Jobs for lab proctors have been posted to the ejobs web site.
Closing date: Wednesday February 5th (no late applications will be accepted)
How to apply:
Anticipated start date: February 8, 2014
The room for the lecture on Thursday at 11:30 AM has been changed to SW9 121.
I've been asked to post the following job opening that might be of interest to those in the Telecom program: Spectrum Management Officer in Training.
The telecom labs (SW1 3555, 3575, 3585) will be open and supervised during the following hours:
| Day | Time | Proctor |
| Monday | 4:30 to 7:30PM | Jeff |
| Tuesday | 4:30 to 8:30 PM | TJ |
| Wednesday | 11:30 AM to 12:30 PM | TJ |
| Wednesday | 2:30 to 7:30 PM | Jeff |
| Thursday | 5:30 to 8:30 PM | TJ |
Drop by 3555 and ask the proctor if you need to finish off a lab. You can also drop in if you want to work with your colleagues in a quiet environment (SW1-3555).
The two ELEX 4550 lectures originally scheduled for Monday March 10 at 12:30PM and Thursday March 13 at 11:30AM will be given on Monday March 10 from 8:30 to 10:30 instead.
The ELEX 4545 and ELEX 4525 lectures originally scheduled from 8:30 to 10:30 will be moved to the two time slots originally scheduled for ELEX 4550 (4545 on the Monday at 12:30 and the ELEX 4525 on Thursday at 11:30).
IT Services has openings for Student Interns – full-time (2014 summer) and part-time (2014/2015 academic year), at both the Downtown and Burnaby campuses. See attached document for details.
will be scheduled the week of April 7.
There will be a lab on Friday, March 28 at 10:30AM for the BC Hydro students who are taking 3525 concurrently with 4550 and did not get a chance to use Wireshark last term. This lab ("Lab 0") will not be counted toward the final mark in 4550. The lab has been posted to the content section of the course web site. You do not have to submit the report for this lab (but you may want to keep a record of what you did since you will probably do the same lab in 3525).
The mid-term Exam will be on April 10 at 11:30 AM in SE6-209. The exam will be 50 minutes long and will cover the material up to the end of Assignment 3. Assignment 3 is due by midnight on April 8 and the solutions will be made available on April 9.
The tentative schedule for the rest of the term:
Week of : Lecture topic(s) / Lab
April 14 - DNS, [mid-term review], ICMP, [ARP] / no labs (holiday Friday)
April 21 - UDP, TCP / DNS
April 28 - routing and OSPF [SNMP, BGP] / GNS3 and Cisco IOS
May 5 - SIP / routing
May 12 : review / no labs
To allow enough time for marking, Lab reports 1-4 must be handed in by 11:59PM, Wednesday, May 14.
The report for Lab 5 must be handed in by 11:59PM on Friday, May 16.
You will not be able to submit reports after these deadlines.
Thursday, May 22 from 10:30 to 13:30 AM in SW1-3005.
Please make sure all of your lab reports were/will be submitted in PDF format.
The 5 students who submitted 8 lab reports in incorrect formats (.zip and .docx) have had their submission deadlines extended until Friday at 11:59 PM so they can re-submit their reports in .pdf format. You can then get credit for the lab (60% or 75% of the lab mark) but not for the report (20% or 25%). If you do not re-submit in the correct format you will not get credit for completing these labs.
If you have a question about the course material, here's your last chance to ask in person.
I'll be in my office (SW1-3061) on Tuesday, May 20 from 1:30 PM until everyone's questions have been answered. If many people show up we can move to a classroom (I'll post the location on the door). Note that there may also be questions from students in other courses.
If your question is about your mark, please supply the details by e-mail instead.
How is the Final Mark Calculated?
The final mark is calculated by normalizing each marked component by its maximum, multiplying the results by the appropriate weight as shown below, and summing.
There were 5 assignmnents, all weighted equally. Each is weighted by:
There were 5 labs, each weighted equally.
For the lab with a Pre-Lab (1) each component is weighted by:
For the 4 labs without Pre-Labs (2-5) each component of each lab is weighted by:
Please check your Assignment, Lab and Mid-Term marks to make sure they have been recorded and computed correctly.
You can check your marks using the form in the marks HTML file under Content / Course Information. To retrieve your marks you'll need the individual password given to you in the last week of classes. If you don't have this password, please send me (ecasas@bcit.ca) an e-mail (but not from the course web site).
The marking scheme for each marked item is described under Content / Marking Scheme.
The formula used for computing the final mark and for determining lab completion is given below.
All marks are subject to change (up or down).
The final exam has been marked and the provisional final marks computed and posted to Content / Course Information / Marks.
The minimum/mean/median/maximum of the provisional final marks are: 68/85/90/99 percent.
The final exam and solutions have been posted to Content / Exams. The final exam marking scheme has been added to Content / Course Information / Marking Scheme.
Please let me know if, after reviewing the solutions and marking scheme, you have a question about your mark. I can either scan and send you your answers to specific questions or you can review your exam in person.
Marks need to be submitted by noon on Monday, May 26 so please review your marks and ask any questions as soon as possible.