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--- whats_new [2020/04/09 09:44] – jxu
+++ whats_new [2020/04/30 02:09] (current) – jxu
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-__**End Time: 16:00.**__
+__**End Time: 17:00.**__
-__**(Duration of Exam: 120 minutes.)**__
+__**(Duration of Exam: 180 minutes.)**__
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 .1. __**There will be more than one version of exam question files with different version numbers**__. __**Further information regarding which particular version of the exam question file is assigned to which student(s) will be announced closer to the exam date/time.**__ So please monitor and read this course webpage carefully prior to the exam date/time to make sure that you download and answer the particular version of the exam question file that has been assigned to you. __**Please note that your exam answers will not be accepted for grading if you answer a version of the exam question file that is different from the version that is assigned to you.**__
-.2. __**On April 30, at 13:45, the instructor will make files containing the exam questions named “3221M_W20_Exam_Version_N” available in the 3221M course directory, cs/course/3221M, where “N” in the file name is the version number of the exam question file**__ (please see item
+.2. __**On April 20, at 13:45, the instructor will make files containing the exam questions named “3221M_W20_Exam_Version_N” available in the 3221M course directory, cs/course/3221M, where “N” in the file name is the version number of the exam question file**__ (please see item
 .1 above). For example: a file containing exam questions could be named “3221M_W20_Exam_Version_3.”
-.3. __**On April 30, on or after 13:45, you are required to download the particular version of the exam question file “3221M_W20_Exam_Version_N.pdf” that has been assigned to you, from the 3221M course directory, cs/course/3221M**__.
+.3. __**On April 20, on or after 13:45, you are required to download the particular version of the exam question file “3221M_W20_Exam_Version_N.pdf” that has been assigned to you, from the 3221M course directory, cs/course/3221M**__.
 .4. __**After completing the exam, you are required to submit a file named “Student_Name_Student_Number_Exam_Answer_Version_N” containing your exam answers to the 3221M course submit directory, cs/course/3221M/submit/exam, where in the submitted file name, “Student_Name” is your name; “Student_Number” is your York student number; and “N” is the version number of the particular exam question file that has been assigned to you.**__ For example: “John_Smith_123456789_Exam_Answer_3.”
-.5. __**The deadline for submitting your file named “Student_Name_Student_Number_Exam_Answer_Version_N” containing your exam answers to the 3221M course submit directory, cs/course/3221M/submit/exam, is April 30, 2020, 16:15.**__
+.5. __**The deadline for submitting your file named “Student_Name_Student_Number_Exam_Answer_Version_N” containing your exam answers to the 3221M course submit directory, cs/course/3221M/submit/exam, is April 20, 2020, 17:15.**__
-__**Any exam answers in any file that has a date/time later than April 30, 2020, 16:15 in the 3221M course submit directory, cs/course/3221M/submit/exam, will not be accepted for grading.**
+__**Any exam answers in any file that has a date/time later than April 20, 2020, 17:15 in the 3221M course submit directory, cs/course/3221M/submit/exam, will not be accepted for grading.**
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 Please make sure that you have the most up-to-date version of each of the above material.
-The Exam may include fill in the blank questions, questions that require short answers, questions that require calculations, questions that may require the drawing of diagrams, questions that require longer answers, questions that may require the writing of short programs using pseudo C code similar to that used throughout the textbook, and other possible question formats.
+The Exam may include fill in the blank questions, questions that require short answers, questions that require calculations, questions that require the drawing of diagrams, questions that require longer answers, questions that require the writing of programs using pseudo C code similar to that used throughout the textbook, and other possible question formats.
 - Please note that, in order to make sure that from now on, everyone in the class gets exactly the same information regarding the exam, the instructor will not answer individual e-mail questions regarding what will be on and what will not be on the exam, or questions regarding possible exam material, because that would not be fair to those students who do not receive such information.
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 The instructions in this announcement may be subject to changes/updates. __**Please make sure that you have the most up-to-date version of instructions in this announcement prior to taking the exam.**__
+===== April 20, 2020 =====
+. On April 20, at 13:45, the instructor will make files containing the exam questions named “3221M_W20_Exam_Version_N.pdf” available in the 3221M course directory, /cs/course/3221M, where:
+**The exam version “N” is a combination of:
+**
+**(a) The FIRST 2 LETTERS in each student's LAST NAME;
+**
+**(b) The LAST 3 DIGITS in each student's STUDENT NUMBER.**
+For example:
+If your last name is "Smith", and your student number is "123456789", then your exam version "N" will be:
+**"Sm789"**
+and you will be required to answer the questions in the file named:
+**“3221M_W20_Exam_Version_Sm789.pdf”**
+in the 3221M course directory, /cs/course/3221M.
+. __**On April 20, on or after 13:45, you are required to download the particular version of the exam question file “3221M_W20_Exam_Version_N.pdf” that has been assigned to you, from the 3221M course directory, /cs/course/3221M**__.
+. __**After completing the exam, you are required to submit a file named “Student_Name_Student_Number_Exam_Answer_Version_N.pdf” containing your exam answers to the 3221M course submit directory, /cs/course/3221M/submit/exam, where in the submitted file name, “Student_Name” is your name; “Student_Number” is your York student number; and “N” is the version number of the particular exam question file that has been assigned to you.**__
+For example: “John_Smith_123456789_Exam_Answer_Version_Sm789.pdf”
+. __**The deadline for submitting your file named “Student_Name_Student_Number_Exam_Answer_Version_N.pdf” containing your exam answers to the 3221M course submit directory, /cs/course/3221M/submit/exam, is April 20, 2020, 17:15.**__
+===== April 29, 2020 =====
+Please note that course component marks, including the final exam marks, are now available, and can be accessed by logging in to red.cse.yorku.ca, then typing the following command:
+courseInfo 3221M 2019-20 W