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Communication with Instructor
Getting
Around on the WebSite:
almost every page on this website contains a navigation bar
(which you can see above).
- Home: will take you to the home page for the
site It includes:
- Syllabus: General information about the course
- Schedule: List of deadlines, meeting times, test schedule
- Assignments: a list of assignments
- Project: Information about the term project (assigned about mid-term time)
- Messages: a list of messages regarding the class
- Class Roster: A list of fellow students with contact information
- Student Discussion Group: a place where you can discuss course issues with
your fellow students
- Study Modules: A modules is the unit of study.
similar to a chapter in a book. Links to a list of study modules defining the course
content.
- Personal Progress: should be used to track
your individual progress. It includes
- Assessment test which you should take when you first register on the site
(what you still haven't taken it!!).
The purpose of the assessment test is to help your instructor plan an appropriate
curriculum for your background.
- Show progress by Study Modules - shows how well you are studying the
material in the syllabus
- Shows Status of Assignments
- Shows Grades
- What to do next: is a list of activities that you should be working on.
- Search:Brings up a list of all web pages that
match keywords you type in
- Help: includes FAQ (Frequently Asked
Questions: I will put your favorite e-mail questions here if they are of general
interest).
- Glossary: list of terms that are used in this
course.
Organization
of Material on the Site:
This website is NOT an
electronic textbook.
It assumes that you will read and refer to the textbook while taking this course.
- The material on the site
- supplements the textbook with working examples and small
programming experiments
- presents a plan of study which is tailored to your background
- provides a means of communicating class information
- The study plan gives a list of study modules.
Each study module has the format shown here
From the study there are links to following kinds of class material
- Topic quick review cards whose format is shown here
- Programming examples
The source code for the example is available for download by clicking this icon
Click this icon to find out more about how to download the source code.
You are encouraged to download the examples, compile and run them and use them in
your assignments.
- Experiments: This are program written to perform
an experiment. They illustrate our scientific method approach to understanding complex
systems. The source code for these experiment is also available for download and you are
encouraged to perform the experiments at home.
- Programming Assignments: (click here for explanation of format)
- Additional Explanations: In some cases additional
explantation is available by moving your mouse over the words attached to the explanation.
The presence of these hidden notes is indicated thus
(try placing your mouse over the previous "thus")
Communicating
with the instructor:
There are several ways of communicating with the instructor and the
teaching assistants.
You are expected to make regular contact with the instructor as outlined in the
course contract.
- E-mail is the prefered means of communications. E-mail policy is to
acknowledge all student e-mail within 24 hours during week days. Almost every page has an
e-mail link to the instructor at the bottom.
- Phone: (757) 683-4679
- Internet: netmeeting will be available to support on-line synchronous
communications with the instructor during office hours or by appointment.
Since some of this site is experimental, we appreciate your comments on
things which you like and those you don't as well as suggestions for improvements.
Also we ask your patience with any bugs in this site. Even instructors and
graduate students sometimes make mistakes!
Copyright chris wild 1999.
For problems or questions regarding this website contact [Chris
Wild (e-mail:cs333@cs.odu.edu].
Last updated: September 06, 1999.