FAQ

Published

October 5, 2024

How to Get Help?

  1. Forums on Brightspace: The preferred method for asking questions. Teaching assistants, other students, and the professor can promptly respond, benefiting the entire class.
  2. Teaching Assistants: Available during office hours or via email. Office hours are posted on my personal website and Brightspace. Email addresses are listed only on Brightspace to avoid web crawlers.
  3. Professor: Office hours are posted on the course website and Brightspace. Due to a high workload and the large class size (320 students across two sections), direct responses from the professor may be limited.
  4. Timely Questions: Avoid waiting until the last minute to ask questions, especially close to assignment deadlines, as this creates undue pressure on the teaching team.

How do I access the slides as Jupyter Notebooks?

  1. Course Schedule Page: Visit the course schedule page.
  2. Lecture Columns: Each lecture has a Prepare column and a Presentation column. The Presentation column links to HTML slides as shown in class.
  3. Prepare Column: Links to a page with suggested readings, videos, exercises, and slides as Jupyter Notebooks.
  4. Advantages of Jupyter Notebooks:
    • Editable and executable examples.
    • Includes speaker notes.
    • Editable for personal note-taking.
  5. Weekly Materials: This information is also accessible from the weekly materials section.

How do I access the slides as PDF?

  1. HTML Document Menu: At the bottom left of each presentation page.
  2. Menu Options: Select Tools, then PDF Export Mode (shortcut ‘e’).
  3. Print: The page will reload with a print-friendly stylesheet. Use your browser’s file menu to print the document as a PDF. You can adjust the layout to display multiple slides per page if desired.

What will be the format of Quiz 1?

  • When: Refer to the course Schedule page.
  • Format: Multiple-choice and true/false questions.
  • Scope: Lectures 1 to 6, with a focus on lectures 3 to 6.
    • The numbering corresponds to that used in the URLs, for example, turcotte.xyz/teaching/csi-4506/lectures/07/slides.html is Lecture 7. Consequently, the quiz covers the lectures from September 4 to September 25 inclusively. The only lecture excluded is the one on September 30, Lecture 7.
  • Content: Emphasis on conceptual questions rather than intricate technical details (e.g., reshaping a numpy array).
  • Question Types: Includes code excerpts or diagrams requiring identification of the correct statements.
  • Number of Questions: Expect 25 to 35 questions.
  • In class: You will take the quiz in class on a paper questionnaire. Please arrive on time so that we can start as early as possible (the total time available depends on your arrival time). We must collect all copies 10 minutes before the end of the class to allow the next class to begin on time.
  • Student ID Card: Please bring your student ID card.