This is a living document and will be periodically updated.
All instructors and teaching assistants must be deeply familiar with curriculum. Please take the time to work through the assignments so you are prepared when students ask questions. If you encounter any issues/bugs, please log an issue on the teaching feedback repository here
We plan to host pop up office hours throughout the course. Since tech prep is remote/async, we expect teaching assistants to make time during standard AND non-standard work hours (evening, weekends, etc.).
Please monitor the discord chat and Ask to answer questions as they come up.
Please create a link for students to book you for a 1on1 and share it on the course home page. Calendly is a good option.
- Make sure people can book you within an hour. The default is 4 hours which seems long.
- In the event settings, click "When can people book this event?" -> "Additional rules for your availability" -> "Scheduling conditions" and set it to something sooner. I have it set to 30 miniutes
- Invitee Questions
- Make sure to ask for name, email, location (zoom), and "Please share anything that will help prepare for our meeting. (eg assignment name, technical issue, etc.)". Make this last question required.
It is absolutely critical to log interactions with students:
- We can identify patterns of behavior and triage issues early
- We can get to know students and make informed decisions
- We can celebrate wins and monitor progress as a team
We created a tool to log interactions with students on the dashboard. I expect all instructors and teaching assistants to write up impressions.
Please share your standup updates in '#standups' channel (slack or discord)
- what did you work on yesterday?
- what are you working on today?
- blockers?
We use GitHub for tracking tasks here. Please update your GitHub notification settings to receive updates.
We built the dashboard to help us make data informed decisions. I expect instructors and teaching assistants to work on issues and create issues for new ideas and bug fixes.
Please consult the teacher's manual for best practices on conducting office hours and answering questions.
I will try to broadcast and record lectures on Zoom. Please monitor the Zoom broadcast during lectures to make sure it is being recorded properly (sound on, sharing the correct screen, etc.)