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This is the course web page for CS123 - Computation Lab III in Maple. Specifically this site refers to the Summer 2007 online section of the course, as well as those continuing the course online with me in fall-summer 2007-2008. If you have any question, you can e-mail me at my e-mail address in the course instructors section.

Contents:

Course Instructors
Course Policy
Course Information
Download Labs
Useful Links

Course Instructors:

You are welcome to contact the primary instructor for your course by email with any questions or concerns you have about the course. Please do not contact the course coordinator, your instructor will either resolve your problem or will discuss your problem with the course coordinator on your behalf. Please follow these guidelines when contacting your instructor:

Before you contact your instructor, (re)read the course website carefully to see if your question has already been answered here.
Check the course announcements and course discussions on Blackboard to see if your concerns have already been addressed there.
Whenever you contact your instructor, always include the following information in your email:
1. your full name
2. your section number
3. your student ID number
4. your DrexelOne username (if you are not writing from your Drexel email address).
Understand that your instructor has many responsibilities and may not be able to send you an immediate reply. Please be patient. If your instructor is busy with other duties, sending repeated emails on the same topic will not help matters. If you do not receive a speedy reply to your email, try to see your instructor during office hours.

Course Policy:

Academic Integrity Policy: You are expected to conduct yourself with the highest level of academic integrity at all times. All incidents of academic dishonesty will be reported. Such incidents will be brought to the attention of Associate Dean Anthony Lowman and will become a permanent part of your academic record in the College of Engineering. Reportable offenses include, but are not limited to, the following:
1. lying to course staff (e.g., claiming that Maple TA lost your quiz scores when the Maple TA system logs show that you never logged in to the quiz or answered any questions)
2. cheating on a quiz (e.g., getting answers from other students and typing them in to Maple TA instead of doing your own work on the quiz)
3. cheating on the exam (e.g. copying the work of another student, or providing help to another student during the exam).
Lab Grading Policy: Your grade for each lab will range from full credit to no credit, or possibly something in between. The lab grades which will be given are described in the following table:

Lab Grade Description

1.00 Full Credit

0.75 Partial Credit

0.50 Partial Credit

0.25 Partial Credit

0.00 No Credit
Makeup Policy: Labs will not be accepted after the solutions have been posted. Since you will have almost 2 weeks to complete each lab and an entire week to complete each quiz, and can submit a lab and take the quiz from anywhere you have access to a web browser, there will be no make-ups. If you do not take the exam during Week 10 because you were unaware of the exam date or because you simply forgot to attend, you will not be allowed to take a makeup exam after Week 10 is over. If you do not take the exam during Week 10 because of serious extenuating circumstances (e.g., you were very ill or had a death in the immediate family), you will be allowed to take a makeup exam after Week 10 is over — but only if you can provide official documentation of your circumstances (e.g., a doctor’s note or a death certificate).

Lab Grade	Description
1.00	Full Credit
0.75	Partial Credit
0.50	Partial Credit
0.25	Partial Credit
0.00	No Credit

Course Information:

Classroom: CS123 is offered this term as an online course, so there is no designated classroom.
Labs: There will be a total of four labs this term, beginning on week two. Each lab will become available on the Monday of even weeks (2, 4, 6, and 8, respectively) and will be due by Friday of the following odd week (3, 5, 7, and 9, respectively). The labs will consist of tutorials, required problems, and optional problems to be solved using the Maple 10 computer algebra system. Solutions to each lab will be posted on Blackboard soon after the lab is due. (See Get Lab Solutions on the Blackboard CS123 home page.)
Quizzes: There will be a total of four quizzes this term, beginning on week three. Each quiz will become available on the Monday of odd weeks (3, 5, 7, and 9, respectively), and will be due by the Friday of the same week, along with the previous week’s lab. The quizzes will be administered online using Maple TA. You may attempt each quiz up to 5 times before the due date. Your grade for each quiz will be the best score out of all your attempts. If you do not take a quiz, you will receive a grade of zero for that quiz. Maple TA will automatically reveal the answers to each quiz and provide you with detailed feedback on your work immediately after the quiz is due. You will need the following information to login to Maple TA in order to take a quiz or view your results in the class:
1. Maple TA Login: Your Maple TA username is the same as your DrexelOne username (e.g., xyz23).
2. Maple TA Password: Your initial Maple TA password is your Drexel student ID number (e.g., 12345678), not your DrexelOne password! After you login to Maple TA for the first time, you can change your Maple TA password to whatever you like.
Office Hours: TBA
Lab Submission: Before the due date of each lab, you must save your Maple worksheet and submit a record of your work in the place provided on Blackboard. Be sure to follow the online instructions carefully. Please remember to attach your Maple worksheet to your Blackboard submission and be careful so send us the correct worksheet — do not send us a blank worksheet by mistake! Note that you can download your worksheet from Blackboard later to continue working on it, and you can resubmit your work any time before the lab is due. (In order to resubmit your lab, you must first take back your original submission. To do this, use the Assignments icon in the upper right corner to go into to the Assignments screen, find your original lab submission under the Submitted tab, and then use the Take Back icon in the Options column to take back your old lab. After doing this, you will be able to submit your new lab to WebCT.)
Lab Solutions: Solutions to each lab will be posted on Blackboard after the lab is due. See the Lab Solutions media collection on the Blackboard desktop.
Lab Proficiency Exam: During Week 10, there will be a lab proficiency exam. The exam will be timed and given using Maple TA. Any student who does not take the exam at the scheduled day and time will receive a grade of zero for the exam, unless documentation can be provided of serious extenuating circumstances (e.g., major illness, a death in the immediate family).
Course Grades: Your grade in the four labs will count for 40% of your overall course grade. The five quizzes will count for 40% of your grade, and the lab proficiency exam will count for 20% of your grade. The course grading policy is summarized in the following table:

Component	Quantity	Individual Weight	Total Weight
Labs	4	10%	40%
Quizzes	4	10%	40%
Exam	1	20%	20%

Course Announcements: Course instructors will post additional announcements of interest to the entire class on Blackboard. (See Read Class Announcements on the Blackboard CS123 home page.)
Course Discussions: You may post your own questions — or post answers to another student’s questions — using the discussion topic provided for that purpose on Blackboard. (See Discuss Course Material on the Blackboard CS123 home page.)
Contacting Your Instructor: You may contact your instructor directly via email. (See the course staff directory posted below.)