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* Once part of the team, you can check on the General channel whether a GA / lab assistant is currently on duty.  You can post questions in the chat, or you can ask to talk.  With the video call you can share your screen to show your code and talk through debugging it.
 
* Once part of the team, you can check on the General channel whether a GA / lab assistant is currently on duty.  You can post questions in the chat, or you can ask to talk.  With the video call you can share your screen to show your code and talk through debugging it.
  
Note - we have all CS students enrolled in a blackboard course as well, so that we can use that as a backup option if there end up being any problems with Teams.
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Some notes...
 
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* We have all CS students enrolled in a blackboard course as well, so that we can use that as a backup option if there end up being any problems with Teams.
Note - there is also a Microsoft Teams app that can be installed on phones and tablets.  That should work as well.
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* There is also a Microsoft Teams app that can be installed on phones and tablets.  That should work as well.
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* If you aren't able to get into the CS Online Lab team and need to troubleshoot, check who is on duty at http://cs.indstate.edu/info/ and you can look up their email address at [[ISU CS People]].
  
 
==Programming Assessment==
 
==Programming Assessment==

Revision as of 17:28, 15 March 2020

This page will be kept up to date with information and resources related to how CS courses are handling impacts due to covid-19 (in particular online instruction and potential student/faculty illness).

University information/resources is being kept at https://www.indstate.edu/covid-19

For Students in CS Courses

Attendance

Students should plan to keep their calendars clear for when they would normally have lecture. Some instructors will meet online with their classes during the regular lecture time.

For courses where attendance is part of the grade, each instructor will determine how to count attendance during online instruction. The policy should be reasonable. Students should not be penalized for illness, and if there are other impacts related to covid-19 students should be in touch with their instructor and the associate chairperson of CS.

Lab Hours

CS Online Lab will be using Microsoft Teams. To get help, do the following.

  • Make sure you are using the latest version of Chrome or Edge (the software we will use is fully functional only in these browsers).
  • Go to https://teams.microsoft.com or https://portal.office.com and login with your full ISU email address on the initial login and then using your ISU portal Id when asked for that. If you login at portal.office.com, Teams is one of the apps that shows up (along with Word, etc.).
  • Request access to the CS Online Lab team - by going to this link and clicking to request access. One of the faculty or GAs will approve your request to join.
  • Once part of the team, you can check on the General channel whether a GA / lab assistant is currently on duty. You can post questions in the chat, or you can ask to talk. With the video call you can share your screen to show your code and talk through debugging it.

Some notes...

  • We have all CS students enrolled in a blackboard course as well, so that we can use that as a backup option if there end up being any problems with Teams.
  • There is also a Microsoft Teams app that can be installed on phones and tablets. That should work as well.
  • If you aren't able to get into the CS Online Lab team and need to troubleshoot, check who is on duty at http://cs.indstate.edu/info/ and you can look up their email address at ISU CS People.

Programming Assessment

For those who need to pass the programming assessment this term (CS 202, 500), we will likely offer the assessment online so that you have the same number of attempts as normal. The current thought is to give the assessment using blackboard with its lockdown browser quiz. The questions would be in the quiz, and you would type your answers rather than write them out. This is being tested out and we'll let you know.

For CS Faculty, GAs, Lab Assistants

Graduate Assistants and Student Workers

Graduate assistants are expected to continue their duties. Those teaching courses continue to teach, now online. Lab hours will continue (though online now). Grading will continue.

Undergraduate lab assistants will continue their lab hours (online) if they are willing to do so. We appreciate you continuing to serve the department! Rather than clocking in, you will need to keep a spreadsheet of your hours that is accurate to the minute. You should only count time as working when you are logged into the online lab hours site when your normal lab hours take place.

Resources for Faculty

Information about what some of us use as tools for online teaching - Online-Instruction

Covid-19 Data

Many will be interested in examining the data related to the spread of Covid-19. A nice dataset to look at is at https://github.com/CSSEGISandData/COVID-19

We may post some analysis here from CS faculty and students, if we have something worth sharing. A first attempt at loading the data and looking for exponential growth is at this link

FWIW, a nice summary of what is known about covid-19 - here.

Communications

March 12

Head's up message from associate chairperson of CS

Cheers students enrolled in CS courses. As expected, we will be online-only starting next week. CS faculty met earlier in the week to discuss common expectations across all CS courses.

We will likely meet again tomorrow or this weekend to pin down the details. I will be in touch again after that, and will likely put up a website with information/resources related to your CS courses.

A few things to give you a head's up on already are below. Please read through that, and if you have any questions be in touch with your instructors and/or myself.

Note - face to face classes /will/ meet today and tomorrow as usual.

Reliable internet - you will need a reliable internet connection to view lectures and/or participate in synchronous sessions. If you will not have a reliable internet connection, please notify your instructors and myself ASAP.

Normal class meeting times - faculty may choose to hold synchronous online class sessions/lectures during your regular meeting times (everyone would connect to a video conferencing system at the same time). Until you hear otherwise you should keep your regular class meeting times blocked off on your calendars.

Lectures - faculty will choose between synchronous lectures, videos that can be viewed asynchronously, tutorials to follow, detailed powerpoint slides. Each faculty member will choose based on (a) their own preferences, and (b) what is likely best for the course.

Assignments - will likely continue on the same schedule. You should expect to continue working on your courses.

Unix lab - is likely to become an "online lab". We are working out the details, but we will have online hours where you can connect with one of the lab assistants to share screens, look at code, etc.

Quizzes and exams - faculty can choose whether to give quizzes/exams online or not. If the university resumes face to face eventually, faculty may choose to delay quizzes and exams until then.

Delay in startup - you may experience a delay in some courses getting up and rolling online. Faculty who have never taught online courses before will be getting up to speed early next week.