Assignments and Examinations
Assignments
There are three graded assignments and a final exam. To pass the course, you must pass all assignments and the exam.
Assignment 1: two stages
Complete Assignment 1 in this order:
- Choose A1.a1 (alternative 1) or A1.a2 (alternative 2). Work on your chosen alternative during the designated lab sessions, where teaching staff observe and assess your work. You only need to complete one of these alternatives.
- Then complete A1 Part 2: Agentic Testing: a PromptLab lab followed by an assessed seminar. The seminar has not yet been booked.
A1 Part 2 follows your chosen alternative and is graded Pass/Fail. Both your chosen alternative and A1 Part 2 must be passed before an A1 grade can be awarded.
The first stage of A1, whichever alternative you choose, is examined during the designated lab sessions. Teaching staff must see you working on the assignment tasks during these sessions. Showing or submitting a finished solution alone is not sufficient.
Overview
Each of the assignments has a number of deadlines assigned to it. The deadlines can be found in the course schedule.
Tip: Add the deadline dates into your calendar and plan to study well before them. Also check scheduled time for tutoring so that you have time to ask questions for each of the assignments before its deadline. In the table below I have estimated study-times for the different assignments, this is just an estimation and may vary greatly between students.
| Assignment | Overview of the things to do | Time estimation |
|---|---|---|
| A1.a1 | Work on the testing tasks during the designated lab sessions. Teaching staff examine your test-writing skills while observing you work. | Estimated time ~8-16 hours |
| A1.a2 | Work on the TDD project during the designated lab sessions. Teaching staff examine you individually while observing you work. | Estimated time ~40 hours (alternative for higher grades) |
| A1 Part 2 | After completing A1.a1 or A1.a2, complete the Agentic Testing lab in PromptLab and the assessed seminar. Pass/Fail; must be passed for an A1 grade. | To be published |
| A2. | Select a project to analyze and follow the instructions | ~40 hours |
| A3. | Select an article to read and present about | ~20 hours |
| Exam | Complete the online exam | Study ~40-80 hours Exam time ~1-2 hours |
Participation and assessment
Assignments are assessed during scheduled sessions where teaching staff can observe your work. They cannot be completed asynchronously by submitting work alone.
- Assignment 1: first choose A1.a1 or A1.a2. Both alternatives are examined through observed work during the designated lab sessions. Then complete the A1 Part 2 lab in PromptLab and participate in its assessed seminar. Both stages must be passed before an A1 grade can be awarded.
- Assignment 2 and Assignment 3: show the required parts during lab time and attend the presentations in January.
Kalmar and Växjö campus students participate in person at the times assigned to their groups. Only WP distance students participate online.
If you miss a deadline, this will happen:
All students that miss a deadline will need to do an extra bonus assignment (see below) that is specified by the examiner. A new deadline will be set, preferably within the time scheduled for the course. Note the special case with A1.a2.
A1.a2
A1.a2 cannot be done after the deadline and no re-exams are available. You can do A1.a1 after the deadline, but any later assessment must also take place during designated lab sessions where teaching staff observe your work. This rule concerns alternative 2, not the separate A1 Part 2 seminar.
A2
A2 will be done twice, so the second attempt is the final attempt. If you fail both you need to wait until the next time the course is given.
Bonus Assignment
Students who did not participate in this first round of A1, A2, A3 also need to do a bonus assignment which is:
In a direct message in Zulip to your group's contact person (Tobias Andersson-Gidlund for Växjö, Daniel Toll for Kalmar and distance students), explain what you and your contact person could have done differently so that you would still have met the deadline.
Note: This does not need to include any reasons for not being able to complete it. You don't need to tell me these. The assignment is thus not to explain your reasons for not being able to complete the assignment but to explain how the assignment could have been completed despite your reasons. Perhaps starting earlier, bought the book, better planning.
If you fail an assignment, this will happen:
All students that fail an assignment will get a new deadline that will be announced in their group's Zulip channel. For this new deadline a new complete handin will be required.
Re-examination dates will be announced in your group's Zulip channel after the examinations for the relevant assignment are complete.
If you plagiarise
We use tools to detect plagiarism. Suspected attempts of plagiarism will be reported according to the rules and regulations of Linnaeus University. Read the following: https://lnu.se/en/library/Writing-and-referencing/referencing/
