Grading

By the end of this course, you will have completed five homework assignments, all of which involve a substantial amount of programming. Each assignment can be submitted multiple times without penalty, so you can use feedback from the automatic grader to revise your code. Note that your most recent score will be recorded as your grade.

Homework assignments turned in between one minute and one week late will receive a penalty of 25%. An assignment that would have scored 100 points would only receive 75 points if it is submitted 2 days late. Assignments turned in more than a week late will receive no points, but will still receive feedback from the autograder.  However please note that the edX system takes your last submitted score, not the maximum score, so do not re-submit after the deadline if you are already happy with your score, or you will end up being penalized for a late submission.

In addition to the homework assignments, there will be 4 quizzes. You will have only one chance to take each quiz, with the exception of Quiz 0 (the diagnostic quiz). You may take Quiz 0 as many times as you want. All quizzes must be turned in by the end of the day on the due date (midnight UTC). Late quizzes will receive 0 points.

• Each of the 5 homework assignments will be worth 14% of the final grade.

• The quizzes are worth 30% of the final grade, with the lowest scoring quiz being dropped.

To earn a certificate for this class you must achieve a score of at least 75% overall.

PAIR PROGRAMMING

There are 10 points available for each part of your homework assignment for which you can submit an unlisted video of yourself pair programming. Please consider this part of the assignment optional in that if you cannot arrange to record a pairing session, and feel free to submit a video of yourself working solo on the assignment in order to get credit. If you are unable to access YouTube and/or G+ feel free to submit a link to a video hosted on some other service. If you have any problem with submitting a video for privacy reasons, then please feel free to submit a URL to a text document describing your thoughts and feelings on the assignment and pair versus solo programming. In each case you will be given full credit for the assignment; however we strongly encourage you to at least try remote pair programming.

If you have any concerns regarding inappropriate behaviour in remote pair programming please do not hesitate to contact Professor Sam Joseph at sjoseph@hpu.edu

Recommended Textbook

The recommended textbook for the class is Engineering Software as a Service (ELLS), First edition (1.1.1; 16-Sept-2014), by Fox and Patterson. While the book is recommended, it is not required, and there are many instructional materials available online for free.

Please note that the price and availability may vary based on the country that you live in. For more information on this issue, visit the textbook FAQ.

• Kindle format ($9.99) includes free $10 of AWS credit and free updates for life!
• Print book ($29.99)