Tue Aug 10 09:19:45 EDT 2010 Prof. Bob Hopkins Tel: +1.212.353.4350 Prof. Chris Lent Tel: +1.212.353.4350 All submitted assignments must use the following form: Form Overview:
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o Binding and
Physical Dimensions
All submitted assignments must be stapled with a single staple
in the upper left hand corner of the document.
All sheets are to be 8 1/2" x 11" paper.
Spiral notebook paper is not acceptable.
Make every attempt to present a *NEAT* assignment.
Assignments should not be stapled to other assignments.
For Example, Assignment 5 should not be stapled to Assignment 6.
o Cover Page
with Assignment Name and Number
The Assignment Name
and Number shall be
typed at
the top center of the Cover Page.
For example:
ASSIGNMENT 1: HELLO
The page shall also contain a small personalized picture or drawing.
Please use only tasteful pictures or drawings.
The middle of the page
shall contain the
student's last name or
login id.
The student's name or
login name shall be
printed in very large
type (90 POINT OR BETTER).
The cover page shall
shall contain:
The lower right hand
section shall contain:
The course code
Student's Full Name
Year of Graduation Major
Preferred Email address
Date
For example:
EID769
Christopher Lent
1984 EE
lent@cooper.edu
Monday, January 23, 1995
o Writeup (for programs)
Please note that the
writeup must be TYPED.
The writeup shall
consist of the following sections:
o Identification (no section
heading for this section)
This section shall
contain the date, the course code,
your name, year of
graduation and major, and Preferred email address
For example:
Monday, January 23,
1995
Peter Cooper, Class of
1890, Electrical Engineering
pcooper@cooper.edu
MA537, Assignment #5:
Giant Integers
or
Monday, January 23,
1995
Peter Cooper
Class of 1890
Electrical Engineering
pcooper@cooper.edu
MA537
Assignment #5: Giant
Integers
***IMPORTANT***
If you have had help
or worked on this program with
someone else, please
list them as well with their
complete information.
For example:
Sarah Hewitt, Class of
1893, Technical Drawing
shewitt@cooper.edu
***IMPORTANT***
If you found something
in resources other than the course
texts and handouts,
and it was used in the construction
of your assignment
please indicate include a reference
to the source.
For example:
Irrational Mathematics
reference:
http://www.overthere.org/lovethatmath.htm
or
New York City Culture
reference:
Who's on First?
Fair Play for All Americans
("Public
Affairs Pamphlet," No. 233), New York,
New York City Office
of Public Affairs, April, 1956.
o Description
This section
shall discuss what the program is designed
to do. The length of
this section will vary with the
complexity of the
program
o Compilation
This section
shall describe the exact steps that
were used to compile
the program. This section
shall NOT discuss how
to enter the source file via a text editor.
It is assumed that any
future user could type in
the attached source
listing using a text editor
with no special
instructions and produce a functionally
identical copy of the
source code.
Note: If more than one
program is compiled, section titles
may be augmented such
as:
o Compilation: C source code portion
o Compilation: C++ source code portion
o Compilation: Java source code portion
o Execution
This section
shall show the exact steps used to run
the program. This
section shall also show how to save
the program's output
to a file. For programs which
read from the keyboard
or input files, this section
shall discuss what
information the program requires.
If sample input is
used, this section shall discuss
how to read sample
input from a file.
o
Features
This section
shall discuss what unusual features
are present in the
programming used to build the program.
This section shall
also discuss unique features
of the program.
o Notes
This section
shall mention any problems, limitations
misfeatures, bugs,
errors and other information that
a user or program
maintainer would require.
If you had to look
something up, please list the
source of the
information. If you found incorrect
information, PLEASE
LIST THE SOURCE SO IT CAN BE CORRECTED.
***IMPORTANT*** If you
had help from another human,
please list their
contribution.
For example:
Sarah Hewitt helped me
figure out what was wrong with
my scanf() function.
Prof. Bob Hopkins
wrote the revstr() function for me.
My partner, Jane Doe,
wrote the printstr() function
See Also the EASY
EXTRA CREDIT Section of the Assignment page for more
information
o
Listings
This section
shall decribe the listings which follow.
Listings must be on
separate pages from the writeup.
An example listings
section might read:
o Listings:
The program source code is listed on the
the attached pages labeled hello.c.
The sample input and corresponding output are
attached following the source code and are
labeled input.dat and itworks.wow,
respectively.
Listings may be
combined onto a single sheet, but separate from the previous
sections.
If listings are
combined onto a single sheet, each listing must be
contained in a completely separate column.
(Our local jpr2
program will properly combine two files if
given a command like:
jpr2 myprogram.c input.dat output.dat
)
Listings must have a
heading which is clearly separate from
the material (source
code, input data or output data) presented.
Listings shall have
page numbers which indicate that for example
the page is the third
page of the output listing.
