Homework Assignments

Handing in Assignments

For assignments 1 and 2 only, hand in all of your presentation materials via Carmen by uploading a single compressed folder containing all your relevant files.
For all other assignments (3-6) create a Buckeye Box folder containing all requested files and share it the instructor (lewis.239).
- Buckeye Box

For each assignment:

hand in all supporting files needed for me to run and evaluate your homework. Some common mistakes are forgetting to hand in some of the image/sound/video files needed, or using references to supporting files that are stored in places where you can see them but I can't (e.g. Z:/myfile.jpg).
submit a still image of your best results (an image you'd choose to represent your project)
submit a movie file showing your best results (sometimes at demo or grading time something goes wrong and this is a good fallback for quick explanations and discussion.) Movies should be no larger than 150MB. Easiest way on an ACCAD PC: record the window (or screen as appropriate) with Open Broadcaster Software (OBS) Studio.
submit a text document with a very brief explanation of what you did, why, what you hoped to do, problems, successes, instructions, etc.
Please don't use unusual file types that require me to find, download, and install new software to view your content

All requirements minimally completed will result in a "B" base grade
Grades can be raised one step by doing the following:
- exceptional commenting and documentation
- exceptional attention to visual design
- exceptional creative (successful) problem solving
- exceptionally interesting idea
Grades will be reduced one step if:
- a part is broken in a way that impacts requirements
- didn't satisfy or ignored a requirement
- messy unintelligible software ("spaghetti code")
- amount of work shown not appropriate for expected time (show your work)

For your first time with something new, you'll have a better experience if you explore its capabilities instead of trying to make it do a specific predetermined thing.
"Homework is so time consuming!"
- for most assignments you'll have 2-3 weeks
- ~6 hours/week of outside work is expected
- Try iterative solutions: get it minimally done, then make it better.
- Choose to seek help or "go around" problems, instead of grinding at them with no progress for hours (unless you really want to!)
Collaboration (for assignments after the first two) is fine with prior instructor approval.
- There should be twice as much work evident (not half as much)
- Document the parts that only one person worked on
- "I know it's not done but I did my part!" should be avoided.