Programming 1

Dear students,

We have published the results of mini-test F. You will find your point score on your personal status page.
You will again find a list of common mistakes compiled by the tutors in the forum.

The rapid inspection for mini-test F will take place on Monday, December 2, from 16:05 to 17:10 in SR015, E1 3.

Furthermore, there will be a combined mini-test inspection, in which you will have the opportunity to inspect all mini-tests (including mini-tests F and G) that you have not inspected thus far, on Friday, December 6, starting at 8:00. It will have to end at 10:00 sharp. This combined inspection will take place in HS001, E1 3. If needed, we will give those students priority whose mini-test point scores are below the threshold of 45 points.

Please remember to register on your personal status page for the midterm exam (December 14) until Friday, December 6, at 23:59.

If you are a student of the Business Computer Science programme, please also remember to register for the endterm exams in FlexNow2 by 15:00 tomorrow, November 29.

Kind regards,
Your Programming 1 team

Dear students,

We, the team of tutors, will organize a mock midterm exam (“Probeklausur”). The mock exam is completely voluntary. It is a chance for you to see how exams are conducted at university, under conditions that are as realistic as possible. It does not contribute to the final grade or eligibility for taking exams. The mock exam is entirely created by tutors. Therefore, its content is neither relevant nor irrelevant for the real exam.

The mock exam is scheduled for Friday, December 6. It is going to take place at 16:30 in the AudiMax lecture hall (building B4 1, room 0.01). Therefore, you should be in front of the lecture hall at 16:15 at the latest. You will have to register for the mock exam on your personal status page in the CMS by December 4, 23:59. To avoid printing too many exams, the registration for the mock exam is binding. If you decide to not attend the exam, please deregister on your personal status page or write a message to the organizers in the forum. After the registration phase is over, we will assign you a seat. You will then be able to see your seat assignment on your personal status page in the CMS. If you want to participate, please be on time and bring your student ID on Friday. No auxiliary materials (calculator, cheat sheets,…) are allowed.

The mock exam will take around 90 minutes. We will not grade your exams, but you are allowed to keep your exam booklet afterwards to check for yourself.

There is yet another announcement to make: On Friday before the exam (December 13), there will be an additional XXL office hour from 14:00 to 18:00 in HS IV in E2 4. There you can ask all questions you might have before the midterm. The regular office hour on that day will thus not take place.

We are looking forward to seeing you!

Cheers,
Your Programming 1 tutors

Please read this message carefully until the end! If you miss the exam registration, you cannot take the exams and thus will not be able to pass the course.

Dear students,

We have now opened the registration for the midterm exam, which takes place on Saturday, December 14, 2024. Please register on your personal status page until Friday, December 06 at 23:59.
Registration will be possible once you have reached the admission criterion (45 out of 90 points in the best six tests A–G). Note that in contrast to the final exams, you do not need to (and also cannot) register for the midterm exam in LSF or FlexNow2.
All technical difficulties with the registration in the CMS must be reported to us before the registration has closed.

Please note that you will need to pass the midterm exam (or the midterm retake on January 11, 2025) to get admitted to the final exam.

The midterm exam will take place on Saturday, December 14, at 09:00 in the morning and will take 90 minutes. Further information will be announced in due time.

If you are enrolled in the Business Computer Science programme (Wirtschaftsinformatik B.Sc.), the deadline for registering for the final exams is already this week on Friday, November 29, at 15:00 (see here). Please make sure to register in time in the FlexNow2 portal as you will otherwise not be able to take the final exams, even if you passed the midterm exam.

For study programmes using LSF, the registration will be open until one week before the respective exam takes place.

Kind regards,
Your Programming 1 team

Dear students,

We have finished grading mini-test E. You can find your point score on your personal status page.

Due to a discrepancy in the definition of the term “sublist” in the book vs. commonly used definitions, exercise ME.3 turned out to be harder than anticipated by us. Thus, we decided to

1. grade this exercise with at least 4 of 7 points (57%) for every participant, and
2. grade it with the full 7 points when it showed a reasonable approach for solving the task for either definition of “sublist”.

