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.
• 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

Some suggestions for ImprovementsForCS136 have been made in previous terms.

Non-Technical (To be moved to D2L)

Outdated

No Longer Relevant

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.

Communication

If there is more than one tutor, communication can become important. Especially if one tutor is in the consulting centre, and the other are in the office. The office phones can be useful, but what about outside of work hours? KyleSpaans and SanderzFung are big fans of IRC, and had created a channel just for CS136 tutors. It is called #cs136, and can be found on the irc.freenode.net network. You can find him in that channel all hours of the day. SanderzFung, KyungMinKim, and KyleSpaans would often ask each other questions in the IRC channel.