Written by Nick Troccoli
This document contains a summary of course logistics for SCPD students.
Welcome to CS111! We are happy to have you in the course this quarter. Since SCPD students are off-campus, there are several aspects of CS111 that are slightly different for SCPD students than for on-campus students, as described below.
For general questions for the Stanford SCPD staff, you can reach the SCPD team at scpd-gradstudents@stanford.edu. For exam-related questions, you can reach the SCPD team at scpd-exams@stanford.edu.
Note: For SCPD NDO students (not HCP students): you may come to campus as long as you are symptom free (and you must notify Stanford if you test positive within 10 days of being on campus). You must also follow other visitor guidelines here. If you plan to come to campus at least once a week for 3 weeks or more, you are required to be fully vaccinated.
Myth Access
Everyone with a SUNET ID can access the myth machines. However, you may not have a home directory created for you once you log in. If you encounter an issue when you try to log into myth where it says “could not chdir to home directory”, then this is the reason why. To fix this, submit a HelpSU ticket here (you only need to open the URL and click on the Submit button) to have your home directory set up:
Lectures
Lectures are recorded and posted within a few hours to the course Canvas site, under the "Panopto" tab. The lectures are also viewable "live" there with a slight delay if you'd like to follow along.
Grading and logistics for lecture checkin quizzes is the same for SCPD students and on-campus students.
Section
Each week, we post section materials on the course website, along with a link for where to submit answers to exercises. Because SCPD students are off-campus, there are a few different options for you to complete section problems each week.
- Attend an in-person section: You are welcome to attend an in-person section if you would like to (NDO students must make sure to adhere to the requirements mentioned earlier on this page about coming to campus) - to do this, sign up as normal on the course website for one of the available in-person section times.
- Attend a section remotely via Zoom: we are looking at offering a small number of the sections remotely via Zoom, or offering a standalone remote section if there is sufficient interest in 1 or 2 times. Check your email for more information about this option and for how to let us know your time preferences.
- Complete section problems asynchronously: You can choose to complete the problems on your own (or with partners) - the section checkoff sheet link allows you to submit from Wed. at 12:01AM PDT until Friday. at 11:59PM PDT each week. You can feel free to post on the discussion forum with any questions you have while working through sections, and you are encouraged to work with other SCPD students if you would like – you can use the class discussion to find others to work with. For this option, once we assign sections based on preferences, you should enroll in the special SCPD section.
Assignments
The process for working on, submitting and getting feedback on assignments is identical for both regular and SCPD students.
Course Support
We encourage you to take advantage of the discussion forum and the course staff email as mentioned on the course website. We also offer helper hours at scheduled times each week, and SCPD students are welcome to call in to any hours, even in-person-only ones, via videochat; details on times and how to call in are listed on the Getting Help page of the course website. You may also attend helper hours in person (NDO students must make sure to adhere to the requirements mentioned earlier on this page about coming to campus).
Exams
Exams are administered by your registered SCPD exam monitor; please see https://online.stanford.edu/non-degree-option-program#EXAMS-AND-HOMEWORK for more information about exam monitors. You will have a 24 hour window from the start of the on-campus exam in which to complete the exam using the allotted exam time (2 hours for the midterm exam, 3 hours for the final exam). In other words, you can start and finish the midterm exam during any 2 hour time slot between 7PM PDT on February 16 and 7PM PDT on February 17. You can start and finish the final exam during any 3-hour time slot between 3:30PM PDT on March 22 and 3:30PM PDT on March 23.
You are welcome to attend the on-campus seatings of the exams if you would like to (NDO students must make sure to adhere to the requirements mentioned earlier on this page about coming to campus). If you’d like to do this, please email the course staff for each exam to let us know you will be taking the exam on campus. Once you do this, when selecting an exam monitor on mystanfordconnection, select the “nominate a new exam monitor” option and nominate Stanford Campus using the SCPD email address. Even if you do come to campus, we advise that you still have an exam monitor recorded as a backup.
After they are graded, exams will be returned to you electronically.