We apologize for the inconvenience.

As usual, you will find a list of common mistakes compiled by the tutors in the forum.

The rapid inspection for mini-test E will take place on Monday, November 25, from 16:05 to 17:10 in SR015, E1 3.

Kind regards,
Your Programming 1 team

Dear students,

Due to construction work, the tutorials that usually take place in SR015, E1 3, have to be moved to different rooms on Wednesday, November 20. In particular, this affects:

• Tutorial 3 (Jonathan Gärtner, 08:15): HS002, E1 3
• Tutorial 12 (Teodora Kamova, 12:15): HS001, E1 3
• Tutorial 15 (Niels Goedicke, 14:15): SR206, E1 1
• Tutorial 19 (Jonathan Gärtner, 16:15): HS003, E1 3

The mini-tests will also take place in the replacement rooms.

Furthermore, we have finished grading mini-test D. You can find your point score on your personal status page.
You will find a list of common mistakes in the forum.

The rapid inspection for mini-test D will take place on Monday, November 18, from 16:05 to 17:10 in SR106, E1 1.

Kind regards,
Your Programming 1 team

Dear students,

We have finished grading mini-test C. You will find your point score on your personal status page.

The tutors have again prepared a list of common mistakes in this week’s mini-test, which you can find in the forum.

The rapid inspection for mini-test C will take place on Monday, November 11, from 16:05 to 17:10 in SR015, E1 3.

Kind regards,
Your Programming 1 team

Dear students,

We have published the results of mini-test B. You will find your point score on your personal status page.

In the forum, you can again find a list of common mistakes compiled by the tutors.

Like last week, those who want to inspect the marking of their mini-test rapidly will have the opportunity to do so on Monday, November 4, from 16:05 to 17:00 in SR015, E1 3. Please keep in mind the organisational details regarding the inspection as already described in the news for Minitest A.

Kind regards,
Your Programming 1 team

Dear students,

We have finished the grading of mini-test A. You can now find your point score on your personal status page.
Please note that the sum of points displayed as “Mini-Tests (before Midterm)” will not contain today’s mini-test points (and is, thus, currently 0). This is due to the fact that it always excludes the score of your worst mini-test (see the Section “Exam Admission” on the Rules and Regulations page).

If you feel the strong desire to inspect the grading of your mini-test (e.g. if the score does not look plausible to you), we offer the possibility to do so on Monday, October 28. This takes place in SR015, E1 3 from 16:00 to 17:00. You must bring your student ID in order to inspect your mini-test. You will not be allowed to take pictures or notes during the inspection.

Note that the setup for the mini-test inspection is experimental at this point. We will change the procedure if necessary. In fact, we do expect long waiting lines due to the limited capacity of the inspection room. Your fellow students will appreciate non-excessive inspections.

During the inspection, there will be no time for explanations on the subject matter. For this, be invited to visit the office hours. Furthermore, the tutors have compiled a list of common mistakes that have emerged during the process of grading, which you will find in the forum.

Kind regards,
Your Programming 1 team

Dear students,

Tomorrow, on Wednesday, October 23, the first mini-test takes place.

On your personal status page, you can find the details of the tutorial assigned to you, including the room and time where your tutorial – and, thus, your mini-test – takes place. Note that the test starts at XX:15 sharp and lasts 15 minutes; arriving later than XX:15 means that you have less time to work on the mini-test. Conversely, you are not allowed to turn in the test early.

Please have your writing materials with you (indelible pen; neither red nor green), as well as your student id. You may not use any other tools or materials, including your own paper. You are free to write your solutions in English or German. During the mini-tests, we generally do not answer any questions.

If you feel the need to do so, you will have an opportunity to inspect your mini-test. We will announce further details in due course.

Kind regards,
Your Programming 1 team

Dear students,

We have completed the assignment of the tutorials.

On your personal status page, you can now find the time and room of your tutorial, the tutor taking care of you, as well as your tutorial language.

The first tutorial will take place tomorrow, October 16.

Kind regards,
Your Programming 1 team