Learning activities in this course are designed around deliberate practice to help you identify areas of strength and improvement toward demonstrating proficiency.

Prework

To prepare for the lecture material that day, complete the pre-lecture work (prework) indicated in the Canvas quiz. Typically, prework involves completing reading lessons from the course Wiki. Be sure to watch videos linked in each lesson and engage with important callouts.

Lectures

During lecture, we will work on practice problems with PollEverywhere to provide immediate feedback. PollEverywhere activities will be available only during lecture and all activities must be answered correctly to receive credit.

Section

On Thursdays, teaching assistants will provide further guided practice on the preceding week’s lessons with Gradescope activities to provide immediate feedback. Gradescope activities will be available only during your section.

If you run into technical difficulties completing the activities or would like to attend a different section, talk to your teaching assistant during section or write a private discussion board post.

Exercises

Exercises are optional practice for you to apply what you’ve learned. Exercises are not submitted.

Projects

Each module is centered around a design and analysis project that will be evaluated through Gradescope. Required deliverables are indicated as important callouts in the instructions. Code must also be pushed to your private CSE GitLab repository.

Quizzes

Each of the first 4 modules concludes with a paper two-stage quiz during lecture that contains an individual stage followed immediately by a group stage retake of the same quiz. Quiz feedback will typically be released in time for quiz corrections during section.

Final Exam

An individual final exam will occur on paper during our scheduled final exam time slot. The final exam will include questions that re-assess skills from the preceding quizzes and also include integrative questions that span concepts and skills from across the entire course.