Numbering the cover
page and the first page of the writeup is
strongly discouraged.
o Source Listing
A readable source
listing, with Page numbering, shall be
attached. This is to
be the text of the program you entered.
This is *NOT* a
listing of the reference books you used.
Comments shall not
restate the obvious.
Example of poor
comment:
j = 1; /* Set the integer j to one */
Comments shall note
unusual or non-intuitive sections
of the code:
while(1) {} /* Intentional infinite loop
*/
if( j = i ) { /* set j to i and check if non-zero */
*** IMPORTANT ***
Each file shall begin
with an identification section as shown following.
Please note the following:
/*
* hello.c <----- filename
* This program prints out a
* useful message. <---- Description
*
* Author: Peter Cooper, pcooper@cooper.edu <--- Name and email address of primary author
* Sarah Hewitt, shewitt@cooper.edu <--- Additional contributors
*
* Revision history:
* Date Version Initials Description of change
*
* 12-JAN-95 V2 SH Corrected spelling
* 1-JAN-95 V1 PC Initial version
*
* BUGS:
* main() Returns random value to invocation environment
*
* TODO:
* Make multi-lingual version
* Add sound
* Make multimedia version
*
*/
o Input File Listing
If the program requires input, at least one file of sample input shall be attached.
o Output File Listing
The output for the sample run described in the writeup and that uses the sample input file shall be attached.
If multiple input and output files are required, they shall be in the order of
Source code listing
First input file
First output file
Second input file
Second output file
Third input file
Third output file
...
Last input file
Last output file
o Electronic Submission for ProgramsYou should email the following to cs102.lent@cooper.edu But first, Check you can email the assignment to yourself. Check that the attachments are what you intended. Look and do a "sanity check" and see if the data and the results make sense. Ask yourself questions like "Is the writeup for the proper assignment?". Few things annoy an instructor or a boss more than, "Please ignore that last email/program/whatever, use this one instead".
- The message should have a Subject which corresponds to the assigment number and description. For example:
Subject: CS102 ASGN#11 Mayan Calendar
- A Message body describing what this message is, what is attached, and perhaps a nice "How are you doing?" salutation :-)
- A series of attachments containing your work
- The Writeup for the program
- The Source Code program (even if you have included a source listing in the writeup)
- The Input file or files
- The Corresponding Output file or files
Multiple assignments should not be combined into a single email message.
Multiple parts of a single assignment should not be broken into multiple email messages.
o Writeup for
Writing assignments
These assignments
consist of English text,
written according to
the usual standard for college
level compositions.
Since the assignments
will be graded in a blind
system, you are
instructed to put your name
*ONLY* on the cover
page of your assignment.
DO *NOT* PUT YOUR NAME
INSIDE THE REPORT.
For assignments which
are executive summaries of
magazine or other
technical articles, the binding order
is as follows:
o Cover Page (with
Name and Assignment number)
o 1st executive
summary (one page maximum)
o Magazine Cover (original
or photocopy)
o Pages which contain
3rd article (original or photocopy)
o 2nd executive
summary (one page maximum)
o Magazine Cover (original
or photocopy)
Only if 2nd article is from a different magazine than
the 1st summary.
o Pages which contain
2nd article (original or photocopy)
o 3rd executive
summary (one page maximum)
o Magazine Cover (original
or photocopy)
Only if 3rd article is from a different magazine than
the 1st or 2nd summaries.
o Pages which contain
3rd article (original or photocopy)
Due Date and Time: All submitted assignments are to be submitted at the beginning of the class when the assignment is due. Only the professor may make changes to this policy.
Scheduled absences: The student must prearrange scheduled absences with the professor. Failure to do so will result in severe penalties. The student must prepare a typed note which details the date that the student will not be in class. The student is responsible for all assignments, quizzes and tests given during the period of absence.
Missed quizzes or tests: The professor may waive or provide a substitute quiz for any missed quiz. A missed test must be followed by a meeting with the professor outside of class hours. The student is expected to meet the professor or proctor at a scheduled time, outside of class hours, to take the substitute quiz or test. The student shall assume that any substitute quiz or test will be of greater difficulty than the missed quiz or test.
Late assignments: The professor may, if notified in a timely fashion, allow students to submit an assignment after the official due date. If the professor grants permission, the student must: 1. Submit a note on the official due date. This note will contain: Today's date: Student Name: Student Identification Number: Course Title: Assignment Name and Number: Date assignment will be submitted: Reason for late submission: Dates of Any futures scheduled absences: 2. Submit the assignment on the late submission date: If the student misses the revised deadline, the material submitted will not be reviewed or considered for course credit.
Late material may only be submitted : A. To the professor personally (at the beginning or end of a class session is strongly suggested). *OR* B. To the Computer Center's mailbox in the Engineering Dean's Office, room 204E_CS, on the second floor.
Please tell the secretary, that you have a submission for the professor and ask if you may put the assignment in the Computer Center mailbox.