COMP1710/6780

Course review - exam hints and tips

Week 12 24-30 October 2022

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 Marks so far
70% / 100% Assessment items behind us, assessment items in front of us
Task % Due Date (AEST/AEDT) Marks/Feedback Returned

Assignment (30%) INDIVIDUAL

Section 0: Preferred 0% End of Week 2 End of Week 4 (extended deadline to 21 August)
Topic topic (Friday 12 August 5pm Note that ‘no news is good news’; we will only
Submission but there is leeway) contact students with problematic topics
Assignment 5 Webpages 10% Assignment Pt1 Due Second week of teaching break
1: Website minimum Monday 29 August
Submission 11:00am AEST

Assignment 2: 2 Webpages 10% Assignment Pt2 Due Week 9

Website minimum Monday 26 September
Submission 11:00am AEST
Assignment Complete 10% Assignment Pt3 Due Within fortnight following the end of course
3: Website Website Monday 24 October
Submission 11:00pm AEDT
Communication and Participation + Report (25%) INDIVIDUAL
Piazza forum 6% Posts as for Assign 1 Posts as for Assign 1 and 2; CI as completed in 2nd half
posting + CI) posts; and 2; CI as completed semester
contribution 4% CI in 2nd half semester
Report 15% Report due Sunday Within fortnight following the end of course
30/10/2022 AEDT
Examined Material (45%) INDIVIDUAL
Online 15% End of every week On submission
Quizlets
Final Exam 30%

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ANU Timetabling has our final scheduled for:
Currently (as of 28 October 2022) the final exam is scheduled
for 10 November 2022 at 2:50pm
15 minutes reading,120 minutes writing time. You can write
during your reading time, but we recommend you don’t –
you will do better if you read your exam through before you begin.

Allowed to bring:
A4 page with notes on both sides
Unannotated paper based dictionary

Please remember it is YOUR

responsibility to ensure you
check the details in the ANU
examinations schedule
website (though we’ll
definitely try to help)

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 Formative vs Summative Assessment

Formative – enables you to learn by you testing your knowledge

multiple times until you get it right. Our quizzes were formative
assessments.

Summative – enables us to understand how much you have

learned. One try only. Our final exam is summative.

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Final exam preparation

Wattle offers online approaches for all the types of questions

that we will ask in the midterm quiz.

We will be using Wattle to deliver our final exam, with Proctorio

Secure Exam Proctor

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 Proctorio

Why Proctorio?
Lots of students everywhere and otherwise very little control over exam-taking
conditions for each student. Proctorio solves this problem.

also…

A great feature of Proctorio is that it is good at keeping track of the time you
were connected. So, if you have connectivity problems and email us to say so
if you feel it impacted your exam, we can check, and then either give you more
time or take that into consideration in the marking.

also…

While we reserve the right to randomly or otherwise request meetings with

students to (with verbal questioning) confirm the understanding shown in the
exam, Proctorio usually makes this unecessary.

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 Proctorio
Try Proctorio with example quiz…

Google Chrome

You can find this quiz in the ‘Final Exam’ section on our Wattle page
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 Proctorio
Browser: Google Chrome is the only browser ANU supports for Proctorio at present

Connection type: We do not recommend using a mobile hotspot/unreliable Wi-Fi

connection while attempting the Proctorio exam. During the exam, we encourage students to
use a high-speed Internet connection (preferably a wired connection) to have a smooth
experience.

Proctorio password is automatic!: For any student queries about needing a password
to attempt their Proctorio assessment, please be informed that this is because the student
didn’t wait for Proctorio to load all its settings before they click the "Attempt Quiz" button.
Students should wait until they see the message “This exam will be monitored by Proctorio.
Learn more about Proctorio." Once this message appears on the screen, then they can click
the "Attempt Quiz" button to start their assessment. If the message won’t appear after waiting
for a long time, this is often caused by the slowness of their internet speed, or bad browser
cache. Students should check their internet connection and clear their browser cache.

