Welcome! On this page you find important information about the labs: How to prepare, how to communicate, what to work on, how to submit. Read through it carefully and ask if anything is unclear.
Before the lab: Pre-Labs
It is IMPORTANT that you are familiar with the exercise before the lab starts. Before the lab starts do the following:
- read through the whole exercise (see below)
- do the pre-lab
- recap on what you did in the lecture
- note down any questions
During the lab:
There are two lab groups. LSF tells you which group you are in, and when and in which room the lab takes place. The labs will usually take place at the HTW. The labs may occasionally happen online - in that case I will warn you in advance. During the lab you will be working on exercises in teams (see below).
Please be there on time. Please note that food and open beverages are not allowed inside the lab.
Lab Assignments
Teams
You will work in teams of two or three.
Reports
Deadline
Lab Reports are due at 10pm the night before your next lab.
Grading
Lab reports will be graded according to the following scheme:
| Grade | Meaning |
|---|---|
| ****+ | Exceptional: above and beyond the call of duty. Very seldom. Additional red star. |
| ****- | Excellent: All of the exercises completed and an excellent report. |
| ***- - | Very good: All of the exercises completed, and a good report that may have some minor problems. |
| **- - - | Good: Something is missing, although the report is good, or the report has major problems. |
| *- - - - | Satisfactory: Nothing worked, but you had a good report. |
| - - - - - | Nothing worked, but you managed to scrape together a report. Or you did a million bells and whistles, but turned in a half-page report using bullet lists of misspelled sentence fragements that are, however, technically a report on time. |
| X | Late work, not handed in. |
4 Stars are full (usually 5/5) points, 5 Stars equals 6/5 points and is very seldom.
You will not be allowed to take the exam if you plagiarized.
Content of the report
Content that should go in the report:
- a summary of what the lab was about
- details on what you learned in this lab OR details on what the lab was about
- if you were asked to write code: an explanation of how you tested your code
- if questions were asked: the answers to the questions
What if I our team didn’t get the code to work? It’s ok not to have completely succeeded on the assignment, as long as you have tried sufficiently.
How long should the report be? Elegance lays in the ability to get to the point in as few sentences as necessary.
Which language should the report be in? You can write in English or German. But decide for one language.
How to submit correctly
Please submit to Moodle only:
- A pdf with your report
- As a text answer: a link to your team’s git repository (see below)
All team members need to upload the report (the same report done together).
Git
You will use Git to manage your team’s code.
Late reports
You can hand in 4 reports after their deadline, until TBD.
How to hand in late reports There are 4 “late slots” for handing in reports after the deadline, but they have to be handed in before the deadline above. Each person has to upload the late report by themselves, even if you worked in a team.
But …! If you fall ill for more than a week or are unable to continuously work on the lab reports for some other reason, come talk to me or at least email me as early as possible and we will find an individual solution.