Computer Science 15-100, Fall 2008
Notes:  Bonus Lectures

Logistics

1. Bonus points
   • 2 hours of bonus for attending the lecture
   • Up to 8 additional hours of bonus for the bonus projects listed below
     • Note that you may not submit a bonus project unless you attended the bonus lecture!
2. Due date
   • These bonus projects are due by the last day of classes.
3. What to submit
   • A timesheet recording all the time invested in the project.
     • Note that there is not a 1-to-1 correspondence between hours reported and hours credited.
     • You are expected on the honor code to report your time accurately.
   • A list of names of anyone with whom you collaborated on the project.
     • Note that the collaboration policy is relaxed for bonus projects, and you can work with one or two other students as a group.  You may even submit a single group project, though you must submit one timesheet for each student.  Note that you still should not consult students outside of your group.  Of course, you may consult the instructor or CA's as always.
   • The actual project itself.
4. Project quiz
   • Depending on the nature of your project, you may be asked to take a short quiz (either written or oral) to demonstrate that you sufficiently mastered the material to warrant the given bonus hours.

Bonus Projects

The basic projects here are to substantially recreate the code that we wrote during the bonus lecture.  Beyond that, you can do more interesting things by applying and extending these ideas.   Also, you can find a pre-existing library that is related to the topics we covered (plenty exist for most topics) and learn how to use it.  Just be sure to run your proposal by the course instructor first, to ensure that it is bonus-worthy!

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