Remove Notes Sheet from Programming Exam for Winter 2025 Semester

[frozenfrank]

After a discussion in a TA meeting on 19 Sep 2024, we decided to remove the notes sheet aspect of the programming exam entirely.

Reasoning

The following are the main reasons this decision was made:

1. The note sheet isn't very helpful
2. The things they would want to write down are specifically disallowed
3. The IDE already provides inline give code completion, JavaDoc information, and advanced hints.
4. The anxiety and worry about what they should/should not write down is not worth the benefit
5. Students are encouraged to do the entire project on their own after completing the phase anyways
6. This is intended to be a Programming Exam; students are being tested on their ability to write Java code.

Worklist

Remove all references to the Notes sheet for a complete removal:

• Remove the section from the Programming Exam GitHub page
• Remove the Note Sheet assignment from the Canvas Blueprint
• Remote any other references to the note sheet within Canvas

Approval

This was approved by @leesjensen and @mewilker

[leesjensen]

This has been completed. Next semester it will show up when the blueprint is copied to the course.

In the blueprint the follow was done:

• Removed notes assignment
• Removed notes reference in Practice Programming Exam
• Removed notes reference in Official Programming Exam (Proctored)
• Removed notes reference in Official Programming Exam Retake #1 (Proctored)
• Removed notes reference in Official Programming Exam Retake #2 (Proctored)