The End of Course Experience (eoce) satisfies the fourth discrete grading component of the course. It is meant to evaluate your knowledge and understanding gained through the semester.

Unlike the regular weekly projects, the purpose of which is to promote a learning and understanding of the concepts of the course, this EoCE is meant more as a demonstration of your proficiency in understanding and utilizing the concepts and skills obtained, showing me how productive you can be with the experiences gained.

Presented within will be various activities evaluating your knowledge and experience gained this semester. In places where you are able, the more you write (ie comment) and explain topics the better the chance you will have of receiving full credit (and alternatively, the more credit you will receive should something defer correctness).

Unless otherwise specified, the components on this experience are open resource with the exception of other individuals. In that respect, it is CLOSED PERSON. This means you are not to communicate with other people (either in the class or otherwise), in real life or electronically. Use your own knowledge, use your own skills, and use your own ability to access the allowed resources to aid you in coming up with your well thought out responses to each activity.

You are allowed, and expected, to seek clarification on any activity by asking me. But the aim here is to evaluate what you have learned, so do not expect tutoring. Any help should be prompted by a well-asked question. The better and more informed your questions, the better my responses MAY be. In many ways, I designed this EoCE premised on each and every one of you interacting with me through the asking of informed questions. Those that do not take advantage of asking such calibre of questions and instead end up struggling, please know that you're doing this wrong. But also know that, the aim here is for you to accomplish the various tasks through your own understanding of the task and concepts at hand, and not to outsource your thinking and remembering to others.

You are to do at least N-1 of the N available items. Submission is to be as a submitted archive to the usual and appropriate place (the 'eoce' project via 'make submit' on lab46). Please amass all pertinent files in the respective subdirectory so you can submit everything in one fell swoop.

To maximize any credit received (or to minimize points lost), optimize your submission for an organized and easy-to-read presentation of information that conforms with each section's stated guidelines. In the case of programs or scripts written, ensure that you are following proper and consistent commenting/documentation and indentation practices. Use well-named variables (at least 4 symbols long), and be mindful of how your particular files submitted will appear on a reasonably-sized terminal (most of my terminals are 80-90 characters wide), should that be the contextually relevant destination of output.

The EoCE is worth 26 points of your overall grade (projects (52) + participation (13) + journal (13) + eoce (26) = 104), representing a distinct fourth category within the grading policy of the course (Projects, Journal, Participation, and EoCE).

While some classes are allocated a specific meeting time during finals week, I make all such times available should you be free and have questions. As such, finals week in CHM123 will look something like this:

• Monday, May 15th, 2023 from 02:30PM-05:30PM
• Tuesday, May 16th, 2023 from 08:00AM-11:00AM
• Thursday, May 18th, 2023 from 11:15AM-02:15PM

Do note, the discord remains available for questions, and there is no need for you to be physically present at a given time during finals week. These are merely resources available to you should you wish to utilize them in the appropriate manners they are available to be used.

Using the 'grabit' tool on lab46, you can obtain your copy of the EoCE. As a first step, change into a location suitable for storing and organizing your files within your repository:

lab46:~$ cd ~/src/spring2023/sysprog
lab46:~/src/spring2023/sysprog$ 

… and run the grabit tool as pertinent for your class desig:

lab46:~/src/spring2023/sysprog$ grabit sysprog eoce

Please, do not change the name of the directory from eoce/.

Change into that directory:

lab46:~/src/spring2023/sysprog$ cd eoce
lab46:~/src/spring2023/sysprog/eoce$ 

Use “ls” to list files, read any README files (with cat/less/nano), and “cd” into the various subdirectories.

Further information can be found in various README files located amidst the directories within the eoce; please be sure to read them.

For some activities there may also be some form of verification resource made available to you. Be sure to utilize this to help ensure your implementation meets the requirements laid out in each section.

You will notice a directory tree, resembling the following, within your extracted EoCE data:

       eoce/
        |
        +-- README
        |
        +-- Makefile
        |
        +-- 0x0/
        |
        +-- 0x1/
        |
        +-- 0x2/
        |
       ...

Within each “0x” subdirectory you will find a README file and any supporting files related to the particular activity you are tasked with.

Sometimes typos or problems are discovered. Should there be any such discoveries, updates/corrections will be made available in the eoce/errata/ directory in the class public directory.

The DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION of this EoCE is 11:59:59pm (that's 23:59:59 in 24-hour time) Thursday, May 18th, 2023. This is the ultimate deadline for any and all coursework. There is no “late”, only “too late”. Don't be that person, not with this.

I would highly recommend not waiting until the last moment (or even the last week) to start on this. It has been released weeks in advance, with the intention that you chip away at it a little bit at a time, over the course of weeks.

To submit, please change into your base eoce directory within your home directory:

lab46:~$ cd ~/src/spring2023/sysprog/eoce
lab46:~/src/spring2023/sysprog/eoce$ 

… and run “make submit”:

lab46:~/src/spring2023/sysprog/eoce$ make submit

As with the projects and other deliverables this semester, you can submit early (and worthwhile, early submissions or extra work (ie doing N of N available problems) can receive up to 7 bonus points (applicable to the EoCE grading component)), and also submit as many times as you desire. Note that when you submit, that resets the timestamp from which I will evaluate any early submission bonus points or on-time eligibility.

Eligibility of any received bonus points on the EoCE are ultimately up to my decision: if you have genuinely put forth just and honest effort that is worthy of this undertaking, you will likely receive any eligible bonus points as described. If you are more calculating and avoiding of work in your EoCE efforts, I reserve the right not to grant any bonus points.

Also, if I notice any cases of rule violations (people overhelping each other instead of letting each individual complete the EoCE on their own accord and ability), you risk forfeiting any/all bonus points or even any credit for the section(s) that you violated the rules on.

Additionally:

• Solutions not abiding by spirit of project will be subject to a 50% overall deduction
• Solutions not utilizing descriptive why and how comments will be subject to a 50% overall deduction
• Solutions not utilizing indentation to promote scope and clarity will be subject to a 50% overall deduction
• Solutions not organized and easy to read are subject to a 50% overall deduction

Good luck!