Feedback for Modern Construction materials
Dear student
We are glad that you have attended the NPTEL online certification course.
We hope you found the NPTEL Online course useful and have started using NPTEL extensively.
In this regard, we would like to have a feedback from you regarding our course and whether there are any improvements, you would like to suggest.
We are enclosing an online feedback form and would request you to spare some of your valuable time to input your observations. Your esteemed input will help us in serving you better.
The link to give your feedback is :
https://docs.google.com/a/nptel.iitm.ac.in/forms/d/1usFzvFK4r6YEQh6HK6mgkOH5dNRKAUUxQDMj89Kdb-8/edit
We thank you for your valuable time and feedback.
Thanks & Regards,
NPTEL Team
Hall ticket for Oct 16/Oct 23rd NPTEL Online Certification exams is now available for download.
Dear Candidate:
If you have registered for the Oct 16/Oct 23rd NPTEL Online certification exam
We
have sent the hall tickets to your registered email id and also sms
regarding the same is also sent out from our exam partner.
You can also download it from the below link:
https://www3.digialm.com//EForms/configuredHtml/885/50508/login.html
Please
login with your registered Google-enabled account email id (used to
access the course on the portal and used for registering for the exam)
and its password to access and download the hall ticket(s) for the Oct
16/Oct 23rd exams, from the link.
Note that you will be able to login here, only if you have a valid registration for exams on Oct 16/Oct23rd 2016.
Please
download hall ticket, take a print out and along with a valid ID card,
carry it with you to the venue (The exam centre address is there in the
hall ticket). Read all instructions given in the admit card/ hall ticket
carefully and follow them.
Note:-
If you are writing 2 exams - 1 on Oct 16th and another on Oct 23rd,
please ensure that you have downloaded 2 hall tickets.
NPTEL Team wishes you the very best for the certification exam(s).
For any other queries: please write to nptel@iitm.ac.in.
Assignment 11 - Answer Key
The answer key for assignment 11 can be found here.
Assignment 10 - Answer Key
The answer key for assignment 10 can be found here.
Answer key for assignment 9
The answer key for assignment 9 can be found here.
Week 10 study material
Week 10 presentation is now available under the study material section.
Week 10 - Video of lectures and assignment 10 released
The lecture videos and assignment pertaining to week 10 have been released.
Answer key for assignment 4
The answer key for assignment 4 can be found here.
Week 9 - Study material
The presentation for week 9 lectures can now be found under the study material section.
Week 9 - Video of lectures and assignment 9 released
The lecture videos and assignment pertaining to week 9 have been released.
Assignment 7 - Answer Key
The answer key for assignment 7 can be found here.
Week 8 - Study material
The presentation for week 8 lectures can now be found under the study material section.
Week 8 - Video of lectures and assignment 8 released
The lecture videos and assignment pertaining to week 8 have been released.
- Fibre reinforced polymers- 1
- Fibre reinforced polymers- 2
- Metals-1
- Metals-2
Assignment 6 - Answer key
Sorry for the delay. We were discussing the issues raised by the students and wanted to get it resolved before we published the key. The answer key for assignment 6 can now be found under the material behaviour section.
Reminder 1:REGISTER TODAY - CERTIFICATION EXAM FORM IS NOW OPEN!
Dear Student:
Here is the much-awaited announcement on registering for the October 2016 certification exam. The registration for the certification exam is only open to students who have enrolled in the course.
Registration is open from now - 31st AUGUST 2016 (Wednesday) until 19th SEPTEMBER 2016 10.00 AM (Monday).
The certification exam registration URL is : http://nptelonlinecourses.iitm.ac.in/
(If
you want to register for the exam for this course that started on July
18th or September 05th, login here using the same email id used to
enroll to the course)
Dates of exam: 16th October 2016 / 23 October 2016 (You can choose either date according to your convenience for writing the exam)
Exam Session time: 2 PM - 5 PM
Examination
Cities: The exam is to be conducted in several cities across India
whose list is available on the registration form. Click here to access
the list of exam cities: http://nptel.ac.in/noc/resources/List%20of%20examcities_October%202016.pdf
Registration fees: Rs 1000/-
(Students
belonging to the SC/ST category can avail a 50% fee waiver - please
select Yes for the SC/ST option and upload the correct certificate)
Mode
of payment: Online payment - debit card/credit card/net banking or
cash/spoc (if the college has agreed to collect the money and pay it to
NPTEL)
Type of exam: Offline (paper and pen exam - answers will have to be written on answer sheets that will be graded by the faculty)
The hall ticket will be available for download tentatively from 7th October 2016. We will confirm the same through an announcement.
