Edited by David Pennington, Tuesday, 8 Nov 2016, 22:16
We have a TMA due on the 17th of this month and then we are supposed to be getting on with Block 2 - The Cloud. However, there has been no release yet of any material for the forthcoming block and rumour has it that the course team are still writing it, which does't surprise me. However, I am slowly losing my buffer. I was three weeks ahead (fortunately a lot of this block is familiar) but that is being cut back now.
Anyway, TMA 01. I am nearly there but I have one piece left that, currently, I can't answer. This is a Java/Web Server code problem that I am not familiar with. It is strange that the marking breakdown doesn't mention any marks for the section that I can't do. I tackled my tutor on this and got, what I think is, a not too helpful response. I asked:
----- It would appear that there are no marks attached to the following: "Explain how an authorised user is able to be taken to the widget form page, whilst unauthorised users are directed elsewhere on the website.” This can’t be correct,can it? ----- The answer I got back was " The marking for this part is holistic and, so you should consider the connection between this part of the task and that described in the breakdown. If you do everything well, then you can have all the marks " What am I supposed to make of that?
There is still a lot of unhappiness about regarding the results for TM351. I got a Grade 3 which was a bit of a disappointment but I can live with that. Quite a few people seem to think that their being marked down in the EMA was unfair and are trying to get some answers from the course team and the OU but so far no one is replying. Personally, I can't see the point in wasting time on the past but then I am not trying to get the best grade for my overall degree. If I get a 2.2 (I hope not) that will still be a wonderful achievement, I believe but for others, the final degree grade means the difference between going on to a Masters or not.
On the subject of a Masters, I would quite like to do that but I live on a tight pension and Student Finance doesn't fund higher degrees for the over '60s - booo.
TM470 remains closed at the moment. I have sent my idea for a project to my current tutor (who also tutors TM470) but he felt that it would need some honing to be a goer. I am a bit concerned because, if I can't do this idea, I don't have any others. We shall see. More later.
I thought that TM351 was a little chaotic, but...
We have a TMA due on the 17th of this month and then we are supposed to be getting on with Block 2 - The Cloud. However, there has been no release yet of any material for the forthcoming block and rumour has it that the course team are still writing it, which does't surprise me. However, I am slowly losing my buffer. I was three weeks ahead (fortunately a lot of this block is familiar) but that is being cut back now.
Anyway, TMA 01. I am nearly there but I have one piece left that, currently, I can't answer. This is a Java/Web Server code problem that I am not familiar with. It is strange that the marking breakdown doesn't mention any marks for the section that I can't do. I tackled my tutor on this and got, what I think is, a not too helpful response. I asked:
-----
It would appear that there are no marks attached to the following:
"Explain how an authorised user is able to be taken to the widget form page, whilst unauthorised users are directed elsewhere on the website.”
This can’t be correct,can it?
-----
The answer I got back was " The marking for this part is holistic and, so you should consider the connection between this part of the task and that described in the breakdown. If you do everything well, then you can have all the marks "
What am I supposed to make of that?
There is still a lot of unhappiness about regarding the results for TM351. I got a Grade 3 which was a bit of a disappointment but I can live with that. Quite a few people seem to think that their being marked down in the EMA was unfair and are trying to get some answers from the course team and the OU but so far no one is replying. Personally, I can't see the point in wasting time on the past but then I am not trying to get the best grade for my overall degree. If I get a 2.2 (I hope not) that will still be a wonderful achievement, I believe but for others, the final degree grade means the difference between going on to a Masters or not.
On the subject of a Masters, I would quite like to do that but I live on a tight pension and Student Finance doesn't fund higher degrees for the over '60s - booo.
TM470 remains closed at the moment. I have sent my idea for a project to my current tutor (who also tutors TM470) but he felt that it would need some honing to be a goer. I am a bit concerned because, if I can't do this idea, I don't have any others. We shall see. More later.