CQUniversity Unit Profile.

Weekly Tutorial Work

This assessment item is to be developed and submitted as part of your weekly tutorial sessions. It consists of a series of 10 practical tutorial submissions where the tutorial/lab work is to be developed and submitted in weeks 2 – 11 (inclusive). For on campus students this work is due in the weekly tutorial, NOT the due date shown in Moodle. Moodle cannot have multiple due dates to cater for different tutorial times so the date specified in Moodle is to allow for tutorials held at the end of the week or on weekends. For on campus students no marks will be awarded for work submitted outside the tutorial class or for late submissions unless there are special circumstances (approved by the unit coordinator).

Note:

1. This is an individual assessment.
2. Re-attempts are not allowed for this assessment.
3. This assessment is exempted from the 72-hour submission grace period (i.e. there is no automatic extension for this assessment). It must be submitted by the specified date/time. For on-campus students this is in their weekly tutorial. The specified tutorial work must be completed and submitted in the weekly face to face tutorial class. For online/distance education students their weekly tutorial work must be submitted by the due date in Moodle.

On-campus students

1. Due Date: This assessment task must be developed and submitted in your weekly tutorial when you are directed to do so by your tutor. The tutor will provide more details about the requirements each week. No marks will be awarded for work submitted outside the tutorial class or for late submissions unless there are special circumstances (approved by the unit coordinator). If you have special circumstances (e.g. illness) that prevent you from attending a specific class, please contact your tutor and unit coordinator as soon as you are aware of this. You will be given instructions about what you need to do to complete the assessment work for that week.
2. Marks may be deducted if your tutor is not satisfied with your progress or understanding of the work. Marks are not only awarded for the sample of work submitted during the class. Satisfactory participation in all tutorial class activities is also required to be awarded marks for this assessment item. It is important to be prepared for the tutorial class. This means you must attend the lecture and/or review the lecture material before the tutorial.

Online/distance education students

1. Attendance at tutorial classes is optional for distance education students. However, you must still submit weekly tutorial work to be awarded marks for this assessment item.
2. Due Date: You are required to submit the sample of your weekly tutorial work requested by the unit coordinator by the due date shown on the unit website. Late submissions will be awarded 0 marks (unless you have been given approval to complete an alternative late submission due to special circumstances). The reason for this is that the solutions will be available after the due date.
3. The unit coordinator may make arrangements to discuss aspects of the weekly work with you before marks can be awarded.

Learning Outcomes Assessed

• Develop applications using procedural programming constructs (functions/methods, iteration, selection) in an industry-standard integrated development environment.
• Apply standard algorithms including searching, sorting and sequential processing in the manipulation of data structures such as lists.
• Employ stream abstraction to read from and write to sequential text files.

This assessment has a weekly submission due each week from week 2 to week 11 (inclusive).

Mark and feedback will be provided before the next tutorial class.

Practical questions in the weekly tutorial will be used to assess your understanding of the topics covered in that week.

To be awarded marks,

1. On campus students are required to participate in all activities in the tutorial and submit the sample of work requested when instructed to do so during the class. The tutor will monitor student progress in class.
2. Online/distance education students are required to submit their sample of work (i.e. answers to the questions specified by the unit coordinator) by the due date. Online students should contact the unit coordinator if they have any questions about the weekly work and may also be asked to make arrangements to discuss their work before marks can be awarded.

Note that although you are only required to submit answers to selected tutorial questions as part of this assessment item, all the tutorial exercises should be attempted each week. They are all important for your learning and understanding, not only those questions selected for submission.

Important Notes:

• Use of AI and large language models are not permitted for this Assessment.
• Total for this assessment item is 30% of the total unit weight.
• Each week's work for Assessment 1 has a maximum of 3 marks. 
• This is split into 50% for the Lab tasks and 50% for the code testing and documentation. 

• Harvard (author-date)

Practical questions in the weekly tutorial will be used to assess your understanding of the topics covered in that week. In addition to programming codes, students must document their solutions in the Lab worksheets and submit weekly.

In the weekly documentation, students will be assessed against their ability to:

1. Use the programming features covered from week 1 up to the week of assessment only to solve the Lab tasks. Therefore, students must not use programming syntaxes that have not been taught in class up to the week of assessment, according to the specification provided.
2. Follow good programming practices (e.g. code is clear, easy to read, uses meaningful names, good layout, uses language features correctly etc.).
3. Provide appropriate documentation and implement the thorough test plan, where provided, to debug and test their code.

To be awarded marks:

1. On campus students are required to participate in all activities in the tutorial and submit the sample of work requested when instructed to do so during the class. The tutor will monitor student progress in class.
2. Online/distance education students are required to submit their sample of work (i.e. answers to the questions specified by the unit coordinator) by the due date. Online students should contact the unit coordinator if they have any questions about the weekly work and may also be asked to make arrangements to discuss their work before marks can be awarded.

Note that although you are only required to submit answers to selected tutorial questions as part of this assessment item, all the tutorial exercises should be attempted each week. They are all important for your learning and understanding, not only those questions selected for submission.

This assessment has a weekly submission due each week from week 2 to week 11 (inclusive).

Mark and feedback will be provided before the next tutorial class.

Practical questions in the weekly tutorial will be used to assess your understanding of the topics covered in that week.

