Everything in this course (POTDs, homework assignments, and quizzes) is scheduled from the first day of class. This is to help you plan your study and other activities throughout the semester.
There is no pop-up POTD, no pop-up homework assignment, and no pop-up quiz in this course. I do not believe in pop-up POTDs / homework assignments / quizzes as they can be stressful and interrupt some students' life plans. I am aware that students have many activities and responsibilities. Having a predefined schedule allows them to focus on their revenue tasks. It is entirely up to students how they manage their time and schedule.
Unless arrangements are worked out in advance, 25% of the total possible points per 24 hours will be deducted for late submissions. POTDs and homework assignments are not accepted after 48 hours past the deadline.
In the software industry, timing is crucial. If a software company (or you) misses a deadline, a breach of software contract fine applies and the company's (or your) reputation is damaged. Therefore, to help you prepare for your software-related career, I place a high emphasis on the timely completion of POTDs and homework assignments.
You may think that we have many POTDs and homework assignments. That is true and there are reasons why this course is structured this way. As mentioned in the Syllabus, each POTD and homework assignment helps you develop competency in basic and advanced concepts. POTDs and homework assignments are also used to reinforce the concepts in recent classes and help you assess your understanding of recent topics/skills.
For these reasons, late POTDs and homework assignments are heavily penalized.
It is also important to note that no make-up or late quizzes will be allowed in this course.
To help you practice managing your time and make the best use of our time together, it is important that you prepare for class and complete all work on time. There is no extension / no exception / no make-up on POTDs or homework assignments in this course unless the student has procured special accommodations for warranted circumstances.
If you send me an email requesting an extension or an exception but have not received a response from me, your extension or exception request is most likely denied. Please do not make any assumptions. Without official approval from the course instructor, the same penalty applied to other students will be applied to your case(s).
If you wish to request academic accommodation for religious observance, please let me know via email as far in advance as possible.
If there exists a religious conflict, please mention it.
Do not say "You are busy" or "You have a busy start to the week." "Being busy / having a busy schedule / having a busy start to the week" is not a sufficient justification for an accommodation / extension.
"Being busy / having a busy schedule / having a busy start to the week" does not imply a religious conflict.
If you need religious accommodations, please say that you need religious accommodations.
If there exists a schedule conflict, please provide the necessary information to determine an accommodation.
Do not say "You are busy" or "You have an unavoidable conflict." "Being busy / having a busy schedule / having an unavoidable conflict" is not a sufficient justification for an accommodation / extension.
It is important to note that being busy with other courses (homework assignments, projects, exams, quizzes, tests, ...) is not a sufficient justification for an accommodation / extension. Please consider adjusting or planning your time management.
If you believe that circumstances warrant an extension or exception, come talk to the course instructor and we will resolve the situation as best we can.
If you know in advance that you are unable to make an exam for a valid and unavoidable reason (such as scheduled surgery, etc), you must notify me at least one week before the scheduled exam date to make arrangements for a make-up. Appropriate documentation (as determined by the instructor) is required. For some cases, requisite permissions (approved by the Dean's Office, in particular) may be required for make-up exam requests. If you miss an exam due to a university-accepted excused absence, you must notify me as soon as possible (at least one week before, but no less than within 24 hours of your absence) to make arrangements for make-up, and submit approved documentation. Failure to follow either of these policies will result in a zero grade on the exam.
If you are dissatisfied with a grade on a homework assignment, a POTD, or a quiz, please submit a regrade request to Gradescope. To ensure the grading is completed in a timely manner and you can benefit from the feedback, you must submit the regrade request within one week of the graded work being returned to you.
For the final exam, a regrade request period may vary depending on the exam date and the deadline to submit final grades to SIS (please refer to the University exam period). The deadline for the final exam regrade request is typically 24 hours after the grade has been made available. We will formally announce the request period and how to submit the request when the final exam grade becomes available.
All regrade requests are subject to the following policies:
What should be regraded?
What should not be regraded?
We reserve the right to dock professionalism points for frivolous regrade requests.
