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You are not required to purchase books for this class.

All required readings will be provided online. Some of the readings are provided under academic fair use, and are only for students in the class. For this reason, they will be provided via the course Canvas page.

In the past, we used readings more extensively.

The course staff is available to provide help!

Summary

1. Students are responsible for the material in lectures.
2. Some lectures will be given “live” (synchronously), while other material will be given asynchronously (pre-recorded videos).
3. We intend to record the synchronous lectures, but you are responsible for the material even if there is a failure.
4. The slides are designed to be used as part of the lecture presentation - they may not make sense without watching the lecture. In particular, a lot of the slide content will be drawn during the lecture.
5. We will monitor participation in lectures, it can affect your grade in boundary cases. (participating requires attending a synchronous lecture)

Lecture recordings and slides can be found at Lecture Materials: Videos and Slides

In order to complete your assignments in CS559, you will need to install Git and configure it for SSH authentication with GitHub.

This page contains our “canonical” instructions for setting up Git with SSH. While experienced Git users are welcome to use it however they prefer, following these instructions will make it much easier for us to help you if something goes wrong.

See Git and GitHub in CS559 for more in-depth information on how to use Git and the role it plays in this class.

All “readings” will be provided online.

In this class you are expected to uphold standards of professional conduct and academic integrity. The University policies on academic misconduct apply to this class.

Proper academic conduct means being honest about your work and being respectful in your communications with staff and other students. It means not presenting the work of others as your own. It means not collaborating on parts of class we ask you not to collaborate on.

1. Grading is based on the 10 workbooks (64%), the final “project” (12%), and the exams (24%).
2. We will consider quizzes/surveys and various forms of participation to adjust your grade.
3. Do not expect Canvas to compute your grade.

Programming assignments in CS559 will use the Javascript programming language. We will help you learn Javascript, if you aren’t already familiar with it.

Here is a brief overview of what the class is and how it works. You may also want to see the Getting Started page.

Because this class is online, you will need to provide your own equipment for class. The requirements aren’t much different than any other class. You’ll need a capable computer, a decent internet connection, a camera, and the ability to do audio and video for communications.

We recommend using Visual Studio Code (VSCode) for doing the programming assignments in CS559.

You will need to use some text editor for editing JavaScript programs and web pages (e.g., html and css files).

It is worth investing your time in learning to use good tools (like VSCode).