To be awarded marks:

1. On campus students are required to participate in all activities in the tutorial and submit the sample of work requested when instructed to do so during the class. The tutor will monitor student progress in class.
2. Online/distance education students are required to submit their sample of work (i.e. answers to the questions specified by the unit coordinator) by the due date. Online students should contact the unit coordinator if they have any questions about the weekly work and may also be asked to make arrangements to discuss their work before marks can be awarded.

Note that although you are only required to submit answers to selected tutorial questions as part of this assessment item, all the tutorial exercises should be attempted each week. They are all important for your learning and understanding, not only those questions selected for submission.

Important Notes:

• Use of AI and large language models are not permitted for this Assessment.
• Total for this assessment item is 30% of the total unit weight.
• Each week's work for Assessment 1 has a maximum of 3 marks. 
• This is split into 50% for the Lab tasks and 50% for the code testing and documentation. 

• Harvard (author-date)

The Task

Student will be required to build a Book Store Inventory System for a retail bookstore. The system should allow staff to manage book inventory, track sales, and search for available titles. Thus, you need to write python codes for loading book data, tracking stock levels, printing sales summary, and supporting flexible search. It must also handle bad/missing data gracefully and provide a simple interactive menu.

This assessment focuses on applying key Python programming concepts in a more advanced, real-world scenario. You are required to design, implement, and test a Python application that demonstrates your understanding of file handling, exception handling, and object-oriented programming (classes and objects) to develop, test and document a software application.

See Moodle for the full specification of the assignment requirements.

Note that:

1. You must only use language features covered in this unit to complete your programming assignment.
2. You may be asked to demonstrate your understanding of the assignment to the unit coordinator before marks can be awarded.

Learning Outcomes Assessed

• Develop applications using procedural programming constructs (functions/methods, iteration, selection) in an industry-standard integrated development environment.
• Implement object-oriented applications based on a given design, applying principles such as encapsulation, cohesion and coupling to support code clarity, maintainability and reuse.
• Apply standard algorithms including searching, sorting and sequential processing in the manipulation of data structures such as lists.
• Employ stream abstraction to read from and write to sequential text files.

Week 10 Friday (29 Jan 2027) 11:45 pm AEST

Within 2 weeks of the due date or within 2 weeks of submission (whichever is the later)

The students will be assessed against their ability to:

1. Use the programming features covered in weeks 1 - 10 to develop and test a software application.
2. Develop the application according to the specification provided.
3. Follow good programming practices (e.g. code is clear, easy to read, uses meaningful names, good layout, uses language features correctly etc.).

AI ASSESSMENT SCALE - AI PLANNING

You may use Al for planning, idea development, and research. Your final submission should show how you have developed and refined these ideas.

Note: For programming assignments, you can get examples and ideas from AI, but you must not include code in your program that was generated by AI. You must write the code in your application yourself. If asked, you must be able to explain any of the code submitted and you must be capable of writing similar code under invigilated, test conditions if required to do so. In addition, you must only use the language features and techniques covered in the unit (and course) so far. These are the concepts being tested by the assessment item.

• Harvard (author-date)

Students are required to submit a Program Report for this Assessment: Programming Assignment.  This task requires you to prepare and submit a Microsoft Word report that documents, explains, and evaluates their solution. The report should:

1. Demonstrate your understanding of the design, implementation, and testing of the application.
2. Clearly explain how the program was developed and how the various Python programming concepts were applied to meet the system requirements.
3. Be written in a professional and well-structured format using appropriate headings, screenshots, diagrams, and code excerpts where necessary.

See Moodle for the full specification of the assignment requirements.

Learning Outcomes Assessed

• Test and clearly documented applications using procedural and object-oriented programming constructs in an industry-standard integrated development environment.
• Demonstrate understanding of fundamental programming concepts, including language syntax, memory and execution models, data types, scope, parameter passing, classes, objects and algorithms.

Week 10 Friday (29 Jan 2027) 11:45 pm AEST

Within 2 weeks of the due date or within 2 weeks of submission (whichever is the later)

The students will be assessed against their ability to:

1. Provide appropriate documentation.
2. Develop a thorough test plan and thoroughly test (and where necessary, debug) their code.

AI ASSESSMENT SCALE - AI PLANNING

You may use Al only for planning.  

• Harvard (author-date)

Students are required to submit a Program Presentation and Demonstration for this Assessment: Programming Assignment. The purpose of this task is to assess students' ownership and understanding of the System developed in Task 1, as submitted.

Students will prepare and submit a short presentation and demonstrate the operation of their program to the tutor or unit coordinator. During the presentation, students should clearly explain how the system was designed and developed, the programming concepts applied, and how the program satisfies the requirements of the assessment. 

See Moodle for the full specification of the assignment requirements.

Learning Outcomes Assessed

• Test and clearly documented applications using procedural and object-oriented programming constructs in an industry-standard integrated development environment.
• Demonstrate understanding of fundamental programming concepts, including language syntax, memory and execution models, data types, scope, parameter passing, classes, objects and algorithms.
   

Week 10 Friday (29 Jan 2027) 11:45 pm AEST

Within 2 weeks of the due date or within 2 weeks of submission (whichever is the later)

• Harvard (author-date)