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CSE 491 - Fall 2023 @ MSU

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Blog Entry Overview

You will need to write a blog entry over the course of the semester (worth 8 points) and act as a reviewer on three others (worth 6 points) for a total of up to 14 points toward your final grade.

The 8 points for your blog entry will be divide up as: one point for the proposal, two points for the initial draft, and five points for the final version. These points will be allocated based on whether you met all of the criteria for the type of blog entry you chose.

Type of Blog Topics

Your options for blog entries are:

If you have a topic not listed above that you would like to propose, the instructors may consider it, but make sure that it is a challenging and interesting topic that forces you to think more about the C++ language. In such a case, you should talk to the instructors informally for feedback before writing up an official proposal.

In all cases, the target audience for your blog entry should be someone with a basic knowledge of C++ (assume a CSE 232 level.)

Blog Reviews

You will review the blog entries of three other students, both in draft form (where you will provide advice to the writer) and in final form. While the final grade for each blog entry will come from the instructors, they will rely heavily on these reviews and responses from the original authors. Reviews should be constructive and focus on helping the author produce a high-quality final product.

Each review at each phase will be worth one point, for a total of six points. The reviews should focus on the quality of the writing, the accuracy of the information, the clarity of the layout and examples, the depth of analysis, and the overall utility (i.e., how well did the author meet their goal for the type of entry). You will be provided with a link to a form for submitting the reviews as well as more detailed instructions for what to include.

Submission and Feedback

Details of submission can be found here: Submission instructions

Below are the deadlines for each phase of the blog writing process. (Last update: 10/21/23)