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Guide to writing for assignments in Dr. Hartson's CS3604: See this for expectations, writing guidelines, grading criteria, and other aids for planning and doing your writing.
Grading form: You are required to print a copy of the writing assignment grading form and attach it as a cover sheet to the front of each writing assignment that you submit. Use this link to get a copy of the grading form. We will use the categories on the grading form as a guide for grading your writing assignment, so you should use them as a guide for writing. The categories are further discussed in the Guidelines For Your Writing section of the Guide to writing assignments in Dr. Hartson's CS3604. NOTE: The grading form for grading will also have a category for point deductions! This is for certain requirements that are so easy to comply with that they are not worth positive points of credit for people who do meet these requirements. It is, however, irritating enough if they are not met, that points will be deducted in such cases.
The Writing Assignments
All due dates are on the course calendar. There are five assignments, some with multiple parts. See the Summary of Writing Assignments. Follow these links for the specific assignments (your writing requirements) and the corresponding grading forms , to be stapled on top as cover sheets for grading.
Plagiarism in your writing assignments is likely to be detected and will be prosecuted via the university Honor Court. See the course plagiarism policy.
For all assignments with multiple drafts (including this one), always hand in all previous drafts (the marked up copy with the grading form, not a newly printed one). Put the latest version on top, with successively older versions behind. We need this to grade you on how you improved with the iteration.
Please bring all late papers to class and give them personally to the GTA, or take them directly to the GTA between classes. Do NOT give or send late papers to the instructor. The GTA takes first pass at grading all the papers, and giving it to the instructor or putting it under his door will just delay getting it to the person who starts the grading.