CSCI 102 - Intro to Computer Science LAB

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Studio Assignments

Week 00 - Within the first few days of the semester familiarize yourself with how virtual office hours are working for this class and then drop in to any of the available office hours and introduce yourself to the TA/Instructor.

   Studio 00 (Variables and Operators): 2 points
   Studio 01 (Strings, Lists, and Other Types): 2 points
   Studio 02 (Branching): 2 points
   Studio 03 (While Loops): 2 points
   Studio 04 (For Loops): 2 points
   Studio 05 (RNG and More Strings/Lists): 2 points
   Studio 06 (Files I/O): 2 points
   Studio 07 (Functions): 2 points

  1. Go to the Mines CSCI AutoGrader site and log in with your Mines multipass account. You must connect to campus with the VPN client prior to connecting to the autograder from your laptop.
  2. After you are logged in, click on our course page: CSCI102 Intro to Computer Science LAB.
  3. Then click on Studio XY (where XY is the week number)
  4. When you open a problem, you will see three main components:
    1. a Problem Statement field on the left panel,
    2. an Editor field on the right panel (where you type in your code), and
    3. a Test Results bar which shows a graph of colorful bars.
      • A green bar indicates your code submission passes a test case.
      • A red bar denotes a failed test case. You can click on the bar to see how your output differs from our expected output.
      • The other colors (yellow and blue) illustrate various errors in the submitted code (e.g., floating point exception, infinite loop).
      • If all test cases passed, you will see all green bars and receive 10/10. (Note: this does not translate to 10 points in 102.)
  5. You can submit as many code attempts as you want; we will only track the attempt with the highest score.
  6. If you encounter any issue with the site, please email Christine Liebe (cliebe@mines.edu).
In Studio, you can work with another classmate (pair programming), if desired (not required). The two of you should complete as many problems as you can. You should swap roles (driver / navigator) after the completion of each problem. Once you have a working solution to a Studio problem, both you AND your pair should submit the solution to AutoGrader.

Please be careful in how you use the web. You and your pair should create solutions using critical thinking skills. You and your pair should develop code that YOU two write. Your goal this semester is to write code. Your goal is NOT to find solutions on the web that others have created and then submit them as your own. Each team member should be able to explain everything that you have done.

For example, feel free to Google "how to write for loop in Python". You should NOT Google "how to generate a receipt for three products purchased (and entered) by the user in Python"

Our goal is to provide you with several practice opportunities, as the more you practice, the better you get!

Do not feel rushed to finish all assignments in Studio. We understand that different students have different prior experiences in this class. If you think you can quickly solve a problem, give you partner a learning opportunity.

Each Studio is worth 2 points. To receive the full 2 points, you need to successfully complete 2 Studio problems. For each additional Studio problem you complete, you can receive an additional 0.25 point. Studio problems must be completed by end of that week's work, i.e., when the lab is due (usually the following Monday, 11:45pm).

We encourage you to so all the Studio problems. They are good practice!