Exam Schedule for MD1001 and MD1002

Here are the details of the final exam for MD1001 and MD1002:

MD1001 - Introduction to Multimedia
Date: 30/4/2008
Time: 2-4 pm
Venue: Room 7.2
Invigilator: Mr. Foong

MD1002- Introduction to Computers
Date: 28/4/2008
Time: 3-5 pm
Venue: Room 7.12
Invigilator: Kathy

MD1001 Coursework Marks

Here is the Coursework marks for MD1001: Introduction to Multimedia for the May 2008 exam.

Please take note of the following things:

• The green column is your final Coursework Marks. The (/60) simply means that your Coursework accounts for 60% of your subject grade total.
• So. to pass your Coursework component, you need to have 21 marks or higher in the CW column (shaded green).
• The marks here are unofficial. Official marks/grades are only released by the Exam Unit.

Here is the link to your MD1001 Coursework Marks.

If you have any questions, post it in the comments section below.

Passing Marks Corrected

My apologies. I made a mistake in posting the wrong passing mark for the Coursework component for the following subjects: IT101, IT107 and IT205.

The passing mark for the Coursework component of these 3 subjects should be 14 out of 40.

I've already made the necessary amendments to the individual blog posts. Please take note.

IT102/CS1201 Coursework Marks for May 2008 Exam

Here is the link to your IT102/CS1201 Coursework Marks.

A couple of things to note:

• The green column is your final Coursework Marks.
• For Diploma in IT students: The (/40) simply means that your Coursework accounts for 40% of your subject grade total. To pass your Coursework component, you need to have 14 marks or higher in the CW column (shaded green).
• For Diploma in Engineering students, the (/50) means that your Coursework accounts for 50% of your subject grade total. To pass your Coursework component, you need to get 17.5 marks or higher in the CW column (shaded green).
• The marks here are unofficial. Official marks/grades are only released by the Exam Unit.

Any questions? Just post them in the comments section below.

IT107 Coursework Marks for May 2008 Exam

Here is the link to your IT107 Coursework marks.

To note:

• The green column is your final Coursework Marks. The (/40) simply means that your Coursework accounts for 40% of your subject grade total.
• So. to pass your Coursework component, you need to have 14 marks or higher in the CW column (shaded green).
• The marks here are unofficial. Official marks/grades are only released by the Exam Unit.

If you have any questions, please post them in the comments section below.

*Edited (22 Apr 2008) - Passing mark for Coursework component revised from 16 to 14.

IT205 Coursework Marks for May 2008 Exam

Some impatient students are bugging me for their Coursework marks! Give me a break guys. I'm drowning in a sea of paperwork!

Well, enough of ranting. Here is the link to your IT205 Coursework Marks.

To note:

• The green column is your final Coursework Marks. The (/40) simply means that your Coursework accounts for 40% of your subject grade total.
• So. to pass your Coursework component, you need to have 14 marks or higher in the CW column (shaded green).
• The marks here are unofficial. Official marks/grades are only released by the Exam Unit.

If you have any questions, please post them in the comments section below.

*Edited (22 Apr 2008) - Passing mark for Coursework component revised from 16 to 14.

MD1002 - Key Topics and Coursework Marks

The final exam paper is divided into two sections - Section A and Section B.

Section A is made up of MCQs. So, topics are spread out. Make sure you study topics 1-8 of your textbook for this section.

Section B is made up of essay questions. Really easy ones, actually. Key topics include:

• Advantages and disadvantages of using computers
• How the Internet works
• The World Wide Web
• What is output?
• Printers
• Storage
• Magnetic disks
• Computer viruses, worms and Trojan horses

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Here is the Coursework marks for MD1002: Introduction to Computers for the May 2008 exam.
A couple of things to note:

1. The green column is your final Coursework Marks. The (/60) simply means that your Coursework accounts for 60% of your subject grade total.
2. So. to pass your Coursework component, you need to have 21 marks or higher in the CW column (shaded green).
3. The marks here are unofficial. Official marks/grades are only released by the Exam Unit.

Here is the link to your MD1002 Coursework Marks.

If you have any questions, post it in the comments section below.

IT101 Coursework Marks for May 2008 Exam

I've finally finished marking all your assignments. So, I can finally post your IT101 Coursework marks for the May 2008 exam.

A couple of things to note:

1. The green column is your final Coursework Marks. The (/40) simply means that your Coursework accounts for 40% of your subject grade total.
2. So. to pass your Coursework component, you need to have 14 marks or higher in the CW column (shaded green).
3. The marks here are unofficial. Official marks/grades are only released by the Exam Unit.

Here is the link to your IT101 Coursework Marks.

If you have any questions, post it in the comments section below.

*Edited (17 Apr 2008) - Coursework marks revised for Muhammad Omar.

*Edited (22 Apr 2008) - Passing mark for Coursework component revised from 16 to 14. My mistake, sorry. Yeah, it's easier for you to pass now!

*Edited (22 Apr 2008) - Coursework marks revised for Tang How Jenn.

C++ Revision

I added a Revision Exercise for my IT102/CS1201 students yesterday. Today, I've also uploaded the solutions to that exercise as well. You will be able to find the link to the solutions at the bottom of the Revision Exercise page.

Besides that, you can post any questions that you have regarding the C++ subject in the comments section at the end of this post. We can all use the comments feature here as a discussion board. Anybody can post questions as well as answer them, but try and keep your comments on-topic.

New Blog

I've started publishing a new blog named Do You Know? It's a blog that I'll use to publish topics that I'm interested in. These posts will include my findings on those topics and I hope that my readers will find them useful. There are no limitations to what topics I'll cover. Topics may include science and technology, religion, Renaissance art, news and issues, entertainment, computer games, sports - basically anything under the sun (or above, lol)!

Hope you will visit it and give your comments.

April Fools' Day!

It's the 1st of April today! And it's that time of the year again when everyone tries to pull a prank or two. And the people in Google are absolutely not newcomers when it comes to pulling pranks.

Did you know that Google plays pranks on people every year? You can actually get a good list of all the pranks they played every April Fools' Day here.

This time around, Google announced on their website that they were collaborating with the Virgin Group to form Virgle Inc., "a jointly owned and operated venture dedicated to the establishment of a human settlement on Mars."

You can find on the main Google search page this line - "Space is the key to a rosier future. Become a Virgle Pioneer. " And when you click on that link, you'll enter a meticulously planned and well-executed prank by Google! One of the highlights of this April Fools' prank is a YouTube video featuring the founders of Google - Larry Page and Sergey Brin...

They even got Richard Branson, the president and founder of the Virgin Group to help in the prank. Watch his YouTube video below.

They finally reveal that this whole Virgle thing is a hoax at the end of the list of FAQs for Virgle. The page is disguised as a 404 - Page Not Found page. You can see their confession here.

Nice one, Google! And Happy April Fools' Day everyone!