Computers interfere with your classmate's ability to concentrate on the educational material, the instructor's concentration, and your learning. If you have to check your email or text messages or make (or take) a phone call, please sit near the door so you can unobtrusively step out. If your usage disturbs the class, I need to ask you to close your computer, and if that does not work, I will need to ask you to leave the classroom. Technology devices may only be used for class purposes (e.g., following slides or working on class activities).
We occasionally send important announcements to your UVA email account, so it is imperative that you read them regularly.
For any personal issues that can only be handled by an instructor, please email me directly. Please make sure to use the UVA email system for all correspondence with the instructor. Put CS 3250 in the subject line so that your email can be tracked — without "CS 3250" in the subject line, I may not notice it. Please also note that I receive a lot of emails and it is easy to get behind; so please be patient with me in responding. I will try my best to respond as soon as possible. If there is a time-critical nature of your email, please let me know that as well.
General assignments or class questions should not be sent through email — in such events, your email will be returned and you will be asked to post your question to the discussion board. In general, the turnaround time for responses to questions will be much quicker on the discussion board. Students should also avoid emailing their code to the instructor unless permission has been obtained (under no circumstances should the code be posted publicly to the discussion board). Please also note that the UVA email system blocks certain kinds of file extensions (e.g., program source code such as Java); and there is no fail delivery notification.
Our TAs are students too. Please only contact TAs via Piazza or during their scheduled office hours, do not contact them via email.
If you need to contact me via email, please note that I typically answer emails during work hours Monday − Friday, 8:00am − 5:00pm EST.
Office hours are times that an instructor and TAs commit to being in their designated locations (virtual office hours via Zoom), door open, first come, first served. No appointment is needed. If you cannot make the office hours, then we can try to set up an appointment. Please make a private post on Piazza, tagging all instructors, with your availability. We will try our best to match our times with yours; we want to see you succeed.
We will inform you in class or through announcements if we have to miss office hours.
For POTDs and homework assignments, you may consult with any outside source you wish in the completion of your work. This includes but is not limited to, web tutorials, a different book, classmates, a friend, or a TA. However, if you do consult with any outside source, including Generative AI tools (such as ChatGPT) and other classmates), you must clearly cite/reference every source that you consult and you must answer each question in your own words.
I cannot stress this enough. Any submission that is a straight copy of anyone else's that is turned in with the justification of "we were working together and thus it is okay" will result in a zero grade for all collaborators. I simply request that if you work together, take the time to understand the answer and write it down in your own words.
Some assignments allow you to work in a group, if this is the case you do not need to cite/reference your group members in your resources.
Any misrepresentation of the work of others or the results produced by Generative AI tools as your own work is plagiarism — and will be considered cheating and will be handled according to the University procedures on academic misconduct.
Under no circumstances should you be copying solutions or code written by others found on the Internet or provided by others in other ways. There is no learning taking place in such actions.
See the Collaboration section for additional information.
You are allowed to work on homework assignments individually or collaboratively using one of two models:
Note: You are NOT ALLOWED to include "guest names." Every person listed as a collaborator must contribute. If someone is listed as a collaborator but did not contribute, all will receive a zero grade.
In this course, there will be a focus on learning and working well together. A large portion of that process involves interpersonal skills and conflict management. Students and staff are all expected to treat each other with respect. This includes, but certainly is not limited to:
Students can and will be penalized for unprofessional behavior.
If I believe you have acted dishonestly, I will communicate this fact to you and propose a penalty. If you have the information I lack, please share that with me; I may thereafter change my belief and/or proposed penalty.
If you submit a solution or code that was not your own (e.g., copied from another student or the Internet), or if another student submits a solution or code that matches your solution or code, then your (and another student's) overall course grade will be dropped significantly. All will be reported to the University Honor Committee.
If course staff detect violations such as cheating, plagiarism, improperly sharing, copying another solution to an assignment (including portions thereof), or other dishonest behavior and honor code infractions, they may impose any penalty up to and including a failing grade (F) in the course. This is independent of and in addition to the operations of the Honor Code.
Students who have had prohibited collaborations may not be allowed to work with partners on remaining homework assignments.
(based on the information obtained from the CS department, the School of Engineering and Applied Science, and the College of Art and Science)
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