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LAB ASSIGNMENTS

 

ALL Labs are graded on a scale of 0 - 10, with 10 as the highest grade.  Long lab assignments are due 2 weeks after they are assigned.  Labs handed in the third week will have 5 points taken off.  NO long term lab will be accepted after week three. 

 

Short Lab assignments will be given in class and due the day they are assigned.  No makeup assignments will be given.  

 

Rubric for Grading Labs

 

Point Value

Description

1

1. Is the code readable, i.e. properly indented, lines skipped, etc.

a.       Skip a line after declarations

b.      Indent code inside curly brackets

c.       Put spaces between logical sections of code

d.      Variable declarations are at beginning of a function

e.       Long program lines don’t wrap outside of indented margins

f.       Descriptive variable names

2

2. Comments:

a.       Comments appropriately describes code

b.      Comments that describe blocks of code appear above that block of code

c.       Comments that describe a single line of code are placed next to that line of code.  If there isn’t room, the comment is placed above the code.

d.      Comments don’t wrap outside of indented margins

e.       Comments are grammatically correct

1

3. Basic analysis, extended analysis and algorithm are included as a comment at the top of the program, along with a description of the problem.  Do these relate to what was coded?

2

4. Testing program logic:

a.       Is the program run with inputs that test for errors and logical correctness?

b.      Does the program work and give the correct output for all possible logical paths?

1

5. Is the output well organized and easy to understand by the user?

3

6. Program code:

a.       Program code is correctly written

b.      No redundant code.

c.       Does the code FULLY answer the problem?

d.      Use all the variables you declare.

 

Professor Domanski’s instructions on how to use the Visual Studio 2005 IDE

 

Visual Studio software is available at CSI Library.  Students are allowed:

1) To borrow the software for (3) three days

2) Penalty thereafter is $ 20.00 per day  (late fee)

3) Students can install the software on their home computers.  Duplication of software disks is prohibited!!!!  Illegal duplication can jeopardize future availability of free MS software distribution to students.

 

The Visual Studio software is also available as a download.  For details on how to download software see:  http://cs.csi.cuny.edu/?content=elms-procs

 

TO DOWNLOAD COMPILER CLICK HERE:  https://msdn05.e-academy.com/csicuny_cs/

 

Microsoft offers free Visual Studio Express 2008 :  http://www.microsoft.com/eXPress/download/

Storing your files on CSI storage area:  SEE CSI STORAGE INFO  

http://www.csi.cuny.edu/studenthelpdesk/ServicesInstructions/HD_SERVICES_ABOUT_FILESTORAGE.html

More cool info on the CSI help desk Web Page:  http://www.csi.cuny.edu/studenthelpdesk/index.htm