Resources and Information for CS 136 ISAs

This twiki is for technical details only. Any other duty information can be found in Waterloo LEARN (D2L): CS Instructional Support Group -> Course Admin & Duties for ISAs.

Key Links

• Examination Duties - Everything you need to prepare for exams.
• Clickers - Everything to do with managing clickers
• MarkersMimickingMarmoset - A system for allowing markers to give feedback before the deadline and mark after the deadline.
• Online Mark Upload - Upload Marks.
• Posting Marks Online - An alternative script to the Online Mark Upload method. Can actually be used to create the marks spreadsheet that Online Mark Upload requires.
• Posting Solutions - A guide on creating sample solutions and post-mortems and the process of watermarking and uploading them to the course website
• Newsgroup Management - Reduce repeated questions
• Improvements For CS136 - Improve the CS136 class for future terms
• Highlight Scheme code in XHTML!
• Office Tips
• Course Webpage Template
• End of Term Tutor Tasks
• CompSci136IRC

Some suggestions for ImprovementsForCS136 have been made in previous terms.

Non-Technical (To be moved to D2L)

Time Savers

• Newsgroups: Tired of repeated questions on the newsgroup? Try drawing up an assignment-related FAQ each week based on questions posed in the newsgroup. See NewsGroupManagement.
• Consulting Hours: Students generally don't start assignments until the day before or the day that they are due. Therefore, scheduling office hours in the consulting centre too early is inefficient. Planning hours in the 48 hours before a due date has proven optimal. However, avoid having hours too near the due date to avoid encouraging bad habits. For example, if an assignment is due in the afternoon or early evening, students will tend to rush office hours nearer to the due date.
• Help the marking TAs become more familiar with Scheme.

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