Data Structures (Requested Subject) - Just So You Know (Updated as of Nov. 22, 12:24pm)

This is to inform you that I will be MOMENTARILY handling your Data Structures class due to the lack of faculty member who is willing to handle this course.  I was forced and begged off to handle this course even if it doesn't fit my schedule anymore (I'm exaggerating a bit here, but yes, there was definitely coercion).  Although this is completely against my will, obedient as I am, I glumly resigned myself to it.  As soon as a new faculty member is hired, I will immediately turn this course over to him/her so there's no need to be apprehensive as to your money gone wasted if in case you will fail this course once again :)

For this course, since all of you are repeaters, I will not go about doing the traditional lecture every week.  You will be given programming assignments, however, as part of your assessment.  I plan of coming up a laboratory module and give it to you in advance so that you can solve the programming assignments even ahead of schedule (only if you feel like it).  We will only have one summative written exam towards the end of the semester.  As for your quizzes/long tests, we won't be having any of it.  However, we will have board works and oral recitations so that I can automatically grade you.  You can also request for a lecture for certain topics that you feel you need to be expounded more.

I will be very busy this semester since you are not the only one going to school anymore, I also do.  So, this arrangement, I hope, is going to be a win-win situation for all of us. If you think this arrangement is inconvenient for you or it will not give justice to your hard-earned money, then let me know.

Please check this blog every now and then as to our schedule.

Review your lessons on Lists, Stacks, and Queues.  We will have our impromptu board work next meeting, which will be on Thursday, Nov. 28, 12:00nn at ICLab2.

HCI - Workshop Groupings (Updated as of Nov. 25)

Here are the groupings (including the absentees):

Schedule of Releasing of Grades

All grades will be released on Thursday, October 24.  Bring with you your passbooks and hand them over to me by class.

Automata - Incomplete Submission

Those who have not submitted the requirements are the following:

You have until tomorrow morning (Wednesday) before 12:00nn to submit.  Failure to submit will have corresponding penalty deducted against your 3rd grading period grade.

Data Structures - User Registration Details (for Removal Exam)

The removal exam will be hosted at this site:

www.classmarker.com

You are required to login at the above-mentioned site using your own registration details found below:

 

Your username and password above is your default username and password, which means that you should change it right after you have logged in.  You can change your username and password by going to MyAccount section.

The exam is timed at 1 hour and 30 minutes, so make sure that you're not in a rush to answer the questions.   The exam must be taken at ICLab2 on Thursday, October 17, starting at 12:00n. It has 51 questions, but all in all, it is equivalent to 60 points since some of the questions are worth two points.

SPL - Summary of Presentation Rating

Below are your itemized points (based on criteria) of your topic presentation:

Take note, that this weighs 30% of your final grade.