Introduction to
Geographic Information Systems in Forest Resources |
General things to bear in mind about assignments:
- Due dates
- Assignments need to be posted to E-submit by the correct time on the
due date. The due date is indicated by the link on the class
schedule.
- Assignments that are late (without prior authorization or something
like a doctor's note) will receive a non-negotiable grade
of 0.
- Posting assignments
- "Sign" your assignments with your Name, UWNetID, course number,
quarter and year, and assignment number, as in this example.
- All assignments should be in Adobe PDF format. If you do not know
how to create PDF files, review instructions
on creating PDF files. You can print to PDF in most drop-in labs around
the University, such as the CRC in Mary Gates Hall. Lab personnel or the
TA will also be able to help you print to PDF format.
- PDF files must be zipped to save disk space. The course CD contains
an executable for creating zipped files. If you are not familiar with
creating zip files, review the instructions
on creating zip files.
- Assignments will be turned in to the Catalyst E-submit page for the
course (see the top of any assignment page for the e-submit link). If
you are not familiar with using E-submit, review the instructions.
- Why are these assignments required?
- These assignments are designed to develop your technical knowledge of
GIS by using ArcView 3.x 's functionality. If you have completed the lab
exercises and paid attention to what you were doing, you should
be able to answer these questions without too much difficulty. Use any
materials at your disposal to aid in understanding and answering the questions,
including this course's materials, library materials, web resources, professors,
etc.
- For better or for worse, the University requires students get graded.
Grades may or may not reflect
the effectiveness of the actual learning process. I prefer not to assign
grades, but since I must, I need a method for evaluating your performance.
- Who does your work?
- You are encouraged to discuss amongst each other the assignments as
well as methodologies for solving the problems.
- Feel free to work in groups or alone as you please, in order to come
up with a methodology for solving the problems. However, when you turn
in an assignment, make sure that you have done the calculations
and analysis, that you have written the answers, that you
have made the maps, and that the answers are in your own words.
- Plagiarism is a serious offense at the University of Washington; it
will not be tolerated and will be treated as a serious offense that can
lead to dire consequences, including expulsion. Any obvious occurrences
of cheating will be immediately forwarded to the Dean of the College of
Forest Resources and/or to the Dean of your academic unit for disciplinary
action.
- If you have any doubts, please see the official word on Academic
Honesty.
- Spelling, style, fonts, font size, line spacing
- Please copy the questions onto your answer sheet (single space the questions),
and make sure to use numbers to indicate the answers to each question.
- Always use a spell checker before you submit assignments! We reserve
the right to deduct 1 point for each obvious misspelling.
- Always double-space your answers.
- Your work will be graded only on content, but it will also be edited
for style, grammar, spelling, and punctuation.
- Always provide units when reporting numerical values or displaying graphs.
Missing unit declarations will be downgraded.
- Use the Windows functionality for screen
captures when asked to include maps in your assignments.
- Make sure maps are legible, and that they clearly show what you intend
to display. Do not assume that the map reader knows what you intend to
communicate. Use appropriate colors, symbols, text size, line width, etc.
- Please use Times (or Times New Roman), 12 point as the font for your
assignments. Certain fonts have been known not to come across in the PDF
files.
- Use only black or blue font face colors. Do not use red!
- Corrected assignments
- Your assignments will be returned in digital format. Each student has
a password-protected URL-directory where corrected assignments will be
posted. The URL of this site is
http://gis.washington.edu/cfr250/.outgoing/UWNetID
where UWNetID is your UW NetID (i.e., your homer or dante login
ID), NOT THE WORD UWNetID or phurvitz.
You will be prompted for a User Name and a Password.
The User Name is your UW NetID, and the Password is your
student ID number (your student ID number, NOT your
UW password).
Your assignments will be located in this directory.
- Answers
- Answer keys will be posted after all assignments have been turned in.
- Answer keys are linked at the bottom of the assignment web pages.
Answer the assignment and exam questions to the best of your abilities. Above
all, try to enjoy yourselves, and don't forget to relax
and have fun once in a while.
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