If for some reason, you are missing access to one of these tools, please fill out the Missing Permissions Form.
Ed¶
We use Ed for course discussion and announcements. Almost all questions about the course content or the assessments should be posted here since this is frequented by the whole course staff.
If you think your question may give away too much information or is more personal, you can always make the question private so it is only visible to the course staff.
You may also email Kasey and the Head TAs directly for more serious personal circumstances that you do not want to share with the whole course staff.
Zoom¶
Some of our meetings, such as Office Hours, might be delivered live via Zoom sessions. You can join using your UW Zoom account.
GitLab¶
The Allen School maintains its own GitLab instance. We use GitLab to distribute starter code for programming projects. Don’t worry if you are not sure what Git and GitLab do.
Every student in the class will be given a GitLab repository to use in the process of development; this is also where you will store your solution when you’d like to submit it. For this reason, we recommend getting familiar with the basic git workflow, such as pulling, committing, and pushing changes; we will introduce some of these topics in the first project. You can find short articles online describing Git operations, but if you prefer an in-depth introduction we recommend this one.
Gradescope¶
We use Gradescope for submitting assignments and giving feedback. You will submit all your assignments for the course here: individual written exercises and exams will be uploaded directly by you, and you will submit programming projects by importing from your GitLab repository. Gradescope is where you will receive your grades and any feedback from course staff.
Slido¶
We use Slido for in-lecture activities, which will be used during lecture to enhance your learning.
The intention of using Slido is not to grade you, but rather to give you a chance to check your understanding of the material by applying it immediately in short problems. You will never be graded using correctness.
Check the Syllabus for information on if Slido activities might factor into your grade.
Canvas¶
Like many other CSE courses, we are mainly using Canvas as a gradebook and a place to find lecture recordings. Please refer to the course website for most course information, including assignment specs and due dates.