Technical difficulties: If you are experiencing any technical difficulties with Proctorio
exams, you can seek help via the Proctorio agent in the exam (Available 24/7), call the ITS
Service Desk 6125 2222, or log a ticket via the ITS Service Desk or email
[email protected].

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 Proctorio

Other helpful links

Relevant contacts: https://services.anu.edu.au/information-technology/software-systems/proctorio

The Proctorio User Guide for Students

Proctorio FAQs: https://www.anu.edu.au/covid-19-advice/student-life/academic-adjustments/proctorio-

faqs

ANU Exams Conduct page: https://www.anu.edu.au/students/program-administration/assessments-

exams/examination-conduct

Special consideration:https://www.anu.edu.au/students/program-administration/assessments-
exams/special-assessment-consideration

Deferred examinations:https://www.anu.edu.au/students/program-administration/assessments-
exams/deferred-examinations

Proctorio practice Wattle course: https://wattlecourses.anu.edu.au/course/view.php?id=32488

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Overall timing and marking

• There will not be enough time to be getting all your answers out of your
notes.

• Be careful of overuse of your notes. Irrelevant statements taken from your

notes to pad answers will detract from your good answers.

• Some marks are auto-marked by Wattle, but all written answer questions
(including short answer) will be marked by your tutors and I together.

Just a note: We sometimes find that some students will borrow someone
else’s 2-sided A4 exam notes. We often find they get the same answers wrong
in the same pattern – this is how we know.

The preparation of the notes helps you learn; that is the goal. For that
reason, we recommend you prepare your own notes!

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Important to remember!

• We MUST be able to read your writing (in this case – typing)

• For written responses, your English expression should be:

• Coherent, fluent and appropriate for academic purpose, as well as
grammatically correct
• Appropriately and logically structured

• Your answers should be concise

• Stick to the facts - long, rambling answers are more likely to lose marks
than to gain them

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The difference between

Comp1710 and Comp6780 exams

Some questions will be different.

and
We will hold Comp6780 students
to a higher standard

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 Exam hints and tips

While we will not focus on obscure content or try to trick you, we

reserve the right to draw on ALL course content for the exam questions.

The course roadmap can help you navigate the contents.

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Minor variations…
Week & date Subjects/Labs Week & Subjects/Labs
date
Wk1 - 25/7/22 Introduction to course, MOOC1 12/9/22 Non-teaching week
available, no labs
Wk2 - 1/8/22 Introduction to webdev/design, Wk 7 - Web design + 1st half cybersecurity,
MOOC2 19/9/22 Assign pt2 assistance labs, also CI

Wk3 - 8/8/22 Content types and roles, User Wk 8 - Cyber security and phishing + Report
Reqs, MOOC3 26/9/22 writing, Good/bad web design +
phishing lab, also CI
Wk4 - 15/8/22 Image/info credibility, Wk 9 - Public holiday Monday Javascript
Perspective taking, MOOC4 3/10/22 Tuesday, CI labs
Wk5 - 22/8/22 Human Computer Interaction, Wk 10 - ePublications, Javascript, Remedial
Webdev tools MOOC5 10/10/22 labs and ePubs
Wk6 - 29/8/22 Video editing, Webdev tools, Wk 11 - Frontend and Backend, Assignpt3
MOOC6 17/10/22 assistance labs
5/9/22 Non-teaching week Wk 12 - Final exam tips (recorded)
24/10/22

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Web development and design is a multi-skilled task! Please consider how
these different aspects interact

Your users: User requirements, stakeholders HCI, Accessibility, Artefacts

The Media: Content types, purpose of materials

} (for example ePubs, reports)

Your Creativity: Good and bad web design, Colour theory

Integrity: Giving credit for other people’s work (referencing, licensing

such as creative commons), Image/information credibility

Security: cybersecurity

Basic technical knowledge: HTML, CSS, linking between pages

More advanced technical knowledge: Frontend/backend, Javascript*,

Integrating (or starting with!) webdev tools
* As promised, no questions about Javascript development, but
we might ask a basic question or two about what it is/does!
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 We know you can all do very well on this exam!

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