Our lectures are scheduled for Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays from 1:30PM - 2:30PM, Pacific time, in Hewlett 200. Lecture participation is a component of your grade this quarter. All lectures will be video recorded for asynchronous viewing. It usually takes about 2-3 hours after the end of class for the videos to post to Canvas, where they will appear under Panopto Course Videos.
If you have a question during lecture, you may of course raise your hand to ask it at any time. You also have the option to ask questions during lecture via our online forum in a special megathread that will be continuously monitored by one instructor while the other lectures.
Lecture Participation Credit
It's important to keep pace with the lectures rather than to batch them up and watch them all in one go. (That model works great for Netflix shows that really hook you in, but it's not great for learning.) To give you an incentive to stay on top of lectures, we've reserved 5% of your grade for lecture participation. Here's the details. Starting on Monday, January 13th, we'll ask a small number of practice questions through the PollEV polling system. If you attend lecture in person and answer those questions, you'll earn participation credit for the day regardless of whether your answers are correct. To allow for some flexibility, you're allowed to miss the credit opportunity for three lectures over the course of the quarter and still earn the full 5%.
In Week 4, we will provide the opportunity for you to opt out of lecture participation and to instead shift the weight from participation onto your final exam.