file. In another case, one group took the code of another and made superficial changes to it--changed variable names, comments, and order of conditional statements, ..., etc. Cheating is unacceptable; it does not help you learn but it does something to your character. In consultation with our parallel course, CS 1110, we decided to use Project 3 as an opportunity for a final warning in this introductory course instead of immediately proceeding with the University procedure for academic integrity violations. Please, respect yourself and do and submit your own work. If you need help, please come to the course staff for help. From now (Project 4) on, we will strictly apply the university procedure for any academic integrity violations found.
3/17 Tu	Another lost phone and clicker	A clicker and a phone was left in Mallot Bache Auditorium after the 11:15 lecture this morning; if it's yours you can claim it in the Math Dept Office in Malott 310.
3/17 Tu	Lost phone	A phone was left in Hollister B14 after the 9:05 lecture this morning; if it's yours you can claim it in the CEE Main Office in Hollister 220.
3/16 M	Discussion location	Discussion this week will be held in the computer lab Upson B7. Go to the lab this week, not the classrooms listed on the roster.
3/15 Su	P4A	Project 4 Part A has been posted and Part B will be posted later. Both parts will be due on Thursday, March 26th, at 11pm.
3/12 Th	Prelim 1 return	Please pick up your prelim 1 paper during consulting hours (Sunday-Thursday 5-10pm) at ACCEL Green Room in Caprenter Hall. There is no consulting on Fridays normally, but tomorrow (Friday 3/13) you can pick up your prelim paper between 1:15 and 3:15pm at ACCEL Green Room. You must bring your student ID card and show it to a consultant. Please read our feedback and the statistics. Feel free to see any member of the course staff to get help on catching up with the course materials. If you have a regrade request, please submit it to a consultant during consulting hours by Thursday, March 19th.
3/9 M	Discussion location	Discussion this week will be held in the classrooms as listed on the roster, not the computer lab.
3/5 Th	Survey	Please fill out this anonymous mid-semester survey to tell us how the course has been going for you and what you would like to review during the review session. Please fill it out as soon as you can; the survey will close on Monday at 11pm.
3/4 W	Review	Review questions have been posted; solutions will be posted after the optional review session on Sunday. Please see the Exams → Prelim 1 link for more info.
3/2 M	Discussion location	Discussion this week will be held in the computer lab Upson B7. Go to the lab this week, not the classrooms listed on the roster.
2/27 F	P3B	Project 3 Part B has been posted. Both parts A and B will be due on Thursday, March 5th, at 11pm.
2/25 W	Engineer Your Future	Brought to you by Tau Beta Pi, the National Engineering Honors Society at Cornell: Engineer Your Future Forum is an all-day event consisting of panels featuring industry professionals in a range of different career paths related to the technology industry and workshops tailored to perfect your soft skills. 3 keynotes, 4 panels, 5 CEOs, 20+ accomplished panelists, catered lunch... And so much more! Get more information here.
2/24 Tu	P3A	Project 3 Part A has been posted and Part B will be posted later. Both parts will be due on Thursday, March 5th, at 11pm.
2/23 M	Discussion location	Discussion this week will be held in the classrooms as listed on the roster, not the computer lab.
2/18 T	Lecture recording	Professor Fan will be away tomorrow as announced last week and a pre-recorded lecture (Lecture 8) has been posted on the Lecture Materials page. TAs Eston Schweickart and Danny Sperling will be available during lecture time at our regular lecture room tomorrow to answer questions on the recorded lecture and Project 2. In the upcoming days, we will post the recordings of past lectures so that you can use them as a study aid. Watching a captured lecture is not a good substitution for attending lecture, asking and answering questions, and participating in real-time to think through ideas and challenges! Skipping lecture and depending entirely on the captures is a bad idea and will hurt your understanding of the course materials. We provide the capture so that you can more easily check and correct your notes; use them wisely.
2/16 M	No office/consulting hr	There is no office/consulting hours during university breaks or holidays. Office/consulting hours will resume on Wednesday.
2/16 M	Discussion location	Attendance at this week's discussion is optional due to February Break. You can stop in at the Upson computer lab B7 during any of Wednesday's discussion sections (10:10am-4:25pm) to get help on the posted discussion exercise (Lab 4) or the project.
2/11 W	P2	Project 2 has been posted. Due Monday, 2/23, at 11pm.
2/9 M	Discussion location	Discussion this week will be held in the classrooms as listed on the roster, not the computer lab.
2/5 R	Triple Helix	This semester the Triple Helix is running trips every other week to the McGraw House in downtown Ithaca to assist elderly residents with technological issues. Computer literacy is increasingly important in a technology-centered society, and we would like to teach residents basic skills to function independently. We are looking for undergraduate volunteers to come assist residents.
2/2 M	Clicker registration	Please register your clicker with Cornell, not the iClicker company. You need to register your clicker once every semester; this one registration is good for all courses in a semester. Your clicker's ID is worn off? Get help here.
2/2 M	Discussion location	Discussion this week will be held in the computer lab Upson B7. Go to the lab this week, not the classrooms listed on the roster.
1/28 W	P1	Project 1 has been posted. See the Projects link. Due Thursday, 2/5, at 11pm. Start on Problems 1 and 2 now. You may want to wait until after Tuesday's lecture to work on Problem 3 as that lecture will cover the relevant material. (Or you can read ahead in Insight.)
1/26 M	Discussion location	Discussion this week will be held in the computer lab Upson B7. Go to the lab this week, not the classrooms listed on the roster.
1/19 M	Course start	CS1112 lecture will begin on Thursday, Jan 22nd; discussion will begin the following week, on the 27th.