CMPT 126 Harbour Centre

Labs characteristics

Last update: September 11, 2010

Regular labs will take place on Tuesdays, Room HC 1330 (first floor). The room is reserved from 4:00 to 5:20, the instructor will be available from 4:30 till 5:20. You can also access other lab rooms at other day/times subject to space availability.

Lab active participation points Lab active participation points will be provided during lab time, even if you do not not finish the lab exercises, but work on the course material. However, since this is not the original day/time for labs, you will also be able to get such active participation points by consulting during office hours, as discussed in class.

CSIL LAB FACILITIES AT HARBOUR CENTRE

Computing facilities are available in the CSIL (Computing Science Instructional Labs) located in the lab room, HCC 7050 (7th floor). Other lab rooms at Harbour Center are available for you to use: HCC 1330 and HCC 1310 at the ground floor level.

In general, the time the labs are open are the same as campus opening hours, and are posted on the door to the lab. You do not need access cards to enter the lab rooms.

If you have any questions about the labs you may want to consult with the Help desk, located at the ground level, after passing the escalators. Their phone number is 778 782 5030.

You may use your own laptop with your own software in the labs. Notice that the CSIL personnel is not responsible for any problems you may have with your own laptop.

Accessing your files you created in CSIL You can access files from your H: directory from CSIL at home as is indicated in the CSIL Windows FAQs page .

General information about the CSIL labs and software can be found in Frequently asked questions (FAQs) here , although keep in mind that some of this information refers to the Burnaby campus.

LABS EXERCISES CHARACTERISTICS, ACTIVITIES DURING LAB TIME, MARKING

The Lab exercises will be identified by the week # when the exercises were posted. The first lab exercises posted will be lab week#2.
In general lab exercises are short and involve implementation. Some exercises are explicitly meant (and indicated as such) to guide you to investigate about topics which may or not have been discussed during lectures.
Within one lab week, exercises are presented in increasing complexity, therefore you are very highly recommended to do all the lab exercises, in order, and not to directly skip to the exercises to be submitted..
Most exercises do not have to be submitted. Those that are to be submitted should be submitted by the announced deadline.
There will be two to four labs to submit in the whole semester, but Not all the submitted lab exercises will be marked. It will be decided, in a random manner, after students submitted all the lab exercises, which will be marked. All students get marked the same lab exercise/s (if they submitted it/them).
We will mainly be developing Java programs through the IDE (Integrated development environment) JCreator. You may use other IDE's if you prefer so. Check section software for instructions about installing software.
Quizzes and exams questions may be based on lab exercises.
Keep all your lab work on the H: drive and save frequently, otherwise you will lose your work . Also, you need to save your files in the H: directory (and not the desktop) to avoid problems when running JCreator.
Keep in mind the academic honesty policies .

SOFTWARE TO BE USED IN THE LABS

Check the Course description → Software section.

WEEKLY LAB EXERCISES

The weekly lab exercises will be posted as the course progresses in the Notes & exercises →Lab Exercises section.