Please do not post negative comments on the newsgroup about the draft marks provided by the Automarker or other concerns.  In general, these marks will not been checked by a human unless an appeal is lodged.  Any positive or negative constructive comments should be emailed to the tutors or the course coordinator where they will be read and considered with great interest and actioned as appropriate. Posting negative comments is not  productive. The tutors work very hard and are keen to help develop you all into good coders.  Such postings just make the tutors' job harder. The newsgroup should be used to ask productive questions related to this course.