Final score on certificate: 25% of assignment score + 75% of certification exam score.
Award of certificate: Certificate will be awarded only to those candidates who register for the exam, attend the certificate examination and whose Final score > 40%
The
final score, assignment score and exam score will be printed on the
certificate. The certificate will also have a link to the NPTEL website (http://nptel.ac.in/noc),
where on logging in, your scores and e-certificate will be available
for verification (Appropriate announcements will be made). Please do
regularly submit assignments to get a good final score.
IMPORTANT NOTES
1) FOR CANDIDATES WHO WOULD LIKE TO WRITE MORE THAN 1 COURSE EXAM:-
Once the registration form is submitted after payment, no changes like
adding or removing the chosen course, exam date, city is possible. So,
if you are choosing to write 2 course exams, please choose suitably and make
the payment for both courses at the same time. It’s not possible to pay
later for the second course. Once the payment is made, the registration
form will be non-editable.
2) FOR CANDIDATES WHO HAVE GOT SCHOLARSHIP VIA YOUR LOCAL CHAPTER: -
Students
who have got scholarship via NPTEL local chapter can opt to pay
individually using the above form. While doing so, the reduced fee will
automatically apply.
3) FOR CANDIDATES WHO ARE PAYING VIA THE LOCAL CHAPTER OF YOUR COLLEGE:-
If you are paying fee via Local chapter of your college:
a)
If your SPOC has given us your photo & signature then your
registration is complete but please login to verify the details given
are correct using this form.
b) If the SPOC has asked you to fill the
details, Please login and fill all the details in the form and select
payment as "via SPOC of my college".
If
there are any changes/issues/concerns, please write to nptel@iitm.ac.in
giving your Application number, email id, course registered for, name
and mention the change required. No changes will be entertained in these details after September 22 2016 – 12 Noon.
- NPTEL TEAM
Updates - study material, assignment 4 and final exam
The presentations of week 6 and week 7 lectures are now available under the "study material" tab. As mentioned already, text version of videos is not available for the rest of the lectures.
According to the NPTEL office, we cannot open assignment 4 again but we should be able to recover your scores. Based on the feedback we received from the students, we understood that the link for assignment 4 was visible until the deadline. So it will not be opened again. We will keep you updated regarding the scores.
NPTEL office has let us know that both the students and the TAs will be receiving the announcement when the exam registration link is opened. We noticed a lot of questions regarding the same in the forum and in our inbox. Kindly remain patient - the registration for our course is not yet open and you will be informed when it does open.
Week 6 - Study material
The text of video and presentation of Rheology and Thermal properties has been uploaded.
Text of video is not available for the rest of the lectures in this course. We will be uploading the presentation for Review of construction materials and wood products soon.
Week 7 - Video of lectures and assignment 7 released
The lecture videos and assignment pertaining to week 7 have been released.
- Wood and wood products -2
- Wood and wood products -Guest lecture
- Polymers
PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU GO THROUGH ALL THESE LECTURES BEFORE ATTEMPTING ASSIGNMENT 7
Answer Key for Assignment 5
The answer key for assignment 5 has been uploaded here
Week 6 - Video of lectures and assignment 6 released
The lecture videos and assignment pertaining to week 6 have been released.
- Rheology of liquids and solids
- Thermal properties
- Review of construction materials
- Wood and wood products -1
PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU GO THROUGH ALL THESE LECTURES BEFORE ATTEMPTING ASSIGNMENT 6
Assignment 4 - missing link
For some reason it seems the assignment 4 link is not visible anymore. There seems to be some backend issue. We have escalated it to NPTEL team. We will let you know once the issue is resolved.
We will not be releasing the solutions for assignment 4 till this issue is resolved. Sorry for the inconvenience caused.
Week 5 - Video of lectures and assignment 5 released
The lecture videos and assignment pertaining to week 5 have been released.
- Failure Theories
- Fracture Mechanics-1
- Fracture Mechanics-2
PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU GO THROUGH ALL THESE LECTURES BEFORE ATTEMPTING ASSIGNMENT 5
Week 5 - Text of video and presentation
The text of video and presentation files of week 5 are now available. We have added them as a google drive link as requested by many students.
P.S. The links were previously visible, but there was some issue with the access. It has been corrected. Kindly use the links available now.
Answer key for assignment 3
The answer key for assignment 3 can be found here.
Week 4 - Video of lectures and assignment 4 released
The lecture videos and assignment pertaining to week 4 have been released.
