Pass Has produced a working program that satisfies most of the key requirements of the project (or some of the requirements if the project scope is substantial), demonstrat- ing problem solving skills; demonstrates ability to select and use some of the C# language features taught in this module; report describes the project development, successfully conveying the main ideas, but is unclear, imprecise, unsystematic, or confusing in places. Fail Has not produced a working program OR program functionality does not satisfy any of the key requirements of the project OR attempted project has not been approved OR code quality is extremely poor (e.g. extensive copy/paste reuse instead of basic loop or procedure use) OR the majority of the submitted code is adapted/reused from another source OR does not demonstrate understanding of the code in the submitted program OR report does not describe the project development in a meaningful way.

Commendation Has produced a fair-quality program that satisfies the key requirements of a project of some complexity (or most of the requirements if the project scope is substantial), demonstrating good problem solving skills; demonstrates ability to select and use ap- propriate C# language features and standard-library components from those taught in this module, making some appropriate use of functional abstraction and/or en- capsulation; report documents the project in a systematic manner, though perhaps with some omissions.

Class Indicative Criteria Distinction Has produced a high-quality program that satisfies the key requirements of a prob- lem of substantial complexity, demonstrating considerable problem solving skills to overcome significant challenges; demonstrates ability to select and use appropriate C# language features and standard-library components beyond those taught in this module, and to create robust and sophisticated code, consistently making appropri- ate use of functional abstraction and encapsulation; report is clear and precise, with thoughtful evaluation.

You will be assessed on: • the intrinsic complexity of the problem/task that your program solves; • the accuracy with which your program meets the requirements; • the degree of sophistication of your code; • the quality of your report. To get a high grade, you should aim to: • ensure your program produces relevant and appropriate output; • ensure your program is robust against bad input; • make appropriate use of functional abstraction; • make appropriate use of encapsulation; • make appropriate use of language features and library components beyond those taught.

Your report should be approximately 3 to 6 pages in length, excluding any title page, table of contents, reference list, or appendix. You should also complete the Declaration of Authorship form (available in the NOW learning room in ‘Content/Assessment/’). You should submit the following to the NOW dropbox folder by the 15th January (replacing ‘N0123456’ with your student ID number): 1.A ZIP archive named ‘program-N0123456.zip’ containing all of the source files for your application. 2.A PDF document named ‘report-N0123456.pdf’ containing your report. 3.A plain text ftle named ‘declaration-N0123456.txt’ containing your Declaration of Authorship form.

You should submit a project proposal to the NOW dropbox folder by Wednesday 5th-. This proposal need only be one paragraph in length (certainly no more than half a page), but must not propose the same application as another member of the class. This proposal is not graded. For the main submission on the 15th January, you should gather all of the source files required to build and execute your program into a ZIP archive. If you have used Visual Studio as your development environment, then the simplest way to submit your files is to create a ZIP archive of the entire Visual Studio project folder. You should not submit any generated files, so please ‘clean’ your Visual Studio project before creating the ZIP archive.

Work handed in up to five working days late will be given a maximum grade of Low Third, whilst work that arrives more than five working days will be given a mark of Zero. Work will only be accepted beyond the five working day deadline if satisfactory evidence, for example an NEC, is provided. “The incorporation of material (including text, graph, diagrams, videos etc.) derived from the work (published or unpublished) of another, by unacknowledged quotation, paraphrased imitation or other device in any work submitted for progres- sion towards or for the completion of an award, which in any way suggests that it is the student’s own original work. Such work may include printed material in text- books, journals and material accessible electronically for example from web pages.”

COURSEWORK ASSESSMENT SPECIFICATION • Details of module and team. • What learning outcomes are assessed? • What are my deadlines and how much does this assessment con- tribute to my module grade? • What am I required to do in the assessment? • What are my assessment criteria? (What do I have to achieve for each grade?) • Can I get formative feedback before submitting? If so, how? • What extra support could I look for myself?