COMP SCI 3014 - Computer Graphics
North Terrace Campus - Semester 1 - 2016
The course information on this page is being finalised for 2016. Please check again before classes commence.
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General Course Information
Course Details
Course Code COMP SCI 3014 Course Computer Graphics Coordinating Unit Computer Science Term Semester 1 Level Undergraduate Location/s North Terrace Campus Units 3 Contact Up to 2.5 hours per week Available for Study Abroad and Exchange Y Prerequisites One of COMP SCI 1007, COMP SCI 1009, COMP SCI 1103, COMP SCI 1203, COMP SCI 2103 or COMP SCI 2202 Assumed Knowledge MATHS 1012 & COMP SCI 2005 Assessment written exam, assignments Course Staff
Course Coordinator: Dr Anthony Dick
Course Timetable
The full timetable of all activities for this course can be accessed from .
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Learning Outcomes
Course Learning Outcomes
- Understand the structure of modern computer graphics systems.
- Understand the basic principles of implementing copmputer graphics primitives.
- Familiarity with key algorithms for modelling and rendering graphical data.
- Develop design and problem solving skills with application to computer graphics.
- Gain experience in constructing interactive computer graphics programs using OpenGL.
University Graduate Attributes
No information currently available.
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Learning Resources
Required Resources
None. See below for recommended reference books. Lecture notes, background material, practicals and tutorial sheets will be available from the course website.Recommended Resources
The following books are useful references:
* OpenGL Programming Guide (Red Book). OpenGL Architecture Review Board
* OpenGL Reference Manual (Blue Book). OpenGL Architecture Review Board
* Interactive Computer Graphics: A top-down approach using OpenGL, 6th ed. Edward Angel
* Real Time Rendering, 2nd ed. Tomas Akenine-Moller and Eric Haines
* Computer Graphics using OpenGL, 2nd ed. Francis Hill
The most up to date programming references and tutorials can be found online. Links to useful online resources are posted on the course website.
It's useful to have your own machine/laptop with Opengl installed (Mesa on Linux is an opengl compatible implementation and this should be available on most lab machines). Some related libraries (GLFW, for example, are also needed - see the first lecture).Online Learning
Links to useful background material on the web are posted on the course website.
The computer science forums can be used for asking questions or discussing the course. Announcements and news will also be posted on the forums:
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Learning & Teaching Activities
Learning & Teaching Modes
Some important concepts are introduced during lectures (2hrs per week). These concepts are reinforced by smaller tutorial sessions, held every two weeks. Tutorials are also designed to give students some hands on experience with quite small and self contained practical exercises. Practical assignments are fewer but more significant, and are intended to develop and test the students’ understanding and practical ability to use the concepts covered.
YOU MUST ensure you have done prepoaration work before each scheduled lecture and tutorial, to participate in the lecture/tutorial. The first week is the exception but for all other weeks, it will be assumed you have read the required material and, if relevant (particularly for tutorials) attempted the tutorial tasks. Tutorials, in particular, are for helping you with those parts of the assigned tasks/reading that you find diffiicult to understand/complete. However, even lectures will, at times, assume you hacve read the required material and if no-one asks questions about that material, it will assumed to have been understood.Workload
The information below is provided as a guide to assist students in engaging appropriately with the course requirements.
Students are expected to spend an average of 10 hours per week on activities related to Computer Graphics. Of these, 2 are spent in lectures and 0.5 in tutorials. The remainder of the time is to be spent on practical assignments, tutorial preparation and background reading and revision. This includes compiling, running and testing the example code provided in lectures.Learning Activities Summary
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Assessment
The University's policy on Assessment for Coursework Programs is based on the following four principles:
- Assessment must encourage and reinforce learning.
- Assessment must enable robust and fair judgements about student performance.
- Assessment practices must be fair and equitable to students and give them the opportunity to demonstrate what they have learned.
- Assessment must maintain academic standards.
Assessment Summary
Written exam: 50%
Summative, assesses learning objectives 1, 2, 3, 4
Practicals: 50%
Formative, assesses learning objectives 1, 2, 3, 4, 5.Assessment Related Requirements
Students must obtain at least 40% in the exam, and an overall passing grade, to pass the course.Assessment Detail
Written exam: this will be a 2 hour closed book exam. Questions will test the students’ understanding of concepts presented throughout the course, and their ability to put them to use to solve problems.
Practicals: there will be several practical assignments of increasing scope. Practicals will be written in C/C++ and use the OpenGL API, and relate to concepts and API features previously introduced in lectures and tutorials.
Assessment Type Weighting Week due Learning Outcomes CBOK Mapping * Abstraction Design Hardware &
SoftwareData &
InformationProgramming HCI Systems
DevelopmentAssignment 1 Formative 5% 3 1,2,3,4,5 3 3 3 3 5 3 5 Assignment 2 Formative 15% 7 1,2,3,4,5 3 3 3 3 5 5 5 Assignment 3 Formative 15% 10 1,2,3,4,5 3 3 3 3 5 5 5 Assignment 4 Summative 15% 13 1,2,3,4,5 3 3 3 3 5 5 5 Exam Summative 50% 2,3,4 3 3 3 3 3
*CBOK categories are explained in section 4 of the . Numbers assigned correspond to the Bloom taxonomy (see page 26 of the same document).
Submission
Practical work is to be stored in the students’ SVN repository and submitted using the School of Computer Science web based automark system. More details will be provided in lectures and in each practical sheet.Course Grading
Grades for your performance in this course will be awarded in accordance with the following scheme:
M10 (Coursework Mark Scheme) Grade Mark Description FNS Fail No Submission F 1-49 Fail P 50-64 Pass C 65-74 Credit D 75-84 Distinction HD 85-100 High Distinction CN Continuing NFE No Formal Examination RP Result Pending Further details of the grades/results can be obtained from Examinations.
Grade Descriptors are available which provide a general guide to the standard of work that is expected at each grade level. More information at Assessment for Coursework Programs.
Final results for this course will be made available through .
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Student Feedback
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SELTs are an important source of information to inform individual teaching practice, decisions about teaching duties, and course and program curriculum design. They enable the University to assess how effectively its learning environments and teaching practices facilitate student engagement and learning outcomes. Under the current SELT Policy (http://www.adelaide.edu.au/policies/101/) course SELTs are mandated and must be conducted at the conclusion of each term/semester/trimester for every course offering. Feedback on issues raised through course SELT surveys is made available to enrolled students through various resources (e.g. MyUni). In addition aggregated course SELT data is available.
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