EdStem¶

We use EdStem for course discussion, announcements, as well as a place to complete and turn in assessments. Almost all questions about the course content or the assessments should be posted here since this is frequented by the whole course staff. See Office Hours for more information on how to get help on EdStem.

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 & Hunter (at cse373-instructors@cs.washington.edu) 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.

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.

Canvas¶

Like many other CSE courses, we rarely will be using Canvas. Anything hosted on Canvas will be linked to from this course website. Do not message to course staff on Canvas, as we don’t check our inbox there.

Google Forms¶

In CSE 373, we will sometimes ask you to fill out a survey via Google Forms. To access these forms, you will need to activate and log in to your UW G-Suite account. Follow the instructions below to access the forms.

Prerequisite - Activate G Suite account¶

Ensure your UW G Suite account has been activated by following the steps under “Activating UW G Suite” on this page. You do not need to opt in to using Gmail for your @uw email to activate your G Suite account.

Option 1 - Incognito window¶

1. Open the Form you are trying to access in an incognito/Private window by right-clicking on the link and selecting “Open link in incognito window” (or a similar option).
2. Enter your @uw email address in the Email field.
3. You should be directed to a UW SSO login page. Enter your UW password.
4. If login is successful, you will be redirected to the Google Form.

Option 2 - Add UW account to available Google accounts¶

1. Open Google Drive (or any other Google App except Forms).
2. Click on your initial or photo in the upper-right corner and click “Add account”.
3. Enter your @uw email address in the Email field.
4. If login is successful, you will be redirected to your UW Google Drive account. You should see the UW logo in the upper-right corner.
5. Navigate to the Google Form you are trying to access. You should be able to view the Form.
6. If you are still denied permission to the Form, return to Google Drive (or another Google App) and ensure your UW account is active. If it is not, select it by clicking on your initial or photo in the upper-right corner. Once you have confirmed your UW account is the active G Suite account, reload the Form.
7. If you are still unable to access the Form, try Option 1 above.