December 2015

Grading (Canvas Confusion)

by Mike Gleicher on December 24, 2015

Final grades are NOT on Canvas. Final exam grades are NOT on Canvas. Programming assignment grades are NOT on Canvas. Exam and programming assignment grades will be (actually, have been) sent to you by email. We apologize for the inconsistent and confusing use of Canvas. It was a learning experience for us – we had […]

Grading

by Mike Gleicher on December 23, 2015

The final exam has been graded, and final grades have been posted. Some information about it: Final: The median score was an 82. The mean score was a 79. To map these to letter grades, we first assumed that we made at least one mistake and gave people 3 points. Then it was 90 points […]

P14 Grading

by Mike Gleicher on December 22, 2015

We have completed grading of P14. Everyone who turned in an assignment received at least a B. We may not be able to send email with scoring details before we complete the final grading. The people who did not turn in a P14 should have received an email. There are many assignments on the B/AB […]

Solutions to the practice final will (likely) not be posted …

by Eftychios Sifakis on December 21, 2015

When we originally posted the practice final, we did not explicitly plan to post a key to solutions. Since then, a number of students asked whether sample solutions could be posted. Although we might still attempt to do so (our primary priority is vetting the actual exam, and providing you feedback on your assignments pending […]

Last dates for assignments

by Mike Gleicher on December 19, 2015

To those of you who turned in assignments on time: Thank you. We apologize that we have had to delay giving you feedback because we have been trying to accommodate late assignments. To those of you who are intending to turn in extremely late assignments: We had a posting that explained the “final” deadlines for […]

Lecture 25/26 (Raytracing & global illumination)

by Eftychios Sifakis on December 15, 2015

Here are the notes from Lecture 26 (Ray tracing) and 27 (Global illumination) Lecture 25-PDF Lecture 26-PDF

Notes for Lecture 16/17 (Fancy/hacky shading)

by Eftychios Sifakis on December 15, 2015

Here are the lecture notes from lectures 16 & 17 (interactive graphics hacks & fancy texturing) Lecture16-PDF Lecture 17-PDF  

Practice final exam

by Eftychios Sifakis on December 15, 2015

The following practice final exemplifies some of the focus areas to be expected in your actual test. Although this has been biased towards material covered in the second half of the class, the actual final will be cumulative and may include material from the earlier part of the class. [PDF]

Some Final Exam Information…

by Mike Gleicher on December 14, 2015

The final exam is at 10:05am on Wednesday, December 23rd. It is scheduled for 2 hours. It is scheduled to be held in room 1120 Biochem (the same as lecture). It will be cumulative (i.e cover everything – including what was on the midterm), although there will be an emphasis on topics not covered by […]

Grades and Programming Assignments

by Mike Gleicher on December 14, 2015

Some people were surprised to receive a grade for their programming assignment. And everyone deserves a little explanation. It was kindof hidden in the grading policy (sent this weekend). We had not given you a grade for your programming assignment – you got a “check” (encoded as a number between 0-4). As we had said […]