This repository contains instructions and resources for practicals for the subjects CP1401, CP1801 and CP5639 at James Cook University.
Complete instructions are found in each prac folder.
Practical numbers do not necessarily correspond to weeks. E.g. some subject offerings run in 10 weeks, some in 13 weeks.
- Practical 01 - Problem Solving
- Practical 02 - Input, Processing and Output
- Practical 03 - Decision Structures
- Practical 04 - Repetition Structures
- Practical 05 - Assignment Work and Coding Checkpoint 1
- Practical 06 - Functions 1
- Practical 07 - Functions 2
- Practical 08 - Lists
- Practical 09 - Coding Checkpoint 2 & Strings
- Practical 10 - Files
You should aim to complete the work in the practical session, but you have one additional week to complete each of these tasks and still earn your mark. If you do not finish a practical in the scheduled week, you can still get full marks if you show it to your practical supervisor at the start of the next practical. After that, it's too late.
Assessment will be based on completing the tasks up to but not including the practice/extension section to a satisfactory standard (not getting everything correct). You will be marked as follows:
- not attempted at all
- some of the work attempted with minimal effort
- some of the work attempted with reasonable effort
- most or all of the work attempted with good effort
Note that to get full marks, you must have attempted every part of every question. Make sure you read the questions carefully, and do everything required.
Please have all of your tasks open and ready to show your tutor when it's time to get marked.
You need to save your work from every prac. Keep every file/script you write.
We suggest you use a USB disk and cloud storage (like OneDrive) and organise it using folders, like CP1401/practicals/prac_01.
Give each file a logical name so you can find it again. Also, when you need to make changes to an existing script for a separate question, make a copy of the old question first so you have a record of everything.
Don't save your work to the JCU computers' local drives, but into your own storage area. You can use the local hard drive for temporary storage, then move your work onto your disk or cloud storage.
For important work like assignments, please make sure you have multiple backups.