DGTL11006 - Coding Fundamentals

General Information

Unit Synopsis

Coding, also known as programming or scripting, is an essential literacy in our increasingly digital world. This unit provides a practical introduction to coding using the JavaScript language. You will learn about fundamental programming principles and how they relate to the syntax and control structures of a programming language. You will learn how to analyse computing problems, design algorithms that solve those problems, implement algorithms as computer programs, and test those programs on a computer. Many of the programs that you write in this unit will involve building interactivity into web pages with client-side JavaScript code.

Details

Level Undergraduate
Unit Level 1
Credit Points 6
Student Contribution Band SCA Band 2
Fraction of Full-Time Student Load 0.125
Pre-requisites or Co-requisites There are no pre-requisites for the unit.

Important note: Students enrolled in a subsequent unit who failed their pre-requisite unit, should drop the subsequent unit before the census date or within 10 working days of Fail grade notification. Students who do not drop the unit in this timeframe cannot later drop the unit without academic and financial liability. See details in the Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework).

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Residential School No Residential School

Unit Availabilities from Term 2 - 2024

Term 2 - 2024 Profile
Brisbane
Bundaberg
Cairns
Mackay
Online
Rockhampton
Term 2 - 2025 Profile
Brisbane
Bundaberg
Cairns
Mackay
Online
Rockhampton

Attendance Requirements

All on-campus students are expected to attend scheduled classes - in some units, these classes are identified as a mandatory (pass/fail) component and attendance is compulsory. International students, on a student visa, must maintain a full time study load and meet both attendance and academic progress requirements in each study period (satisfactory attendance for International students is defined as maintaining at least an 80% attendance record).

Assessment Overview

Recommended Student Time Commitment

Each 6-credit Undergraduate unit at CQUniversity requires an overall time commitment of an average of 12.5 hours of study per week, making a total of 150 hours for the unit.

Assessment Tasks

Assessment Task Weighting
1. Practical Assessment 30%
2. Practical Assessment 30%
3. Practical Assessment 40%

This is a graded unit: your overall grade will be calculated from the marks or grades for each assessment task, based on the relative weightings shown in the table above. You must obtain an overall mark for the unit of at least 50%, or an overall grade of ‘pass’ in order to pass the unit. If any ‘pass/fail’ tasks are shown in the table above they must also be completed successfully (‘pass’ grade). You must also meet any minimum mark requirements specified for a particular assessment task, as detailed in the ‘assessment task’ section (note that in some instances, the minimum mark for a task may be greater than 50%).

Consult the University's Grades and Results Policy for more details of interim results and final grades

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Previous Feedback

Term 2 - 2023 : The overall satisfaction for students in the last offering of this course was 78.95% (`Agree` and `Strongly Agree` responses), based on a 21.59% response rate.

Feedback, Recommendations and Responses

Every unit is reviewed for enhancement each year. At the most recent review, the following staff and student feedback items were identified and recommendations were made.

Source: SUTE Term 2, 2022
Feedback
It has been suggested that the week seven and week eight unit content should be swapped. This change might be beneficial since week eight content provides materials for assignment 2, which is due in week nine.
Recommendation
The proposed changes will be reviewed prior to the next offering of the unit.
Action Taken
The implementation of this item has been steadily progressing.
Source: Student and Unit Teaching Evaluations
Feedback
Some unit content does not reflect current practice in code structure and style.
Recommendation
Revise the unit content to reflect current best practices in code structure and style for future offerings.
Action Taken
In Progress
Unit learning Outcomes

On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:

  1. understand and apply fundamental programming principles
  2. explain the syntax and control structures of a programming language
  3. design algorithms that solve computing problems
  4. implement, test and debug algorithms with a programming language
  5. build interactivity into web pages with client-side code.

Not applicable

Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Learning Outcomes
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Alignment of Graduate Attributes to Learning Outcomes
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Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Graduate Attributes
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