Computing Students

Ill take those caffeine drips off ye're hands if ye are not using them.

And done! ... proper holidays at last, let the brain and liver bleaching process begin.

Best of luck with all the placements everyone... hope things go well for ye

Have ye started placement already? jez, I'm still on holidays

There is a ball of links here that might help - http://stackoverflow.com/a/5511507 - there will never be one comprehensive tutorial, you will probably end up mix and matching.

Also quick question, how is the work placement blog meant to work, wordpress is it? kinda missed that lecture

Got an email alright but wasnt too specific on the blog part. So thought it was something that was covered in a lecturer. So Ill just set up a private wordpress.com site so?

Encrypted Pigeon wrote: »

Got an email alright but wasnt too specific on the blog part. So thought it was something that was covered in a lecturer. So Ill just set up a private wordpress.com site so?

Exactly a private blog that only you and supervisor access , agree a day/time for weekly posts to be submitted by. You should have got an earlier email with links to details of content etc.

Here are the important parts for you

Please make sure you read through the following links. There are some important dates to remember. First up is the work placement plan - http://workplacement.ittdmc.net/semester-2/work-plan/

http://workplacement.ittdmc.net/semester-2/weekly-online-report/ - contains details on what to include in your blog.
SwDv and Games - yours will differ here in that you will be including code snippets. The digital content only refers to the MM side.

Please make sure you password protect the blog and always clear it with your employer if you are adding sensitive information.

Only your supervisor will be reviewing them. The blogs allow your supervisor to see that you are getting the required experience and will help you to write your report at the end of the placement.

You are expected to act in a professional manner at all times. If you encounter problems during your work placement please contact your academic supervisor or myself.

Your academic supervisors will be allocated shortly. Again, make sure you password protect and do not put any company private information on the blog.

If you can get to your dashboard (god I ****ing hate wp) go to settings > reading and set "I would like my site to be private, visible only to users I choose". Below that once done (refreshed) there should be a button to "Invite viewers to your blog". Just be careful with the permissions, best to probably setup a dummy a/c to see if it works.

I think you can do private posts instead (if you want to mix public/private??? ) but hardly worth the hassle, this thing will be thrown away once done anyway id say.

AntiRip wrote: »

My supervisor didn't want anything private, actually he didn't even understand what I was talking about so I left my blog open.

Once you get used of WP it's actually a great tool, I love it myself

I think the planning by college regarding placement, supervisors etc. may have been a little .....ummmmm not clearly thought out

And whewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww!

siblers wrote: »

Have to repeat ****ing java, passed the exam but did so **** in the CAs (would have been nice to know what actual mark I had going into the exam) that it wasn't enough. Rest of them were grand and my average is good enough to get me into 4th year if I pass the repeat. Although if you fail a module, does that stop you from going into 4th year if you're going from an level 07 to level 08?

I,m not 100% sure but I think going into 4th year is based on GPA and having failed a module makes no difference

Yes the lack of knowing where you stood regarding CA marks is totally ridiculous, completely defeats the concept and purpose of continuous assesment!

tell em all the answers for the Java modules are here.