- Surface properties
- Response to stress-1
- Response to stress-2
- Response to stress-3
PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU GO THROUGH ALL THESE LECTURES BEFORE ATTEMPTING ASSIGNMENT 4
Week 4 - presentation and text of video released
Hi, The presentations and the text of video for week 4 have been released and can be found under "study material".
Answer key for assignments 1 and 2
The answer key for assignments 1 and 2 can be found here
Text of videos and presentation - Update
The links for the text of videos and presentation are working now.
The links for week 3 lectures have also been released.
Week 3 - Video of lectures and assignment 3 released
The lecture videos and assignment pertaining to week 3 have been released.
- Movement of Atoms
- Development of microstructure - 1
- Development of microstructure - 2
PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU GO THROUGH ALL THESE LECTURES BEFORE ATTEMPTING ASSIGNMENT 3
Extension of assignment 1 deadline
The deadline for assignment 1 is now 3rd August 2016, 23:59 IST. We are extending the deadline since the registration for the course closed only yesterday and also we received a lot of requests for the same.
Update regarding text version of videos and presentations
The "study material" link has been updated. It now contains the text version of videos and presentations used in the lecture (in pdf format) for week 1 and week 2.
Kindly let us know if you face any issues.
Modern Construction Materials - week 2- videos and assignment 2 released
The following lectures pertaining to Week 2 have been made available to you:
- Atomic Bonding - 2
- Structure of Solids - 1
- Structure of Solids - 2 and 3
BEFORE ATTEMPTING ASSIGNMENT 2, PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU HAVE GONE THROUGH ALL THESE LECTURES.
Regarding Assignment submission - announcement no. 2
Someof you are still having trouble finding the assignment. When I asked a person to send me the screenshot of the course home page, they sent me the webpage from the following link:
http://nptel.ac.in/courses/
The above link is to be used ONLY FOR DOWNLOADING THE VIDEOS. Please ignore the assignment and other files provided in the website in the above link.
The home page for this certification course is the link provided below:
https://onlinecourses.nptel.ac.in/noc16_ce05/course
Go to this link and then follow the instructions provided the in the previous announcement regarding assignment submission.
If you still have doubts, in the certification course home page (https://onlinecourses.nptel.ac.in/noc16_ce05/course), once you login with your registered email id you should be able to see a link called "how to access the portal" on the left side of the webpage. Under that there is a video link named "How to access the MCQ, MSQ and programming assignment?". You need to watch the video for the MCQ section only.
If you still have doubts, then please write back to us.
Regarding assignment submission
Hi,
A lot of you seem to be having trouble figuring out how to submit assignments. This course has only OBJECTIVE ASSIGNMENTS which are to be submitted online. Just click on the links to your left under course outline and you will be able to find the assignments. The assignment for the nth week will labelled "Quiz: Assignment n". For example, the assignment for week 1 is labelled as "Quiz: Assignment 1" and it can be found under the "Basics" tab.
Link for dowloading the lecture videos
Hi,
The link for downloading the lecture videos is given below.
http://nptel.ac.in/courses/
Text version of videos
Note - This announcement has been posted again as it has not reached some people. Hello, The text versions of week 1 lectures have been released under the "Study Material" section. The text versions of the following weeks will also be released under the same section. Kindly ignore the "text version" link provided next to the videos.
Modern Construction Materials - week 1- videos and assignment 1 released
The following lectures pertaining to week 1 have been made available to you:
- Prologue - Introduction to the course
- Science, Engineering and Technology of Materials - 1
- Science, Engineering and Technology of Materials - 2
- Atomic Bonding - 1
Before attempting assignment 1, please make sure that you have gone through all these lectures.
Welcome to Modern construction materials
- The announcement list which will only have messages from course instructors and teaching assistants - regarding the lessons, assignments, exam registration, hall tickets etc.
- The discussion forum which is for everyone to ask questions and interact, the course instructor/TA will respond to your queries- Forum is divided into categories like admin, week 1, week 2,..........and so on.
- If you have any questions regarding the exam, registration, hall tickets, results, etc can be posted under the admin section and queries related to the technical content in the lectures, any doubts in the assignments - please post under each week appropriately.
Course duration : 12 weeks
Start date and end date of course: 18 July 2016 - 7 October 2016
Dates of exams : 16 October 2016 & 23 October 2016
Time of exam : 2pm - 5pm
Final List of exam cities will be available in exam registration form.
Exam registration url - Will be announced shortly
Exam Fee: The online registration form has to be filled and the certification exam fee of approximately Rs 1000(non-Programming)/1250(Programming) needs to be paid.
