Course details

Assigned

Friday, 27 August 2021

Summary

In this assignment, you will gather information about the structure of the course and then respond to a few basic questions about the course. yourself.

Collaboration

Each student should submit their own responses to this assignment. You may consult other students in the class as you review the course materials. If you receive help from anyone, make sure to cite them in your responses. You do not need to cite course pages you were instructed to read for this assignment.

Submitting

Please submit your responses on Gradescope.

Course details

As you might have been able to tell from the first day of class, I have a wide variety of opinions about learning and teaching in CS which are reflected in how I run the class. You can (and should) learn more about these perspectives from the course web. In this portion of the assignment, you will review the course web and answer some basic questions.

First, read the following items.

• The course syllabus;
• The course schedule;
• My notes on teaching and learning;
• My additional notes on grading;
• Some additional notes on learning assessments;
• My notes on taking notes;
• My notes on academic honesty;
• The Computer Science Department’s policy on academic honesty;
• My notes on accommodations and adjustments;
• My answers to any questions students have already asked about the course (That page will change over the next few days as I start receiving and answering questions for students. You need not keep returning to it, although you may find it useful to do so.);
• Instructions for using Gradescope; and
• Instructions for using Teams.

Next, create an account on Gradescope (if you have not already done so). You should have received an email message from Gradescope with a link. If not, the entry code for the course can be found on the “Questions and Answers” channel in Teams (at least I hope it can).

Log in to Gradescope and navigate to this class.

Finally, look for the the “Course details assignment, select it, and answer the questions there.